Katherine Shelton

Waynesville, Katherine Clark Shelton, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Mission Campus. A native of Haywood County, she had lived in Asheville and Scottsdale, Arizona. She was the daughter of the late Claude and Eunice Bradley Clark and was also preceded in death by her husband, Carson Shelton, who died in 1968; a daughter, Marlene Wilson; an infant sister and brother, Evelyn and Earl Clark; and two brothers, Harry and Kenneth Clark. She worked in hotel and restaurant management at the Battery Park and George Vanderbilt Hotels. Katherine enjoyed canning and cooking and loved going to the beach. She was of Baptist faith and was a former member of Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Shirley Shelton, of Asheville; one son, William T. Shelton, of Swannanoa; son-in-law, Steve Wilson, of Asheville; two sisters, Mary Jane Haynes and her husband, Roy, of Waynesville and Linda Woodbury and her husband, Bill, of Johnsonville, South Carolina; two grandsons, Tyler Shelton and Eddie Smith; one great granddaughter, Shelby Smith; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 14, 2012 in the Waynesville Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with Reverend Tim Lolley officiating. Burial will follow at Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church. Serving as pallbearers will be Jeff and Roy Wayne Haynes, Billy Woodbury, Steve Wilson, Chuck Dearman, and Keith Clark. At other times the family will be at the home of her sister, Mary Jane Haynes, 94 Glendale Drive, Waynesville. Memorials may be made to Fines Creek Memorial Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, c/o James Ferguson, 11571 Betsy's Gap Road, Clyde, NC 28721.

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