James Stanton

Memorial Prayer service for James Stanton, 78 of Cookeville, will be Saturday, May 5 at 1 PM from the Cookeville chapel of Hooper Huddleston Horner Funeral Home. Bro. Derek Wilson will officiate. Interment will be in Samuel Maxwell Cemetery in Baxter at a later date. Family will receive friends Saturday from 11 AM until service time at the funeral home. Mr. Stanton died Thursday Morning, May 3, 2018 at St. Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta, TN. He was born July 17, 1939 in the Gentry Community of Putnam County to the late Dill Oscar and Ruby King Bates Stanton. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son Danny James Stanton, sisters Janice Stanton Cowan Collie and Mary Martha Stanton Snyder. He attended Baxter Seminary. He was a retired foreman with Wilson Sporting Goods of Cookeville. He was a cutter and worked with special orders for baseball and football teams. After his retirement he enjoyed woodworking. He was a member of Gentry Chapel Free Will Baptist Church of Cookeville. Survivors include wife of 58 years ( Married March 26, 1960 in Carthage, TN) Sherron Medlock Stanton of Cookeville, daughter and son-in-law Tammy and Hank Guess, son and daughter-in-law Jacob and Heather Stanton all of Cookeville, sister Sherry Ann Jared of Nashville, grandchildren: Krisy (Roy) Livingston, Crystal (Waylon) Holt, Dustin James (Chelsey) Stanton, Chelsey (Jeremy) Light, Erica Jayne Stanton, Joshua David Stanton, great-grandchildren: Karissa Livingston, Kat Livingston, Sissy Livingston, Kutie Livingston, Cassidy Holt, Sheyene Holt, Adeline Light and Evie Stanton. Memorial contributions may be made to the Samuel Maxwell Cemetery Fund, @ Harold Brown, 1069 Elmore Town Road, Baxter, TN 38544. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements (931)526-6111. Please share your thoughts and memories at hhhfunerals.com.