1925 - 1944 (18 years)
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| Name |
George Richard McClung |
| Birth |
2 Nov 1925 |
Spring Dale, Fayette Co., WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
Mechanic [1] |
| Death |
10 Apr 1944 |
Mount Lookout, Nicholas Co., VA [1] |
| Cause: gunshot wound of head (accidental discharge of .38 revolver) |
| Burial |
12 Apr 1944 |
Lowry Cemetery, Simms Mountain, Fayette Co., WV [1] |
| Person ID |
I31049 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
| Father |
Murray Orsemus McClung, b. 2 Jan 1896, Mount Lookout, Nicholas Co., WV d. 3 Jul 1986, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV (Age 90 years) |
| Mother |
Lucy Ellen Shawver, b. 28 Aug 1899, Leivasy, Nicholas Co., WV d. 1 Jul 1993, Hilltop, Fayette Co., WV (Age 93 years) |
| Family ID |
F11059 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The Charleston Daily Mail, 12 April 1944
Greenbrier Youth Accidentally Shot
George Richard McClung, 18, accidentally shot and killed himself Monday evening when he slipped on a cliff at Mt. Lookout, Nicholas county, and discharged the revolver he was carrying. He and his brother, Philip, had been practicing shooting at targets.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Murray McClung of Springdale, Greenbrier county, and is survived also by a brother, Thomas, and two sisters, Nancy and Mary.
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| Sources |
- [S1071] West Virginia State Department of Health Death Certificate, #7504, Dist. No. 3471, Serial No. 2 (Reliability: 3).
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