Palestine High School Alumni Association

12 / 11 / 1900  –  03 / 23 / 1987

Services for John Wagnon, 86, of Palestine will be at 11 a.m. in Bailey & Foster Funeral chapel with the Rev. Charles Kincaid officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Park.

Mr. Wagnon died Saturday in Plano General Hospital after a lengthy illness.  He was the oldest member of First Christian Church where he had been a lifelong member.

He was born in Anderson County on December 11, 1900, a son of Frank and Mary A. Oldham Wagnon. He was employed as a clerk in the storeroom mechanical department of Missouri Pacific Railroad for more than 50 years.

Survivors include his wife, Helen Hammer Wagnon of Palestine; a daughter, Mrs. Walter (Betty) Newman of Dallas; a son, Bob Wagnon of Chicago, Ill.; one granddaughter and one great-grandson.

Pallbearers will be Red Williams, Clinton Crass, Judge Bascom Bentley, Roy Ward, Neual M. Braly, and Stanley Walton.

Condolence calls will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Source: Palestine Herald-Press 03-25-1987