Cox Shelton

Talmadge Cox Shelton, age 94, died Wednesday November 20, 2019 at UNC-Rex Medical Center in Raleigh, NC. Services will be held Tuesday November 26, 2019 at 11:00 AM  at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Pickens County, AL with Bro. Kenneth Smith officiating. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be held Tuesday one hour prior to service at the church. Memorial Gunter Peel Funeral Home & Crematory, 2nd Ave North, is in charge of arrangements.

Mr. Shelton was born October 20, 1925 in Lowndes County, Mississippi to the late Talmadge Herman and Nellie Gray Cox Shelton. He accepted Christ at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church at the age of 15 and was a U.S. Navy Veteran.

Cox loved hunting, fishing and helping his Dad on the farm and in that order. Later after returning from WWII he traveled throughout the US witnessing to all he encountered and even rode a few Brahman bulls in rodeos along the way. In his 40's he took up running and completed four marathons, two of which were the Boston Marathon and one of those in his 60's, where he was the oldest runner to complete that race. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his niece Melinda Shelton and his brother James Verrell Shelton.

He is survived by his sister Nell Shelton Keisling( Douglas, deceased) of Livingston , TN, his brother and sister – in – law Billy LaBrone and Norma Shelton of Raleigh, NC, and 11 nieces and nephews and 73 great, and great-great nieces and nephews.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations for the flower fund at Bethlehem Baptist Church c/o Pat Pugh, 4980 Water Mill Road, Millport, AL 35576.

Above all else he loved the Lord, shared God's word daily and was asked many times if he was a preacher. Jesus was truly his best friend. Cox would always say “All you need to know to live a full life is in the Bible”. He was a wise man.