Hazel Marie (Jackson) Clayton

She was born March 1, 1914, in Marmaduke to John Pointer and Nora Alice (Walters) Jackson.

She married Merval Edward Claxton on May 29, 2000.

Mrs. Claxton was a member of the Jehovah's Witnesses.

She was preceded in death by her parents, John Pointer and Nora Alice Jackson; her husband, Merval Edward Claxton; five brothers; and five sisters.

She is survived by one son, Kenneth Ray Claxton of Cherokee Village, Ark.; five daughters, Martha Dean Robertson of Gladewater, Tx., Deloris McElroy of Sherwood, Ark., Vernedra Claxton of Paragould, Barbara Gross of Wesley, Fla., and Merlene Mullins of Paragould; 10 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be held at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, June 5, 2003, in the Irby Funeral Home Chapel of Marmaduke with Don Friend officiating. Burial will follow in Harvey's Chapel Cemetery near Marmaduke.