HARTFORD, Ky. — Joe Layton, 79, of Hartford, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at his daughter’s home in Livermore, Ky. Joseph Phillip Layton was born on Jan. 23, 1938, in Calhoun, Ky., to the late Leslie H. and Irene Taylor Layton, was married to the former Willodean “Dean” Kirkendoll until her death June 2, 1986, and was later married to the former Monita Gale Embry until her death on Jan. 17, 2017.
Joe was a farmer, retired from the Kentucky Boys’ Home in Cromwell, Ky., was a member of Big Muddy Baptist Church in Dunbar, Ky., and was earlier a member of Glenville Baptist Church. He loved University of Kentucky Basketball, gardening, raising cattle, and barbecuing for his family and friends.
In addition to his parents and wives, Joe was preceded in death by a brother, Dickie Layton, and a sister, Karen Morehead.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Barry and Melissa Layton, of Brentwood, Tenn.; a daughter and her husband, Stacy and Tommy Patrick, of Livermore; two stepsons, Phillip Dockery, of New York, N.Y., and Kit Dockery and wife, Robyn, of Chickamauga, Ga.; two stepdaughters and their husbands, April and Tom West, of Hermitage, Tenn., and Sarah and Bobby McKee, of Morgantown, Ky.; four grandchildren, Paige Chandler and husband, Artie, Will Layton, Katlyn Patrick, and Olivia Layton; nine stepgrandchildren; a brother, Don Layton, of Newburgh; and two sisters, Ida Stringer, of Owensboro, Ky., and Lola Morehead, of Evansville, Ind.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday at Muster Funeral Homes, Livermore Chapel with the Revs. Ronnie Forrest and Charles Thomas officiating. Burial will be in the Glenville Baptist Cemetery in Daviess County. Friends may visit with Joe’s family from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Friday and from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Saturday at Muster Funeral Home in Livermore.
The Joe Layton family requests expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the Glenville Baptist Cemetery Fund; C/O Mrs. Mildred Iglehart; 289 Old Glenville Loop; Calhoun, KY 42327. Memorial contribution envelopes will be available at Musters in Livermore.
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