C.Sheffield

Hello! My name is Colton Sheffield, I am the Great Grandson of the owner of the Helena Court Motel; Helen W. Bell, and the grandson of the General Manager, Lum E. Twilligear Jr. While I was born after he sold the Motel, I grew up with stories of its running. My mother (Marie ‘Kim’ Twilligear, now Sheffield) and her siblings (Lum E. Twilligear III, or Tre, Karen Twilligear, now Marshall, and Malen Twilligear, now Dell) all worked at the Motel from the late 60s to 70s at one point or another. My Grandmother, Leatrice Cemo Twilligear, also was involved at the motel, but I’m not sure to what degree. My grandad, Lum Jr, sold the Motel around the early 90s, and tore down everything but the restaurant, and rented it out for a few years. I was born in 01, so I can’t give direct dates, and what I know comes from my family, but in the late 90s he sold the remaining property. After it ceased being the Helena Motel, he was not involved. Lum died in 2010 of a heart attack, and his wife Leatrice died in 2012 of Stomach & Liver Cancer. All of their children are surviving as of 2022.