Suffolk City-Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Panton, John F., 1982 

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JOHN FREDERICK PANTON 

   SUFFOLK - A funeral service for John Frederick Panton, 83, was held Friday 
at 2 p.m. in First Baptist Church by Dr. Wayne W. Poplin.  Burial was in Holly 
Lawn Cemetery, Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home was in charge.

   Panton died Wednesday in a hospital.

   A native of Southampton County, he was the husband of the late Mary Lee 
Futch.  A World War I Army veteran, he had retired as captain from the Suffolk 
Fire Department after 36 years.  He was a member of First Baptist Church, 
North Street.  He was commander of the World War I Barracks No. 1045 and was 
an honorary member of the Nansemond River Duck Club and life member of the 
Suffolk Volunteer Fire Company.

   Survivors include two sons, Richard T. Panton of Charlotte, N.C., and James 
F. Panton of Suffolk; a stepdaughter, Gladys F. Canney of Imperial Beach, 
Calif.; a stepson, Richard R. Futch of Shanandoah; two sisters, Lillian T. 
Bunch of Suffolk and Callie P. Knight of Tampa, Fla.; and nine grandchildren.


John Frederick PANTON, retired Suffolk F.D. captain, Army veteran of WW-I, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 3 Feb 1982, Suffolk, age 83, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 5 Feb 1982, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 8, 1982, p. 6 

*Buried with his first wife, Myrtie F. (TYLER) PANTON. 
   Holly Lawn list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt 

His second wife and his parents, Matthew J. & Mattie (RICKS) PANTON, 
   are buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk - Mary in Block I, Lot 102. 
   Cedar Hill list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

Mary's first husband, Raymond George FUTCH (1905-1941), was also buried in 
   Cedar Hill - possibly unmarked - and has been added to the list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_d.txt 


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