TITLE:  Ernest Clifton Sr.

SOURCE:  The News and Reporter

SUBMITTED BY: The News and Reporter

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Jan 2003

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Mr. Ernest Clifton Sr., 74
CHESTER — The funeral for Mr. Ernest Clifton Sr. of 114 Freedom Drive 
was conducted at 2 p.m. Monday, Jan. 6 at Mt. Vernon A.M.E. Zion Church.
The Rev. J.E. Johnson officiated, the Rev. Moses Lightner assisted and 
burial followed in the church cemetery. Mr. Clifton, 74, died Wednesday,
Jan. 1, 2003, at his home. Born in Chester on July 9, 1928, he was a 
son of the late John Clifton and Eunice Tinker Clifton. A member of Mt.
Vernon A.M.E. Zion Church, where he was a former choir member, Mr. 
Clifton attended school in Chester County and was retired from Cone 
Mill of Carlisle. He was past worshipful master of St. Peter’s Lodge
No. 142. Survivors include his wife, Doris Wilmore Clifton; two sons, 
Curtis Clifton and his wife, Ernestine, of Chester and Jeffery Clifton 
and his wife, Veronica, of Greenwood; six daughters, Brenda Howze and 
her husband, Michael, Nadine Bishop and her husband, Ricky, all of 
Dallas, Texas, and Betty Hall and her husband, Larry, Karen Clifton, 
Carolyn Isom and her husband, Johnny, and Deloris Strong and her 
husband, Johnny, all of Chester; a brother, Henry Clifton and his wife,
Betty, of Edgemoor; a sister, Matilda Ware of Charlotte; 33 
grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; his caregiver, Maggie C. 
Peterson of Chester; and his devoted friend, Betty Canty of Chester.
He was predeceased by a son, Ernest Clifton Jr.; and a daughter, Debra
Denise Clifton. King’s Funeral Home, 135 Cemetery St., Chester, was 
in charge of arrangements.
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