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OBITUARY
Rites Tuesday for H. D. Rhoton, former owner of funeral home
Memorial services for Holmon D. Rhoton, former owner of
Rhoton-Weiland Funeral Home in Carrollton, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at
the Rhoton-Weiland Chapel. Interment will follow at
Hilltop Memorial Park,
Carrollton. Rhoton, 82, died Sunday at his home, apparently of a heart
attack. A native of garland, Rhoton attended public schools in
Garland and Carrollton. He graduated from high school in
Carrollton in 1917. In 1925, he graduated from the University of Texas
at Austin. Rhoton became the first licensed embalmer in
Carrollton in 1926. He immediately bean working for his father at
Rhoton-Weiland funeral home, a family-owned business. He was
honored in 1977 by the Texas Funeral Director's Association for his 50
years of service in the funeral profession. Rhoton was a mason
and a member of the Delta Theta Phi fraternity. Submitted by Betty
Lou (Stanley) Dennis |
