Helen Alton

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">NELSONVILLE - Helen I. Alton, 87, of Nelsonville, died Tuesday, November 16, 2010&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">at her home. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">Born July 19, 1923 in Fairfield County, she was the daughter of the late Willard and Cora Waites Christy. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">She was a graduate of Amanda-Clear Creek High School and a member of the Ladies Auxilary of The Plains VFW Post 7174 and a member of the Chauncey Church of God. Helen was a wonderful mother and a good homemaker. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">She is survived by two children, Gary Alton of Nelsonville, Debra (Mark) Talbott of Ocala, FL; six grandchildren, Connie Marie (Brent) Sipe, Tina Marie Able, Harold (Jackie) Cullison, Carla Sue Cullison, Roberta (Scott) Greene, Dennis (Amy) Kish; 14 great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; a sister, Freda Weidner of Columbus; several nieces and nephews. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Harold Alton in 1999; a daughter, Sharon Marie Cullison in 2009; two brothers, Denver and John Christy; two sisters, Elsie Hunt, and Gladys Shumaker. <span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">Services will be Saturday at 2:00 PM at Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home with Larry Swart officiating. Burial will be in ATHENS -emory Gardens. Friends may call at the funeral home Friday from 5 to 8 PM. Flowers will be accepted or contributions may be made to Appalachian Visiting Nurses, 30 Herrold Avenue, Athens, Ohio 45701. You may send the family a message of sympathy at <a href="http://www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com/"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">www.hughesmoquinfuneralhome.com<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt">. &nbsp;&nbsp;