Death Claimed R. E. Staton, 81; Rites Tuesday Catlettsburg -Funeral services for Robert E. Staton, 81 of 2400 Broadway, Catlettsburg, whose death at his home at 4:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon followed an extended illness, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 o'clock at the Kilgore-Collier Funeral Home, Pannola Street with burial following in the Catlettsburg Cemetery. The Rev Arden P. Keyser, retired Methodist minister of Catlettsburg, will officiate. Members of Hampton Lodge of Masons, Catlettsburg will participate in the services. The body is at the funeral home where friends may call after 7'O'clock this evening. Mr. Staton, a retired lumber inspector, was a native of Bath County, Ky., a son of the late Melvin and Lucy McCarty Staton. He had been a resident of Catlettsburg since 1912 and was a member of the Salt Lick, Ky., Masonic Lodge. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Evelyn Spence Staton, one son Melvin Staton of Catlettsburg, six daughters; Mrs Robert Cocher of Zanesville, Ohio, Mrs J. P. Tanner of Owensboro, Ky., Mrs Otha Gullis of Lexington, Ky., Mrs Curtis Blair of Huntingotn , W. Va., Mrs Harold Craft of Catlettsburg and Mrs Tom Farley of Route 1 Ashland and two brothers, Perry Staton of Van Lear, Ky and Lou Staton of Middletown, Ohio.