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Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr.

Birth	:	21 May 1924 Surry County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	12 Jul 2006 Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.5177994, -80.6025009
Plot	:	Section 18, Row D, Lot 7, Plot 1
Description	:	Mr. Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr., 82, of 5551 Pinebrook Lane, Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born May 21, 1924, in Surry County to Edgar Joseph Eaton Sr. and Dora Ella Atkins Eaton. Ed served in Europe with the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. He worked as a draftsman with 9AFSC, Zaada, then as an artist with 9AFHQ, Combat Research. He spent his last month of his tour with the Occupation Forces in Germany, stationed at Bad Kissingen. He was awarded four stars to his Campaign Medal. Ed... Read More	Mr. Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr., 82, of 5551 Pinebrook Lane, Winston-Salem, passed away Wednesday, July 12, 2006, at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was born May 21, 1924, in Surry County to Edgar Joseph Eaton Sr. and Dora Ella Atkins Eaton. Ed served in Europe with the USAAF from 1943 to 1945. He worked as a draftsman with 9AFSC, Zaada, then as an artist with 9AFHQ, Combat Research. He spent his last month of his tour with the Occupation Forces in Germany, stationed at Bad Kissingen. He was awarded four stars to his Campaign Medal. Ed Eaton's career in art began in World War II, when the drawings he sent home in his letters were censored as suspect, and he was called into his superior's office. After he was questioned, his work was appreciated and he was invited to stay on in the drafting department. Since that time, Ed had a long career in magazine and book illustrations and drafting, and worked as an art supervisor at AT&T for 28 years He studied commercial arts, graphic arts and computer graphics during those years. Since his retirement from AT&T, he regularly taught watercolor painting classes at various community colleges in the Piedmont. He had taught and exhibited at the Reynolds Homestead. His paintings The General and The Texas are a prized part of the collection at the Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History. Ed said, "I started painting as a kid, and I've never done anything else. It's my life. I like strong light and shadows, and without them, nothing has form." In addition to his parents, Mr. Eaton was preceded in death by three brothers, Orbia Eaton, Joseph Hobert Eaton and Elbert Eaton. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hester Collins Eaton, of the home, a daughter and son-in-law, Mavis Eaton Anderson and husband Jack of Marietta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Juaquin Anderson of Honolulu, Hawaii; Serena Anderson of Marietta; Sasha Anderson of Houston, Texas; and Zach Anderson of Honolulu; two sisters, Ruth Eaton Cooke and Peggy Eaton, both of Mount Airy, and a brother and sister-in-law, Vance and Margaret Eaton, of Mount Airy. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15, at Moody Funeral Home Chapel of Mount Airy, with Chaplain Don Adams and Dr. J. Wayne Whitaker Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Oakdale Cemetery. Full military rites will be conducted at the graveside by King American Legion Post 290, King. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight, July 14, at Moody Funeral Home, where his body will remain until the hour of the service. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to King American Legion Post 290, of King. Ed Eaton was a popular fellow. He enhanced the lives of everyone he knew and was loved and will be missed by many. Published in the Winston-Salem Journal on 7/14/2006.

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Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr.'s memorial is located at: Oakdale Cemetery, Mount Airy, Surry County, USA.
When did Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr. death?
Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr. death on 12 Jul 2006 in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Edgar Joseph Eaton Jr.'s memorial?
Latitude: 36.5177994
Longitude: -80.6025009

Family Members:

Parent

Edgar Joseph Eaton Sr.

(1888 - 1957)

Dora Ella Atkins Eaton

(1898 - 1975)

Spouse

Hester May Collins Eaton

(1923 - 2009)

Siblings

Raymond Elbert Eaton

(1918 - 2001)

Vance Billy Eaton

(1921 - 2008)

Mary Ruth Eaton Cooke

(1928 - 2012)

Peggy Ann Eaton

(1937 - unknow)

Flowers:

Thank you for your service!

Left by Anonymous on 05 Jun 2012

W/love from Hawaii

Left by Anonymous on 25 Dec 2012

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