A. Gaston Dalton
July 10, 1929 ~ July 16, 2012
Resided in:
Asheville, NC
A. Gaston Dalton, 83, died Monday, July 16, 2012, at Mission Hospital.
A native of Buncombe Co., he was a son of the late Andrew Hickston Dalton and Cornelia Pinkerton Dalton. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Dalton; daughter, Lisa Bradford; and brother, Alfred Hicks Dalton.
Mr. Dalton retired from the Times-News, Hendersonville, and previously was employed for 30 years at the Asheville Citizen-Times.
He is survived by a son, Mark Dalton and his wife, Andrea; grandchildren Heather Holloway, Stacey Holloway, Colby Dalton, Peyton Dalton, and Madison Dalton; son-in-law Randy Bradford; sisters Synetta Dalton Cowan of Nevada, Evelyn Rebecca Calloway and husband Charles of NC, and Cornelia Rose Dalton of Florida; and brother Charles Herbert Dalton of Texas.
A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday in the Patton Ave. chapel of Groce Funeral Home, with the Rev. C. Morris Boyd, D. Min. officiating. His family will receive friends one hour following the service.
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I am deeply saddened by Dalton’s passing. He was a fine man, devoted husband and father and a good friend. I visited him for years at Helen’s house and will miss him very much. My deepest sympathy to all his fine family. Alice Cella
Mark I’m so sorry for your loss. I have nothing to offer you for your pain except my prayers, friendship and my love. You were there for me when we lost Andrew and I wish I could be there for you now. Please know we love you and we are here for you. God Bless!!
I have very fond memories of Gaston. His beautiful voice, his friendly manner, and the times we sang together. We were in the same church choir and sang several duets together…’Devine Redeemer’ was one that we were asked to repeat several times. We were always good friends. It is really strange that I got this news, I , for some reason, was just remembering that he used to sing while driving. When I lived in Asheville on Clinton ave, we had no air conditioning and slept with the windows open. I remember hearing Gaston singing on night after I had gone to bed and figured out he was driving on a main street (think it was Haywood! don’t remember the name) and I heard him hitting some of the high notes he was known for. What a nice man…Can’t believe I was just recently thinking of him…a little scary but interesting.
dear mark, andrea and family~so sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. you know that we always thought the world of gaston. i hope you know how proud he was if your entire family. he never visited our shop that he didn’t give me a complete update of you guys and all the children.and andrea he always bragged on you and the wonderful wife and mother that you were. we hope that you will reflect on all the family memories that you must have. may you feel God’s arms wrapped around you tightly during this time.