TITLE:  Elmer Arthur Walton

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 16, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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Elmer Arthur Walton, Jr., 74, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Retired Office 
Manager for Southern Railway died Friday, June 15, 2001, at his 
residence. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Arthur 
Walton are invited to attend the funeral services of the former at the 
graveside, St. Philip's Episcopal Churchyard, Charleston, S.C. Monday 
morning, June 18, 2001, at 10:30 o'clock. ARRANGEMENTS BY J. HENRY 
STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. Mr. Walton was born June 27, 1926, 
in Martins Ferry, Ohio, son of Elmer Arthur Walton and Jessie Ray Kidd 
Walton. He attended schools in Charlotte, N.C., and the University of 
North Carolina. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was 
employed by Southern Railway System from April 16, 1947, until 
retirement on June 30, 1986. One of his first assignments was a 
clerical assistant on a business railway car. Later, his work for the 
railroad took him to other cities, including Charleston, where he lived
for several years. An accomplished oil painter, Mr. Walton was the 
first president of the Charleston Artist's Guild. He was later 
transferred to Washington, D.C., where he was a charter member of the 
Society of the Bull and Bear. At the time of his retirement, he was 
serving the railroad, which had become Norfolk Southern Corporation, 
in Roanoke, Va. Mr. Walton had lived in Mount Pleasant, S.C., since 
retiring. He was a member of the church of the Holy Cross on Sullivan's
Island, S.C., and had been an active volunteer at the church. Surviving
are his wife, Henrietta Means Walton of Mt. Pleasant, S.C. In lieu of 
flowers, memorials may be made to the Church of the Holy Cross, 2520 
Middle St., Sullivan's Island, S.C. 29482. (The Post and Courier June
16, 2001)

WALTON, JR., Elmer The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer 
Arthur Walton are invited to attend the funeral services of the former 
at the graveside, St. Philip's Episcopal Churchyard, Charleston, S.C., 
Monday morning, June 18, 2001, at 10:30 o'clock. Arrangements by J. 
HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 2520 Middle St.,
Sullivan's Island, S.C. 29482. (The Post and Courier June 17, 2001)

WALTON, JR., Elmer The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer 
Arthur Walton are invited to attend the funeral services of the former 
at the graveside, St. Philip's Episcopal Churchyard, Charleston, S.C., 
Monday morning, June 18, 2001, at 10:30 o'clock. Arrangements by J. 
HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL. In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, 2520 Middle St.,
Sullivan's Island, S.C. 29482. (The Post and Courier June 18, 2001)
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