Harold Clayton Shelton

HAROLD CLAYTON SHELTON, age 83, of Bel Air, died at Harford Memorial Hospital on February 26, 2006. Born in Red Ash, Virginia, he was the son the late George Washington and Cara Mae Vance Shelton and the husband of 32 years of the late Jettie Marie Shelton. He was retired from Price Brothers where he was a maintenance mechanic. He was very fond of his pet dog, Jacob, a rottweiler mastiff breed. He enjoyed gardening and loved his animals.

Mr. Shelton is survived by five daughters, Donna Lephew and her husband, Francis Lephew, Jr. of Edgewood, MD, Jackie Osborne and her husband, Charles Osborne, of Aberdeen, MD, Cheryl A. German and her husband, Tim German of Jarrettsville, MD, Lena Shelton who along with her daughter, Samantha Shelton, lived with her father, of Bel Air, MD, and Diane Redman and her husband, John Redman of Bel Air MD; a step daughter, Rhonda Johnson and her husband, Marc Johnson of Edgewood MD; a sister, Betty Cole of Richlands, VA.; seven grandchildren, Gene Lephew of Edgewood, MD, Chuck Osborne of Aberdeen, MD, T.J. German of Jarrettsville, MD, Brent German of Jarrettsville, MD, Samantha Shelton, of Bel Air, MD, Kristy Redman of Edgewood, MD, and John Redman, of Edgewood, MD; and a great grandchild, Tyler Redman of Edgewood, MD.

In addition to his parents and wife, Mr. Shelton was predeceased by a brother, Frazier Shelton and three sisters, Oma Hagy, Gene Blanton, and Arcie Riley.

Contributions may be made to the Wilmer Eye Institute, 600 N. Wolfe Street, Wilmer 112, Baltimore, MD 21287.