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Willard "Bill" Sutton
ARLINGTON - Willard "Bill" Sutton,  75, an insurance agent for 45 years and owner of Sutton Insurance Agency in Arlington, died Tuesday, Aug.17, 1999, at an Arlington hospital.
Funeral: 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Moore Funeral Home in Arlington. Burial: Moore Memorial Gardens. Open visitation begins at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Willard "Bill" Sutton was born on Aug. 6, 1924, in Hugo, Okla. He had served in the U.S. Air Force and received his masters degree from North Texas Stat University. He taught school in Carrollton before entering the insurance business in Arlington for 45 years.
Survivors: Wife of 51 years, Merlyn B. Sutton; daughters, Debra Sutton Young of Arlington and sheree Sutton of Duncanville; and grandchildren, Nicole Austin Young (14), Rodney Christon Sanders (23) and Wesley Sutton Fairey (18).
Moore Funeral Home 1219 N. Davis Drive, 275-2711.

Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Aug 18, 1999; Page 23

Willard "Bill' Sutton

Services for Willard "Bill" Sutton, an Arlington resident, will be at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at Moore Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Sutton died Tuesday in Arlington. He was 75.
Born Aug. 6, 1924, in Hugo, Okla., he was an insurance agent and owned Sutton Insurance Agency.
He served in the U.S. Air Force and earned his master's degree from the University of North Texas. He taught school in Carrollton before entering the insurance business.
Survivors include his wife, Merlyn B. Sutton; his daughters, Debra Sutton Young of Arlington and Sheree Sutton of Duncanville; and three grandchildren.

The Dallas Morning News - August 18, 1999
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams