Mary Elizabeth Shelton, second child, eldest daughter of Samuel White and Viola Hardin Shelton, was born at the home of her parents on the Hiwassee River in lower McMinn County, Tennessee on September 4, 1902. She married William Herman Schultz, Jr. (Pokey) at Cleveland, Tennessee on October 4, 1922. Mary was secretary to the Cleveland-Bradley County Chapter of the American Red Cross until her retirement in 1969. Pokey was retired from the position as City Building Inspector of Cleveland. They had son William Herman Schultz III (Bill), born in Cleveland on August 17, 1923. Bill wed Ina Grace Johnson (Joni) in Texas on December 16, 1946. Bill is retired from the teaching profession, first as Principal of Bradley County High School and more recently from a preparatory school, both in Cleveland. Bill was appointed in July, 1984 as interim mayor of Cleveland to fill out the term of Mayor Colbert, who resigned. Bill was elected last year in his own right to serve as Mayor of Cleveland. Joni Schultz serves as a teacher in the public schools, is active in church and civic clubs.

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Bill served as an officer in the U. S. Air Force in World War II. They have Robert Johnson Schultz and Mary Jennifer Schultz. Rob was born in Cleveland on November 28, 1949. He wed Lydia Albright in Athens, Tennessee on November 17, 1972. They have Jonathan Fahrny Schultz, born Cleveland on July 20, 1974 and Amelia Catherine Schultz, born April 19, 1978. Rob is on leave from Bowaters Paper Company of Calhoun. Lydia teaches in the public schools of Bradley County. Mary Jennifer (Jeni) Schultz was born on July 28, 1953. She married Robert Lee Taylor at Cleveland on August 9, 1975. They have Mary Elizabeth Taylor, born May 9, 1982. Both Bob and Jeni teach in the Cleveland schools. Rob and Lydia and Bob and Jeni and their respective families have homes in Cleveland. On the following page is a write-up from the Cleveland, Tennessee Daily Banner on Bill’s appointment as Mayor of Cleveland.

Exquisite paintings and handmade ceramic pieces adorn the home on 14^th Street in Cleveland where Mary and Pokey lived, there by her hand, but these were only two of Mary’s hobbies. She did gardening, canning, cooking, quilting, crocheting and sewing. In her “spare time” she served as a Red Cross volunteer. She and Pokey “kept house” at their home at 233 14^th Street, NW, for 48 years.