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Obituaries 05/20/1999

Henry Shinaberry


Henry Shinaberry, of Back Mountain, Durbin, died May 18, 1999, at the Davis Memorial Hospital.
No arrangements have been made at press time. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home is charge of arrangements.
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Clyde McMillion

Clyde McMillion, 83, died May 8, 1999, in the hospital in Kalarne, Sweden, of pneumonia following a leg infection.
He was born on February 21, 1916, in Hillsboro, the son of Ray S. and Neda McCoy McMillion.
Mr. McMillion was a 1932 graduate of Hillsboro High School, Salem College, West Virginia University, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
He worked in Michigan as a chemist and later a computer programmer. He retired to Hillsboro before moving to Kalarne several years ago.
Survivors include two sons, Philip McMillion, of Ann Arbor, and Allan McMillion, of Stockholm, Sweden; three daughters, Marilyn Fall, of Chandler, Arizona, Emily Kunkle, of Farmington Hill, Michigan, and Susan McMillion, of Seattle, Washington; and seven grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mary Maude Horton.
A private memorial service will be conducted in Ann Arbor in early June.
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Mary Ruth Rose Moore

Mary Ruth Rose Moore, age 79, of Daytona Beach, Florida, died May 14, 1999, at Mariner Health Care of Port Orange, Florida.
She retired in 1973 as a secretary for the United States Forest Service, in the Richwood office of the Gauley District, Monongahela National Forest. She was a member of the Richwood Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Order of Eastern Star.
The daughter of the late Robert Lee and Alta Moss Thomas Rose, she was born at Marlinton December 13, 1919.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Meade Jack Moore; her parents; a sister, Peggy Lutz; and a brother, Robert Rose.
Surviving her are two sisters, Mildred Shortt, of Ona, and Louise McKeage, of Montrose, Pennsylvania; and a brother, Shan Rose, of Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p. m. at VanReenen Funeral Home.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. Friday at VanReenen Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Randy Benson, with burial in Mountain View Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Marlinton United Methodist Women.
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Bertha Hamrick Barlow

Bertha Hamrick Barlow, age 96, of Elkins, formerly of Campbelltown, died May 11, 1999, in Elkins Regional Convalescent Center.
Mrs. Barlow was a member of the Church of the Nazarene.
She was born at Chapel, the daughter of the late George Austin and Heddi Payne Hamrick. The family came to Woodrow by foot when Mrs. Barlow was three years old.
Also preceding her in death were her husband, Albert Clarence Barlow; four sisters, Mary Kiner, Rosie Hammons, Eva Hamrick, and Elizabeth Woods; and a brother, Ben Hamrick.
Surviving her are two daughters, Pearl Ryder, of Elkins, and Opal Green, of Frost; a son, Austin Barlow, of Elkins; a brother, Homer Hamrick, of Elkins; fourteen grandchildren, five step-grandchildren, and twelve great-grandchildren.
Services were held Saturday afternoon at VanReenen Funeral Home. Burial was in the Cochran Cemetery.
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Hubert J. Sharp

Hubert J. Sharp, age 71, of Rt. 1, Marlinton, died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Sharp was a retired Supervisor of Kaiser Aluminum Company in Ravenswood and farmed since he retired. He was a Navy veteran of World War II, and a member of the American Legion and Moose Lodge.
Born January 25, 1928, at Marlinton, he was the son of Regina Underwood Sharp Dumire, of Marlinton, and the late Dolpha Sharp.
Surviving him, in addition to his mother, are his wife, Glenda M. Sharp; three daughters, Brenda D. Shane, of Mill Gap, Virginia, Sandra E. Sharp, of Marlinton, and Karen J. McDonald, of Keyser; two sons, Steve M. Sharp, of Valley Head, and Kyle McCarty, of Frost; two step-sons, James G. Teter and Roger W. Teter, both of Marlinton; two sisters, Luna Belle Wilfong and Louise Carpenter, both of Marlinton; and five brothers, Lewis E. Sharp, of Marlinton, Lowell A. Sharp, of Cowen, Dharl L. Sharp, of Elkins, Thomas E. Sharp, of Beverly, and Robert Y. Sharp, of Marlinton; nineteen grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his father and a step-son, Warren C. Teter, Jr.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at VanReenen Funeral Home by the Rev. David Rittenhouse. Entombment, with military honors, was at Mountain View Cemetery Mausoleum.
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Myrtle Sidell

