Darrell Clayton Hilton

Darrell Clayton Hilton, age 84, of Aurora, Missouri, passed away at 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 11, 2019, at his home.  He was born June 14, 1935, in Jenkins, Missouri, the son of James and Hazel (Garner) Hilton.
Darrell was a United States Army Veteran serving during the Korean Conflict.  Throughout the years he worked for Juvenile Shoe Factory in Aurora, EFCO Corporation in Monett and was a salesman for Wheeler Furniture Store in Aurora.  He was an avid Blue Grass musician and played music with the County Line Group and attended the Aurora First Baptist Church.
On June 9, 1956, he married Ramona Snider in Aurora, Missouri.
Darrell is survived by his wife of 63 years, Ramona; two sons, Brian Hilton and Aaron Hilton and his wife, Sharon, all of Aurora; four grandchildren, Matthew Hilton and his wife, Jessica, Victoria Erickson and her husband, John, of Aurora, Baylee Hardimon and her husband, Trey, of Collinsville, Illinois and Devon Hilton and his wife, Jordon, of Aurora; eight great- grandchildren; seven sisters, Janet Mitchell, Carolyn Jean Lawson, Nancy Sue Brown, Jackie Lathrop, Francis Harris, Judy Bauman and Lynna Kay Bloom and three brothers, Joe Hilton and his wife, Millie, Jimmy Hilton and Dale Hilton.
Darrell was preceded in death by his parents, James and Hazel, two sisters, Martha Russell and Christine McCarthy and two brothers, John Boyd and Harry Hilton.
A visitation was held from 10:00-11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 16, 2019, at the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora, with a funeral service that followed at 11:00 a.m.  Burial with full military honors followed at 1:00 p.m. at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.
Online condolences may be shared at www.CraftonCantrellFuneralHome.com.