Gayle Annette Dalton

Gayle Annette Dalton
September 11, 1940 ~ January 2, 2017
Gayle Annette Dalton of Meadowlakes, Texas, passed away on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017, at the age of 76 years following a lengthy illness of Alzheimer’s. Gayle was preceded in death by her husband, Kent Dalton; her parents, Ethel & Rayford Purnell; her brother and sister in-law, Pam & Tom Mahony; brother in-law, Tom Laros; and nephew, John Findley.
Gayle is survived by her sons, Brent Dalton of Meadowlakes, Texas; Trent Dalton and his wife Julie of Nolanville, Texas; three grandchildren, Cene, Chase, & Cody of Marble Falls, Texas. Gayle is also survived by her sister, Gerry Gray of Thornhurst, Pennsylvania; sister in-law, Diane Laros of Highland Park, Texas; three nephews and three nieces.
Gayle was born on Sept. 11, 1940, in Wheeler County, Texas, and was raised in Amarillo, Texas, where she met Kent at Amarillo High School. Gayle & Kent were married in 1960, and Gayle gave birth to her children in 1961 and 1962, while Kent was stationed at Whidbey Island Naval Base in Washington. Gayle became an executive vice-president in Killeen, Texas, and eventually became executive vice president of an independent oil company in Houston, Texas, before they relocated their real estate business and home to Marble Falls, Texas, in 1992. Gayle was co-owner and a realtor with Kent Dalton & Associates, councilwoman at City of Meadowlakes, and member of First United Methodist Church of Marble Falls. Gayle was devoted to her husband, and grandkids whom she loved very much, and will be missed, but not forgotten by all who loved and knew her.
The Dalton Family would especially like to thank the staff of the Granite Mesa Nursing Homes for their loving care of our mother over the last four years.
Visitation is Friday, Jan. 6, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home in Marble Falls and the Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at 2:30 p.m. at Clements-Wilcox Funeral Home in Marble Falls.
Online condolences may be made at: www.clementswilcoxfuneralhome.com.