He was a veteran, having served in the United States Army.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Betsy Dawn McGaha, and he was the last surviving child of 16 children of the late Thomas and Margaret Jane McGaha.
He is survived by his wife, Rudell McGaha, of Newport; son, Doug McGaha, of Newport; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Neil and Jackie Dockery, of Chestnut Hill; one granddaughter and one great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held 7:00 p.m. Monday in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Hudson Chesteen and the Rev. Jerry Colbert officiating.
Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Burchfield Memorial Cemetery, with the DAV conducting military rites.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday prior to funeral services.
Manes Funeral Home in charge.
He was a veteran, having served in the United States Army.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Betsy Dawn McGaha, and he was the last surviving child of 16 children of the late Thomas and Margaret Jane McGaha.
He is survived by his wife, Rudell McGaha, of Newport; son, Doug McGaha, of Newport; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Neil and Jackie Dockery, of Chestnut Hill; one granddaughter and one great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held 7:00 p.m. Monday in Manes Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Hudson Chesteen and the Rev. Jerry Colbert officiating.
Burial will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday in Burchfield Memorial Cemetery, with the DAV conducting military rites.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday prior to funeral services.
Manes Funeral Home in charge.
Family Members
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Nora McGaha Freeman
1902–1994
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Fuller Jerome McGaha
1904–1982
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Orvan Everett McGaha
1906–1906
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Pasie Lee McGaha Reneau
1908–1990
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Roe McGaha Sr
1909–1965
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Rupert McGaha
1911–1997
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Restel McGaha
1915–1976
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Rema McGaha Thornton
1918–1981
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Ruby McGaha
1920–1922
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John Thomas McGaha
1929–2003
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Tennyson McGaha
1931–1994
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