Johnathan Deaton is a fourth-generation funeral home director.
In 1945, his great-grandfather opened Deaton Funeral Home in Belmont, MS. Deaton’s grandfather and father carried on his legacy and Deaton continues the family’s 75-year-long heritage today at Senter Funeral Home in Fulton.
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