Obit of Alton, J.O. - Pontotoc County, Oklahoma

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::Memory Gardens Cemetery--Amarillo TX

J.O. Alton

J.O. "Jim" Alton, 83, of Amarillo, died Tuesday, Feb. 17, 1998.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in SchoolerGordon Funeral Directors 
Bell Avenue Chapel, 5400 Bell St., with Dr. Norman Grigsby of St. 
Paul United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in Memory 
Gardens Cemetery.

Mr. Alton was born in Moody. He moved to Amarillo in 1954 from Enid, 
Okla.

He was a longtime employee of Furr's grocery stores. He was a 
salesman for Amarillo Packing before retiring.

He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church. He was active 
with the Amarillo Senior Bowling League and had placed fifth in the 
National Mixed Senior Bowling Championship League in St. Louis.

Mr. Alton married Maxine Bynum in 1939 at Ada, Okla. She died in 
1987.

Survivors include two sons, Ron Alton of Huntsville and Mike Alton of 
Tyler; a daughter, Jan Pell of Bedford; two brothers, R.L. Alton of 
Garland and Otha "Candy" Alton of Temple; two sisters, Gladys Elkins 
Jackson of Ada and Eunice Perryman of McGregor; nine grandchildren; 
and six great-grandchildren.

The family requests memorials in lieu of flowers be to the American 
Cancer Society or the American Lung Association.

Amarillo Globe News 19 Feb 1998
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