George Browder Linton was a son of Thomas Alvey Linton and Elizabeth F. Proctor.  He married Elizabeth Milton Johnson in 1904, with whom he had three children – John Browder, Milton Victor and Nell Proctor Linton.  Unfortunately all three children died within a few years.  He and Elizabeth moved to Denver, Colorado, where she also died within a year.  He married Annie Lee McLean in 1912.  I believe this obituary was saved by George’s brother Louis B. Linton – I recognize the handwriting!

George Linton, Pomona Farm District

George Browder Linton, 90, of the Pomona district, died at 12:15 p.m. Friday in the Lower Valley Nursing Home in Fruita.

Mr. Linton was born June 28, 1881, in Russellville, Kentucky, where he spent his childhood.  His first wife and three small children died in a typhoid epidemic in Kentucky.

He married Annie Lee Mclean, who survives him, on December 24, 1912.  They moved to Hotchkiss in 1912 and to the Grand Valley area in 1917, where Mr. Linton farmed in the Clifton area.  They moved to another farm in the Pomona district in 1918.

Mr. Linton was president of the Mesa County Tomato Growers Association in 1930.  He was president and secretary of the Grand Junction Forum Club and was given an honorary life membership in 1951 for being a member for 20 years.

In June 1936, he was selected as one of nine directors to organize the Grand Valley Rural Power Lines, Inc., and was president and vice president for this organization for 11 years.  He was also secretary of the Colorado Ute Electric Association.

Mr. Linton was a member of the Farmer’s Union, Mesa County Union Oil Co., Western Colorado Producers Co-op and was director and secretary of the Fruita Bean Growers Association.

He was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of Grand Junction and served as area director of the Rural Electric Agency from 1936 to 1955 and was on the board of directors for 15 years.

Surviving in addition to his wife who resides in the Lower Valley Nursing Home are two brothers, Louis B. Linton, Russellville, Kentucky; and Thomas A. Linton, Indian Lakes Estates, Florida.