KERRY WAYNE BARTON

Services for Kerry Wayne Barton, 74, of Tawakoni, TX will be conducted at Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery, March 31, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. Kerry was born April 25, 1947 April 25, 1947 in Alexandria, LA and passed away at his home, March 17, 2022.

Kerry was a graduate of Mansfield High School in Mansfield, studied at LA Tech in Ruston, and joined the US Air Force in 1967. After his 20 year military service he worked for the US Postal Service in Ft. Worth, TX. He was an avid photographer, loved shopping for antiques, traveling and enjoyed the ocean and scuba diving. Kerry never met a stranger; his acquaintance quickly became his friends. He loved spending time with his family, loving on his grandbabies. He spent many hours at the ice skating rink watching, encouraging, and cheering on his daughter Cheyenne as she pursued her passion of ice skating.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Herschel and Dorothy Barton, a brother, Herschel Barton, Jr., sister-in-law Dana Barton, and brother-in-law Larry Binning.

He is survived by his wife Valerie Coffman; daughter Cheyenne Barton-Coffman; sisters, Lynda Binning Laffitte and husband Stuart, Kathy Broadway and husband Travis; brother, Michael Barton; stepchildren Jennifer Smith, Matthew Coffman, Michael Hanks, and wife Ashley; grandchildren Gracelyn, Avery, Savannah, Molly, Zane; great-granddaughter Renesemee; sisters-in-law

Trevor, Kelly and Jodie; father and mother-in-law Gary and Sherry Coffman and many nieces and nephews.

The family suggests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to cancer research or your local animal rescue.