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Elbert Russell Horton

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Elbert Russell Horton

Birth
Person County, North Carolina, USA
Death
9 Jul 2010 (aged 94)
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
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Americal Division Veteran
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Elbert Russell Horton age, 94, of 6932 Surl Mt. Tirzah Road, who died Friday, July 9, 2010 at the Veteran Administration Hospital in Durham will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Sunday, July 11, 2010 in the Brooks & White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Hal Dickerson and the Rev. Alfred Snipes. Burial will be in the Timberlake Baptist Church cemetery on Surl Mt. Tirzah Road.

Mr. Horton was a native of Person County, the son of the late Aldean Wilson and Minnie Lee Whitfield Horton. His late wife was Mattie Hines Horton. His late sister was Foy Mae Horton Whitfield and his late brothers were Earl Bradsher Horton, James Boyd (J.B.) Horton, and Thomas Aldean Horton.

Surviving are his brother Coy Whitfield Horton, and 15 nieces and nephews, many family members, and friends. He was retired from Collins and Aikman Corporation.

He was a World War II veteran, having served with the Americal Division in the Pacific. He was a member of the American Legion Post 138.

Pallbearers will be Patrick Jacques, Arthur Tillet, Tony Gentry, Robert Rimmer, Guerrant Matthews, Tommy Harris, Thomas Chandler, and Richard Jeffrey.

Visitation will be from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday, July 10, 2010 in the Brooks & White Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Alamance/Caswell Hospice, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC, 27215, or The Cantebury House, 1284 Leasburg Rd., Roxboro, NC, 27573, or Hopsice at the VA Hospital, 508 Fulton St., Durham, NC, 27705.
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Americal Division Veteran
___________________________________________

Elbert Russell Horton age, 94, of 6932 Surl Mt. Tirzah Road, who died Friday, July 9, 2010 at the Veteran Administration Hospital in Durham will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Sunday, July 11, 2010 in the Brooks & White Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Hal Dickerson and the Rev. Alfred Snipes. Burial will be in the Timberlake Baptist Church cemetery on Surl Mt. Tirzah Road.

Mr. Horton was a native of Person County, the son of the late Aldean Wilson and Minnie Lee Whitfield Horton. His late wife was Mattie Hines Horton. His late sister was Foy Mae Horton Whitfield and his late brothers were Earl Bradsher Horton, James Boyd (J.B.) Horton, and Thomas Aldean Horton.

Surviving are his brother Coy Whitfield Horton, and 15 nieces and nephews, many family members, and friends. He was retired from Collins and Aikman Corporation.

He was a World War II veteran, having served with the Americal Division in the Pacific. He was a member of the American Legion Post 138.

Pallbearers will be Patrick Jacques, Arthur Tillet, Tony Gentry, Robert Rimmer, Guerrant Matthews, Tommy Harris, Thomas Chandler, and Richard Jeffrey.

Visitation will be from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Saturday, July 10, 2010 in the Brooks & White Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Alamance/Caswell Hospice, 914 Chapel Hill Rd., Burlington, NC, 27215, or The Cantebury House, 1284 Leasburg Rd., Roxboro, NC, 27573, or Hopsice at the VA Hospital, 508 Fulton St., Durham, NC, 27705.

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