Myrtle E. Miller Sidell, age 92, of Peabody, Massachusetts, formerly of El Paso, Texas, died Friday, May 7, 1999, in Salem, Massachusetts.
She was born July 3, 1906, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Alexander Luther and Mary Ella Turney Miller.
She graduated from East Fairmont High School in 1923.
Surviving her are five brothers, Howard Miller, Kenneth Miller, both of Fairmont, Robert Miller, of Marlinton, Charles Miller, of New Manchester, Paul Miller, of Venice, Florida; five grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William T. Sidell; a daughter, Barbara Ann Dullea; and one granddaughter.
Burial will be in El Paso at a later date.
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Gerald L. Riffle

Gerald Lee Riffle, age 54, of Catham Township, Ohio, formerly of Randolph County, died Monday, May 10, 1999, in Medina General Hospital, following a sudden illness.
He worked as a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the LaGrange Community Church, the Disabled American Veterans No. 72 of Medina, Ohio, and was a veteran of the U. S. Army.
Mr. Riffle was born April 5, 1945, in Randolph County, a son of the late Cecil and Janie Green Riffle.
He married Rebecca Sage-Vaughn, formerly of Slatyfork.
Surviving him are his wife; a daughter, Phyllis Johnson, of Burlington, North Carolina; a son, Michael Collins, Hatfield, Pennsylvania; two stepsons, Johnny Vaughn, Wilmington, Delaware, and Heath Vaughn, Randolph, Ohio; five sisters, Ava Shrout, Monterville, Mary Barrick, Hinckley, Ohio, Shirley Thomas, Streetsboro, Ohio, Neva Stanboro, Dunedin, Florida, and Karon New, Huttonsville; three brothers, Alva Riffle, Medina, Ohio, Arnold Riffle, Arcanum, Ohio, and Orville Riffle, Garretsville, Ohio; six step-sisters, Darlene Thompson Huttonsville, Lola Sharp, Judy Arbogast, Della Brown, and Ruby Lindsay, all of Valley Head, and Louise Croston, Mill Creek; six step-brothers, Robert, Willie, Thomas, Stanley and John Lindsay, all of Valley Head, and Billie Lindsay, Huttonsville; four grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Arling Riffle, and a granddaughter.
Funeral services were held at the F. E. Runner Funeral Home in Elkins Friday afternoon by the Rev. Marshall Williams. Burial was at Brick Church Cemetery in Huttonsville.
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Lorraine L. Boggs

Lorraine L. Boggs, age 75, of Marlinton, died Sunday, May 16, 1999, at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital.
The daughter of the late James Robert and Hazel McChesney Hicks, she was born at Charleston May 1, 1924.
Her father died in December, 1928, and her mother died in December, 1978. A son, James Boggs, is also deceased.
Survivors include three daughters, Dellora Watson, of California, Leda Williams, of Marlinton, with whom she lived, and Lorraine Williams, of Ontario, California; four sons, Delphi Williams, of Lewisburg, Robert Williams, of Pomona, California, Forrest Boggs, of Marlinton, and Darwin Boggs, of Lewisburg; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be for four hours, 10 to 2, before services at 2 p. m. Saturday at VanReenen Funeral Home by Pastor Jerry Moore and the Rev. Greg Scott. Burial will be in Brownsburg Cemetery.
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Barbara Camden

Barbara Jean K. Camden, 64, of New Canton, Virginia, died of cancer on May 3, 1999, at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia.
She was born in Morgantown on March 26, 1935, the daughter of Hester Bonham, of Lewisburg, and the late Sanford Kirk. She lived at Hillsboro at one time.
Mrs. Camden was a member of the Browns Mountain Chapel United Methodist Church in New Canton.
In addition to her mother, survivors include her husband, Don Camden; three children, Whitney P. Hubert, of Salem, Virginia, Barbara McMillion, of Lewisburg, and Wayne Gilbert, of Galveston, Texas; one stepson, David Camden; four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
A memorial service was held on May 6 with the Rev. Joe Shoop officiating.

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