>From The Knoxville News Sentinel 12 Jun 2003 BYRD, MRS. EVELYN COOPER - age 73, Jacksboro, SHELTON, HERBERT "DALE" - age 42, of Claxton . ===================================== BYRD, MRS. EVELYN COOPER - age 73, of 374 Asbury Road, Jacksboro, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 at St. Mary's Medical Center of Campbell County. She was a devoted Christian and a very faithful member of the Bethel Baptist Church. Evelyn operated The Campbell County Courthouse Concession Stand for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Byrd; her father, Alfred Tackett; her mother, Lucy Tackett Cooper; adopted father, Dulan Cooper; brother, Virgil Tackett and sister, Dessie Tackett Phillips. Survivors: sister, Ocie Lay of Norris; sister-in-law, Janice Tackett of Caryville; special friends, Jane Duncan of Jacksboro and Minnie Malicoat of LaFollette; several nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be Thursday, 8:00 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. Wesley Duncan and Dr. Clarence Duncan officiating. The family and friends will meet at 11:00 a.m. on Friday at Mt. Zion Cemetery for a graveside service and interment. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday before services at Bethel Baptist Church. Walters Funeral Home of LaFollette iis honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Evelyn Cooper Byrd. SHELTON, HERBERT "DALE" - age 42, of the Claxton community, passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003 at home after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born May 27, 1961 in Knoxville, Tennessee. He was of the Baptist faith. Before his illness, Dale worked 20 years for his father, Herbert Shelton, at Shelton Produce and made many friends. His parents are Mary Jo Shelton of Knoxville and father and step-mother, Herbert and Fran Shelton of Claxton. Survivors include loving wife, Kim and children, Jessica and Jeremy of the home, Julie Allen and husband, Kenny and Johnny Shelton and wife, Kim, all of Morristown. Besides his parents, he is also survived by sisters and brother-in-law, Debbie and David Wooten of Knoxville and JoAnn Wilson of Corryton; nieces, Ara Wooten and Carly Wilson; nephew, Noah Wooten; mother and father-in-law, Debbie and Harold Gilreath; two brothers-in-law and their families; also many aunts, uncles and cousins; special friends, Tammy Garner, Gary Hobbs, Keith Walker and his special little girl, Brittany Allen. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Woodhaven Chapel with the service to follow at 8:00 p.m., Rev. Henry Brown and Rev. Charles Riggs officiating. Family and friends will meet at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday at Lynnhurst Cemetery for a 1:00 p.m. graveside service. Arrangements by Woodhaven Funeral Home, 160 Edgemoor Road. ===================================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS------FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: they hide...I seek!!!" www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE, BUNCH, DAUGHERTY, DUNCAN, KENNEDY, PATTERSON, PHILLIPS, SEIBER, TACKETT, WARD. =====================================================