Lea R. Walton, Blue Springs, Mo., died on Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, at Research Hospital, Kansas City, Mo. She was born in Rich Hill, Mo., to the late Ora and Effie Backer Reed.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 24, at the Heuser Funeral Home, Rich Hill, with Gary Reed officiating. Interment will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Rich Hill.