THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, September 14, 1994 TAG: 9409140412
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James Perry Layton, 43, of the 300 block of W. McGinnis Circle passed away Sept. 12, 1994, in his residence.
Mr. Layton was born in Portsmouth. He was an international representative and general organizer for International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers & Helpers. He was a member of the National Audubon Society, National Member Smithsonian Associates and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local 684. He was a 1969 graduate of Lake Taylor High School and was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of Vietnam.
Survivors include his wife, Mary A. Layton; a stepson, Kenneth R. Knowles Jr. of Chesapeake; his parents, Ellen Layton and James S. Layton of Norfolk; four sisters, Sharon Blazejack of Jordan, Minn., Carol Cheslick of Norfolk, Carla Moore of Milwaukee, Wis. and Kim Osborn of Norfolk; one niece, Sara Osborn of Norfolk and one nephew, Ian Moore of Milwaukee, Wis.
A memorial service will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. today in Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Indian River Chapel, by the Rev. Steve Wiseman. Burial will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to the National Audubon Society, P.O. Box 51003, Boulder, Colo. 80323-1003, phone 1-800-274-4201 or to the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560.
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