Hobart Ray SUTPHIN
- Born: 25 Aug 1896, Pilot, Montgomery Co., VA 24,32
- Marriage: Grace H. SHAWVER after 1935
- Died: 5 Feb 1956, Montgomery, Fayette Co., WV at age 59 74
- Buried: 7 Feb 1956, Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 74
General Notes:
The Charleston Gazette, 6 February 1956
SUTPHIN, Hobart Ray - 59, of East Rainelle, Greenbrier County, died yesterday in Laird Memorial Hospital at Montgomery after a short illness. He was owner-operator of Meadow Creek Fuel Co. at Prudence, Fayette County. A native of Virginia, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Shawver Sutphin; two sons, Charles of Alexandria, Va., and Darryl, a student at Greenbrier Military School in Lewisburg; four daughters, Mrs. Virginia Osborne of Levisay, Mrs. Marcella Staton of Mullens, Mrs. Betty Jo Harrah of Morgantown, and Miss Patsy Ann Sutphin at home; two brothers, Tom of Princeton and McKinley of Oak Hill; two sisters, Mrs. Mabel Nolley of Oak Hill and Mrs. Ethel Treadway of Glen Jean; and eight grandchildren. Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Rainelle Methodist Church by Rev. Virgil Gillum and Rev. Lawrence Dorsey. Burial will be in End of the Trail Cemetery at Clintonville. The body is at Nickell mortuary in East Rainelle and will be taken to the home at 5 p.m. today and to the church one hour before the service.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Johnstown Coal & Coke Co., Crichton, Greenbrier Co., WV, 1942. 32
Hobart married Grace H. SHAWVER, daughter of Leancy "Lee" SHAWVER and Willie Ann AMICK, after 1935. (Grace H. SHAWVER was born on 17 Sep 1901 in Fayette Co., WV 55 and died on 4 Jan 1974 in Tampa, Hillsborough Co., FL 55,121.)
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