Elwanda Dalton Lockin – Benton

Elwanda Dalton Lockin, 88, of Benton, passed away Thursday morning Feb. 12, 2015 in Benton.

She was born in Paducah, KY on April 4, 1926, the daughter of Edward Carl and Rose Helen (Ryan) Dalton.

She married George William “Bill” Lockin on August 21, 1949.

Mrs. Lockin was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Benton. Mrs. Lockin was a operating room nurse at Miner’s Hospital in Christopher and then later was office nurse for Dr. J.P. Durham.

Mrs. Lockin is survived by her husband, George William “Bill” Lockin, of Benton; three children, David Lockin and wife Jennie, of Lilburn, GA, Karen Bachus, of Marietta, GA and Jane Hutson and husband John, of Brentwood, TN.

Also surviving are six grandchildren, Matthew Lockin, of Phoenix, AZ, Jonathan Lockin, of Statesboro, GA, Avery Bachus, of Marietta, GA, Meredith Dixon, of Marietta, GA, Madelyn Hutson, Brentwood, TN and Kathryn Hutson, Brentwood, TN; three great-grandchildren, Savannah, Scarlett and Ozzy.

Mrs. Lockin was preceded in death by her parents, by a brother, Robert Dalton and by three sisters, Geneva, Glenn and Ruth.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, February 16 at First United Methodist Church in Benton, with Pastor Shane Smith and Jim Muir officiating. Burial will be in Masonic & Oddfellows Cemetery in Benton.

Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15 at Morton & Johnston Funeral Home in Benton and after 11 a.m. on Monday until the funeral hour at the church.