Mr. Metcalf was a rural route mail carrier for 27 years for Pamplin and Cullen residents. He served in 1945 during the end of WWII in the United States Navy. Having only ten months in the Navy, he was drafted into the Army in 1950 for the Korean War. He retired in 1985 and worked on the family farm up until a year ago where he loved growing things and keeping the farm neatly trimmed.
His was survived by his wife of 63 years, Marie Finch Metcalf; a son, Ronnie Metcalf and wife, Sharon; a daughter, Cheryle Dixon and husband, Jerry; three grandchildren, Ron Metcalf and wife Beth, Harry Dixon, Stacy Dixon; one great-grandchild, MaKenzie Metcalf; two sisters, Pauline Dunnavant and Marie Carson.
Mr. Metcalf was a member and former deacon of Spring Creek Baptist Church. He was a member of the Pamplin Masonic Lodge where he received his 50 and 60 year pins.
Funeral Services were held Friday, September 12, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Shorter Funeral Home with interment following in the Spring Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Spring Creek Baptist Church or the Darlington Heights Fire Department.
Mr. Metcalf was a rural route mail carrier for 27 years for Pamplin and Cullen residents. He served in 1945 during the end of WWII in the United States Navy. Having only ten months in the Navy, he was drafted into the Army in 1950 for the Korean War. He retired in 1985 and worked on the family farm up until a year ago where he loved growing things and keeping the farm neatly trimmed.
His was survived by his wife of 63 years, Marie Finch Metcalf; a son, Ronnie Metcalf and wife, Sharon; a daughter, Cheryle Dixon and husband, Jerry; three grandchildren, Ron Metcalf and wife Beth, Harry Dixon, Stacy Dixon; one great-grandchild, MaKenzie Metcalf; two sisters, Pauline Dunnavant and Marie Carson.
Mr. Metcalf was a member and former deacon of Spring Creek Baptist Church. He was a member of the Pamplin Masonic Lodge where he received his 50 and 60 year pins.
Funeral Services were held Friday, September 12, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at Shorter Funeral Home with interment following in the Spring Creek Baptist Church cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Spring Creek Baptist Church or the Darlington Heights Fire Department.
Family Members
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Clarence Cheat Metcalf Sr
1901–1952
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John Lewis Metcalf
1903–1979
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William Ralph Metcalf
1905–1967
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James Frank Metcalf Sr
1909–1977
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Grady Metcalf
1910–1930
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Charles Glenn Metcalf
1912–1979
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Thomas Murray Metcalf
1913–2003
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Blaine Metcalf
1915–1916
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Woodson Wayne Metcalf
1916–1984
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PFC Leonard Clyde Metcalf
1918–1960
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Addie Bernice Metcalf Gunther
1919–2006
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Minerva Rosalie "Rose" Metcalf Lamberth
1921–2013
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Pauline Metcalf Dunnavant
1923–2021
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Burgie Marie Metcalf Carson
1925–2016
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