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Virgie Lorena Horton

Funeral services for Mrs. Virgie Lorena Horton, age 92, of 381 Oliver Smith Road, Flintville will be conducted at 11AM Friday at Higgins Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Jones and Rev. Danny Bell officiating. Burial will follow in Flintville Cemetery with Rev. Benny Hipps officiating. Mrs. Horton will be buried beside her husband Elbert A Horton who died in 2000. Mrs. Horton died Tuesday at Lincoln Care Center. She was a native of Lincoln County and the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Bertha Mae Towry Newgent. She was a homemaker and a member of the Stewart’s Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter Gaynell Painter of Flintville, two sons Lee Vaughn Horton of Flintville and Wayne Horton of the Lincoln Community, one sister Rachel Nichols of Flintville, three brothers William and Marshall Newgent both of Flintville and Granville Newgent of the Lincoln Community, seven grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, one great great-grandchild, one step-grandchild, two step-great grandchildren and three great great-grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family request memorials be made to Stewarts Chapel Senior Citizens Fund. Visitation with the family will be Thursday evening 5-8PM at Higgins Funeral Home.