Mother: Adaline Elizabeth THOMPSON
Mrs. Irene Shawver Is Dead in Richwood
RICHWOOD, Sept. 14 - A 78-year old childless woman, who had adopted five children and helped rear eight others, died in a hospital here today. She was Mrs. Irene McClung Shawver of Clintonville, widow of the late Alfred M. Shawver.
The adopted children, all of whom survive, are Mrs. Mary Hallex of Washington, Mrs. Robert Bivens of Meadow Bluff, Miss Ruth Shawver of San Francisco, Mr. Franklin Ferrell of Morgantown and Cecil Flack at home. Surviving also was a brother, W. K. McClung of San Francisco.
Funeral sevices will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home. Rev. George Lambert and Rev. Ray Perkins officiating. Burial will be at the End of the Trail cemetery in Clintonville under the direction of Wallace and Wallace mortuary.
The Charleston Gazette, 15 September 1949
Mother: Adaline Elizabeth THOMPSON
Mrs. Irene Shawver Is Dead in Richwood
RICHWOOD, Sept. 14 - A 78-year old childless woman, who had adopted five children and helped rear eight others, died in a hospital here today. She was Mrs. Irene McClung Shawver of Clintonville, widow of the late Alfred M. Shawver.
The adopted children, all of whom survive, are Mrs. Mary Hallex of Washington, Mrs. Robert Bivens of Meadow Bluff, Miss Ruth Shawver of San Francisco, Mr. Franklin Ferrell of Morgantown and Cecil Flack at home. Surviving also was a brother, W. K. McClung of San Francisco.
Funeral sevices will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the home. Rev. George Lambert and Rev. Ray Perkins officiating. Burial will be at the End of the Trail cemetery in Clintonville under the direction of Wallace and Wallace mortuary.
The Charleston Gazette, 15 September 1949
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