DATE: Friday, August 8, 1997                TAG: 9708080549

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B8   EDITION: FINAL 

DATELINE: FRANKLIN                          LENGTH:   27 lines

MARY L. PANTON

Mary Lassiter Panton, 88, of the 22200 block of Deer Lane died Aug. 6, 1997, in Southampton Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Panton, a native of Northampton County, N.C., was the daughter of the late Melvin and Letia Bolton Lassiter and the widow of Harry W. Panton. She was the retired owner/operator of The Flat Top in Milwaukee, N.C. She was a member of the Bethany Methodist Church, Milwaukee, a member and past matron of the Franklin Chapter No. 128 Order of the Eastern Star and was a volunteer at the East Pavilion.

She is survived by her daughter, Mary Ann Flythe and her husband, David Earl; two grandsons, Walt and Chris Flythe; brother, Melvin Lassiter Jr. and his wife, Jennie, of Kinston, N.C.; sister-in-law, Herlon Lassiter of Columbia, N.C.; brother-in-law, Charlie Panton and his wife, Bertha, of Milwaukee; niece, Susie Gregory of Virginia Beach; two nephews, Wayne Lassiter of Virginia Beach and Lewis Lassiter of South Carolina.

A graveside funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in Milwaukee Cemetery by the Rev. Daniel Bowman. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Ruth Petty, 116 Southampton Road, Franklin, Va. 23851, or East Pavilion Discretionary Fund, Southampton Memorial Hospital, 100 Fairview Drive, Franklin, Va. 23851. Wright Funeral Home, Franklin, is in charge. KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY

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