Franklin County MsArchives Obituaries.....John H. "Papa John" Clanton September 19 2003 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Allen Geoghegan http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00008.html#0001878 May 2, 2004, 7:57 pm Natchez Democrat 9/20/2003 NATCHEZ - Funeral services for John H. "Papa John" Clanton, 74, of Natchez, who died Friday, Sept. 19, 2003, at Natchez Regional Medical Center will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Laird Funeral Home Union Street Chapel with Dr. Edgar Wright officiating. Burial will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today and from 1 p.m. until services at the funeral home. Mr. Clanton was born April 5, 1929, in Franklin County, Mississippi, the son of Lee Roy and Velma Ezell Clanton. He was a member of Morgantown Baptist Church and retired from Johns-Manville Corporation after 41 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Dewey Clanton, James Allen Clanton and Leroy Clanton; and a sister, Anna Belle Strahan. Survivors include his wife, Margaret A. Clanton of Natchez; two daughters, Kay Franks and husband James and Cathy Gamberi, all of Natchez; two grandchildren, James Franks Jr. and wife Johnie of Natchez and Misty Sanders and husband Mark of Brookhaven; three great-grandchildren, McKenna Franks, Maggie Franks and Nash Sanders; three sisters, Emily Scott of Ediceton, Shelita Kennedy of Brookhaven and Louise Cupit of Union Church; four brothers, Lamar Clanton of Gloster, Oscar Clanton and Billy Clanton of Meadville and Douglas Clanton of Brookhaven; and a number of nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Raymond Scott, Randy Cupit, Bruce Clanton, Brian Clanton, Mickey Clanton, David Clanton, John Paul Clanton and Donald Clanton. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb