Alton Ray Horton

Proper Street. He enjoyed attending Sharing Hearts at the First Baptist Church. Mr. Horton was an avid high average bowler and loved fishing. He also enjoyed working his shop repairing lawn mowers, wood work and especially working in the yard. He was a member of the Strickland Church of Christ and a veteran of the United States Army, during WWII.

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Alton R. Horton, age 86, died Tuesday at Magnolia Regional Health Center. Services for Mr. Horton will be

at McPeters Funeral Home Chapel, Thursday, December 22, 2011, eleven o/clock in the morning with Military

Honors. Burial will follow in the Forrest Memorial Park. Visitation will be Wednesday at McPeters Funeral Directors

beginning at five until eight o'clock in the evening. Officiating Bro. Merl Dixon and Minister Brad Dillingham.

Mr. Horton retired form the United States Postal Service and prior was the owner of the Horton Grocery Store on

Proper Street. He enjoyed attending Sharing Hearts at the First Baptist Church. Mr. Horton was an avid high average bowler and loved fishing. He also enjoyed working his shop repairing lawn mowers, wood work and especially working in the yard. He was a member of the Strickland Church of Christ and a veteran of the United States Army, during WWII.

Mr. Horton is preceded in death by his wife, Opal S. Horton; a daughter, Donna Ray Horton Shults; two brothers,

Bill Horton and Buford Horton; a sister Rachael Williams.

Survivors include his two daughters, Paula Ann Horton and Shirley Horton Curtis (Cokey) both of Corinth;

three brothers, Waymon Horton (Geraldine) of Memphis, TN; Bobby Horton of Tasmania, Australia; Hoyt E. Horton

(Shirley Allen) of Corinth; his sister Eunice Smith of Corinth; his grandchildren, Jenny Young, Denise Tucker, and Jacqueline Wheelington; great grandchildren, Savannah Young, Katy Tucker and Wesley Vick.

Condolences may be made to mcpetersfuneraldirectors.com

Arrangements under the direction of McPeters Funeral Directors, Corinth, MS.