West Virginia's oldest former Delegate, Earl Brumfield Hager, 102, of Chapmanville, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, in Logan County.
Born April 10, 1909, at Gill, he was preceded in death by his parents, Golden and Fanny Hager, as well as 10 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three children, David Hager, Earl Bradley Hager and Mary Anne (Michael) Moore, and seven grandchildren, Kimberly Hager, Beverly Hager, Michael Hager, Nathan Hager, Zachary Moore, Savannah Moore and Emily Kate Moore, and a close family friend and his primary caretaker late in life, Diane Ohmacht.
Earl served as a member of the W.Va. House of Delegates representing Logan County from 1952-1973. He served as a teacher as well as a principal in various schools in Logan County, ranging from a one room school house at Lilly Branch in 1933 to a school of over 500 students at Dehue. He served the schools of Lorado, Amherstdale, Clothier, Logan Junior High and West Chapmanville. He served in World War II from 1942-1945. Earl's education started in a one room school and he completed high school at Berea Academy in Berea, Ky. He earned a Bachelors' Degree and a Master's Degree in Education from Marshall University.
During his tenure in the House of Delegates he was a tireless advocate for Logan County and the educational system. He introduced legislation that instituted Southern West Virginia Community College as well as secured funding to purchase and establish Chief Logan State Park. He was privileged to serve with friends and colleagues such as Robert C. Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Jay Rockefeller, as well as five distinguished governors.
Earl served for many years as chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and was a member of the Education Commission of the State. This afforded him the opportunity to visit and evaluate the various colleges in the state. He was elected to the Logan County Commission in 1977, served as chairman of the Board of Advisors at Southern West Virginia Community College, was a member of the Logan County Solid Waste Board and the Guyan Soil Conservation District. He also served on the Greater Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development Board. He was very committed to promoting the Democratic Party and worked to ensure the election of Democratic candidates over many years.
Earl was a member of American Legion Post 19. In his younger years, he attended the Presbyterian Church in Logan, but was baptized into the Church of Christ at the age of 102. During his years of retirement, many knew Earl as he grew produce in his garden and would sell it in the bank parking lot in Chapmanville where he relished the conversation and socialization it afforded. He was an avid outdoorsman and beekeeper. He made apple butter each year for the Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival.
In 2001 Earl wrote and published his autobiography entitled, I Made A Difference , which is rich with history from the early 1900s as well as the educational and political system in West Virginia over the past half century.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 23, at Evans Funeral Home with Mr. Ronnie Abshire, minister, and Mr. Ronnie Hainor officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill with Military Graveside Rites.
Pallbearers will be Chester Elkins, Dallas Thompson, Ronnie Hainor, Earl Tomblin Sr., Clell Peyton, Walter Watson and Harley Hainer with alternate, Raymond Craddock
Honorary pallbearers will be W.Va. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Circuit Judge of Wyoming County, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, former W.Va. Governor Arch Moore Jr., former W.Va. Governor Hulett Smith, U.S. Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, James "Buck" Harless, Eddie Stephens and Odis Ratcliff.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Born April 10, 1909, at Gill, he was preceded in death by his parents, Golden and Fanny Hager, as well as 10 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three children, David Hager, Earl Bradley Hager and Mary Anne (Michael) Moore, and seven grandchildren, Kimberly Hager, Beverly Hager, Michael Hager, Nathan Hager, Zachary Moore, Savannah Moore and Emily Kate Moore, and a close family friend and his primary caretaker late in life, Diane Ohmacht.
Earl served as a member of the W.Va. House of Delegates representing Logan County from 1952-1973. He served as a teacher as well as a principal in various schools in Logan County, ranging from a one room school house at Lilly Branch in 1933 to a school of over 500 students at Dehue. He served the schools of Lorado, Amherstdale, Clothier, Logan Junior High and West Chapmanville. He served in World War II from 1942-1945. Earl's education started in a one room school and he completed high school at Berea Academy in Berea, Ky. He earned a Bachelors' Degree and a Master's Degree in Education from Marshall University.
