Jerry James Deaton, 69
A retired engineer with DeZurik and an elder with First Presbyterian Church, he was a member of Warren Lodge 125 and Scottish Rite and Al Menah Shrine. He was also a member of Mid-South Live Steamers and the Chattanooga Society of Model Engineers. He was a past president of the Tennessee Square and Round Dance Association, the Cumberland Valley Motorcycle Club and McMinnville McDonald’s Breakfast Club.
The son of Leonard and Lois Farrell Deaton, he was preceded in death by son, Jay A. Deaton.
He is survived by his wife, Donna Joe Baird Deaton; daughters and sons-in-law, Connie and Wayne Sinks, Cindy Gannon, Paula and Jeff Hobbs, Paulette and Robert Todd, all of McMinnville; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Dr. Larry F. and Nancy Deaton of Independence, Mo.; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Jim and Ruth Renick of Eudora, Kan.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. today at First Presbyterian Church with Andy Gay officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory. Visitation will be held today at the church. Masonic services were held Thursday night. Memorial donations may be made to the Presbyterian Church or Magness Memorial Library.
High Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Southern Standard
(McMinnville, Tenn.) April 2, 2004