This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Laxton, Brown, Shaw Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3688 Message Board Post: Laxton Forrest E. Laxton, 85, born June 23, 1911 in Bay City to Cephas and Carrie Brown Laxton died Saturday, May 3, 1997. Honorably discharged from the U. S. Navy, retired from Houston Coca Cola Bottling company after 42 years of service. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge in Bay City. He is preceded in death by brothers Lindsey Laxton and Vincent Laxton and sister Iva Hand. He is survived by wife Thelma Shaw Laxton; son Thomas Shaw Laxton of Canada, grand children and niece Linda Laxton of Houston. Funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 7 at Earthman Hunters Creek Chapel with Rev. Harry Adamson officiating. Interment will be at Houston National Cemetery. The Daily Tribune May 7, 1997 Matagorda County, Texas