KELSEY CEMETERY - UPSHUR COUNTY

Merrill Thomas Denton 
(April 24, 1925 - July 7, 2014) 

U.S. Veteran
Services for Merrill Thomas Denton, 89, of Gilmer will be held 10:00 
A.M, Friday, July 11, 2014, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter 
Day Saints Stake Center in Gilmer with Bishop Jack Jones officiating. 
Interment will follow at Kelsey Cemetery in Upshur County under the 
direction of Croley Funeral Home. Mr. Denton passed away Monday, July 
7, 2014, in Gilmer.

He was born on April 24, 1925, in the Kelsey Community, Upshur County, 
Texas to Thomas Grisham and Connie Lindsey Denton. Mr. Denton served 
in the U. S. Marines. He was a self employed welder and a member of 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Mr. Denton is survived by his sons, Mickey Denton and wife, Virginia 
of Gilmer, David Denton and wife, Jill of Lindale, Merrill Thomas 
Denton II and wife Chasity of Gilmer, Caleb Denton and wife, Christina; 
daughters, April Christina Chidester and husband, Jacobi of Nacogdoches, 
Emma Boyum and husband, Jared of Hallsville; siblings, Emma Warren of 
Kelsey, James Wilburn “Buck” Denton of Gilmer, Carol Pate of Oklahoma 
and Brenda Gay Johnson of Gilmer; 14 grandchildren and eight great 
grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his siblings, Audrey Louise 
Denton, Marvin Rudolph Denton, Winnie Alice Fenton and Mary Lula Ault.

Pallbearers for Mr. Denton’s service will be Tommie Denton, Caleb Denton, 
Mickey Denton, James Cozad, Don Meador and Clinton Curtis. Honorary 
Pallbearers are Jared Boyum, Paul Chestnut, Tony Denton, Jocobi Chidester, 
Matthew Denton and David Denton

Visitation will be held on Thursday, July 10, 2014, from 6 to 8 PM at the funeral home.