Marvin Dalton

Funeral services for William Marvin Dalton, Jr., 85, will be held at 12:00 noon Monday, November 9, 2009 in the Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday, November 8, 2009 from 4-6 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Dalton died Friday, November 6, 2009. Born in Acworth, GA, he was a son of the late William Marvin and Connie Allgood Dalton. He graduated from Hartsville High School where he was a star football player and captain of the football team. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, served in the 320th Combat Infantry and carried "BAR”, and served in the Ardennes (Battle of the Bulge). During his military time he was awarded the EAME Service Medal with 3 Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. Marvin, affectionately known as “Big Mo," worked at Sonoco Products Company for 47 years before his retirement to care for his loving wife in 1990. He loved working in the millwright shop, was a hard worker, good friend to those that he worked with. He was honored to work at Sonoco and was proud of his service there. While working at Sonoco he donated 12 gallons of blood to the American Red Cross. In his younger years, he was an avid tennis player at Lawton Park and other tennis courts around Hartsville and was reportedly very good. He loved vacationing at the beach and the mountains with family. He was a proud man, quiet, but when he said something it was important and everyone stopped and listened. Mr. Dalton had been associated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for many years and served as an usher for several years and enjoyed that calling. Mr. Dalton is predeceased by his loving wife of 49 years, Lilly Braddock Dalton; brothers, Charles Edward Dalton and Edgar Allen Dalton. He is survived by his daughters, Julie Dalton Gunnells and Nancy Dalton Van Winkle with special son-in-law Michael Van Winkle, all of Hartsville; grandchildren, Nikki (Marc) Moore, Okinawa Japan, Ashley (Carmel) Moody Myers, Elizabeth Gunnells, Stephanie Gunnells, all of Hartsville; great-grandchildren, Dorcias, Gabriel, Terrian, Lilly and Kyra Moore, all of Okinawa, Japan, Dalton Myers, which carries on his namesake, which he was so proud of and Laken Gunnells, both of Hartsville. Memorials may be made to United Hospice, 609 S. Coit St., Florence, SC 29501. Special thanks from the family to Candice Hedgepath R.N. from United Hospice and Dr. Kenneth Evans for being there for the family and for Mr. Dalton during his illness.

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Marvin Dalton

September 27, 1924 - November 6, 2009