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- [S237] Chattanooga Central High School, Class of 1963, (http://63pounders.com/faculty-index.php).
Jacob Marion Seaton
Aug 13, 1909 - Jan 8, 2001
Jacob Marion Seaton was born in Nolichucky, TN August 13, 1909 to David M. and Effie Jane Bailey Seaton. "Jake" attended Washington Academy in Limestone, TN and entered East Tennessee State Teachers College in 1930 on a baseball scholarship. After playing multiple sports at ETSTC, Seaton graduated in 1934 with a BS in Industrial Arts. His first teaching job began that fall at Daisy High School, where he was also an assistant basketball coach. In 1937 Seaton married Lillian Shadwick on July 16 and also worked as an inspector for International Harvester, then from 1937-42 was teacher and assistant football, basketball, and baseball coach for the newly merged Soddy-Daisy High School. His only child, Janette, (Central '57) was born August 31, 1939.
In 1942 Seaton became a recruiting specialist for DuPont, traveling nationwide to fill needed skills at wartime production facilities. Jake Seaton returned to Chattanooga in the fall of 1945 as an Industrial Arts teacher and assistant football coach at Central, staying at the helm until his retirement from New Central in 1974. His 29 consecutive years as a football coach at Central eclipsed Coach Etter's 28 years as the longest in Central's history. Seaton initially coached the "B" teams and with the addition of the junior high in 1950, became the linebackers and ends coach through 1969, then line coach 1970-73. He was also instrumental in starting the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Chapter at Central. After retirement, Seaton stayed active in the Kiwanis Club and as a Sunday School teacher (Wesley Memorial UMC), and in 1993 received the Central High Distinguished Alumni/Supporter Award. Suffering from Alzheimers in his later years, Jake and his second wife, Hester Sue Abernathy Seaton, lived in an assisted living facility in Chattanooga. They passed away on consecutive days in January, 2001 - Hester on the 7th and Jake in the 8th - and were buried at Chattanooga Memorial Park. Jacob Marion Seaton was survived by his daughter, Janette Seaton Odenberg.
- [S137] Hamilton County Tennessee Marriage Records, Hamilton County Clerk's Office, (https://secure2.hamiltontn.gov/CClerk/Marriage_License/PublicScreens/LicenseSearch.aspx).
Date Married: 7/16/1937 Book: 0039 Page: 0318 License: 052452
Marriage Location: HAMILTON COUNTY, TN Ceremony Type: RELIGIOUS
GROOM: JACOB M. SEATON
Address: NOT RECORDED DAISY, TN County: HAMILTON
BRIDE: LILLIAN SHADWICK
Address: NOT RECORDED DAISY, TN County: HAMILTON
Officiant: J. W. DAVENPORT, MINISTER
- [S137] Hamilton County Tennessee Marriage Records, Hamilton County Clerk's Office, (https://secure2.hamiltontn.gov/CClerk/Marriage_License/PublicScreens/LicenseSearch.aspx).
Date Married: 7/7/1962 Book: 0051 Page: 0217 License: 015049
Marriage Location: HAMILTON COUNTY, TN Ceremony Type: RELIGIOUS
GROOM: J. M. SEATON
Address: 105 HUNT AVE CHATTANOOGA, TN County: HAMILTON
BRIDE: HESTER SUE ABERNATHY
Address: 1214N. CONCORD RD CHATTANOOGA, TN County: HAMILTON
Officiant: CURTIS L. WAGNER, MINISTER
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