Funeral services for Thomas Owen Shelton, age 96 of Fayetteville, will be conducted Thursday November 19, 2015 at 1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Van Johnson officiating. Burial will follow in Riverview Memorial Gardens beside his wife Gracie Ennis Shelton who passed away in 2011. Mr. Shelton passed away Monday November 16, 2015 at the NHC Nursing Home in Tullahoma.
He was a native of Lincoln County and the son of the late Thomas Hamilton and Gertrude May Shelton. Mr. Shelton was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, retired employee of Redstone Arsenal and a member of the Fayetteville First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his granddaughter Randie Shelton of Murfreesboro, sister Jo Dean Steelman, brother Clyde Shelton and wife Sara of Fayetteville. Mr. Shelton was preceded in death by a son, Randall Shelton.
Visitation with the family will be Thursday November 19, 2015 from 11 AM-1 PM at Higgins Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to your local VFW, 10 Camper Creek Road, Fayetteville, TN 37334.