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Submitted: 12/26/09 • Approved: 7/11/17 • Last Updated: 7/14/17 • R273167-G0-S3
August 8, 1894 - October 13, 1975
*Obituary
Springdale News
Tuesday, October 14, 1975
Roy Neuman Britton, 81, Decatur, died Oct. 13 in Gravette Medical Center. Born Aug. 8, 1894, in Hiwasse, he was the son of Joseph Wesley and Mary A. Evans Britton. He was the pastor of First Covenant Church in Decatur and moved there from Chelsa, Okla., in 1965.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Madge Britton of the home; four sons, Rufus Britton and Neuman Britton, Decatur, Jim Britton, Siloam Springs, and Pat Britton, Bakersfield, Calif.; six daughters, Mrs. Greta Pitts and Mrs. Martha Rapp, San Bernardino, Calif., Mrs. Alba Cornell, Redlands, Calif., Mrs. Leona Bailey and Mrs. Frances King, Highland, Calif., and Mrs. Ruby Dietrich, Riverside, Calif.; two brothers, John Britton, Fresno, Calif., and Jim Britton, Phoenix, Ariz.; 52 grandchildren, and 29 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday at 10:30 a.m. in First Covenant Church, Decatur, with Dennis Garrett and Fred Gabbler officiating. Burial will be in Decatur Cemetery under the direction of Wasson Funeral Home of Siloam Springs.
Contributed on 12/26/09 by judyfrog
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