Source: "The Stewart-Houston Times" Newspaper, a bi-county newspaper for both Stewart County and Houston County in Tennessee. Date of Newspaper: Tuesday, December 8, 1953 Page: Front Page Name: John Thomas Claxton Age: 87 Born: October 15, 1866 in Stewart County, Tennessee Died: Thursday, December 3, 1953 in Erin, Houston County, Tennessee Funeral: Saturday, December 5, 1953 with Wiseman Funeral Home Burial: McMillan Cemetery, Erin, Houston County, Tennessee Parents: Not Given Deceased Spouse: Sallie (Barnes) Claxton Surviving Children: Mrs. Irene Ross, Mrs. Belle Tue, Gilbert Claxton, Ewing T. Claxton Surviving Siblings: Dave Claxton Anyone interested in a copy of the full and original obituary please contact me at kaitysmom@peoplestel.net for details. In Christ, Melissa Barker