Lee Roy Sutton

April 22, 1937 - April 24, 2013

Funeral services for Lee Roy Sutton, 76, of Piedmont will be Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at Trinity Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Rodney Ragsdale officiating. Burial will follow at Piedmont Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Thompson Funeral Home Friday from 5-8 p.m. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services. Mr. Sutton passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at his home. Survivors include his wife: Joyce Sutton of Piedmont; six children, William Lee Sutton (Goldie) of Lowell, Indiana, Eddie Dean Sutton (Judy) of Hobart, Indiana, Donna Angeline Nadolski (David) of Lowell, Indiana, Ruth Ann Winn of Hobart, Indiana, Susan Elizabeth Bednarowicz (Dave) of Hobart, Indiana and Jason Lee Sutton (Jessica) of Piedmont; 18 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; two sisters, Pearlie Jean Cather of Hobart, Indiana and Hazel Mae Gass of Cowan, Tennessee; his former wife, Willie Dean Sutton of Hobart, Indiana; and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Lamar Isabell, Jeremy Isabell, Kevin Hogue, Josh Parris, Lee Pentecost and Randy Brown. Mr. Sutton was a native of Sherwood, Tennessee and was a resident of Piedmont. He retired from both Ford Motor Company in Illinois and Lambert Roofing in Piedmont. His hobbies included watching racing, horses and playing with babies. He loved God and his family. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, his parents, several brothers and sisters, and lifelong friend and brother-in-law, Danny McCullough. Flowers may be sent or memorial contributions may be made to the family.