The funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 542 Hickory, in Abilene with Rev. Jim Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Round Mound Cemetery.
Mr. Claxton was born to Annie Mae (Stevens) and Hughie Claxton on November 24, 1927, in Abilene, Texas, where he later married Hazel Hines on October 1, 1949. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, and retired after a career as an architect superintendent. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Eastland.
He was predeceased by a son, Jeffery Lynn Claxton (d.1976); his parents; a brother, Lonnie Claxton (d.1986); and two sisters, Frances Varnadore (d.1986), and Juanita Sartor (d.2004).
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Claxton of Ranger; a son, Randy Claxton of Aledo, TX; three daughters, Sheila Kay Anthony of Crowley, TX, Charlene Lorenzo of Deerfield Beach, Florida, and Becky Brittain of Galveston; four grandchildren, Justin Anthony, Atley Rawlins, Sharde Rawlins, and Akasia Rawlins, and a great- grandchild, Ashton Lee Rawlins. He is also survived by a brother, Odell Claxton of Albuquerque, N.M. and four sisters, Lerline Duncan, Dulcy St. ‘Pierre, Ruth Maxwell, and La Vern Mooty, all of Abilene.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 41, Abilene, TX 79604.
The funeral services will be 3 p.m. Friday at Elliott-Hamil Funeral Home Chapel of Memories, 542 Hickory, in Abilene with Rev. Jim Andrews officiating. Burial will be in Round Mound Cemetery.
Mr. Claxton was born to Annie Mae (Stevens) and Hughie Claxton on November 24, 1927, in Abilene, Texas, where he later married Hazel Hines on October 1, 1949. He was a U.S. Navy veteran, and retired after a career as an architect superintendent. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Eastland.
He was predeceased by a son, Jeffery Lynn Claxton (d.1976); his parents; a brother, Lonnie Claxton (d.1986); and two sisters, Frances Varnadore (d.1986), and Juanita Sartor (d.2004).
Survivors include his wife, Hazel Claxton of Ranger; a son, Randy Claxton of Aledo, TX; three daughters, Sheila Kay Anthony of Crowley, TX, Charlene Lorenzo of Deerfield Beach, Florida, and Becky Brittain of Galveston; four grandchildren, Justin Anthony, Atley Rawlins, Sharde Rawlins, and Akasia Rawlins, and a great- grandchild, Ashton Lee Rawlins. He is also survived by a brother, Odell Claxton of Albuquerque, N.M. and four sisters, Lerline Duncan, Dulcy St. ‘Pierre, Ruth Maxwell, and La Vern Mooty, all of Abilene.
Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 41, Abilene, TX 79604.
Family Members
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Lonnie Willis Claxton
1911–1986
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J. Elby Claxton
1913–1913
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Erby Claxton
1916–1916
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Juanita Elnora Claxton Sartor
1917–2004
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Wilbert Odell "Bill" Claxton
1920–2007
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Susie Lerline Claxton Duncan
1921–2009
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Dulcy May Claxton St. Pierre
1923–2009
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Margie Frances Claxton Varnadore
1925–1986
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Hilva LaVern Claxton Mooty
1932–2024
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