Lena Walton
Lena Walton, 92, of Uniontown, Pa., and formerly of Fairchance, Pa., passed away Tuesday morning, April 29, 2003, at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Dorothea and Joseph Thomas of Uniontown, Pa.
She was born May 16, 1910, in Beeson, Pa., daughter of the late Albert and Ola Gipson.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Thurman Walton Sr.; two sons, Thurman Jr., and Roscoe Walton; one daughter, Valeeda Walton Poole; one adopted son, Robert Fitzgerald; four sisters, Madelyn Jones, Thelma Petty, Grace Tarpley and Julia Fitzgerald; and three brothers, Floyd, Frank and Clarence Gipson.
Surviving are one daughter, Dorothea Thomas and husband, Joseph of Uniontown; two sons, Carl (Johnny) Walton and wife, Linda of Detroit, Mich., and Jane Fitzgerald of Bowling Green, Va.; a daughter-in-law, Vivian Gipson; 21 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; four great great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
Friends will be received in the MURIEL E. LANTZ FUNERAL HOME, 297 East Main St., Uniontown, Pa., on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m., and in the Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Fairchance, Pa., on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m., the hour of service, with the Rev. James R. Calloway officiating. Interment will follow in Sylvan Heights Cemetery.