Obits: EATON, LYNDON. Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by:  Peggy Hale
Date Submitted:  June 11, 2007
Contact:  Peggyhale@aol.com
Source: The Caddo Citizen

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Lyndon Eaton

     Lyndon Eaton was born at home on January 13, 1925 in Carnegie, Oklahoma to Mamie
Garrison Eaton and Marine Gilbert Eaton.  He entered life eternal on May 17, 2007 on the 54th
anniversary of his marriage to Jane Thomas Eaton.
     He attended grade school in the same one-room schoolhouse as did his mother.
From age 7 to 15, he studied piano with Mrs. Fred Daubert.  At age 9, he committed his
life to Christ at a revival in a one-room Presbyterian church in Alden where later he played
for services.  At age 10, he began earning his own money by raising turkeys on the family
farm and by taking eggs to the hatchery.  He played piano for a funeral at age 13. He graduated
from Alden High School in 1942.
     His education at Oklahoma University was interrupted by World War II.  After landing on 
the beach in Italy as an Infantryman, he ended up serving as a Chaplain's assistant because
of his skills as a pianist.  After VE Day, he was shipped to the Philippines on the USS General
Earnst.  While shipboard, one of the highlights of his life occurred when he was asked to
play hymns, amplified to 3,000 men, on the organ.  En route, news of VJ Day arrived. Sgt.
Eaton waded ashore in Manila the same day the peace treaty with Japan was signed. He
served in the Philppines for one year.  At one point, he took emergency leave because
his mother was seriously ill.  Upon arriving home, he found that his mother had sufficiently
recovered enough to go fishing.  After the war, he attended Oklahoma State University where 
he majored in petroleum engineering.  He served as president of both Acacia Social 
Faternity and the Student Petroleum Club.  He was also a member of Blue Key.
Upon graduation in 1951, he worked for six months in the Kansas oil fields for Stanolind Oil & Gas
Company, later known as Pan American Oil.  He was then transferred to the Pine Island field near
Vivian, Louisiana.
     It was here that he met the love of his life, June Thomas.  She was the church organist and
Lyndon sang in the choir.  They were married on May 17, 1953 at First Methodist Church of Vivian.
To this union, Amanda was born. Them moved to Oklahoma City in 1955 and then to Dallas in 
1957, where he worked for Bert Fields Oil Company, Aztec Oil, and then Sabine Royalty Company.
     During this time, he worked in drilling and production operations in California, Wyoming, New 
Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi, and Louisiana--including offshore.  On his final project
he was called upon to play an instrumental role in a massive production and construction
project in Santa Fe Springs, California.  For a number of months, he flew back and forth from 
Dallas on a daily basis.  He retired in 1980.
     While in Dallas, Lyndon was a member of the East Dallas Toastmaster's Club.  He and
his family were members of the White Rock United Methodist Church where he sang in the
choir and June filled-in occasionally on the organ.  After retiring, he and June moved to Oil
City, Louisiana where he served on the board and later as President of the Louisiana Oil
and Gas Museum.  He also served as president of the Oil City Rotary Club where he was
a Paul Harris Fellow.  He was also an active member of the American Legion.  In addition,
he was a lifetime member of the Masonic Lodge #294 of Carnegie, Oklahoma.
   June and Lyndon played a an organist-pianist duo in various churches, an arrangment
that lasted for decades until Alzheimer's affected June's abilities.  Lyndon spent his later
years caring for June, a living testament to the words:  'til death do us part.
     Lyndon is survived by his wife, June Eaton, daughter Amanda, her husband Rick DeLong, 
grandsons Blake and Chase, granddaughters, Anna Mullins and her husband Chris, and 
great grandchildren, Tristen, Thomas, Jacob, and Zachary.
     Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 20, 2007 at Chapel East of 
Hillcrest Mausoleum with Rev. Craig Glaybrook officiating.  Internment will follow at 
Hillcrest Memorial Park.
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