Richard W. SHAWVER
- Born: 27 Jul 1929, Corliss, Fayette Co., WV 55
- Marriage: Francis T. "Frankie" ?
- Died: 1 Aug 2006, Truth Or Consequences, Sierra Co., NM at age 77 55
General Notes:
The Virginian Review, Covington, VA, Online Edition, 27 August 2006
ELEPHANT BUTTE, N.M. - Richard W. Shawver, 77, of Elephant Butte, N.M., died Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006, at Sierra Vista Hospital.
He was born in Corliss, W.Va., July 27, 1929, to the late Alva and Hazel Shawver.
Mr. Shawver was a retired factory maintenance mechanic and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served in the Korean War. He had been a member of Trinity Baptist Church in Covington and had served as a deacon at the church for many years. Mr. Shawver was a member of the Sierra County and Black Range Art Society. While living in Virginia, he began his career as an artist in the 1960s. Working mainly in oils, he began expressing various objects such as stills, animals and landscapes. A completely self-taught artist, he found a niche in landscapes and created hundreds of works representing the wildlife and lands around him. To further support his passion, Mr. Shawver moved to the West in the mid-1980s. In New Mexico, he found a home that allowed him to master the essence and technique of Southwestern art.
Surviving are his wife, Frances "Frankie" T. Shawver of Elephant Butte; two daughters, Darcy and husband James Armstrong of Mount Airy, Md., and April Fuangvuthi of Elephant Butte; three granddaughters, Tara Stine, Monica Clayton and Malini Fuangvuthi; one great-grandchild, Lucas Clayton; two brothers, Bill Shawver of Stanton, W.Va., and Keith Shawver of Morgantown, N.C.; two sisters, Sammye Lewis of Alderson, W. Va., and Nancy Shawver of Lewisburg, W.Va.
A funeral service was conducted Saturday, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. in the Kirkos Family Funeral Home Chapel, Truth or Consequences, N. M., with the Rev. Donald Ragland officiating. Interment was in Vista Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Richard married Francis T. "Frankie" ?.
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