Ouachita-East Carroll County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....HATTON, LONNIE R. JR. June 28, 2009
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News Star World - June 30, 2009
LONNIE R. HATTON JR.
Cox Funeral Home

Delhi, L A

Funeral services for Lonnie R. Hatton Jr., 80, of Lake Providence will be at 
10:00 AM, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in the chapel of Cox Funeral Home of Delhi 
with Rev. Wayne Stroud officiating.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 9:00 PM Tuesday at Cox Funeral Home.

Burial will be in the Epps Cemetery.

Mr. Hatton was a cattleman, commercial fisherman and a musician. In 1957 he 
joined the LA Wildlife & Fisheries Dept. as a game agent and retired in 1977. 
Lonnie loved to play his fiddle, having played for many community centers, 
nursing homes, dances and benefits. Lonnie was known as one of the finest 
fiddle players in LA. He was a member of the Sardis Baptist Church in 
Winnsboro; a 32nd Degree Master Mason and a member of the Royal Arch Masons in 
Liddieville, Mangham and Columbia as well as being a member of the Woodmen of 
the World. Mr. Hatton was responsible for raising the first flag of the 
Cherokee Nation in Franklin Parish and was a member of the Boeuf River Band of 
Cherokees.

He is preceded in death by two sons; Teddy Joe Hatton and William T. "Jo Jo" 
Hatton; his parents, Lonnie Roosevelt Hatton Sr. and Lola Dale Foreman Hatton; 
a sister Juanita Mercer and a grand daughter Christy Hatton.

He is survived by his loving wife, Connie Lee Hatton of Lake Providence, LA; 
three sons, Ronnie & Kathy Hatton of Winnsboro, LA, Richard Hatton of Los 
Angeles, CA and Tony & Susanne Hatton of West Monroe, LA; daughter, Linda & 
John McGallaird of Spindale, NC; six grand children, Nicole & Bryan Laws of 
Marion, NC, Amanda & Shannon Craig of Rutherford, NC, Jeffery Don & Christina 
Hatton of Liddieville, LA, Justin Hatton of Liddieville, LA, Joel & Tracey 
Hatton of Liddieville, LA and Jack Oliver Hatton of West Monroe, LA; sister, 
Noel & Jorge Tramontana of PA; brother-in-law, Phillip & Selia Frasier of 
Delhi, LA; sister-in-law, Carol & John Herlong of Lake Providence, LA; nine 
great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Jeffery Don Hatton, Joel Hatton, Justin Hatton, John 
McGallaird, Bryan Laws and Shannon Craig.

Honorary pallbearers will be Phillip Frasier and Johnny Mercer.


Additional Comments:
From Cox Funeral Home Website
Born in Liddieville, LA on Jan. 28, 1929
Departed on Jun. 28, 2009 and resided in Lake Providence, LA. 

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