He was a former clerk in the hotel industry, a veteran of the United States Air Force and a resident of Blytheville.
Survivors include his parents, Billy and Jessie Fay Eaton of Blytheville, Ark.; and his maternal grandmother, Inez Boone of Essex.
Graveside services will be conducted at the Dexter Cemetery at 2 p.m. Friday, March 12, 2004, with Douglas Wright officiating. Family and friends will meet at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter at 1:15 p.m. for the procession to the cemetery.

