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William Paxton

Name: Visitation
Start: 12/11/2012 10:30 AM
End: 12/11/2012 01:00 PM
Location: Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel

October 27, 1927 — December 7, 2012

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Visitation

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Oran

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

10:30am - 1:00 pm (Central time)

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Funeral Service

Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel - Oran

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

1:00 - 1:30 pm (Central time)

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Interment

Missouri State Veteran's Cemetery

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Starts at 3:00 pm (Central time)

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William Paxton

William "Bill" Paxton, 85, of Sikeston passed away Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at Saint Francis Medical Center. He was born Oct. 27, 1927, in Cardwell, Mo., to the late T.J. and Naomi Moore Paxton. Bill was a private first class in the Army Air Corps, which was later known as the Air Force. He married Lela Davidson Nov. 16, 1974. She survives of the home. Other survivors are two sons, William and Stephen Paxton of Sikeston; six daughters, Linda McCoy of St. Louis, Donna Graham of Essex, Mo., Debrah Williams and Elizabeth Smith of Cleveland, Tenn., and Enjoli Paxton and Jessica Womack of Sikeston; 20 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Peggy Ann Paxton; and a sister. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the funeral at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran, Mo. The Rev. Lloyd Latham will be officiating. Full honors with a graveside military service will be given at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo

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