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Lester Gleason Shelton
Date of Death or Service Apr 17, 2019
Lester Gleason Shelton
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            Lester Gleason Shelton, age 88 years young, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to all who knew him returned home April 17, 2019. 
           He left his family in peace and with the knowledge that he will be in heaven.  He will be missed until we all meet again.  
           Born and raised on a farm in Manchester, Coffee County, Tennessee where Gleason was the oldest of three children and son of the late Lester Franklin and Lillian Merle Shelton.  He was drafted as a private into the United States Army and served at Fort Knox, Kentucky.  He went through officer’s training school and served at Fort Sam Houston, Texas as a lieutenant. 

          He earned a bachelor’s degree from Middle Tennessee State University and then graduated from Auburn University’s pharmacy school.  He practiced pharmacy at Huntsville Alabama Hospital for many years.  He came to Dickson, Tennessee in 1960 and owned Shelton’s Prescription Shop in Dickson, Tennessee until retiring and moving to Knoxville, Tennessee to be closer to his children.  He attended Billy Estes’ Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church of Dickson.

         He is survived by his beloved wife, Nancy Johnson Shelton; his daughter, Heather Shelton Dreiser, her husband John P. Dreiser, and their two children, Andrew and Preston Dreiser; his son, Michael Shelton, along with his daughter, Eliana G. Shelton; his brother, Dwight Shelton of Manchester, Tennessee; and his sister, Murlene Dock, of Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

        Funeral services will be held on Monday, April 22, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. at Taylor Funeral Home in Dickson, Tennessee.  Reverend Lewis Bratton will officiate.  Burial will follow at Eastview Cemetery at Camden, Tennessee.  The family will greet friends beginning at 12:00 p.m. until the time of service.  Military honors will be observed. 

        Donations can be made to the Billy Estes Sunday School Class or the Alzheimer’s Association of Tennessee.   

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