Rachel Louise Shelton

1928 - 2016  (87 years)

• Name	Rachel Louise Shelton  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	23 Dec 1928	Tennessee, USA   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1930	Oakland, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Laura and John Shelton
  Census	1940	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of John Shelton (stepdaughter of Beulah)
  Death	14 Jan 2016	Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Polk Memorial Gardens, Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I23557	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	John Henry Shelton,   b. 22 Mar 1896, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Jan 1965, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Beulah Mae Barnett,   b. 27 Aug 1898, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA d. 23 Apr 1986, Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Stepchild
  Marriage	20 Aug 1935	Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA
  Family ID	F11678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	John Henry Shelton,   b. 22 Mar 1896, Wayne County, Tennessee, USA d. 22 Jan 1965, Wyandotte, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Laura Elizabeth Jones,   b. 22 Feb 1902, Georgia, USA d. 25 May 1933, Ethridge, Lawrence, Tennessee, USA (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1918  [6]
  Family ID	F11679	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles Edward Parker,   b. 15 Sep 1929, Smyrna, Rutherford, Tennessee, USA d. 8 Jun 2013 (Age 83 years)
  Family ID	F1091	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 23 Dec 1928 - Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Laura and John Shelton - 1930 - Oakland, Lauderdale, Alabama, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of John Shelton (stepdaughter of Beulah) - 1940 - Lawrence County, Tennessee, USA Death - 14 Jan 2016 - Columbia, Maury, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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