Bill Paxton

Monday, December 10, 2012

SIKESTON -- William "Bill" Paxton, 85, died Dec. 7, 2012, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Born Oct. 27, 1927, at Cardwell, to the late T.J. and Naomi Moore Paxton, he served as a private in the Army Air Corps.

On Nov. 16, 1974, he married Lela Davidson who survives of the home.

Other survivors include: two sons, William Paxton and Stephen Paxton of Sikeston; six daughters, Linda McCoy of St. Louis, Donna Graham of Essex, Debra Williams and Elizabeth Smith of Cleveland, Tenn., and Enjoli Paxton and Jessie Womack of Sikeston; and 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Peggy Ann Paxton, and a sister.

Visitation is scheduled from 10:30 a.m. until time of services at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Oran with the Rev. Lloyd Latham officiating.

A graveside service with full military honors will follow in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield.