Libby to Ibby 1922-2002

 Libby to Ibby 1922 to 2002

 

Libby's mother, Maryella Jennings (1886-1964) in 1903, age 16:

 

Libby's father, James Blair Shelton (II) (1885-1969) in 1905 or 1906, age 20:

 

Mary Ella and James were second cousins one generation removed. Libby's great grandfather on her mother's side and James' grandfather on his mother's side were brothers (Meredith). In Louisa County back then everyone was related to everyone else somehow, probably.

Shelton-Jennings wedding certificate 1911 in Washington DC:

 

Libby born 1922, the youngest of James and Mary Ella's three children, in Rainelle, WV:

 

The family moved to Charlottesville in 1923.

Libby graduates from Lane High School in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1939:

 

 Libby in uniform, possibly while attending St. Clair's Medical Secretarial School, 1941:

 

1941- Libby at 19:

 

Libby and FDG Jr meet in Richmond before he enters the service in 1943 and then meet again at Thalhimer's or Miller & Rhoads after the war ends in 1945.

They marry in March, 1947:

Wedding Certificate:

 

Honeymoon at Miami Beach, Fla.:

The newlyweds live in an apartment on Chamberlayne Avenue in Richmond. The neighbors feel sorry for Libby because her husband wears a working man's uniform to work at the paper company. WMG born in February, 1948:

 

A little dancing on New  Year's Eve 1948, early version of Date Night:

 

 1949- Cape May, a place we visited often because the Martenstein's had a cottage there:

 

1950- Libby and old car, both with style:

Move to Westham Parkway in 1950:

From the back of the house photo I learned that Libby was known as Elib to Aunt Seal and the Sheltons for a long time.

New arrival in 1951, James Tyler:

 

 

Christmas 1951, Libby gets a fur jacket:

 

 

But look at the elegant robe under the fur:
 

 

Dinner with the Fleets, 1953:

Another arrival in April 1954, John David, but I haven't found a Mom and baby photo- she may be over the excitement of a new baby.

FD Sr rents the Earle Cottage at 55th and Ocean Front for the family to use in the summers from 1955 to 1960.

Cabana at the beach:

 

 

Family in the den in 1955:

 

Family in 1956:

 

 Young family in 1957:

 

 

First passport 1958:

Libby and Bill go to Europe on the Queen Mary to attend the 1958 World's fair in Dusseldorf, West Germany:

 

 

 Sitting on the lawn at the Earle Cottage in 1958 (she really looks like Addie here, to me):

 

Libby and Bill go with their friends the Martensteins to a VMI football game in 1958:

 Big night in 1959, probably New Year's Eve:

 

Tucson Club (church friends, neighbors, and bridge partners) goes Hawaiian in April, 1960:

 

Feeling good at the end of bowling season in 1960:

 

Family dress up night (probably Christmas) 1961:

 

Family tries skis for the first time, Homestead, 1961:

At Old Town 1962:

 

Libby poses next to an early Annabet in 1963:

 

Tucson Club 1964:

 

Flower girl 1964:

Another passport 1964: 

Libby, Bill, Mike Finch, Gene Carnes and a Blue Marlin in 1965, probably at Hatteras:

 

In 1965 and 1966 Andres Navarro from Santiago, Chile lives with the Gs for a year.

Chinese screen in background 1966:

 

More dress up 1966:

 

Move into Herndon in 1967:

Back to back at the beach in 1968:

Passport for 1969:

1972 at a sporting event:

Libby vamps in the camper in 1972 for her 50th birthday (These Boots are Made for Walking):

 

In 1973 Libby and Bill go Out West in their camper:

 

Still the old magic in 1974:

 

Passport 1974:

 

Family in 1975, when most of us had hair:

1975- Mildred the cat joins the family:

 

1976 Masters Angling Tournament in Florida:

1976 and 1977 were the years of the Herndon Classic Tennis Tournament.

 

Libby and the Herndon Classic cake in 1976:

 

Rio? in 1977:

 

Passport 1979: 

1980 trip to Singapore to launch the Libby G:

Godmother to the crew of the Libby G:

 

 

With Rosalynn Carter 1980:

 

James Matthew arrives in 1981, and, when he starts talking, Libby becomes Ibby.

 

1981, third of three weddings at Herndon:

 

Coming to the opening of the ESG Gallery at the Reeves Center at W&L in 1982:

 

Serenade by Southern Comfort at the same event:

 

1984 at Virginia Beach with Mom (Mrs. FDG Sr.) and baby Michael:

 

 

Passport 1984:

 

The Masters fishing tournament in 1985:

 

 

The whole family celebrated many happy times at the Greenbrier in WV beginning in 1986:

 

 

Launch of the Sarah Beth in 1989 and then to Virginia Beach:

Playing sharpshooter with the grandchildren at Xmas 1990:

1991 at the opening of the Lenfest Center at W&L with Mrs. Mary Tyler Freeman Cheek and opera star Marilyn Horne:

1991 photo of the Shelton family- Stuart, Freda, James Stuart, Ibby, Seal (Lucille), Helen, and Tyler in Rockville:

 

VMI distinguished alumnus celebration in 1991:

 

1992 Fourth of July:

 

Mount Vernon trip with W&L in 1992:

Another fancy dress occasion in Washington at about this time:

 

Last passport in 1993:

 

 Greenbrier 1994:

50th anniversary with the family and friends at Cheeca Lodge in 1997:

 

50th anniversary with the Tucson Club on the Anne Marie in 1997:

 Belly Dancer day on the Anne Marie in 1997:

Greenbrier 1997:

 

 

 

Bowling at the Greenbrier in 1999:

 

Ibby and Beth deep in conversation at Leesa's wedding reception in the Ethyl Pavilion in October 2001:

 

November 2001 at the christening of the second Sarah Beth at Cohoke:

I have tried to verify the dates on the photos as best I could. All mistakes are mine.

 

Many thanks to Maggie Cauthorn for giving me the idea to put this tribute together.

wmg