Funeral service for Wesley Edward Crayton, Sr., age 83, of Decatur, will be Friday, May 9, 2014, 2:00 p.m., at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Harold Coomer officiating. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 8, 2014, at the funeral home. Interment will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Crayton, who died Sunday, May 4, 2014, at Decatur Morgan Hospital, was born June 4, 1930, in Greensboro, NC, to John Wesley Crayton and Nellie Rosson Crayton. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force, and employed by Browns Ferry and Decatur City Schools.
He is survived by his wife, children, grandchildren, and one brother.
Pallbearers will be Ruben Bankhead, Kenneth Bankhead, Zackary Dalton, Debs Day, T. W. Dalton, and Jacob Dalton.
