Dallas Maddron^{[1, 2]}

1927 - 2010  (82 years)

• Name	Dallas Maddron
  Born	7 Mar 1927	Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jan 2010	Winter Park, Florida   [3]
  Buried	Glen Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, Winter Park, Orange County, Florida
  Person ID	I213340	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	9 Sep 2013

  
  

  Father	James Lawson Othneil "Oth" Maddron,   b. 29 Nov 1887, Cocke County, Tennessee ,   d. 3 Dec 1970  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Gertrude Ray,   b. Madison County, North Carolina ,   d. 3 Dec 1970
  Married	15 Jul 1917	Cocke County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F81429	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Theresa Anderson,   b. 17 Jan 1926, Watha, Pender County, North Carolina  (Age 98 years)
  Married	15 Aug 1959	Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Dwayne Lawson Maddron,   b. 25 Feb 1961  (Age 63 years) + 2. Kevin Ray Maddron,   b. 21 Jul 1968, Winter Park, Florida  (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F81433	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 7 Mar 1927 - Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee Died - 16 Jan 2010 - Winter Park, Florida Buried - - Glen Haven Memorial Park Cemetery, Winter Park, Orange County, Florida  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S9] Smoky Mountain Historical Society Newsletter, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, Vol. XXXII, No. 3, page 7, 8, Fall 2006. [S84] E-Mail, Kevin Maddron [Kevinmaddron@gmail.com], 10 Mar 2012. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 19 Jan 2010. Dallas W. Maddron, 82, Winter Haven, FL, passed way peacefully in his home on January 16, 2010. He was born on March 7, 1927 in Newport, TN, a son of Oth and Gertrude Maddron. He was educated in Newport schools. During his senior year in high school, he volunteered to join the United States Navy and was deployed to the South Pacific where he served for 15 months. Upon returning from the war, he graduated from Tusculum College with a degree in biology and chemistry. Unable to get into medical school, he entered the teaching profession, eventually leaving Cocke County to pursue his career elsewhere. At one time he was a teacher at Newport Grammar School and coached basketball for one year. He later earned his master's degree in education and biology from East Tennessee State University and took a position at Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies where he trained to teach and interpret atomic science. He traveled the nation in a teaching mobile lecturing in high schools, colleges, museums, and large gatherings at events such as state fairs and conventions to explain atomic energy and its benefits. He moved to Orlando, FL in 1959 with his wife Theresa to accept a position with Orange County Public Schools to help start what is now the Orlando Science Center. Later he became the science supervisor for secondary education for the school system. He received numerous awards in the field of science education, including the National Science Supervisors Award and the State of Florida Award for Excellence in Science Supervision. Dallas was a member of the First Baptist Church of Winter Park, FL and a Christian. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years Theresa Maddron; sons Dwayne and Kevin; his daughter-in-law Jacqueline; and two grandchildren, Nicholas and Grace. Dallas will be remembered for his love of education, his love for others, his love for the environment, and his love for Jesus. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Orlando Science Center in his memory and can be made online at www.osc.org. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Baldwin Fairchild Lake Ivanhoe Chapel.