Thurman Blake Hott of Middlebrook passed away July, 29 2008. He was one of 13 children of parents George William & Clersa Susan (Loy) Hott of Hampshire County, West Virginia and was born on March 23rd, 1912.
Mr. Hott was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, nine brothers and three of four sisters. He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Alleta & Raymond Jarvis, Helen & Junior Jarvis, Twila & Fred Decker, all of Middlebrook; five grandchildren & five great grandchildren; one sister, Arsevella Pugh of Martinsburg, W.VA; and one brother in-law, Sheldon Bowers of Staunton. He had resided with his only son, William (Bill) Hott, since the passing of his wife in March of 1987.
At the age of eleven, he started his working career as a farm hand, working with his father and brothers on the family farm and cutting timber for neighbors and landowners of the county. In 1936, while cutting timber in Pendleton County, WVA, he met and married Belva Hill Bowers of the Upper Thorn area, outside of Franklin W.VA. His three daughters were born at the home place of his in-laws where they resided with his mother in-law after the death of her husband. During this time, Thurman was drawn away from his home to find suitable work to support his family. To do so he went north to the Baltimore, Maryland area where he found work as a pipe fitters helper in the Baltimore Shipyard and worked there until 1946. Then he moved his wife and three daughters to Middlebrook, and went directly to work, at then named, Basic Witz Furniture Factory. He retired from the now Stanley Furniture Company at the age of sixty-two, after a loss of his left index finger during an accident at home. He enjoyed many years of gardening and fishing until his health started to deteriorate. He was a member of the Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department for many years and also a member of St. Johns Reformed Church of Christ.
Mr. Hott was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, nine brothers and three of four sisters. He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Alleta & Raymond Jarvis, Helen & Junior Jarvis, Twila & Fred Decker, all of Middlebrook; five grandchildren & five great grandchildren; one sister, Arsevella Pugh of Martinsburg, W.VA; and one brother in-law, Sheldon Bowers of Staunton. He had resided with his only son, William (Bill) Hott, since the passing of his wife in March of 1987.
At the age of eleven, he started his working career as a farm hand, working with his father and brothers on the family farm and cutting timber for neighbors and landowners of the county. In 1936, while cutting timber in Pendleton County, WVA, he met and married Belva Hill Bowers of the Upper Thorn area, outside of Franklin W.VA. His three daughters were born at the home place of his in-laws where they resided with his mother in-law after the death of her husband. During this time, Thurman was drawn away from his home to find suitable work to support his family. To do so he went north to the Baltimore, Maryland area where he found work as a pipe fitters helper in the Baltimore Shipyard and worked there until 1946. Then he moved his wife and three daughters to Middlebrook, and went directly to work, at then named, Basic Witz Furniture Factory. He retired from the now Stanley Furniture Company at the age of sixty-two, after a loss of his left index finger during an accident at home. He enjoyed many years of gardening and fishing until his health started to deteriorate. He was a member of the Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department for many years and also a member of St. Johns Reformed Church of Christ.
Thurman Blake Hott of Middlebrook passed away July, 29 2008. He was one of 13 children of parents George William & Clersa Susan (Loy) Hott of Hampshire County, West Virginia and was born on March 23rd, 1912.
Mr. Hott was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, nine brothers and three of four sisters. He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Alleta & Raymond Jarvis, Helen & Junior Jarvis, Twila & Fred Decker, all of Middlebrook; five grandchildren & five great grandchildren; one sister, Arsevella Pugh of Martinsburg, W.VA; and one brother in-law, Sheldon Bowers of Staunton. He had resided with his only son, William (Bill) Hott, since the passing of his wife in March of 1987.
At the age of eleven, he started his working career as a farm hand, working with his father and brothers on the family farm and cutting timber for neighbors and landowners of the county. In 1936, while cutting timber in Pendleton County, WVA, he met and married Belva Hill Bowers of the Upper Thorn area, outside of Franklin W.VA. His three daughters were born at the home place of his in-laws where they resided with his mother in-law after the death of her husband. During this time, Thurman was drawn away from his home to find suitable work to support his family. To do so he went north to the Baltimore, Maryland area where he found work as a pipe fitters helper in the Baltimore Shipyard and worked there until 1946. Then he moved his wife and three daughters to Middlebrook, and went directly to work, at then named, Basic Witz Furniture Factory. He retired from the now Stanley Furniture Company at the age of sixty-two, after a loss of his left index finger during an accident at home. He enjoyed many years of gardening and fishing until his health started to deteriorate. He was a member of the Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department for many years and also a member of St. Johns Reformed Church of Christ.
Mr. Hott was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, nine brothers and three of four sisters. He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Alleta & Raymond Jarvis, Helen & Junior Jarvis, Twila & Fred Decker, all of Middlebrook; five grandchildren & five great grandchildren; one sister, Arsevella Pugh of Martinsburg, W.VA; and one brother in-law, Sheldon Bowers of Staunton. He had resided with his only son, William (Bill) Hott, since the passing of his wife in March of 1987.
At the age of eleven, he started his working career as a farm hand, working with his father and brothers on the family farm and cutting timber for neighbors and landowners of the county. In 1936, while cutting timber in Pendleton County, WVA, he met and married Belva Hill Bowers of the Upper Thorn area, outside of Franklin W.VA. His three daughters were born at the home place of his in-laws where they resided with his mother in-law after the death of her husband. During this time, Thurman was drawn away from his home to find suitable work to support his family. To do so he went north to the Baltimore, Maryland area where he found work as a pipe fitters helper in the Baltimore Shipyard and worked there until 1946. Then he moved his wife and three daughters to Middlebrook, and went directly to work, at then named, Basic Witz Furniture Factory. He retired from the now Stanley Furniture Company at the age of sixty-two, after a loss of his left index finger during an accident at home. He enjoyed many years of gardening and fishing until his health started to deteriorate. He was a member of the Middlebrook Volunteer Fire Department for many years and also a member of St. Johns Reformed Church of Christ.
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