SHAFFER, VERNAL - age 83 of Madisonville, passed away 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at East Tennessee Health Care Center.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater. He was an avid fox hunter.
Preceded in death by wife, Marynell (Tootsie) Croft Shaffer; son, Donnie Shaffer; great-grandson, Nichols Vance; parents, Garnett and Alta Angel Shaffer; sisters, Dora Schmollinger, Mildred Ward; brothers, Grady Whitmore, Alan, Ivan, Wilson, James, Charles and John Shaffer; son-in-law, Paul Cuel.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and David Armstrong, Judy Cuel; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Brenda Shaffer, Floyd and Hazel Shaffer, all of Madisonville; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Biereley-Hale Chapel, Reverend David Watson, Reverend Ollie Lankford officiating. Interment 11:00 a.m. Friday, New Bethel Cemetery. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater. He was an avid fox hunter.
Preceded in death by wife, Marynell (Tootsie) Croft Shaffer; son, Donnie Shaffer; great-grandson, Nichols Vance; parents, Garnett and Alta Angel Shaffer; sisters, Dora Schmollinger, Mildred Ward; brothers, Grady Whitmore, Alan, Ivan, Wilson, James, Charles and John Shaffer; son-in-law, Paul Cuel.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and David Armstrong, Judy Cuel; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Brenda Shaffer, Floyd and Hazel Shaffer, all of Madisonville; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Biereley-Hale Chapel, Reverend David Watson, Reverend Ollie Lankford officiating. Interment 11:00 a.m. Friday, New Bethel Cemetery. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville.
SHAFFER, VERNAL - age 83 of Madisonville, passed away 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at East Tennessee Health Care Center.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater. He was an avid fox hunter.
Preceded in death by wife, Marynell (Tootsie) Croft Shaffer; son, Donnie Shaffer; great-grandson, Nichols Vance; parents, Garnett and Alta Angel Shaffer; sisters, Dora Schmollinger, Mildred Ward; brothers, Grady Whitmore, Alan, Ivan, Wilson, James, Charles and John Shaffer; son-in-law, Paul Cuel.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and David Armstrong, Judy Cuel; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Brenda Shaffer, Floyd and Hazel Shaffer, all of Madisonville; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Biereley-Hale Chapel, Reverend David Watson, Reverend Ollie Lankford officiating. Interment 11:00 a.m. Friday, New Bethel Cemetery. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville.
He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Theater. He was an avid fox hunter.
Preceded in death by wife, Marynell (Tootsie) Croft Shaffer; son, Donnie Shaffer; great-grandson, Nichols Vance; parents, Garnett and Alta Angel Shaffer; sisters, Dora Schmollinger, Mildred Ward; brothers, Grady Whitmore, Alan, Ivan, Wilson, James, Charles and John Shaffer; son-in-law, Paul Cuel.
Survivors: daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and David Armstrong, Judy Cuel; sons and daughters-in-law, Ronnie and Brenda Shaffer, Floyd and Hazel Shaffer, all of Madisonville; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; a host of friends and neighbors.
Funeral 8:00 p.m. Thursday, Biereley-Hale Chapel, Reverend David Watson, Reverend Ollie Lankford officiating. Interment 11:00 a.m. Friday, New Bethel Cemetery. Grandsons will be pallbearers. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Thursday at Biereley-Hale Funeral Home, Madisonville.
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