RICHARD LAYTON

EAST PRAIRIE -- Richard Layton, 79, of East Prairie died Thursday, May 7, 1998, at his home.

He was born Feb. 7, 1919, in Advance, son of Joe and Lillie Smith Layton. He and Genevieve Sain were married in March 1944. She died in 1971. He later married Frances Hood in 1973, who died in 1988. He and Lela Lawson were married in 1990.

Layton was a truck driver with Sikeston Concrete Products Co. 15 years. He was formerly of Canalou.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Richard "Gene" Layton of Anniston, Don and Dannie Layton of Pensacola, Fla.; two brothers, Lester Layton of Anniston, Ralph Layton of Bethalto, Ill.; a sister, Nancy Johnson of Cottage Hills, Ill.; 19 grandchildren; and 27 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, three brothers, and a sister.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel in Sikeston from 5-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the chapel, with the Rev. John Tolbert officiating. Burial will be in New Morley Cemetery.