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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SHELTON
October 26,1856--August 20,1931.

WHEREAS, Benjamin Franklin Shelton of Edgecombe County, a
member of the Consolidated Board of Trustees of the University of
North Carolina, having died on the 20th day of August 1931, the
said Board of Trustees desiring to commemorate his usefulness as
a citizen, and his unselfish service to his State, do herein set
forth:

That Benjamin F. Shelton of Edgecombe County, North Carolina,
the oldest son of Henry Cray and Margaret Ann Shelton, was born
October 26, 1856, and died August 20, 1931, by profession a farmer,
and by virtue of his integrity and ability being often called upon
for public service, and served as Representative in the General
Assembly from Edgecombe County in the sessions of 1901 and 1903;
as a member of the State Prison Board 1916-1920; as a member of
the State Board of Agriculture 19___ to 19___; President of the State
Farmers Alliancel President Farmers Convention; President of the
Farmers Union; President of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Association of Edgecombe County; delegate to the Semocratic National
Convention in Houston, Texas, 1928; member of the Board of Directors
of the N. C. Cotton Co-operative Association; County Commissioner
of Edgecombe County; President of the Bank of Hobgood, N. C.;
Vice-President First National Bank of Tarboro, N. C.; a member of the
Board of Directors and a member of the Executive Committee of State
College of Agriculture and Engineering from 1924 until the consol-
idation of the Universities of North Carolina, and then a member of the
Consolidated Board of Trustees until his death; in all of which places
he served faithfully and honestly, and by his rugged honesty and
integrity standing forth as a constructive force in all of his
association;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Consolidated Board of Trustees of
the University of North Carolina, in regular meeting assembled on
this the 24th day of January, 1933, that in the death of Mr. Shelton,
we have lost the aid and counsel of a valuable member of our Board,
and that as a mark of respect to his memory we commend his record of
public service and extend the sympathy of this Board to the members
of his family. That a copy of this resolution be spread upon the
minutes of the Board, on a page thereof dedicated to his memory,
that a copy be forwarded to his widow, and a copy thereof be given
to the Press.

W. G. Clark, Chairman
Irvin B. Tucker
Dudley W. Bagley
Committee.