Mr. Jon Darrow Walton, 45, of Huntington, WV,
died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1988, at St. Mary's
Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted
at 11:00 a.m. Thursday at Kincaid-Mann Mortuary
by the Dr. R.F. Smith, Jr. Burial will be in
Spring Hill Cemetary. He was born March 10,
1943, in Huntington, a son of Ada Glick Walton
of Huntington and the late Virgil Wallace Walton.
He was Principal Miller Elementary School and
was a member and past president of the board of
directors of the Cabell County Schools Credit
Union. He was a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church; Marshall University Alumni Board of
Directors; Big Green Club; West Virginia
Elementary Principals Association; and Phi
Delta Kappa. He was preceded in death by a
brother, Virgil L. Walton. Additional
survivors include his wife, Suzanne Showen
Walton; one son, Matthew Wallace Walton, at
home; two brothers, Jack L. Walton of Richmond,
VA, and William Walton of South Charleston, WV;
and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers
will be David Elmore, Arthur "Button" Speakes,
Dan Shoemaker, William Demmler, David King,
John Underwood, Michael A. Fotos Jr. and
Thomas McCray. In lieu of flowers, contri-
butions may be made to Marshall University
Foundation, 400 Hal Greer Blvd., Huntington,
to the attention of Jon Walton Foundation or
Hospice of Huntington, 520 11th St. Friends may
call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at Kincaid-Mann
Mortuary.
Principle Jon Walton's Friends
honor him by MU contributions
For seven years, Jon Walton has been the principal at
Miller Elementary School. And for a lot longer he has
loved Marshall University.
This year, illness kept Walton at home. But his
friends in education are determined that his work with
the area's youth won't be forgotten. They are making
contributions to the Marshall University Foundation on
behalf of Walton, who has cancer.
We're making donations in his honor for his contri-
bution as an educator, as well as his loyality to
Marshall," said Jack Perkins, interm principal at Miller.
Walton First learned that he had cancer in the spring
of 1987, said Herbert E. Varney, an assistant superin-
tendent in Cabell County schools. Walton then had surgery
in the summer and returned to Miller for the next school
year, Varney said.
"He is certainly a real profile in courage," Varney
said.
Walton has worked in the Cabell County school system
for 21 years. He tried to continue working during this
school year, Varney said, but he just couldn't.
On Friday, Walton will be presented with a letter
from Marshall President Dale Nitzschke and a print of
Old Main, the oldest building on the campus of Walton's
alma mater.
Walton currently is under hospital care in his
Huntington home. While he is still the principal at
Miller, Perkins has temporarily assumed Walton's duties.
Varney said that at the beginning of the school year
Walton had told his peers not ot consider his problem
but to do their very best for the school system as an
educator.
That spirit inspired all who heard his words, said
William Demmler, principal of Cammack Elementary School.
"Every single person dedicated themselves to making
this year the very best," Demmler said.