Ret. LTC John W. Dalton age 74 of Hampton passed Tuesday, November 10, 2015. He was a member of the Morrow Masonic Lodge and retired from the U.S. Army. He was a great man & now he is meeting his loving wife and dog, Buck. He also had beer and cigars waiting on him when he got to heaven. He was preceded in death by loving wife: Elizabeth Hazel Dalton. He is survived by children: Kathy Lynn Grusing (Douglas) of McDonough, John Jeffery Dalton (Teresa) of Fayetteville, NC, and Patty Ann Dalton of Ashville, NC; sisters: Joan Milford, Joyce Challis, and Joanne Queen; grandchildren: Michael Grusing, John Lynn Dalton, and Christine Hyde-Dalton; great grandchild: Kaiden Grusing. Funeral services will be held 2PM. Sunday November 15, 2015 in the chapel of Ford Stewart Funeral Home. Interment to follow at Camp Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 5-7 PM, Saturday November 14, 2015 at the funeral home. Ford-Stewart Funeral Home, Inc., Jonesboro/Stockbridge 770-210-2700. www.fordstewartfuneralhome.com