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James Lee Carlton

January 24, 1942 — April 2, 2009

James Lee Carlton, 67, of Sweetwater, and formerly of Stamford, passed away on Thursday, 4/2/2009.  Funeral services will be at 2;00 P.M. Saturday at the Tankersley Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ron Renegarbe officiating.  Burial will follow in the Fairview Cemetery in Tuxedo. James was born in Stamford on January 24, 1942 to Wayne and Bertha Carlton.  He attended school in Stamford, graduating Stamford High School in 1960. He then attended McMurry College in Abilene.  He married Gloria Weaver in Stamford on June 2, 1963.  James worked for General Dynamics in Fort Worth several years until starting to work for Halliburton Oil Field Services in 1974.  He retired from Halliburton in 1997 and moved to Sweetwater.  James was a Lutheran.He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Gloria Carlton, of Sweetwater, 1 daughter, Leighanne Esparza and husband Naldo of Crane, 1 son, Michael Carlton and wife Shirley of Crane, 1 sister, Lois Ann Howard of Haskell, 5 grandchildren, Tyler Esparza, Teague Esparza, Baylor Esparza, Holt Carlton, and Brylee Carlton.

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