SULLIVAN - Phyllis Jean Buxton, 71, of Sullivan passed away 3:35 p.m. Thursday, February 26, 2009 in her home, Sullivan. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2009 at Smyser Christian Church, Gays with Rev. Richard Coen officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2009 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Smyser Christian Church, Gays or Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church, Decatur. Phyllis was born January 29, 1938 in Herrick, the daughter of Oral W. and Etta May (Beck) Horsman. She married Oscar F. Buxton on December 26, 1958 in Sullivan. Phyllis was a member of the Smyser Christian Church, Gays, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter # 39 and the Moultrie County Home Extension. She graduated in 1956 from Herrick High School. She is survived by her husband, Oscar; sons Steve A. (Paula) Buxton of Sullivan, and Scott L. (Wendy) Buxton of Bethany; sisters, Beth Clark of Sun City, AZ, Betty Cothern of Broomfield of Colorado, Lorna Brunken of Tower Hill, Jo Ann Trusner of Decatur, and Brenda (Bill) Peter of Decatur; brother-in-law, Bill Turner of Sun City West, AZ; grandchildren, Megan, Jenny, Emily, Abbey, Elizabeth, Olivia and Matthew Buxton, and Jeremy and Blake Scroggins; great-grandchild, Payton Lee Scroggins. She is preceded in death by her daughter, Tina Scroggins Trader, her parents, one brother and sister in infancy, Galen and Judy, and sisters, Mary Jane Turner, and Donna Corley and half brother. Condolences may be offered to the family at www.mcmullinyoung.com Obituary written by family members. Online guest book at www.legacy.com/herald-review/Obituaries.asp
Published in the Decatur Herald & Review on 2/28/2009
http://www.mcmullinyoung.com/cgi-script/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Sullivan%20Obits%2edb&command=viewone&id=73&op=tPhyllis Jean Buxton
02-26-2009 -- Sullivan
Phyllis Jean Buxton, 71, of Sullivan passed away 3:35 p.m. Thursday, February 26, 2009 in her home, Sullivan.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Monday, March 2, 2009 at Smyser Christian Church, Gays with Rev. Richard Coen officiating. Visitation will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, March 1, 2009 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Smyser Christian Church, Gays or Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church, Decatur.
Phyllis was born January 29, 1938 in Herrick, the daughter of Oral W. and Etta May (Beck) Horsman. She married Oscar F. Buxton on December 26, 1958 in Sullivan. Phyllis was a member of the Smyser Christian Church, Gays, Order of the Eastern Star Chapter # 39 and the Moultrie County Home Extension. She graduated in 1956 from Herrick High School.
She is survived by her husband, Oscar; sons Steve A. (Paula) Buxton of Sullivan, and Scott L. (Wendy) Buxton of Bethany; sisters, Beth Clark of Sun City, AZ, Betty Cothern of Broomfield of Colorado, Lorna Brunken of Tower Hill, Jo Ann Trusner of Decatur, and Brenda (Bill) Peter of Decatur; brother-in-law, Bill Turner of Sun City West, AZ; grandchildren, Megan, Jenny, Emily, Abbey, Elizabeth, Olivia and Matthew Buxton, and Jeremy and Blake Scroggins; great-grandchild, Payton Lee Scroggins.
She is preceded in death by her daughter, Tina Scroggins Trader, her parents, one brother and sister in infancy, Galen and Judy, and sisters, Mary Jane Turner, and Donna Corley and half brother.
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