Wise Co., TX., Obits - James Earnest Rotton - 1942 - 2000
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     James Earnest Rotton - 8 Jan 1942 - 29 Jan 2000

Service for James Earnest Rotton, 58, of Newark was Tuesday, Feb. 1, at
the Christian Hawkins Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Lewis Coomer officiated 
and burial followed at Boyd Cemetery. Rotton died Jan. 29, 2000, in 
Decatur.

Born Jan. 8, 1942, in Fort Worth, Rotton married Gayle Washburn on Aug.
7, 1965, in Fort Worth. He had lived in Newark since 1968 and was of 
the Pentecostal faith. He was a U.S. Army veteran and worked at General
Dynamics in Quality Control until his retirement. He was preceded in 
death by his father, Augusta B. Rotton.

Survivors include his wife, Gayle of Newark; his mother and step-father,
Alice and John Thompson of Newark; a son, Stephen Rotton of Keller; a 
daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly and Dion Wilcox of Newark; three 
brothers, Jerry Thompson of Shreveport, La., John Marvin Thompson III 
and Kenny Thompson, both of Newark; and a sister, Joyce Potter of 
Haltom City.

Pallbearers were Devin Farris, Kevin Farris, Kenny Thompson and Chris
Thompson.