REX LYNDON HATTON, 55, died in 1998, with interment
in the Bullock Cemetery near Ranger, TX.
He was born April 16, 1943, in Ranger to Iva Elizebeth
Weathers and William Walter Hatton. Rex graduated from
Ranger High School in 1961 and married Jo Ann Wortham in
1967 in Ranger. He worked for the U.S. Postal Service and,
for several years, the Texas Department of Transportation.
He then returned to the Ranger Post Office, where he was
employed for 25 years. He served in the National Guard
and was a baseball coach for 20 years. Rex was a past
president of the Ranger Booster Club. He was a Methodist.
Rex had two sons, Ryan Hatton (RHS-1989) and Todd Hatton
(RHS-1995). His brother was Kenneth Lee Hatton (RHS-1948).