Mr. Benjamin Shelton Bradsher was born near Hester's Store in Person County, NC.
Shelton joined the Civillian Conservation Corps in 1932 and was assigned to CCC Company 411 located on Kephart Creek near Cherokee, NC.
Benjamin Shelton Bradsher and Sally Hazel Foxx were united in marriage in February, 1938 in Clayton, GA. Shelton and Hazel made their home in Sylva, North Carolina until his death in 1979.
Bradsher played baseball for the Civillian Conservation Corps' 'SMOKEMONT' Baseball team for several seasons, and was a star outfielder and batter. His favorite Major League player was Enos Bradsher (Country) Slaughter who played many seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Shelton and Enos grew up near Hurdle Mills, North Carolina.
Shelton coached more than twenty years in the Jackson County, North Carolina Little League and Senior League Baseball Programs.
Coach Bradsher led the Jackson County Senior Little League team, which represented the state of North Carolina, in the 1961 Senior Little League World Series, played in Williamsport, PA.
Coach Bradsher was inducted into the Jackson County North Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
Shelton and Hazel's two sons were Benjamin Shelton Bradsher, Jr. and Horace Eugene Bradsher.
Mr. Benjamin Shelton Bradsher was born near Hester's Store in Person County, NC.
Shelton joined the Civillian Conservation Corps in 1932 and was assigned to CCC Company 411 located on Kephart Creek near Cherokee, NC.
Benjamin Shelton Bradsher and Sally Hazel Foxx were united in marriage in February, 1938 in Clayton, GA. Shelton and Hazel made their home in Sylva, North Carolina until his death in 1979.
Bradsher played baseball for the Civillian Conservation Corps' 'SMOKEMONT' Baseball team for several seasons, and was a star outfielder and batter. His favorite Major League player was Enos Bradsher (Country) Slaughter who played many seasons for the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Shelton and Enos grew up near Hurdle Mills, North Carolina.
Shelton coached more than twenty years in the Jackson County, North Carolina Little League and Senior League Baseball Programs.
Coach Bradsher led the Jackson County Senior Little League team, which represented the state of North Carolina, in the 1961 Senior Little League World Series, played in Williamsport, PA.
Coach Bradsher was inducted into the Jackson County North Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.
Shelton and Hazel's two sons were Benjamin Shelton Bradsher, Jr. and Horace Eugene Bradsher.
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