Tom Bruce Barton Obituary

Green Bay, Va.

Tom Bruce Barton, age 81, of Green Bay, Va., passed away on Friday, January 13, 2017.  He was born on September 10, 1935, in Green Bay, Va., to George and Mary Barton.  Tom was a kind, loving, easy going, honest man, who never met a stranger. He loved watching baseball and spending time with his family and friends.  Tom is survived by five children, Johnny Taylor and Dennis Barton both of Keysville, Ted Barton of Green Bay, Malissa Barton and husband, Kyle Fowler, of Keysville, and Denise Faircloth and husband, Bud Faircloth, of Meherrin; fourteen grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren; a sister, Anna Allen of Keysville; and many nieces and nephews.   He was preceded in death by his wife, Rebecca O. Barton; three daughters, Peggy Nassef, Christina Barton, and Karita Reese; and a grandson, Herbert Shawn Chenault.
A funeral service was held at 11 a.m., Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at the Browning-Duffer Funeral Home in Keysville, Va., with interment in Trinity Memorial Gardens, Rice, Va.  The family received friends at the Browning-Duffer Funeral Home in Keysville on Monday, January 16, from 7 to 8:30 p.m.  The Browning-Duffer Funeral Home in Keysville, Va., is in charge of arrangements.