During his tenure in the House of Delegates he was a tireless advocate for Logan County and the educational system. He introduced legislation that instituted Southern West Virginia Community College as well as secured funding to purchase and establish Chief Logan State Park. He was privileged to serve with friends and colleagues such as Robert C. Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Jay Rockefeller, as well as five distinguished governors.
Earl served for many years as chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and was a member of the Education Commission of the State. This afforded him the opportunity to visit and evaluate the various colleges in the state. He was elected to the Logan County Commission in 1977, served as chairman of the Board of Advisors at Southern West Virginia Community College, was a member of the Logan County Solid Waste Board and the Guyan Soil Conservation District. He also served on the Greater Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development Board. He was very committed to promoting the Democratic Party and worked to ensure the election of Democratic candidates over many years.
Earl was a member of American Legion Post 19. In his younger years, he attended the Presbyterian Church in Logan, but was baptized into the Church of Christ at the age of 102. During his years of retirement, many knew Earl as he grew produce in his garden and would sell it in the bank parking lot in Chapmanville where he relished the conversation and socialization it afforded. He was an avid outdoorsman and beekeeper. He made apple butter each year for the Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival.
In 2001 Earl wrote and published his autobiography entitled, I Made A Difference , which is rich with history from the early 1900s as well as the educational and political system in West Virginia over the past half century.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 23, at Evans Funeral Home with Mr. Ronnie Abshire, minister, and Mr. Ronnie Hainor officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill with Military Graveside Rites.
Pallbearers will be Chester Elkins, Dallas Thompson, Ronnie Hainor, Earl Tomblin Sr., Clell Peyton, Walter Watson and Harley Hainer with alternate, Raymond Craddock
Honorary pallbearers will be W.Va. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Circuit Judge of Wyoming County, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, former W.Va. Governor Arch Moore Jr., former W.Va. Governor Hulett Smith, U.S. Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, James "Buck" Harless, Eddie Stephens and Odis Ratcliff.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
West Virginia's oldest former Delegate, Earl Brumfield Hager, 102, of Chapmanville, passed away Monday, December 19, 2011, in Logan County.
Born April 10, 1909, at Gill, he was preceded in death by his parents, Golden and Fanny Hager, as well as 10 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three children, David Hager, Earl Bradley Hager and Mary Anne (Michael) Moore, and seven grandchildren, Kimberly Hager, Beverly Hager, Michael Hager, Nathan Hager, Zachary Moore, Savannah Moore and Emily Kate Moore, and a close family friend and his primary caretaker late in life, Diane Ohmacht.
Earl served as a member of the W.Va. House of Delegates representing Logan County from 1952-1973. He served as a teacher as well as a principal in various schools in Logan County, ranging from a one room school house at Lilly Branch in 1933 to a school of over 500 students at Dehue. He served the schools of Lorado, Amherstdale, Clothier, Logan Junior High and West Chapmanville. He served in World War II from 1942-1945. Earl's education started in a one room school and he completed high school at Berea Academy in Berea, Ky. He earned a Bachelors' Degree and a Master's Degree in Education from Marshall University.
During his tenure in the House of Delegates he was a tireless advocate for Logan County and the educational system. He introduced legislation that instituted Southern West Virginia Community College as well as secured funding to purchase and establish Chief Logan State Park. He was privileged to serve with friends and colleagues such as Robert C. Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Jay Rockefeller, as well as five distinguished governors.
Earl served for many years as chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and was a member of the Education Commission of the State. This afforded him the opportunity to visit and evaluate the various colleges in the state. He was elected to the Logan County Commission in 1977, served as chairman of the Board of Advisors at Southern West Virginia Community College, was a member of the Logan County Solid Waste Board and the Guyan Soil Conservation District. He also served on the Greater Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development Board. He was very committed to promoting the Democratic Party and worked to ensure the election of Democratic candidates over many years.
Earl was a member of American Legion Post 19. In his younger years, he attended the Presbyterian Church in Logan, but was baptized into the Church of Christ at the age of 102. During his years of retirement, many knew Earl as he grew produce in his garden and would sell it in the bank parking lot in Chapmanville where he relished the conversation and socialization it afforded. He was an avid outdoorsman and beekeeper. He made apple butter each year for the Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival.
