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Celebration of life of giant of Lindsey Wilson, Asa Shelton, today He enjoyed 70-year relationship with Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia and Adair County, KY. Click on headline for complete story plus photo(s) By Duane Bonifer, LWC Director of Public Relations The life and contributions of former Lindsey Wilson College dean Asa Marshall Shelton will be celebrated Wednesday, September 16, at a funeral service this morning at 11:00amCT, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home in Columbia, KY. Shelton died Saturday at Jane Todd Crawford Hospital in Greensburg, Ky., after a long illness. He was 97. "Asa Shelton was one of the giants in the history of Lindsey Wilson," said LWC President William T. Luckey Jr. "Because of his unselfish service to the college, Lindsey Wilson was able to weather the storms of change and blossom into the beautiful college it is today. Few people saw Lindsey Wilson undergo more dramatic changes than Dean Shelton did during his more than 70-year association with the college." Came to Columbia in 1936 to take $75 a month job Shelton came to LWC in 1936 as a member of the college's faculty. He drove from Lexington, KY, to the college in a Model A Ford and arrived on campus in mid-September one day before the start of the 1936-37 school year. He took the job for a salary of $75 a month plus room and board. Shelton taught mathematics and physics, and in 1940 he was named the college's registrar and dean of faculty. Until then, A.P. White had served as the college's president, dean, registrar and Bible professor. Shelton said he received a $25 raise to serve as the college's dean. Deanship pretty much worth $25 a month he earned "I've always thought $25 was pretty much what a dean was worth," Shelton said in a 2006 interview. In spring 1942, the Lindsey Wilson Board of Trustees name Shelton the college's executive vice president, a position which placed him in charge of day-to-day operations and effectively made him acting president while White battled cancer. In 1943, enrollment was down to 55 students "When we started school in 1943, we only had about 55 students - all of which were girls except a couple boys who were handicapped. The rest were gone to the service," Shelton said in 2006. Shelton left LWC in June 1943 to enter the U.S. Air Corps. During World War II, he was a meteorologist in the 21st Weather Squadron, issuing weather forecasts to Allied forces in England, France and Germany. He left the Army Air Corps in 1946 as a captain, and then worked for one year for the Kentucky Department of Revenue. Shelton returned to LWC in 1947 as registrar and dean of the faculty, a position he held until 1952. When he returned to the college, enrollment had swollen to more than 180 students, largely because of an influx of veterans from World War II. World War II changed attitudes of students Shelton said there was a marked difference in the attitude among LWC male students. Before World War II, "a lot of the boys liked to play around a lot." "If they didn't have to do something, they didn't do it," he said in the 2006 interview. "After the war, they were a different bunch. The men who came to campus after the war were much better students - they didn't play around as much because they learned what an education meant while they were in the service." From 1952-1975, Shelton worked for the Dallas based Revere Copper & Brass Co., retiring as that company's district office supervisor. Shelton moved back to Columbia in 1979.In the 2006 interview, Shelton recalled his two tours of duty at Lindsey Wilson with great fondness. Lindsey Wilson was simple place then "It was a very simple place - we just had gymnasium building, the girls' hall, the administration building, boys' hall and the little training school," he said. "I liked teaching at Lindsey Wilson more than anything I've done." In 1996, the Lindsey Wilson College Board of Trustees and Faculty honored Shelton with a doctor of human letters, honoris causa.Shelton was born September 1, 1912, on a 100-acre farm in Clark County, Ky., located about five miles from Winchester, to the late Marshall and Jessie Ingram Shelton. Shelton earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1935 from Kentucky Wesleyan College, which was still located in Winchester. While a student at KWC, Shelton served as captain of the college's varsity basketball team. Shelton then earned a master of arts degree in 1937 from the University of Kentucky. Contact with President R.V. Bennett led him to Columbia He came to LWC thanks to a contact with former LWC President R.V. Bennett. Shelton took classes from Bennett - who had become KWC's president and also taught math at the college. When a position opened at LWC, Bennett endorsed Shelton for the job. "I was planning on getting my PhD in math, but the person who was teaching math (at LWC) got a job a UK, so Dr. Bennett helped me get the job down here," he said. Shelton was most recently a member of the Columbia United Methodist Church. Funeral details Shelton's funeral will be 11:00am CT Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at Grissom-Martin Funeral Home, 200 Campbellsville ST., Columbia, KY. The Revs. Neal Janes and Rev. Richard Lowe will officiate the ceremony. Burial will be in Columbia Cemetery, 315 Campbellsville St. Visitation will be after 9:00am CT Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at the funeral home. Shelton was preceded in death by his first wife, Allie Breeding Dillon Shelton, an Adair County native and a 1937 LWC alumna; and a son, David A. Shelton. Shelton is survived by his wife, Dorothy "Tillie" Wood Shelton, who is a 1952 LWC alumna; a son: Dan Shelton of Huntsville, TX; a grandson, Richard B. Shelton of Plano, TX; and three step-daughters: Sue Zanco of Baton Rouge, LA, and Julie Bosworth and Margaret Carter, both of Charolotte, NC.In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to Columbia UMC, the Asa, Allie and David Shelton Scholarship Fund at LWC, or the Dorothy "Tillie" Shelton Scholarship Fund at LWC. This story was posted on 2009-09-16 05:58:59
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