Michael Gene Stratton ^{1 2 3 4}

   Cause of his death was Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.⁵

  General Notes:

Michael's birth mother, Romelle Stratton, was unmarried when he and his sister, Beatrice were born. They both were adopted by his uncle, James Stratton and his wife Emilie Brade who raised them.
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E-mail from Wally Varner, 8 Jan 2014:
(Wally was a step-son to Michael Gene Stratton)

"Dad and Mom lived in Helena, AR and moved to Cherokee Village, AR. Dad had Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He had to drive back and forth to Memphis, TN for treatment. My sister, Joan, lived in Horn Lake, MS which is not too far from Memphis. Dad and Mom were staying with Joan during his treatment times, yet their home was in Cherokee Village. While receiving chemotherapy, he got very sick and weak. He was at my sister's home when he died.

He knew that he did not have much time left and he requested to be buried at Batesville. This is where I live. My father-in-law was a friend of Dad's. My father-in-law passed away and was buried in Weaver's Chapel Cemetery, 2 years before Dad died. Dad liked the place where My father-in-law was buried and wanted to buried there, near my father-in-law. "
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Bio from Find-A-Grave:

Mike was the adopted son of James Logan Stratton & Emilie Florentine Stratton of Muscatine, Iowa.

He had a daughter Betty Jean Stratton, by his first wife Martha. They Divorced and he married Shirley Fay (Hoover) Varner Stratton. Together they had two daughters, Joan Annette Stratton Erwin, and Susan Michelle Stratton Langston. He was also survived by 3 step children: Rev. Wally Varner, Janelle Varner Swan, and Ramona Renee Varner Otts. He is buried in Weavers Chapel Cemetery in Independence County, Arkansas, about 6 miles north of Batesville.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• His obituary was published after 8 February 2006 in Horn Lake, MS. ⁵ Michael Gene Stratton, 61, of Cherokee Village died Feb. 8, 2006, at Horn Lake, Miss.

He was born April 2, 1944, at Muscatine, Iowa, the son of James Logan and Emilie "Millie" Brade Stratton.

He was retired as a manager of the Western Auto Store in Helena, Ark.

He was a veteran of the United States Army and was of the Pentecostal faith.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Hoover Stratton, of the home; one son, Rev. Wally Verner, of Batesville; four daughters, Janelle Bean, of Agnes, Ark.; Mona Otts of Hernando, Miss. Joan Erwin of Horn Lake, Miss.; and Susan Langston of Bartlett, Tenn., his mother Emilie Brade Stratton of Muscatine, Iowa; and one sister, Beatrice Stratton of Muscatine, Iowa; 11 grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and host of other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his father; one grandson, Christopher Nathan Hamilton and one nephew, James Logan Corman.

The funeral service was held Feb. 11 at the Qualls Batesville Funeral Service Chapel in Batesville with the Rev. Johnnie Hoover officiating.

Burial followed in the Weavers Chapel Cemetery, north of Batesville with arrangements under the direction of the Qualls Batesville Funeral Service.

Pallbearers included Chad Otts, Ray Williams, Walter Varner Sr., Ronald Miller, Jeremy Hamilton and Timothy Hamilton.

Honorary pallbearers were Buddy Rodman, Scott Erwin, Eddie Otts and Heath Langston.

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• He was buried on 11 February 2006 in the Weavers Cemetery in Batesville, AR.

Find A Grave Memorial #70295869
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