Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout, 88, a former resident of Locust Street in Belington and more recently a resident of Barbour County Good Samaritan Center, departed this life at 5:28 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at the care center. He had been in declining health for quite some time.
He was born March 31, 1918, at Whitmer, a son of the late Benjamin C. and Bertha J. Vance Armentrout.
On July 25, 1941, at Radford, Va., he was united in marriage to the former Beulah Hamblin, who survives at their residence in Belington.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Armentrout is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Phillips of Belington and Bonnie Cox of Elkins; five sisters, Nellie Digman and Edith Trozzo, both of Cumberland, Md., Betty Dolly, Kathleen Wilmoth and Bernice Haller, all of Belington. Seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles L. and Carl Armentrout; one infant sister; one infant brother; and two sons-in-law, Ralph Cox Sr. and Neil Phillips.
Mr. Armentrout attended the schools of Barbour County, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, he was stationed in Germany serving with the Battery B 67th FA Battalion the 3rd Armored Division, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was a recipient of the Purple Heart from a shrapnel wound. Some of the shrapnel remained with him throughout his life. Mr. Armentrout worked in the CCC camps, and retired from Lab Craft Inc. in Beverly where he had worked in the supply department. He was a member of American Legion Post 96 of Belington, a lifetime member of the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Elkins, a lifetime member of Belington Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of Westside United Methodist Church where he in sang in the choir and the church quartet.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 2 p.m., the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Robert Baer Jr., the Rev. Leon Heavener and the Rev. Walter Blough officiating. Interment will follow in the Fraternal Cemetery where the American Legion Post 44 of Philippi and American Legion Post 96 of Belington will conduct full military honors. Talbott Funeral Home in Belington is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout.
He was born March 31, 1918, at Whitmer, a son of the late Benjamin C. and Bertha J. Vance Armentrout.
On July 25, 1941, at Radford, Va., he was united in marriage to the former Beulah Hamblin, who survives at their residence in Belington.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Armentrout is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Phillips of Belington and Bonnie Cox of Elkins; five sisters, Nellie Digman and Edith Trozzo, both of Cumberland, Md., Betty Dolly, Kathleen Wilmoth and Bernice Haller, all of Belington. Seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles L. and Carl Armentrout; one infant sister; one infant brother; and two sons-in-law, Ralph Cox Sr. and Neil Phillips.
Mr. Armentrout attended the schools of Barbour County, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, he was stationed in Germany serving with the Battery B 67th FA Battalion the 3rd Armored Division, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was a recipient of the Purple Heart from a shrapnel wound. Some of the shrapnel remained with him throughout his life. Mr. Armentrout worked in the CCC camps, and retired from Lab Craft Inc. in Beverly where he had worked in the supply department. He was a member of American Legion Post 96 of Belington, a lifetime member of the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Elkins, a lifetime member of Belington Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of Westside United Methodist Church where he in sang in the choir and the church quartet.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 2 p.m., the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Robert Baer Jr., the Rev. Leon Heavener and the Rev. Walter Blough officiating. Interment will follow in the Fraternal Cemetery where the American Legion Post 44 of Philippi and American Legion Post 96 of Belington will conduct full military honors. Talbott Funeral Home in Belington is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout.
Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout, 88, a former resident of Locust Street in Belington and more recently a resident of Barbour County Good Samaritan Center, departed this life at 5:28 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23, 2006, at the care center. He had been in declining health for quite some time.
He was born March 31, 1918, at Whitmer, a son of the late Benjamin C. and Bertha J. Vance Armentrout.
On July 25, 1941, at Radford, Va., he was united in marriage to the former Beulah Hamblin, who survives at their residence in Belington.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Armentrout is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Phillips of Belington and Bonnie Cox of Elkins; five sisters, Nellie Digman and Edith Trozzo, both of Cumberland, Md., Betty Dolly, Kathleen Wilmoth and Bernice Haller, all of Belington. Seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles L. and Carl Armentrout; one infant sister; one infant brother; and two sons-in-law, Ralph Cox Sr. and Neil Phillips.
Mr. Armentrout attended the schools of Barbour County, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, he was stationed in Germany serving with the Battery B 67th FA Battalion the 3rd Armored Division, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was a recipient of the Purple Heart from a shrapnel wound. Some of the shrapnel remained with him throughout his life. Mr. Armentrout worked in the CCC camps, and retired from Lab Craft Inc. in Beverly where he had worked in the supply department. He was a member of American Legion Post 96 of Belington, a lifetime member of the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Elkins, a lifetime member of Belington Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of Westside United Methodist Church where he in sang in the choir and the church quartet.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 2 p.m., the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Robert Baer Jr., the Rev. Leon Heavener and the Rev. Walter Blough officiating. Interment will follow in the Fraternal Cemetery where the American Legion Post 44 of Philippi and American Legion Post 96 of Belington will conduct full military honors. Talbott Funeral Home in Belington is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout.
He was born March 31, 1918, at Whitmer, a son of the late Benjamin C. and Bertha J. Vance Armentrout.
On July 25, 1941, at Radford, Va., he was united in marriage to the former Beulah Hamblin, who survives at their residence in Belington.
In addition to his wife, Mr. Armentrout is survived by two daughters, Phyllis Phillips of Belington and Bonnie Cox of Elkins; five sisters, Nellie Digman and Edith Trozzo, both of Cumberland, Md., Betty Dolly, Kathleen Wilmoth and Bernice Haller, all of Belington. Seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Charles L. and Carl Armentrout; one infant sister; one infant brother; and two sons-in-law, Ralph Cox Sr. and Neil Phillips.
Mr. Armentrout attended the schools of Barbour County, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was stationed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on Dec. 7, 1941. Later, he was stationed in Germany serving with the Battery B 67th FA Battalion the 3rd Armored Division, fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and was a recipient of the Purple Heart from a shrapnel wound. Some of the shrapnel remained with him throughout his life. Mr. Armentrout worked in the CCC camps, and retired from Lab Craft Inc. in Beverly where he had worked in the supply department. He was a member of American Legion Post 96 of Belington, a lifetime member of the Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of Foreign Wars in Elkins, a lifetime member of Belington Volunteer Fire Department and was a member of Westside United Methodist Church where he in sang in the choir and the church quartet.
Friends will be received at Talbott Funeral Home in Belington today from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Wednesday until 2 p.m., the funeral hour, when final rites will be conducted from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Robert Baer Jr., the Rev. Leon Heavener and the Rev. Walter Blough officiating. Interment will follow in the Fraternal Cemetery where the American Legion Post 44 of Philippi and American Legion Post 96 of Belington will conduct full military honors. Talbott Funeral Home in Belington is in charge of the funeral arrangements for Mr. Melvin Paul Armentrout.
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