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Ernest Layne

Jr.MICHIGAN Ernest Layne Jr., 90, died at home Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Mr. Layne served his country in the Navy during WWII.He was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Camp Layne; parents, Ernest and Hester Tate Layne; brothers, Robert, Ray, Roy, Charlie Bill, Chester and Leonard "Cotton" Layne; sister, Maggie.Survivors include children, Patricia Ernestine Layne, Beverly Ann Layne, both of Michigan, Ronnie R. Layne, Tennessee, Brenda Kay O Brien, Dorothy Gay Weatherly, Ross Dean Layne, Barbara Lynn Wietecha, Donald Layne Wood, all of Michigan; step-children, Lena Grace and Frank Hobbs, of Michigan and Harrison Hobbs, of Tennessee; brother, Eugene Layne, of Ohio; 23 grandchildren; several great and great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. CST Monday, Jan. 7, in Ewton Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Cookston Cemetery.Visitation: 3-8 p.m. todayArrangements by Ewton Funeral Home, 6936 Highway 28, Dunlap, TN 37327.www.ewtonfuneralhome.com 423-949-2112.

Published January 6, 2013

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