He was born May 7, 1884, in Richhill Township, a son of the late Rufus and Mary Jane Wright Kerr. His wife, the former Clytie Staggers, died February 6, 1940. He spent most of his life in Jackson Township.
He was employed many years by the South Penn Oil and Gas Company in charge of cleaning and production. He had also been employed by the Dunn-Mar Oil and Gas Company. He retired in 1956, after 54 years in the oil and gas fields.
He was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Eileen) McCullough, of Sycamore, RD 1; two sons, Kenneth, of Holbrook, RD 1 and Keith of Rogersville; two grandchildren, Mrs. Linda Coffield, of Sycamore, RD 1 and Richard McCullough, of Sycamore, RD 1; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Urbana Headley, of Graysville, R. D. 1 and two brothers, S. L. Kerr, of Carmichaels, RD 1 and George B. Kerr, of Waynesburg, RD 5.
He was born May 7, 1884, in Richhill Township, a son of the late Rufus and Mary Jane Wright Kerr. His wife, the former Clytie Staggers, died February 6, 1940. He spent most of his life in Jackson Township.
He was employed many years by the South Penn Oil and Gas Company in charge of cleaning and production. He had also been employed by the Dunn-Mar Oil and Gas Company. He retired in 1956, after 54 years in the oil and gas fields.
He was affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Ralph (Eileen) McCullough, of Sycamore, RD 1; two sons, Kenneth, of Holbrook, RD 1 and Keith of Rogersville; two grandchildren, Mrs. Linda Coffield, of Sycamore, RD 1 and Richard McCullough, of Sycamore, RD 1; four great-grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Urbana Headley, of Graysville, R. D. 1 and two brothers, S. L. Kerr, of Carmichaels, RD 1 and George B. Kerr, of Waynesburg, RD 5.
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