Alton Payton

Alton Payton, age 88, widower of Gertrude Payton, formerly of 111 Dogwood Circle, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at the Richard M. Campbell Veterans Home in Anderson.
He was born in Calhoun Falls, SC and was a son of the late Buck Alton and Pearl Dutton Payton. He was retired from Clinton Mills and was a US Army Veteran of the Korean War. He was also a member of the Davidson Street Baptist Church and the Laurens VFW.
Mr. Payton is survived by his daughter, Mary Ann Miller of McCormick, SC; his granddaughter, Crystal McKinney of Johnston, SC; his brother, Kent Payton of Orangeburg, SC; his four sisters, Ethel McKellar of Clinton, Evelyn Dunn of Columbia, Gail Gosnell of Chesnee, and Bobbie Hulsey of Chesnee; his great-grandchildren, Carrie Lynn Mack, Dylan Mack, Thomas M. McKinney, IV, Madeline McKinney; and two great-great grandchildren, Skylar Dabbs and Cammie Lynn Cason.
He was predeceased by a grandson, William Carey Alton Mack.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 2 PM at the Gray Funeral Home Chapel in Clinton with burial to take place at Pinelawn Memory Gardens with Military Honors. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 1 to 2 PM at the funeral home.
Condolences may be expressed the family online at www.grayfuneralhome.com

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