Thank you..........Here it is............ This was in the Times West Virginian on Thursday, Feb 3, 2000 and wrote exactly as it appeared... Willis Averal Shuman, 90, of Charles Town, died Tuesday, (Feb. 1, 2000), at Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Ranson. He was born April 17, 1909, in Fairview, the son of the late Francis Ellsworth and Nora Belle Haught Shuman. He retired after many years of service in the Recreation Department of the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Martinsburg. He was a Methodist. He graduated from Fairmont High School and attended West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buchannon. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the South Pacific Theatre, where he received a Purple Heart. He is survived by his wife of over 50 years, Helen B. Barrington Shuman, of Charles Town; three daughters and sons-in-law, Nora S. and Michael Corra of Parkersburg, Lisa S. and Don Zweifel of Houston, Texas, and Mary S. "Mimi" and Nicholas Snyder of Summit Point; four grandchildren, Kevin N.,Natalie A., and Eric S. Snyder, and Kathryn B. Zweifel; one sister, Nerva Keefover of Fairview; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Esta Shuman, Lizzie Swinger, and Mary Conaway; and two brothers, Ernest and Gay Shuman. Friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Friday at the Melvin T. Strider Colonial Funeral Home, Charles Town. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb 5, at the funeral home, with the Rev. John Conaway officiating. Burial will follow at Edge Hill Cemetery, Charles Town. Memorial contributions, may be made to the charity of one's choice. At 11:33 PM 2/3/00 -0800, you wrote: >>Would I be able to submit an Obit for Willis Shuman whom died Feb. 1, 2000. >>If I can, please let me know. >>Thank you >>Ardella > >You are welcome to post the particulars of his death. You might wish to >post it in two places: here, so that subscribers can be aware of it, but >also to the SHUMAN Message Boards, so that it will become part of a >permanently accessible public location. That URL is: > >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/FamilyAssoc/ShumanObits > >Thank you for offering to do this. > >JS > > ____________________________ > James Shuman, art instructor > Modesto High School > jshuman@telis.org > ____________________________ > > > >