Joan Shelton

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Joan Shelton Tipton, 73 passed away Saturday, July 31, 2021 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was native of Erwin, Tennessee and was born on December 12, 1947 to the late Worley Shelton and Pearl Howell Shelton Edney. Her hobbies included: gardening, painting and going out to eat with some of her special friends. She especially loved her flowers and loved her family and she loved the Lord. She was a member of and attended Maranatha Tabernacle until her health declined. Joan is preceded in death by her parents; her step-father, RL Edney; father in law and mother in law, Herman and Belle Tipton; sister in law and brother in law, Ronnie and Patsy Bennett; sister in law, Hiroko Tipton;

step brother, Dennis Edney and an Aunt, Sharon McNabb.

Joan is survived by her husband and caregiver, Leon Tipton: two sons, Brent (Kim) of Lyman, SC and Chad Tipton (Amy) of Ringgold, GA; eight grandchildren, Logan, Andrew, Skyler, Kaylynn, Morgan, Tanner, Gabriel & Elijah; one great grandchild, Blakely; brother, Eddie Shelton (Wanda); niece, Mackenzie Hyder (Jordan); great niece, McKenna; step-sisters, Linda Crain (Tommy) and Sandy Branham (Tommy); brother in laws, Wayne Tipton, Franklin Tipton (Janette), Ron Tipton (Lois), Kyle Tipton (Josie); aunts, Arlene Huskins, Phyllis Harris (Doug), Gladys Johnson (Ray); A host of nieces and nephews and specials friends.

Funeral services for Joan will be conducted at 1:00 PM Wednesday, August 4, 2021 in the Maranatha Tabernacle, 300 Maranatha Lane, Unicoi, Tennessee with Pastor E.L. Wheeler officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 11:00 AM until the service hour. Interment will follow in the Roselawn Memory Park. Pallbearers will be her loving son Chad, her grandsons, Gabriel, Elijah, Tanner and Andrew and her nephews, John Bennett and John Tipton.

Worley married Pearle S. Howell about 1936. Pearle (daughter of Raymond Howell and Ruhamie Bradford) was born on 27 Jul 1929 in , Yancey County, , North Carolina; died on 18 Aug 2009 in Washington County, , , Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Burgess married Rose Anna Shehan about 1910 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Rose (daughter of Ned Shehan Shehan and Nancy Elizabeth Higgins) was born on 10 Jul 1890 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; died on 19 Nov 1974 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in River Hill Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Raymond married Ruhamie Bradford on 26 Feb 1927 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Ruhamie was born on 10 Oct 1908 in , Yancey County, , North Carolina; died on 5 Aug 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ned married Nancy Elizabeth Higgins on 28 May 1885 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee. Nancy (daughter of Samuel Higgins and Mary Melissa Higgins) was born on 24 Sep 1868 in Washington County, , , Tennessee; died about 1938 in Unicoi County, , , Tennessee; was buried in River Hill Cemetery, , Unicoi County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]