Elizabeth L. Hooton

**Elizabeth L. Hooton, 83, of Versailles** passed away Friday, December 22, 2006 at the St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born at Friendship on March 2, 1923 the daughter of Wilkie and Edna Elrod Lemon. She was married to Abell Hooton on May 25, 1946 and he survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Alana Thompson and her husband Bill of Washington, Reta Gray and her husband Brad of Zionsville; grandchildren John Thompson of Washington, DC, Joel Thompson of Washington, and Jill Wade and her husband Jay of Indianapolis; great-grandchildren Sydney, Colin, and Evan Wade; one brother James W. Lemon and his wife Pat of Friendship, one sister Carolyn Harms of LaCenter, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her sister Mary Chandler. Mrs. Hooton was a 1941 graduate of Cross Plains High School. She was a member of the Versailles Baptist Church, the Versailles American Legion Auxiliary, the Do-A-Lot Home Ec Club, and the Ripley County Red Hatters. She had worked as an assistant cashier with the Friendship State Bank for 35 years. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 27 at 11am at the Versailles Baptist Church with Rev. Rand Hooton officiating. Burial will be in the Benham Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5pm to 8pm at the Stratton-Karsteter Funeral Home in Versailles. Memorials may be given to the American Heart Association or the Benham Cemetery in care of the funeral home.