Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, January 7, 1992 TAG: 9201070020
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-2 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG LENGTH: Short
OBIT EATON, J.
EATON, JAMES W.Mr. James Walter (Dick) Eaton, age 69, died Monday morning, January 6, 1992 at his home. Mr. Eaton was born on November 15, 1922 in Staffordsville and was a son of the late John Shepperd and Mae Johnston Eaton. Mr. Eaton was also preceded in death by two sisters, Virginia Lou Hunt, Fauna Mae "Tootie" Fuller. Mr. Eaton was a Navy veteran of World War II, retired from the L.E. Myers Co. and the Ocean Electric Co., a member of the Ruritan Club, and was a 4-H leader. He is survived by his wife, Hazel Earnest Eaton, Pearisburg; four daughters and sons-in-law, Linda Sue and Carl Casteel, Volant, Pa.; Brenda Mae and Wayne Carlson, Waltham, Mass.; Janet Leigh and Clinton Gregory, Dublin; Diane Lynn and Barry Price, Pearisburg; eight brothers, Kenneth Eaton, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Tom Eaton, Germantown, N.C.; Wess Eaton, Pete Eaton, Don Eaton, and Jimmy Eaton, all of Pearisburg; Doug Eaton, Ripplemead; Burkey Eaton, Keymark, Md.; three sisters, Mary Martin, Kernersville, N.C.; Elizabeth Powel, Stanleyville, N.C.; Ann Fletcher, Wheaton, Md.; six grandchildren. Graveside services will be conducted Wednesday, Janaury 8, 1992 at 11:00 a.m. at the Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg with the Rev. Margaret Wood Johnston officiating. The family will receive friends at the Givens Funeral Home from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eaton's Chapel Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Jack Price, Rt. 2 Box 340, Pearisburg, Va. 24134.