Afton Patton

Afton Patton, age 80, of Stanton, Kentucky passed away July 3, 2018 at Clark Regional Medical Center. Born in Soft Shell, Knott County, Kentucky he was a son of the late Carl Patton and the late Mae Combs Patton. Afton was a retired electrical engineer from Air Compressor and a member of Golf's Corner First Church of God. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by one brother, Dennis Patton. Afton is survived by his wife, Janet Patton; one daughter, Lisa Patton-Schlegel and her husband Todd of Barnett, MO; stepson, Darrell (Ollie) Hughes of Clay City; grandchild, Brandon Hughes; brother, Marcus (Faye) Patton of Bowling Green; sister, Irene (Roger) Banks of Whitesburg; special sister-in-law, Martha Patton of Indiana and special nephew, Dustin (Tara) Knox of Clay City. Funeral services officiated by Bro. Mike Phillips will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, July 7, 2018 at Hearne Funeral Home Inc., 125 West College Avenue, Stanton, KY. Visitation begins at 6:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Clay City-Eaton Cemetery with Todd Schlegel, Jeff Trent, Darrell Hughes, Jerry Beasley, Brandon Hughes, Enoch Thomas, Chandler Thomas and Dustin Knox serving as active pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers are Lonnie and Kim Crabtree, Treva and Ronnie Roe, John and Beulah Yates, Dr. Brian Andreas and staff, Karen and Paul Hemsath, Larry and Wilma Taulbee, Richard Flippo, Emma Jean Beasley, Herb Trent, Staff of Hardee's Restaurant in Stanton, Fran and Gene Pace. Arrangements by Hearne Funeral Home, Inc.