M. Elizabeth Barton

M. Elizabeth Barton, of Tilghman, MD, died on Sunday, August 14, 2016, at the Talbot Hospice House. She was 95. Born in Queen Anne’s County on November 19, 1920, she was the daughter of the late William Andrew McClyment, Sr. and Esther Carrie Capel McClyment. After graduating from Centreville High School in 1938, she worked in the Centreville Elementary School cafeteria until her marriage on June 10, 1942, to James Dobson Harrison, Jr. They made their home in Tilghman, where Mr. Harrison died on September 15, 1966. She worked at the Tilghman Packing Company from 1959 until 1975, and then did private duty as a sitter/companion until 1983. On April 2, 1976, she married Harry T. Barton, Jr., who died on June 10, 1985. A faithful member of the Tilghman United Methodist Church in Tilghman, where she had served as the financial secretary, Sunday School teacher, choir member, member and past-president of the United Methodist Women as well as many other committees, she was also the recorder for the Tilghman Memorial Cemetery in Tilghman. Other memberships included the Tilghman Senior Citizens Group and the Christian Women’s Association of Easton. Mrs. Barton is survived by two sons, James T. Harrison and Edward D. Harrison (Bonnie), all of Tilghman; six grandchildren, Todd Harrison, Chad Harrison, Ryan Harrison, Kimberly Harrison, Tiffany Harrison and Kellie Knopp; and six great-grandchildren, Kelsey Harrison, Carley Harrison, Chase Harrison, Haley Howerton, Harrison Knopp and Bennett Knopp. She was preceded in death by her siblings, William A. McClyment, Jr., Robert W. McClyment, George E. McClyment, Frances E. Harrison, and J. Henry McClyment. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, August 19, 2016, at the Tilghman United Methodist Church in Tilghman, MD, where friends and family are invited to visit beginning at 10:30 am. Burial will follow at St. John’s Chapel Cemetery in Tilghman. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in her memory to the Tilghman United Methodist Church, 5731 Tilghman Island Rd., P.O. Box 192, Tilghman, MD 21671 or Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Easton, MD.

M. Elizabeth Barton

November 19, 1920 - August 14, 2016