DAVID ALTON

ADVANCE -- David John Alton, 72, of Sodus, Mich., died Friday, Feb. 19, 1999, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was in Advance visiting his sisters.

He was born Aug. 1, 1926, in Tomato, Ark., son of Christopher J. and Edna Robinson Alton. He and June McCoy were married April 16, 1949, in Benton Harbor, Mich. She died Aug. 26, 1994.

Alton had been a driver with United Van Lines. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Survivors include a daughter, Sandra Williams of Sodus; a son, David Alton of Buchanan, Mich.; three sisters, Betty McCain and Laura Hudson of Advance, Toni Montgomery of Bakersfield, Calif.; and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a grandchild, three sisters, and a brother.

Private funeral and burial will be in Sodus.