DONALD G. LITTON
DONALD GEORGE LITTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1933 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE MICHAEL WILLIAM LITTON AND EDITH PEARL (WILLIAMS) LITTON. DON DEPARTED THIS LIFE THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2003 AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY YEARS, SIX MONTHS AND TEN DAYS.
DON WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO GLENDOLA NICHOLSON NOVEMBER 21, 1951 IN POTOSI, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE FIFTY-ONE YEARS TOGETHER WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
DON IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE GLENDOLA LITTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO DAUGHTERS, AMANDA LITTON OF BARNHART, MISSOURI AND DONNA OWENS AND HUSBAND ROCKY OF LEAWOOD, KANSAS; ONE SON, JUSTIN W. LITTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE SISTER, JEAN DUNLAP AND HUSBAND LAWRENCE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, MATHEW OWENS, KATHRYN OWENS AND JOSHUA OWENS ALL OF LEAWOOD, KANSAS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.
DON WAS A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A BOARD MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR FOURTEEN YEARS. DON SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND AS INTERIM ADMINISTRATOR OF THE HOSPITAL. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY/MINERAL AREA RESCUE SQUAD. DON DROVE A SCHOOL BUS FOR THE POTOSI R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT. DON WAS A RETIRED AUTO WORKER FOR THE CHRYSLER CORPORATION.
DON ENJOYED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE, HE WAS ALWAYS READY TO SPEND TIME FISHING AND RELAXING IN THE COUNTRY SIDE. HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME IN HIS GARDEN.
DON HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR THE WELL FARE OF HIS FELLOW PERSON, ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP, SERVE OR DEDICATE HIS SELF AND TIME TO THE COMMUNITY. HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND SADLY MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD SATURDAY, JULY 26, 2003 FRO 2:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI AND SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 2:00 P.M. AT THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SUNDAY, JULY 27, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE POTOSI SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH, POTOSI, MISSOURI WITH REVEREND JOHN EDWARDS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNSET HILL CEMETERY, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE JUSTIN LITTON, MATHEW OWENS, NATHAN ROWE, JESSE ROWE, CHRIS ROBART AND MIKEY ROBART. HONORARY PALL BEARERS WERE NORMAN BOWLES, CARL PHILLIPS, DONNIE LARAMORE, DEAN FERGUSON, LAWRENCE DUNLAP AND RICHARD BATTREAL.
FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.