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Dalton's wife, the former Mary Lou Turner, died in September 1988, the years before his own passing. His nephew and adopted son, [[John N. Nichols]], was elected in 1977 as the third Republican governor of the 20th century. Their next-door neighbor in Radford, Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (1907-1995), became the first Republican woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1957.<ref name=atkinson/>

Dalton's wife, the former Mary Lou Turner, died in September 1988, the years before his own passing. His nephew and adopted son, [[John N. Nichols]], was elected in 1977 as the third Republican governor of the 20th century. Their next-door neighbor in Radford, Charlotte Milton Caldwell Giesen (1907-1995), became the first Republican woman elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 1957.<ref name=atkinson/>

In 1968, Dalton was selected as an honorary member of the Order of the Coif of the law school of [[Washington & Lee University]] in Lexington, Virginia. Dalton also received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from his ''alma mater,'' the College of William & Mary in 1972.

In 1968, Dalton was selected as an honorary member of the Order of the Coif of the law school of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Dalton also received an honorary doctorate of laws degree from his ''alma mater,'' the College of William & Mary in 1972.

Dalton died at Radford Community Hospital of complications from [[pneumonia]]. He outlived his son, John Dalton, by three years. He and his wife and son are interred at Sunrise Burial Park in Fairlawn in Pulaski County, Virginia. Dalton's personal papers are held at the College of William & Mary.

Dalton died at Radford Community Hospital of complications from [[pneumonia]]. He outlived his son, John Dalton, by three years. He and his wife and son are interred at Sunrise Burial Park in Fairlawn in Pulaski County, Virginia. Dalton's personal papers are held at the College of William & Mary.