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Samuel Homer Driver

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Samuel Homer Driver

Birth
Death
12 Jun 1961 (aged 83)
Burial
Hermitage, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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BARREN RIDGE-A funeral service for Samuel Homer Driver, 83, life-long resident of Barren Ridge community, who died early Monday morning, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren. The Rev. Frank Y. Garber will conduct the service. Burial will be in the adjacent cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be John Casper Driver, Earl Driver, Rufus Driver, Earl D. Flory, Roy Paxton, Clayborne Shull, O. W. Shull, O. W. Gilbert Sr. and B. M. Harris.
Mr. Driver was born June 22, 1877. He was the son of the late Samuel Driver and Anna Myers Driver. A member of the Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren he had helped build the church and had served in many capacities in the church. He was a member of the Board of Deacons for over 40 years.
He devoted his life to cattle raising and farming. In August, 1901, he was married to Jennie V. Wampler, who preceded him in death May 20, 1961.
He is survived by a son, Dr. Samuel F. Driver of Roanoke, a daughter, Mrs. William Murphy of Washington, D. C., a granddaughter and a great-grandson. Also surviving is a sister, Miss Lottie A. Driver of the Virginia Mennonite Home in Harrisonburg.

Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: June 13, 1961

BARREN RIDGE-A funeral service for Samuel Homer Driver, 83, life-long resident of Barren Ridge community, who died early Monday morning, will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren. The Rev. Frank Y. Garber will conduct the service. Burial will be in the adjacent cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be John Casper Driver, Earl Driver, Rufus Driver, Earl D. Flory, Roy Paxton, Clayborne Shull, O. W. Shull, O. W. Gilbert Sr. and B. M. Harris.
Mr. Driver was born June 22, 1877. He was the son of the late Samuel Driver and Anna Myers Driver. A member of the Barren Ridge Church of the Brethren he had helped build the church and had served in many capacities in the church. He was a member of the Board of Deacons for over 40 years.
He devoted his life to cattle raising and farming. In August, 1901, he was married to Jennie V. Wampler, who preceded him in death May 20, 1961.
He is survived by a son, Dr. Samuel F. Driver of Roanoke, a daughter, Mrs. William Murphy of Washington, D. C., a granddaughter and a great-grandson. Also surviving is a sister, Miss Lottie A. Driver of the Virginia Mennonite Home in Harrisonburg.

Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: June 13, 1961



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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51097474/samuel_homer-driver: accessed ), memorial page for Samuel Homer Driver (22 Jun 1877–12 Jun 1961), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51097474, citing Barren Ridge Church of The Brethren Cemetery, Hermitage, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LNM (contributor 47438535).