Elizabeth Colley Shelton

Background

Shelton, Elizabeth Colley was born on March 26, 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia. Daughter of John Edmonds and Bess (Hollowell) Colley.

Education

Attended, Sweet Briar (Virginia) College, 1937-1940; Bachelor in Sociology, U. Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1963; postgraduate, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, 1990-1998.

Career

Caseworker, Hamilton County Family Superior vena cava syndrome, Chattanooga, 1970-1972; caseworker principal, Fulton County Department of Family and Children Superior vena cava syndrome, Atlanta, Georgia., 1973-1997. Board directors Midtown Assistance Center, Atlanta, 1988-1997.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Colley Shelton has been listed as a noteworthy social worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Sustainer Junior League of Atlanta, since 1946. Member Georgia Conference on Social Welfare (board directors 1993-1996), Georgia County Welfare Association, Daughters of the King, Service and Prayer Group, Society Companions of Holy Cross, Symphony and Alliance Theater.

Connections

Married Charles Bascom Shelton Junior, October 22, 1940 (deceased Febr. 1990); children: Charles III, Elizabeth Colley Case, Rosser Edmonds.

Father:

John Edmonds Colley

Mother:

Bess (Hollowell) Colley

Spouse:

Charles Bascom Shelton Junior

child:

Rosser Edmonds Shelton

child:

Charles III Shelton

child:

Elizabeth Colley Case Shelton