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HASKEL RANKIN DALTON Feb. 14, 1917-Apr. 24, 2005 Haskel R. Dalton, age 88, of Monticello, Ky. passed away at the family home on Sunday, April 24, 2005. Born in the Zula community of Wayne County on February 14, 1917, he was the son of the late Walter and Florence (Rector) Dalton. He was married for 58 years to Marjorie Daffron Dalton, who survives. He is also survived by three children-Betty Sue York (Sherman), Walter Dee Dalton (Clorenda), Timothy R. Dalton (Pamela); three grandchildren-Rachel Elizabeth Dalton, Walter Dee Dalton II, Molly Elizabeth Dalton; and one sister-Mary Dalton Conley. He was preceded in death by his parents, his step-mother-Lucy (Back) Dalton, two brothers-John Lisle and William H., and one sister, Hazel Dorris. He was a member of the 106th Separate Coast Artillery Battalion, Anti-Aircraft Battery D. He served in active duty in World War II (European Theatre) from January 6, 1941 until honorably discharged on May 18, 1945. Farming on the Dalton Family Farm in Susie, Ky. was his life-long vocation. He spent his later years breeding prize winning suffolk lambs that won major shows in Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida and Louisiana and state shows in Tennessee and Kentucky. An avid basketball fan, he played on the Windy High School basketball team of 1936 and was selected into the Wayne County Cardinal Hall of Fame in 1994. He was a faithful member of the Davis Chapel United Methodist Church where he served his church as Adult Sunday School teacher and member of the official board. A memorial service was held Wednesday, April 27, 2005 in the funeral home chapel with Brother Ted Burchett and Brother Gary Clark officiating. Burial was in the Elk Spring Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Marvin S. Hicks Funeral Home Add a comment |
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