Weyer John Shelton

WEYER JOHN SHELTON of New Market, TN, lifelong farmer and consummate gentleman, passed away at the age of 88 on Thursday, September 20, 2012. He was born in Claiborne County, TN and spent his childhood years with eleven brothers and sisters on the family farm in the Straight Creek community. The family moved to New Market when Norris Lake was created, flooding their land in Claiborne County. Weyer spent the remainder of his life in New Market, where he operated a dairy farm and raised tobacco for most of those years. More recently, up until his passing, he managed several large chicken houses and raised beef cattle. He served as a Jefferson County Commissioner and was a Soil Conservation District Farmer of the Year. He was a member of Nance?s Grove Baptist Church in New Market. He was predeceased by his parents, Jake Shelton and Isabel Keck Shelton, and by his wife, Dena Burchell Shelton. He was also preceded in death by one infant child (Edward Shelton); brothers Cleopas, Oaty, White, Carl and Roy Shelton; sisters Lora Mathews, Louda Bender, Noma Paladino, Vernetta Caruso and Georgia Collins. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Jo Anne and James Medlin of Kingsport; daughter, Mary Rose Shelton; son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Sharon Shelton, and son, Bobby Shelton, all of New Market; sister, Lenoir Musser of Talbott; grandchildren, Scott, Matthew and Jonathan Shelton, Jenna Clingner, Mark and Will Medlin; five great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held at 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening, September 23, 2012 in the Farrar Funeral Home Jefferson City Chapel. Family and friends will meet at 10:45 a.m. Monday morning, September 24, 2012 for an 11:00 a.m. graveside interment service at Jefferson Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening prior to the service at the funeral home. ARRANGEMENTS BY FARRAR FUNERAL HOME IN JEFFERSON CITY, TN 865-475-3892