Obituary for Cliston Hilton (1916-1986)
Troy Free Press, Troy, Lincoln County, MO.
From the clippings of John E. Meyer.

Funeral services for Cliston Leon HILTON, former Sheriff of Lincoln County, will be held at 10 a.m. November 20 from the Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, Winfield. Interment will be in the Star Hope Cemetery south of Elsberry.

Mr. HILTON, 70, passed away at 7 p.m. Monday, November 17 at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton where he had been a patient for several weeks.

Mr. HILTON served as a Deputy Sheriff 1969 through 1977 and again in 1981 through 1986. He was elected Sheriff in 1977 and served until 1981.

He was also a member of the New Salem A.F. & A.M. Lodge No.270, Winfield, the Scottish Rite Valley of St. Louis, and the Moolah Shrine Temple, St. Louis.

Cliston Leon HILTON was born July 27, 1916 in Mo-Ark, Arkansas to Leo and Willie Jane FOSTER HILTON. He was married November 3, 1945 in St. Louis to Carmen GRIGSBY who survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Mary SCHMITT, Foley; and Lou CANNON, Old Monroe; one brother, Carlos HILTON, Foley; four grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

Visitation will be at the Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, Winfield, after 3 p.m. today (November 19). Masonic services led by Rt. Worshipful Bro. Dennis Hammack will be held tonight (Nov.19) beginning at 7:30 p.m.

File submitted to HERITAGE PAGES of LINCOLN COUNTY, MISSOURI by Nancy Weller, 16 February, 2003.

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