Lonnie Buxton
Posted: September 13, 2012
Lonnie Wayne Buxton, age 84, went to be with his Lord, Monday, September 10, 2012, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. Services will be held Friday, September 14, 2012, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Albert Wilkerson and Rev. James Black officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens of Columbus. Visitation will be held at the funeral home, Thursday, September 13, 2012, from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Mr. Buxton was born September 28, 1927, in Sikes, LA to the late Silas and Georgia Mosley Buxton. He was a member of East End Baptist Church and the Masonic Lodge. He was the retired owner/operator of L.W. Buxton & Son Mechanical Contractors. Mr. Buxton loved to hunt, fish, plant trees and anything that involved being outdoors, but most of all, he loved his family and his family loved him. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his brothers, Tharon and A.V. Buxton. Survivors include his wife, Billie Faye Buxton, Columbus MS; daughter, Debbie Crocker (Bill), Clarksville, TN; sons, Billy Buxton (Barbara), Columbus, MS and Michael Buxton (Robyn), Columbus, MS; sister, Maxine Kyle, West Monroe, LA; brother, John T. Buxton (Mary Nell), Zachary, LA; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The pallbearers will be Bo Buxton, Chad Crocker, Colt Buxton, Hunter Buxton, John Lynn Buxton and Darran Buxton. The honorary pallbearers will be Stephen Buxton, Dwayne Buxton, Darrell Buxton, Carroll Buxton, Danny Kyle, A.J. Kyle, Richard Waldroup, Champ Stroll, Joshua Stroll, Dr. Doyle Sumrall and Dr. Russell Linton. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to East End Baptist Church, P.O. Box 8480, Columbus MS 39705.