December 3, 2008

VALTON STEPHENS

 

Funeral for Valton Stephens, 79 of Rusk was at 1 p.m. Friday in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel. Burial was in Atoy Cemetery.

Mr. Stephens died Nov, 25. He was born Feb. 28, 1929, to the late Alfred Earnest and Virginia Othella Goodson Stephens. He had resided in Rusk for 16 years and formerly lived in Houston for 25 years.

He was Baptist. He retired in 1992 after 25 years as a wire line technician.

Preceding him in death were his parents; a son, Johnnie Stephens; daughter, Peggy Stephens and several brothers and sisters.

Survivors are his wife of 40 years, Joyce Stephens of Rusk; three sons and daughter-in-law, Danny and Allison Stephens of Rusk, Jimmy Stephens of California and Bobbie Stephens of Oregon; one brother, Luther Stephens; three sisters, Dorothy Bailey, Francis Hoover and Merlin Poskey; grandson, Richard Stephens of Arkansas; great-granddaughter, Abigail Stephens of Arkansas; and several nieces and nephews.

Family members served as pallbearers.

Information from The Cherokeean Herald