Willie Dee Sutton

Willie Dee Sutton, 74, died on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 in Lakeland Hospital, St. Joseph. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, April 23, 2005 at 1:00 P.M. at Palms Memorial Cemetery located in Holmestead, FL. The Kerley-Starks & Menchinger Family Funeral Home has been entrusted with the local arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the Michigan Diabetes Association. Those who wish to sign the guest book or share a memory online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Willie was born on November 15, 1930 in Olive Hill, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Dick and Lannie Belle (Franks) Middleton. On March 3, 1952, she married Charles Richard Sutton, Sr. in Ashland, Mississippi. In addition to her parents, Willie is preceded in death by her husband, Charles; brothers Ranson Middleton, Ras Middleton and James Middleton; and sisters Elizabeth Murphy and Velma Franks. She is survived by her children Debra ( David) Jensen of St. Louis, MO, Charles Sutton, Jr. of Las Vegas, and Robert (Pam) Sutton of Benton Harbor; four grand-children, Shawn Krause, Sr., Brian Krause, Sr., Amanda Sutton, and Robert Curt; and four great-grandchildren, Shawn Krause, Jr., Cordie Krause, Sierra Krause and Brian Krause, Jr.; brothers R.C. Middleton and Jessie Commings; and two sisters, Fannie Davis and Linda Fae Killer. .