DENZEL  "GARY"  PAXTON,  81 years of age of Summersville, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday February 7,2025. He was the son of the late Denzel H. and Mary E. Smith Paxton and was born at Widen June 8,1943. Gary was raised at Swandale and was a 1961 graduate of Clay County High School. He was a retired auto mechanic and owner of Paxton Auto Repair in Summersville. Gary was a proud Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army, a member of the VFW and the Summersville Baptist Church. He loved God and his family, golfing, hunting and watching old westerns.

He was also preceded in death by one sister Patricia Gail Dorsey.

Surviving:

Wife of 59 years       Janice Woody Paxton

Son                             Timothy Paxton

Daughter                   Alison McKinney (Howard)             all of Summersville

Sisters                        Carolyn Hope Litton (Larry)            Gassaway

Lois Groves (Virgil)                          Canvas

Granddaughters       Amber Price (Randy)

Ashlyn Wooten

Amelia McKinney

6  Great Grandchildren

Special thanks to the staff at SRMC for their kind and compassionate care to Gary.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday February 13th in the Summersville Baptist Church with Pastor Dana Gatewood and Pastor Phil Wilson officiating. Burial with military honors, will follow in the Walker Memorial Park at Summersville. Friends may call at the Waters Funeral Chapel in Summersville from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Tunnel to Towers or Samaritan's Purse.

Condolences: watersfuneralchapel.com