MELVIN M. WASHINGTON — KEYSER — Rev. Melvin M. Washington, 76, of 441 Ward Avenue, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland.
A native of Westernport, Md. He was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Wilson) Washington.
Rev. Mr. Washington was a former pastor of the Walden United Methodist Church of Piedmont, and had previously served as pastor at churches in Morgantown, Gration, Romney, Petersburg, Moorefield, Williamsport and Keyser. He was also a retired loading foreman at Luke Mill of Westvaco, Inc. and a member of the Luke Local 676, UPIU and the Tri-Towns Senior Citizens.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie R. (Campbell) Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Brooks, Keyser; Mrs. Verda Thomas, Philadelphia; a foster daughter, Mrs. Laura Galloway, Piedmont; three brothers, Woodson Washington, Paul K. Washington and Harold Washington, all of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Redman, of New York City; Mrs. Clementine Cells and Mrs. Genevieve Cray, both of Pittsburgh; 28 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home Westernport from 2 until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Walden United Methodist Church by Rev. Sumner Sawyers. Rev. Lester Clifford and Rev. Henderson Wheeler.
Internment will be in Thorn Rose Cemetery, Keyser.
A native of Westernport, Md. He was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Wilson) Washington.
Rev. Mr. Washington was a former pastor of the Walden United Methodist Church of Piedmont, and had previously served as pastor at churches in Morgantown, Gration, Romney, Petersburg, Moorefield, Williamsport and Keyser. He was also a retired loading foreman at Luke Mill of Westvaco, Inc. and a member of the Luke Local 676, UPIU and the Tri-Towns Senior Citizens.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie R. (Campbell) Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Brooks, Keyser; Mrs. Verda Thomas, Philadelphia; a foster daughter, Mrs. Laura Galloway, Piedmont; three brothers, Woodson Washington, Paul K. Washington and Harold Washington, all of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Redman, of New York City; Mrs. Clementine Cells and Mrs. Genevieve Cray, both of Pittsburgh; 28 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home Westernport from 2 until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Walden United Methodist Church by Rev. Sumner Sawyers. Rev. Lester Clifford and Rev. Henderson Wheeler.
Internment will be in Thorn Rose Cemetery, Keyser.
MELVIN M. WASHINGTON — KEYSER — Rev. Melvin M. Washington, 76, of 441 Ward Avenue, died yesterday at Sacred Heart Hospital in Cumberland.
A native of Westernport, Md. He was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Wilson) Washington.
Rev. Mr. Washington was a former pastor of the Walden United Methodist Church of Piedmont, and had previously served as pastor at churches in Morgantown, Gration, Romney, Petersburg, Moorefield, Williamsport and Keyser. He was also a retired loading foreman at Luke Mill of Westvaco, Inc. and a member of the Luke Local 676, UPIU and the Tri-Towns Senior Citizens.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie R. (Campbell) Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Brooks, Keyser; Mrs. Verda Thomas, Philadelphia; a foster daughter, Mrs. Laura Galloway, Piedmont; three brothers, Woodson Washington, Paul K. Washington and Harold Washington, all of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Redman, of New York City; Mrs. Clementine Cells and Mrs. Genevieve Cray, both of Pittsburgh; 28 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home Westernport from 2 until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Walden United Methodist Church by Rev. Sumner Sawyers. Rev. Lester Clifford and Rev. Henderson Wheeler.
Internment will be in Thorn Rose Cemetery, Keyser.
A native of Westernport, Md. He was the son of the late Charles and Sarah (Wilson) Washington.
Rev. Mr. Washington was a former pastor of the Walden United Methodist Church of Piedmont, and had previously served as pastor at churches in Morgantown, Gration, Romney, Petersburg, Moorefield, Williamsport and Keyser. He was also a retired loading foreman at Luke Mill of Westvaco, Inc. and a member of the Luke Local 676, UPIU and the Tri-Towns Senior Citizens.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Carrie R. (Campbell) Washington; two daughters, Mrs. Bessie Brooks, Keyser; Mrs. Verda Thomas, Philadelphia; a foster daughter, Mrs. Laura Galloway, Piedmont; three brothers, Woodson Washington, Paul K. Washington and Harold Washington, all of Pittsburgh; three sisters, Mrs. Naomi Redman, of New York City; Mrs. Clementine Cells and Mrs. Genevieve Cray, both of Pittsburgh; 28 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren.
Friends will be received at the Boal Funeral Home Westernport from 2 until 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. tomorrow at the Walden United Methodist Church by Rev. Sumner Sawyers. Rev. Lester Clifford and Rev. Henderson Wheeler.
Internment will be in Thorn Rose Cemetery, Keyser.
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It seems to be as so that the birth numbers may be wrong, every other record says he was born in 1898.
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