Michael Dean Heaton, 50, Clarksville, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Neal-Tarpley Chapel with Rev. Ken Wallace officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. until the hour of the service Thursday at the funeral home. Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. He was born September 19, 1959 in Clarksville, TN, son of the late Riley Heaton and Dora Blackwell Heaton. He was a truck driver with Sharp Transit and was a member of Excell Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Arnold Heaton; two sons, Michael Heaton, Jr and Gebriel Gonzalez Heaton; a daughter, Ashley Nichole Heaton; a brother, Carlos Ray Heaton, and a granddaughter, Addison Bella Gaitan, all of Clarksville. Arrangements entrusted to Neal-Tarpley Funeral Home, 1510 Madison Street, Clarksville, TN 37040. Online condolences may be made at www.neal-tarpley.com.