William Carlton Hatton, 85, of Clarkton, Mo., died Tuesday, April 15, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Born Feb. 27, 1923, in Campbell, Mo., son of the late Arnold and Maude E. Sanders Hatton, he was a U.S. veteran.

On Feb. 9, 1952, in Piggott, Ark., he married Geraldine Harvell, who survives.

Survivors also include three sons, Dennis and Jerry Hatton, both of Clarkton and Paul Hatton and wife, Karen, of Cedar Hill, Mo.; one daughter, Teresa Tompkins, of Clarkton; four grandchildren, Renee Woldman, Paul Hatton, Jr., and Sarah Hatton, all of Cedar Hill and Machelle Liles, of Clarkton and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by five brothers, Leon, J.F., Lavern, Clarence and Carl Hatton and two sisters, Thelma Hampton and Lucille Nash.

Visitation will begin at 6 p.m., today, Thursday, April 17, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m., Friday, April 18, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jack Allen and Elmer Barnes officiating.

Burial will follow in the Stanfield Cemetery at Clarkton.