JOE MAC FULTON

 

Burial for Joe Mac Fulton, 74, of Auburn, Wash. was at Tahoma National Cemetery Friday, Feb. 13. Mr. Fulton died Feb. 2. He was born on April 16, 1934, in Dialville, the seventh child of Fred B. and Bettie Frazier Scurlock Fulton.

After graduating from Dialville High School, he earned his Associate in Arts degree from Tyler Junior College. He served two years in the Army where he was a paratrooper. After discharge from the Army he served in the Texas National Guard while attending Stephen F. Austin State College in Nacogdoches. His schooling was interrupted by his induction into the U.S. Air Force, He entered the Air Force as a Lieutenant and held the rank of Captain when he was discharged 12 years later. During those years, he served as a fighter pilot, flying F- 104s and other aircraft.

His wife of 42 years, Margaret M. Whitman, and he were married Sept. 3, 1966, in Oregon City, Ore. Their son, J. Michael Fulton, was born July 25, 1969, while Joe was based at Homestead, Fla. After leaving the service, the family moved to Auburn, Wash., where he served as an air traffic controller for a number of years. He finished his working career as a supervisor of operations at Sea-Tac Airport for the Port of Seattle. His parents; three brothers, F. B., James and Bill; and three sisters, Helen, Laurna Elizabeth and Jane, all preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, son and daughter-in-law, J. Michael and Jennifer Lumpkin Fulton; three grandchildren, Jonathan, Anna and Kristina; his niece, Marilyn Evans of Tyler; and four nephews, Frazier Carter of Tyler, David Fulton and Skip Fulton, both of of Rusk; and Kenny Fulton of LaPorte.

Information from The Cherokeean Herald