In 2001 Earl wrote and published his autobiography entitled, I Made A Difference , which is rich with history from the early 1900s as well as the educational and political system in West Virginia over the past half century.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 23, at Evans Funeral Home with Mr. Ronnie Abshire, minister, and Mr. Ronnie Hainor officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill with Military Graveside Rites.
Pallbearers will be Chester Elkins, Dallas Thompson, Ronnie Hainor, Earl Tomblin Sr., Clell Peyton, Walter Watson and Harley Hainer with alternate, Raymond Craddock
Honorary pallbearers will be W.Va. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Circuit Judge of Wyoming County, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, former W.Va. Governor Arch Moore Jr., former W.Va. Governor Hulett Smith, U.S. Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, James "Buck" Harless, Eddie Stephens and Odis Ratcliff.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Born April 10, 1909, at Gill, he was preceded in death by his parents, Golden and Fanny Hager, as well as 10 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three children, David Hager, Earl Bradley Hager and Mary Anne (Michael) Moore, and seven grandchildren, Kimberly Hager, Beverly Hager, Michael Hager, Nathan Hager, Zachary Moore, Savannah Moore and Emily Kate Moore, and a close family friend and his primary caretaker late in life, Diane Ohmacht.
Earl served as a member of the W.Va. House of Delegates representing Logan County from 1952-1973. He served as a teacher as well as a principal in various schools in Logan County, ranging from a one room school house at Lilly Branch in 1933 to a school of over 500 students at Dehue. He served the schools of Lorado, Amherstdale, Clothier, Logan Junior High and West Chapmanville. He served in World War II from 1942-1945. Earl's education started in a one room school and he completed high school at Berea Academy in Berea, Ky. He earned a Bachelors' Degree and a Master's Degree in Education from Marshall University.
During his tenure in the House of Delegates he was a tireless advocate for Logan County and the educational system. He introduced legislation that instituted Southern West Virginia Community College as well as secured funding to purchase and establish Chief Logan State Park. He was privileged to serve with friends and colleagues such as Robert C. Byrd, Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Jay Rockefeller, as well as five distinguished governors.
Earl served for many years as chairman of the Subcommittee on Higher Education and was a member of the Education Commission of the State. This afforded him the opportunity to visit and evaluate the various colleges in the state. He was elected to the Logan County Commission in 1977, served as chairman of the Board of Advisors at Southern West Virginia Community College, was a member of the Logan County Solid Waste Board and the Guyan Soil Conservation District. He also served on the Greater Kanawha Resource Conservation and Development Board. He was very committed to promoting the Democratic Party and worked to ensure the election of Democratic candidates over many years.
Earl was a member of American Legion Post 19. In his younger years, he attended the Presbyterian Church in Logan, but was baptized into the Church of Christ at the age of 102. During his years of retirement, many knew Earl as he grew produce in his garden and would sell it in the bank parking lot in Chapmanville where he relished the conversation and socialization it afforded. He was an avid outdoorsman and beekeeper. He made apple butter each year for the Chapmanville Apple Butter Festival.
In 2001 Earl wrote and published his autobiography entitled, I Made A Difference , which is rich with history from the early 1900s as well as the educational and political system in West Virginia over the past half century.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 23, at Evans Funeral Home with Mr. Ronnie Abshire, minister, and Mr. Ronnie Hainor officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Cemetery at Pecks Mill with Military Graveside Rites.
Pallbearers will be Chester Elkins, Dallas Thompson, Ronnie Hainor, Earl Tomblin Sr., Clell Peyton, Walter Watson and Harley Hainer with alternate, Raymond Craddock
Honorary pallbearers will be W.Va. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Warren McGraw, Circuit Judge of Wyoming County, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller, U.S. Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, former W.Va. Governor Arch Moore Jr., former W.Va. Governor Hulett Smith, U.S. Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, James "Buck" Harless, Eddie Stephens and Odis Ratcliff.
Visitation will be from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
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