The Routons Of Henry County, TN

William Sanders “Bill” Routon, 77, died Wednesday, April 22, 1998,
at his residence in New Smyrna Beach, Fla.  
Local survivors are two brothers, Joe Routon of Paris and 
James Stephen “Jim” Routon of Routon. 

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Routon was born July 11, 1920, in Paris.  His wife, Marcia, also survives.  They were married 45 years ago.  A 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II, he was a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and worked as an aeronautical engineer for 36 years at Martin Marietta.  He had moved to Florida in 1987 and lived in Maitland before moving to New Smyrna Beach.