Verdon Price Boone, 87, of Florence, Ariz., died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, in Casa Grand, Ariz.
He was born in Calhoun County, the son of the late Vernando and Lilly Price Boone.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a former employee of Union Carbide Co. and had worked in the copper mining industry in Arizona.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty Swartz of Moundsville; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Verle Virginia Kendall Boone in 1978; one son, Richard Verdon Boone; and his second wife, Ilene Boone.
Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. John Vannoy officiating. Entombment was in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, with military graveside rites by Spencer American Legion Post.
Calhoun Chronicle - Jan. 15, 2009
He was born in Calhoun County, the son of the late Vernando and Lilly Price Boone.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a former employee of Union Carbide Co. and had worked in the copper mining industry in Arizona.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty Swartz of Moundsville; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Verle Virginia Kendall Boone in 1978; one son, Richard Verdon Boone; and his second wife, Ilene Boone.
Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. John Vannoy officiating. Entombment was in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, with military graveside rites by Spencer American Legion Post.
Calhoun Chronicle - Jan. 15, 2009
Verdon Price Boone, 87, of Florence, Ariz., died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, in Casa Grand, Ariz.
He was born in Calhoun County, the son of the late Vernando and Lilly Price Boone.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a former employee of Union Carbide Co. and had worked in the copper mining industry in Arizona.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty Swartz of Moundsville; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Verle Virginia Kendall Boone in 1978; one son, Richard Verdon Boone; and his second wife, Ilene Boone.
Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. John Vannoy officiating. Entombment was in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, with military graveside rites by Spencer American Legion Post.
Calhoun Chronicle - Jan. 15, 2009
He was born in Calhoun County, the son of the late Vernando and Lilly Price Boone.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart and was a member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. He was a former employee of Union Carbide Co. and had worked in the copper mining industry in Arizona.
Surviving are one daughter, Betty Swartz of Moundsville; five grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Verle Virginia Kendall Boone in 1978; one son, Richard Verdon Boone; and his second wife, Ilene Boone.
Services were held at Stump Funeral Home, Grantsville, with Rev. John Vannoy officiating. Entombment was in Sunset Memory Gardens, Parkersburg, with military graveside rites by Spencer American Legion Post.
Calhoun Chronicle - Jan. 15, 2009
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