Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Shelton, Alberta Coiner Rodes October 8, 2000
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Virginian-Pilot,  Tuesday, October 10, 2000 
Alberta Coiner Rodes Shelton, 99, died Oct. 8, 2000, at Virginia Beach 
Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness.



Alberta was born March 12, 1901, at ``Oakland'' in Albemarle County, seven 
miles west of Charlottesville, Va., second child of Edward Thomas and Alberta 
Coiner Rodes. She was educated by her mother at home until she entered public 
school in the third grade. After graduating from Greenwood High School, she 
went to Harrisonburg Teacher's College, now James Madison University, and 
received a B.S. degree in Home Economics. She taught at Woodrow Wilson High 
School in Portsmouth until her marriage to Berkley Walter Shelton Jr. in 1928.



She made her home on the family farm at ``Shelton Station'' in Princess Anne 
County, now the city of Virginia Beach. She joined Haygood United Methodist 
Church and served as youth counselor, choir member, president of UMW, member of 
the Board of Stewards, youth Sunday school teacher, and chair of the Parsonage 
Committee. As chair of the Altar Guild, she furnished and arranged flowers over 
a period of many years. She was the oldest member of Haygood Church.



She was active in the community as secretary and president of the Bayside 
Elementary School PTA, member of Women For Better Government, Princess Anne 
Woman's Club, Princess Anne Book Club, and Daughters of the American Revolution.



She was a gifted needle-woman and artisan, producing many needlepoint pieces, 
enjoyed reading, gardening and flower arranging. She is fondly remembered for 
her ham biscuits and aprons made for the church bazaars.



She is survived by her only daughter, Alberta Shelton Stornetta of Annapolis, 
Md.; four grandchildren, Ruth Stornetta Friend of Charlottesville, Va., Mary 
Beth Stornetta Gale of Wakefield, R.I., W. Scott Stornetta Jr. of Morristown, 
N.J., and David Walter Stornetta of Annapolis; and five great-grandchildren. A 
fifth grandchild, Mary Alberta ``IV'' Stornetta died in November, 1999. Her 
husband, Berkley Walter Shelton Jr., died in 1953. She was also preceded in 
death by one brother, Thomas William Rodes, and four sisters, Ruth Rodes 
Culpepper, Clotilde Rodes Ballard, Dorothy Rodes Holden and Mary Betty Rodes.



A graveside service at Elmwood Cemetery will be private, followed by a memorial 
service at Haygood United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Friday by the Rev. W. 
Michael Nobles Sr. Family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 9 
p.m. Thursday in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Bayside Chapel. Memorial 
donations may be made to Haygood United Methodist Church, Youth Ministries. 





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