Published: July 05, 2008 06:41 pm            

Vernon Layton

Vernon Layton, 55; Charlestown resident

A memorial service for Vernon Layton, 55, of Charlestown, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, at the Christ Chapel at Churchill Downs, in Louisville. He died Saturday, July 5, 2008, at Clark Memorial Hospital in Jeffersonville.

He was a thoroughbred horseman and exercise rider.

Survivors include his mother, Pearl Murphy, Corning, Ark.; wife, Elizabeth M. Layton, Charlestown; sons, Vincent J. Layton, Louisville, and Frank R. Layton, Louisville; daughters, Stephanie Marie Layton, Charlestown, Catherine Lee Layton, Charlestown, and Ann Layton, Jonesboro, Ark.; sisters, Cathy Gibbson, Maynard, Ark., Rita Godwin, Maynard, Ark.; grandmother, Lee Yancy, Corning, Ark.; grandchildren, Jordan Layton Dean, Charlestown, Summer Elizabeth Layton, Charlestown, Christian Layton, West Palm, Fla., and Hailey Layton, West Palm, Fla.

He was preceded in death by his father, Vincent Romanus Layton; and his sister, Geraldine Rush.

Garr Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

        

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