Russell C. Everson, age 80, a resident of 86 Brytes Way, Morgantown, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2001, at his residence following an extended illness. He was born Jan. 21, 1921, at Belington, a son of the late Roy M. and Madge (Wagoner) Everson. At the time of his death, he was survived by his wife of 59 years, the former Delta Golden, whom he married at Philippi, Feb. 7, 1942.

Also surviving were one son and daughter-in-law, Lonnie and Shelda Everson, Atwater, OH; two daughters and sons-in-law, Ladonna and Matthew Teseo, Akron, OH, and Krista and Rick Shockey, Marietta, GA; five sisters, Virginia Wilmoth, Philippi, Mary Nell Wilmoth, OH, Helen Ketchum, Belington, Katherine Foy, Martinsburg, and Geneva Poe, Flint, MI; seven brothers, Virgil Everson, Belington, Don and Raymond Everson, Flint, MI, Tommy and Cecil Everson, Akron, OH, and Bertzel Everson, TN; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, Anthony Teseo and Holly Everson, Akron, OH, Corrina and Jim Strickland, Macon, GA, Nicholas and Karrah Shockey, Marietta, GA, Angelia Teseo, Akron, OH, and Harry and Wyatt Strickland, Macon, GA; and several nieces, nephews and friends.

He was preceded in death by an infant daughter; two sisters, Gladys Booth and Ruby Everson; and three brothers, Homer, Billie and Denzil Everson.

Mr. Everson was baptized into Christ in 1942 at Independence. In 1950, he was injured in a coalmine near Philippi, which left him handicapped. In 1952 he moved to Akron, OH, and became an iron worker with the Atlantic Foundry. He also became a member of the Brown Street Church of Christ, serving as an elder and ministering to various congregations in OH; to the Wooster, OH, Church of Christ for 6 years, the Petersburg Church of Christ for 3 years and the Middletown, IN, congregation for 3 years. His last location as a minister was the Gladesville Church of Christ. Poor health forced him to retire to Morgantown, where he became and remained a member of the Glen Oaks Church of Christ on the Greenbag Road.

Interment was in the Belington Fraternal Cemetery.

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