Obituary of Peggy Nell Anderton

Services for Peggy Nell Anderton 74, Overton, are scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, July 28, in the Cottle-Pearson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Rice officiating. Burial will be in Carroll Springs Cemetery, Athens. Mrs. Anderton died Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Overton. She was born June 20, 1941 in Athens to the late Daniel Monroe and Ozell Florence Robinett Thompson. She worked as a teachers aide at Arp Jr. High School and moved to Overton thirty years ago. She enjoyed being the wife of a US Navy Veteran and being a homemaker. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Arp and was a member of the Ladies Bible Study. Besides her parents, Mrs. Anderton was preceded by her husband, Leon Anderton on February 15, 2004, a son, Andrew Kenneth Anderton on April 9, 2010, and a brother. Survivors include a son, David Anderton, Sheffield, Illinois; two daughters, Diana Smith, Overton, Susan Anderton, Leesburg, Georgia; two sisters, Maybell and Virginia; four grandchildren; and nine great grandchildren.