CRAYTON, Elizabeth Swearingen
Source: "Obituaries - Year - 1950 Volume B" from the Covington Public Library. Year 1957
Mrs. Elizabeth Crayton, 88, a resident of Danville, Illinois for the past 55 years, died Thursday morning August 29 at the Nance Nursing Home. She resided at 24 N. Alexander St., Danville and had been a patient in the nursing home since June 1957. She was a member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs. Crayton was born in Hillsboro, Ind., December 15, 1868, the daughter of Francis and Eliza Jane Blackburn Swearingen. She was married to Henry Crayton, who preceded her in death in 1933. A brother also preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Thomas, of Danville, Ill., a daughter, Mrs. Jennie Hubbard, of Danville; two grandcbildren and three great-grandchildren.
The funeral service was held at the Barrick and Sons Funeral Home in Danville, Ill., at 1 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. J. A. Boren officiated and burial was in the Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro. - jz