Howard William Shrewsbury

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Howard William Shrewsbury Veteran

Birth
Besoco, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA
Death
26 Mar 1984 (aged 64)
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Highlawn 18-34 Flat Section
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From the Beckley Post-Herald AND the Raleigh Register, Wednesday, March 29, 1984

Howard W. Shrewsbury, 64, of Crab Orchard, died Monday at 8:15 p.m. in a Richmond, Va., hospital of natural causes.

Born March 23, 1920, in Besoco, he was a son of the late George and Mattie Shrewsbury.
Mr. Shrewsbury was a 37-year resident of Raleigh County and was a Baptist. He was a coal miner, a construction worker and a World War II Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Lola Mae Shrewsbury; two sons, Dennis and Roger Shrewsbury, both of Crab Orchard; four daughters, Dorlia Cox, Jan Lacy, Judy Shrewsbury and Sylvia Sweeney, all of Crab Orchard; two sisters, Jane Rochell of Logan and Macie Church of Crab Orchard.

Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. in the Melton Mortuary chapel in Beckley with the Rev. Robert Combs officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park in Beckley with graveside rites conducted by the Sophia-Midway VFW Post 4326.

Friends may call today from 6 pm to 9pm.

Pallbearers will David Combs, Stanley Sweeney, Ronnie Long, Kenneth Rakes, Bob Milam and Jackie Cozart.

****NOTE: His sister Jane's name should have been spelled "Rockel"
From the Beckley Post-Herald AND the Raleigh Register, Wednesday, March 29, 1984

Howard W. Shrewsbury, 64, of Crab Orchard, died Monday at 8:15 p.m. in a Richmond, Va., hospital of natural causes.

Born March 23, 1920, in Besoco, he was a son of the late George and Mattie Shrewsbury.
Mr. Shrewsbury was a 37-year resident of Raleigh County and was a Baptist. He was a coal miner, a construction worker and a World War II Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Lola Mae Shrewsbury; two sons, Dennis and Roger Shrewsbury, both of Crab Orchard; four daughters, Dorlia Cox, Jan Lacy, Judy Shrewsbury and Sylvia Sweeney, all of Crab Orchard; two sisters, Jane Rochell of Logan and Macie Church of Crab Orchard.

Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. in the Melton Mortuary chapel in Beckley with the Rev. Robert Combs officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park in Beckley with graveside rites conducted by the Sophia-Midway VFW Post 4326.

Friends may call today from 6 pm to 9pm.

Pallbearers will David Combs, Stanley Sweeney, Ronnie Long, Kenneth Rakes, Bob Milam and Jackie Cozart.

****NOTE: His sister Jane's name should have been spelled "Rockel"