Henry Lee Shear, 91, of Minford, died Sunday, July 21, 1996, at home.
Born Feb. 11, 1905, in Madison Township, Scioto County, a son of the late Sampson Wesley Shear and Emma
Catherine Shoemaker Shear, he was a machinist helper with Norfolk & Western Railway Company retiring in 1970
with 42 years of service, a charter member and former captain of the Minford Volunteer Fire Department retiring in 1966 with 20 years of service, a greeter with Erwin-Dodson Funeral Home for 25 years, a former member of International Association of Machinist and of the Free Will Baptist faith.
Surviving are his wife, Edith W. Cooper Shear; two step-daughters, Betty Armstrong of Berry, Ky., and Juanita
Hughes of Midwest City, Okla.; 12 grand-children; and several great-grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters. Interment in Bennett Cemetery.
Henry Lee Shear, 91, of Minford, died Sunday, July 21, 1996, at home.
Born Feb. 11, 1905, in Madison Township, Scioto County, a son of the late Sampson Wesley Shear and Emma
Catherine Shoemaker Shear, he was a machinist helper with Norfolk & Western Railway Company retiring in 1970
with 42 years of service, a charter member and former captain of the Minford Volunteer Fire Department retiring in 1966 with 20 years of service, a greeter with Erwin-Dodson Funeral Home for 25 years, a former member of International Association of Machinist and of the Free Will Baptist faith.
Surviving are his wife, Edith W. Cooper Shear; two step-daughters, Betty Armstrong of Berry, Ky., and Juanita
Hughes of Midwest City, Okla.; 12 grand-children; and several great-grandchildren. He also was preceded in death by 11 brothers and sisters. Interment in Bennett Cemetery.
Family Members
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Anna Geneva Shear Surran
1891–1959
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Elmer John Shear
1894–1966
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Maude Jane Shear Allen
1896–1980
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Eadle M. Shear Spriggs
1897–1937
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Orma Sampson Shear
1900–1981
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Effie May Shear Downey
1902–1989
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Roy Edison Shear
1907–1965
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Infant Boy Shear
1910–1910
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Harold Wesley Shear
1912–1981
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Mary Elizabeth Shear Cochran
1916–1990
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Tec5 Vancil Keith Shear
1919–1945
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