Denton, Hershell B.

1923 - 2010  (86 years)

• Name	Denton, Hershell B.
  Birth	23 Oct 1923	Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Manager, Liberty Gas Station, Flora, Illinois  [1]
  Reference Number	DENT.H001
  _FGRAVE	49436602
  Funeral	11 Mar 2010	Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  Death	8 Mar 2010	Clay County Hospital, Flora, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  	Hershell B. Denton, 86, of Flora, IL died at 4:36 AM Monday, March 8, 2010 at Clay County Hospital in Flora.
  Burial	11032010	Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois   [1, 2, 3]
  		Headstone, Denton, Bernice E. and Hershell B.
  Person ID	I2210	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Denton, Benjamin Benrus 'Ben',   b. 8 Sep 1899, Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois d. Mar 1973, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Carlyle, Magnola 'Nola',   b. 21 Jul 1904, Clay County, Illinois d. 10 May 2006, Flora Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 101 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F830	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Strange, Bernice Evelyn,   b. 12 Aug 1926, Clay County, Illinois d. 18 Sep 2019, Flora Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	29 Nov 1943	Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : 20 years and 1 month - She : 17 years and 3 months.
  Children	1. Denton, S.   2. Denton, K. + 3. Denton, T.   4. Denton, T. + 5. DENTON, Forest S.,   b. 12 Apr 1944, Flora, Clay County, Illinois d. 10 Feb 2013, St. Francis Medical Centr, Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 11032010 - Bunker Cemetery, Rinard, Wayne County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Hershell B. Denton, 86, of Flora, IL died at 4:36 AM Monday, March 8, 2010 at Clay County Hospital in Flora. He was born October 23, 1923 in Clay County, IL to Benjamin & Magnola (Carlyle) Denton. He married Bernice E. Strange on November 29, 1943 in Louisville, IL. He was the manager of Liberty Gas Station in Flora for 35 years and later worked at Flora Western Auto Store. Hershell enjoyed playing the fiddle and providing music for area nursing home patients. He is survived by his wife: Bernice Denton of Flora; children: Forest Denton & wife Wanda of Puxico, MO, Sharon Atchison & husband Cecil of Marion, Karen Denton of Flora, Terri Ettleson of Flora, Toni Carder & husband Darrell of Clay City; sister: Catherine Cunningham of Flora; brother: Joe Denton & wife Vera of Clay City; nine grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren & two great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, grandson (Bryce), two brothers (Dale & Gary Denton), and two sisters (Mary Smith & Lois Payne). Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Thursday (March 11, 2010) at Frank & Bright Funeral Home with Pastor Jeff Hough officiating. Burial will be in Bunker Cemetery, Rinard. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM Wednesday at Frank & Bright Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to New Hope Pentecostal Church.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1465] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Denton, Hershell B., 86, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49436602/hershell-b_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1466] http://www/findagrave.com, Obituary, Denton, Forest S., 68, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105088585/forest-s_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1467] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Denton, Bernice E. and Hershell B., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49436602/hershell-b_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2). [S388] https://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Doris, Delores E. 'Dodie', 76, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78861748/delores-e-doris), none. (Reliability: 2). [S1246] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Denton, Benjamin B. and M. Nola, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Denton&GSiman=1&GScid=107793&GRid=21121103&), none. (Reliability: 2). [S2875] Frank & Bright Funeral Homs, Obituary, Denton, Bernice E., 93, (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203109478/bernice-e_-denton), none. (Reliability: 2).