THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, March 7, 1957

 

Evander Parker Eagerton, 88, died February 24 in an Orlando Hospital. Funeral services were held in the Cary Hand Funeral Home and burial in Greenwood Cemetery, on Tuesday.

Among his survivors are his wife Mrs. Lena Eagerton and three daughters, Mrs. Leona Swaine, Mrs. Jennie Brack, and Mrs. George W. Kramer.

In addition to being a retired Chief of Police of Orlando, Mr. Eagerton formerly resided in Bunnell and Flagler Beach. The late I. I. Moody and the late J. F. Lambert built the Halcyon Hotel of Bunnell in 1911 for Mr. and Mrs. Eagerton to operate. It was then known, as the Eagerton Hotel. He remained in this county a number of years before moving to Orlando.