Mr. Walter Jackson âWJâ Dalton, age 84, of Rainsville passed away April 7th, 2021. Funeral services will be held at 3pm on Sunday, April 11th, 2021from the Rainsville First Baptist Church. Bro. David Cofield, Bro. Billy Garner & Bro. Welton Brooks will be officiating. Mr. Dalton will lie-in-state at the church, prior to the service, on Sunday from 2-3pm. The Family will also receive Friends from 5-9pm on Saturday, April 10th, 2021 from the W.T. Wilson Funeral Chapel.
W.J. was born on November 13, 1936 in Ider, Alabama to Pearl B. and Elva Veal Dalton. He was the first of their twelve children. He attended Ider School for the first and second grade then moved to Sylvania for third grade. His family moved to Chigger Hill community near Geraldine, and he attended Tenbroeck Junior High School through the ninth grade. From tenth grade on to graduation, he attended Geraldine High School. He was part of the graduating class of 1955 from Geraldine High School.