May 9, 2002 Clarksburg Exponent Telegram Clarksburg West Virginia Harold W. Fitzwater, 77, of Rt. 1, Phillippi, WV, passed peacefully in his sleep on May 7th at the home he shared with his son. He was born April 24th 1925, at Junior, a son of the late Talbert and Margaret Hinebaugh Fitzwater. On April 25th 1947, he married the former Helen Y. Bonnie Hymes, who preceded him in death on February 15th of 1999. Surviving are one son, Randall E. Fitzwater, with whom he made his home; three daughters, Mrs. Chuck Vicki Reed, Belington, Mrs. Gail Beverly Hrdy, Clarksburg, Mrs. Doug Katrina Meadows, St. Leonard MD, Midge Pratts, Surprise AZ; seven grandchildren; seven great grand children; and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Fitzwater was a veteran of WW II, serving with the U.S.Navy and was a life member of Laurel Mt. Post #410, F.F.W. at Belington. He was a former coal miner, retiring from Wolverine Mining's Gadger Mine and was a member of the United Mine Workers Disrict 31. He was a Methodist. Friends may call at the Schoonoer Temple Funeral Chapel in Belington fom 7 to 9 on Thursday and from 2 on Friday, May 10th, when funeral services will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Doyle N. Rider officiating. Interment will follow in the Belington Fraternal Cemetery. Schoonover Temple Funeral Chapel is entrusted with the arrangements.