BUD DALTON, 85 FORMER RESIDENT DIES EARLY TODAY

I.J.(BUD) DALTON, 85, a retired farmer and former resident of Mt. Vernon, died at 1;30 a.m. today at his home near Orchardville.

Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2;00 at Dickeyville church with the Rev. Steve Shehorn officiating and burial will be in Dickeyville cemetery. The body will lay in state at Combs Chapel in Wayne City.

Mr. Dalton was born in Kentucky February 10, 1866. He spent most of his life in Jefferson county.

He was a member of Briley General Baptist church.

Surviving are his wife, Laura; three sons Bert of Darrell Michigan, George of Mt Vernon, and Ernest of Bluford.One daughter Mrs Beulah Drake of Orchardville; a step daughter Mrs Molly Dickey of Bluford and a brother William Dalton

Date: June 20, 1951
Source: Mt. Vernon Register News
Submitted by: Janice Staples>