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David Ray Chafin

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David Ray Chafin

Birth
Holden, Logan County, West Virginia, USA
Death
20 Jul 1967 (aged 14)
Kermit, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA
Burial
Kermit, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Born with the same rare immune deficiency skin disease that killed his brother John Columbus before age 1. My cousin David was very interested in arts and crafts. He was bedridden for most of his years, and could never attend public school. He died at age 14.

David was the son of Solon Chafin and Martha Jane Brewer Chafin, and he was the grandson of Patrick Gobal Chafin.

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OBITUARY FOR DAVID RAY CHAFIN (as published in the Williamson Daily News 21 July 1967)

David Ray Chafin, 14 of Route 1, Kermit, died Thursday night at 10:30 at home, following a lingering illness. Born May 11, 1953 at Holden, Chafin was a son of Solon and Martha Jane Brewer Chafin, both of whom survive at Route 1, Kermit.

Other survivers include two brothers, Solon, Jr, and Gary W Chafin, both of Columbus, OH; and seven sisters, Mrs Stella Messer and Mrs Sarah Bowman, both of Columbus, Mrs Betty Ann Munch of Rita, Rebecca, LaDonna and Regina Chafin, all of Route 1 Kermit; and the paternal grandfather, Patrick G. Chafin of Huntington.
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Additions and corrections are always welcomed. JFGW
Born with the same rare immune deficiency skin disease that killed his brother John Columbus before age 1. My cousin David was very interested in arts and crafts. He was bedridden for most of his years, and could never attend public school. He died at age 14.

David was the son of Solon Chafin and Martha Jane Brewer Chafin, and he was the grandson of Patrick Gobal Chafin.

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OBITUARY FOR DAVID RAY CHAFIN (as published in the Williamson Daily News 21 July 1967)

David Ray Chafin, 14 of Route 1, Kermit, died Thursday night at 10:30 at home, following a lingering illness. Born May 11, 1953 at Holden, Chafin was a son of Solon and Martha Jane Brewer Chafin, both of whom survive at Route 1, Kermit.

Other survivers include two brothers, Solon, Jr, and Gary W Chafin, both of Columbus, OH; and seven sisters, Mrs Stella Messer and Mrs Sarah Bowman, both of Columbus, Mrs Betty Ann Munch of Rita, Rebecca, LaDonna and Regina Chafin, all of Route 1 Kermit; and the paternal grandfather, Patrick G. Chafin of Huntington.
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Additions and corrections are always welcomed. JFGW


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  • Created by: JFGW
  • Added: May 1, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109799340/david_ray-chafin: accessed ), memorial page for David Ray Chafin (11 May 1953–20 Jul 1967), Find a Grave Memorial ID 109799340, citing Patrick Gobal Chafin Cemetery, Kermit, Mingo County, West Virginia, USA; Maintained by JFGW (contributor 47454520).