Jeb Stuart Gaston, Sr. (left) was born on March 18, 1881, in Reidville, South Carolina. Little is known about his early life except that he moved to Walton County sometime after 1900 and served as City Marshal of DeFuniak Springs in 1924. He married Mary Gillis Douglass of Argyle, and…
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John Oliver Rutan
The 1937 Walton High School basketball team members were (front row, left to right): Ed Taylor, Dawson Cawthon, Gerdon Tappan, John Rutan, Jeb Stuart Gaston, (middle row) Woody Wesley, Bob Hatcher, Frank Mzwreck, Earl Wesley, Kenneth Sconiers, Charles Taylor, (back row) Buddy Lowery, coaches Shorty Waites, Grey Wilson, and Ox…