Walton Preston Sellers

Walton Preston Sellers

• Father: William Preston Sellers b. 1872, d. 23 September 1964
• Mother: Mamie Fisher b. 1873, d. 31 May 1949

• Walton Preston Sellers was born on 15 October 1901 in Louisiana.
• Walton Preston Sellers appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, at Prairie Street boarding in a hotel operated by Melvin Smith.
• He was employed by the State, according to the 1930 census.
• He married Lennie Mae Thompson, daughter of Charles Franklin Emery Jr. and Lennie Shields Thompson.
• Walton Preston Sellers and Lennie Mae Thompson appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Winnsboro, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. Other members of the household included Walton Preston Sellers Jr. Also in the household was a nurse maid.
• He was a county agent, according to the 1940 census.
• The following appeared on 26 May 1951 in the Northwest Arkansas Times: Walton P. Sellers, acting chief of the United State Agricultural mission to Panama, has been in Fayetteville for four days, conferring with officials of the University College of Agriculture on plans for an agricultural program in Panama.
        The University has signed a contract with the U. S. Department of State and Agriculture under which the college assumes responsibility for the development of such an agricultural program in cooperation with the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations of the Department of Agriculture, under the Point Four program.
       Sellers, a member of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations who represents the Departments of Agriculture and State in Panama, will work closely with the Arkansas group. He has been working with Dean Lippert S. Ellis and Associate Director R. P. Bartholomew on plans for the Panamanian mission, and has also been studying the program of the Arkansas Experiment Station.
• The following appeared on 25 September 1964 in The Times-Picayune: [Died] On Wednesday, September 23, 1964, at 10:30 o'clock p. m., William Preston Sellers, father of Walton P. Sellers of Washington, La., brother of Mrs. Erie Wilson of Birmingham, Ala. Aged 92 years. A native of Birmingham, Ala., and a resident of Iota, La.
       Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral.
       Services from The Geezy-Ferguson Funeral Home, Iota, La., on Friday, September 25, 1964, at 3 o'clock p. m.
       Interment in Maxie cemetery, with Masonic Graveside Services.
• Walton Preston Sellers died on 6 January 1969 at age 67.
• His wife Lennie Mae Thompson became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

• Last Edited: 8 May 2014

• Charts: Descendants of ADAMS Felix Grundy & Huldah Ann Shields