Elmer Allen Henton, Jr.

Staff Sergeant Elmer Allan Henton, Jr.
U. S. Air Force

June 26, 1931 - August 3, 1959
Roselawn Memorial Park
Van Vleck, Texas

Gold Star Mother
Pauline Martin Henton

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Lois Martin McDonald
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Sweeny High School Bulldog Yearbook
Junior year 1948

Staff Sergeant Elmer Allan Henton, Jr., United States Air Force, [June 26, 1931-August 3, 1959] was born to Elmer Allan Henton, Sr. [November 8, 1901 - March 2, 1979] and Pauline (Martin) Henton [August 10, 1906 - October 27, 1984] at Denver, Denver County, Colorado. He was an only child. Allan graduated from Sweeny High School and was a student at Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville, Texas when he joined the U. S. Air Force. It is unknown when Allan joined the Air Force, but at the time of his death he was assigned to the 672d Technical Training Squadron, 705^th Strategic Missile Wing (SAC) based at the Royal Air Force (RAF) Base, Lakenheath, England, as a personnel specialist. The squadron was responsible for training RAF missile crews on the use of the PGM-17 Thor missile. On August 3, 1959 he was killed in an automobile accident at Mountsorrell near Leicester, England. He was returned home for burial and was interred at Roselawn Memorial Park, Van Vleck, Texas on August 18, 1959. At the time of his death his family was living in Old Ocean, Brazoria County, Texas. He was survived by his parents.

U. S. Serviceman Is Killed At Rothley
Left-Hand-Drive Car in Collision With Stationary Lorry

An American serviceman was killed early today when his car was involved in collision with a stationary lorry on the Leicester-Loughborough road, hear Rothley, scene of many fatal accidents.

The accident happened at 1:30 a. m. and the dead man was Staff-Sgt. Elmer Henton of Thetford, Norfolk,.

He was driving towards Leicester in a left-hand-drive Metropolitan Nash car, which was badly damaged when it struck the rear of a lorry from Leyland, Lancashire, on the stretch of road between Rothley and Mountsorrel.

The driver of the lorry, Mr. Clifford Mascheter, of Preston, escaped injury.

Henton was 28 and was unmarried.

Evening Mail, Leicester, England, August 3, 1959

Articles about S/SGT Henton also appeared in:
Grimsby Evening Telegraph, Grimsby, Humberside, England, August 3, 1959
Leicester Mercury, Leicester, England, August 3, 1959

Henton Services Held Tuesday

Funeral services for S/Sgt E. Allan Henton, Jr., 28, were held at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Tuesday at 10 a. m. Conducting the service were the Rev. Tom Plumbley and the Chaplain from Ellington AFB, Houston. Interment was in Roselawn Memorial Park.

The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Henton of Old Ocean. He died as a result of an automobile accident, August 3, at Mount Sorrell [Mountsorrell] near Leicester, England, where he had been stationed in the USAF. At the time of his death he was with the 672^ND Technical Training Squadron (SAC).

Allan graduated from the Sweeny High School and was a student at SHSTC in Huntsville at the time of his enlistment in the Air Force.

A member of the First Christian Church of Bay City, S/Sgt. Henton is survived by his parents; and also Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Craig, of Missouri and Mr. and Mrs. J. Kendall Kelly, of California and their families.

The Daily Tribune, Tuesday, August 18, 1959

Elmer A. Henton

Sweeny ----- Elmer A. Henton, 78, of Sweeny died of a heart attack at Sweeny Community Hospital Friday (March 2, 1979).

Henton had been a local resident for 32 years and an employee of Phillips Petroleum for 33 years.

No memorial services will be held by his request.

Survivors include his wife, Pauline Henton of Sweeny, a sister, Mrs. Eva Mae Jones of Banson (Branson) Missouri; and others.

The Brazosport Facts, March 4, 1979

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