Mrs. Helen Dalton passed away at the age of 76 on Sunday, October 3, 2021, surrounded by her children after a brief hospitalization in Leesburg, Florida. Memorial service was Saturday, October 9, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Chapman Funeral Home with Reverend Burton Dixon officiating. The family received friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 9, at Chapman Funeral Home.
Mrs. Dalton was born March 4, 1945, on a bright, cool Sunday morning in a cotton field in Kite, to Milton Russell and Maggie Ruth Price Sheppard. Helen was a devoted wife and mother. She was a graduate of Kite High School in Kite, then graduated from Business College in Augusta. Helen then moved to Stuart, Florida and worked for Randolph and Randolph Attorney at Law. She later returned to Georgia with her husband and retired from the Georgia Department of Corrections. Mrs. Helen will be greatly and sadly missed by all of her family and friends. Mrs. Dalton is preceded in death by her husband, Paris Mitchell Dalton.
Mrs. Dalton leaves behind 4 children, Derek Kirkland Dalton (Robin), Patrick Michael Dalton (Jackie), Chad Everett Dalton (Katrina), and Tonya Dalton Massey (John), 9 grandchildren, Tony Cooper, Dale Gilley, Tiffany Singleton, Ashley Helen Logue, Zachary Lane Logue, Landon Dalton Logue, Tyler Mitchell Dalton, Hailey Marissa Dalton, and Amy Mae Dalton; 13 step-grands; 37 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great-grandchild; one sister, Frances Sheppard Lindsey (Edward); and several nieces and nephews.
Chapman Funeral Home of Swainsboro was in charge of arrangements.
