Tommy D. Hatton

TAYLORSVILLE – Tommy Dean Hatton, 60, of Taylorsville, passed away Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Iredell Memorial Hospital. He was born on March 17, 1950 in Caldwell County to the late Thomas Wilson Hatton and Beatrice Edna Pennell Hatton. Tommy was a supervisor at Clayton Marcus where he had worked for 41 years. He was a member of Mountain Ridge Baptist Church, where he had served as a deacon. Tommy was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, who adored his grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by an infant daughter, one brother Larry Tilford Hatton, one nephew James Hatton, one infant sister, Edna Hatton and his father-in-law Millard William Fox. Left to cherish his memory is his loving wife of 41 years, Linda Fox Hatton, one son, Tommie Ray Hatton, one daughter, Angela Hatton Childers and husband Bryan. He has four cherished grandchildren: Ameri Dawn Childers, Aiden Shane Childers, Ethan Cole Childers, Cooper Shae Childers. He also has four brothers, Willard Hatton and wife, Betty, Don Hatton and wife Louise, Jim Hatton and wife Pearl, and Herman Hatton and wife Geraldine, all of Taylorsville. He has five nieces: Natasha Pennell, Sandra Foxx, Kim Bishop, April Johnson, Jennifer Duncan; four nephews: Donald, David, Timmy, and Jermey Hatton; one brother-in-law Billy Joe Fox, and mother-in-law Ruby Warren and husband Ralph. Visitation will be held Monday evening, Nov. 15, 2010 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Alexander Funeral Service. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday, November 16, 2010, at Mountain Ridge Baptist Church, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Paul Allen Fox Officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to the funeral. Memorials may be made to Gideons International, P.O. Box 517, Taylorsville, NC 28681 or Mountain Ridge Baptist Church, 47 Poplar Valley Ln. Taylorsville, 28681 or Cancer Treatment Center of America, 2520, Elisha Ave., Zion, Illionois 60099. Alexander Funeral Service is serving the Hatton Family and condolences may be sent to alexfuneralservice.com.