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Barbara Gail (Wallace) Shelton 1943 - 1999

Barbara Gail (Wallace) Shelton was born on May 30, 1943 in Maben, West Virginia United States to Douglas Dee Wallace and Shirley Elinor (Zeigler) Wallace, and had siblings Douglas Dee Wallace Jr. and Eleanor Kay (Wallace) Best. Barbara Shelton died at age 56 years old on June 18, 1999 in Suffolk, VA, and was buried on June 21, 1999 at Cedar Hill Cemetery Mahan St, in Suffolk.

Barbara Gail (Wallace) Shelton

May 30, 1943

Maben, West Virginia, 25882, United States

June 18, 1999

Suffolk, Virginia, United States

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05/30

1943

Birthday

May 30, 1943

Birthdate

Maben, West Virginia 25882, United States

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06/18

1999

Death

June 18, 1999

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Cause of death

Suffolk, Virginia United States
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06/21

1999

Gravesite & Burial

June 21, 1999

Funeral date
Cedar Hill Cemetery Mahan St, in Suffolk, Virginia 23434, United States
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Barbara W. Shelton Barbara Wallace Shelton, 56, of Suffolk, V.A., died June 18, 1999. Born May 30, 1943 in Mullens, W.V. she was the daughter of Shirley Elinor Zeigler Wallace of Suffolk, V.A., and the late Douglas Dee Wallace Sr. and sister of the late Douglas Dee Wallace Jr. Mrs. Shelton was a graduate of Suffolk High School, received her associate of science degree from Stratford College in Danville, V.A., her bachelor of science degree from Old Dominion University and her master's in Education from Old Dominion University. She served as a classroom teacher in Chesapeake and Suffolk City Schools. Mrs. Shelton served for 22 years on staff at Nansemond-Suffolk Academy and for the last several years she was the Director of Admissions. She was a member of Main Street United Methodist Church. Beside her mother, she is survived by her husband, C. C. Shelton; sons, Charles Christopher Shelton, and his wife, Tanya Robinson Shelton, of Richmond, V.A., Clifton Shawn Shelton of Richmond, V.A., sister, Kay Wallace Best and her husband, Lewis Best, Sandra Nunn Wallace of South Boston, V.A. The graveside service will be held Monday at 11 A.M. by the Rev. Dr. Alan Felumlee in Cedar Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends in the R. W. Baker and Co. Funeral Home Sunday from 7 to 8:30 P.M. Memorial donations may be made to Main Street United Methodist Church, 202 N. Main St., Suffolk, V.A. 23434, or the Nansemond-Suffolk Academy, 3373 Pruden Blvd., Suffolk, V.A. 23434.

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Barbara Gail (Wallace) Shelton lived 16 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 56.

The average age of a Wallace family member is 72.

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In 1943, in the year that Barbara Gail (Wallace) Shelton was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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In 1952, at the age of merely 9 years old, Barbara was alive when on February 6th, George VI of England died from a coronary thrombosis and complications due to lung cancer. His eldest daughter, age 25, immediately ascended the throne as Elizabeth II and her coronation was on June 2 1953.

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