Obituary of Thomas Eddington - Montgomery County, Illinois This is the obit of Thomas Eddington, the maternal great grandfather of Olin D. Clayton of Raymond. Thomas Eddington of Witt Dies Services Tuesday Funeral services for Thomas Eddington, 96 of Witt, will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon in the Witt Methodist church. Reverand Bluford Dawson will officiate and interment will be in the Irving Cemetery. Mr. Eddington died died at 7:45 o'clock Saturday at the Laura Charles Nursing Home in Witt following an illness of three months. He was born November 22, 1862 in Shipman, Il, the son of Charles and Betsy (Browning) Eddington and has been a resident of the Witt community for the past 70 years. He was a retired farmer and a member of the Witt Methodist Church. His wife Sophia, whom he married February 19, 1890, preceded him in death on October 29, 1947. He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Myrtle Armentrout of Irving and three sons, Elmer of Witt, Harvey of Taylorville and Charles of Irving. Eleven grandchildren and twenty five great grandchildren. Nine brothers and sisters have preceded him in death. The body is at the Stiehl Dawson Funeral Home in Witt. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barb Clayton