Edith Irene Barton

Edith Irene Barton, 88, of McAlester, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Midwest City.The family will greet friends today 4 to 6 p.m. at Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home of McAlester.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Chaney's Memorial Chapel with the Rev. James Crowson officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery, McAlester, under the direction of Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home of McAlester.Pallbearers include Henry Moss, Kory Moss, Kent Woods and Josiah Charney.Born Nov. 15, 1920, in Blocker, to Estras and Edna (Frazier) Sharp, she grew up in Blocker attending school in the Ti Valley Community. She married Joe Mason Barton on Nov. 13, 1943, in McAlester. She was an active member of the PTA and the Eastern Star. She was a member of the First Christian Church of McAlester for more than 50 years.Survivors include her stepsons, Joe L. Barton, of Altus and Charles W. Barton and wife, Juanita, of Livermore, Calif.; stepdaughter, Charlene W. Schmidt, of Long Beach, Calif.; brother, Richard Sharp and wife, Mary, of Adamson.And, sisters, Inez Nance, of Bedford, Texas, Estelene Wilson, of Livermore, Calif., Carlene Goodman, of Cove Creek, Ariz. and Arlene Benttencourt, of Livermore, Calif.; two grandchildren, Lisa Craig and husband, Bob, of Yukon and Lonnie Barton and wife, Leta, of Choctaw, and five great-grandchildren, Lauren Spoon, Jacob Craig and Sarah Craig, all of Yukon, and Taylor Barton and Zachary Barton, both of Choctaw.She was preceded in death by her husband, J.M. Barton in 1980; parents; sons, Freddie E. Barton and John Mason Barton, and brothers, Estras S. "Bud" Sharp and Robert "Buster" S. Sharp.