Raleigh-Herald, Beckley, WV Published: July 5, 1999
Edith Shumate Kessel
Edith Shumate Kessel, 94, of Harper Road, Beckley, died Friday, July 2, 1999, in a Charleston hospital following a short illness.
Born December 3, 1904, in Maple Meadow, she was the daughter of the late John Newton and Lennie Snuffer Shumate.
Mrs. Kessel spent her childhood at Maple Meadow. She had been a resident of Harper Road since 1939. She was a long time member of the First Lydia Light Corcle, and was active in the kindergarten department of the church for over 50 years. A volunteer at The Veterans Area Medical Center of Beckley for over thirty years she had 4,500 hours of volunteer work. In 1983, she was inducted in the VA Hall of Fame for many years of devotion to the VA hospital. Mrs. Kessel was also affiliated with the American Red Cross.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Kessel.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Calderwood of Charleston and Sandra Haldane and husband George of Atlanta; a son, Dwight Kessel and his wife Gloria of Knoxville, TN; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; four brothers, Sherman Shumate of Ghent, Glenn Shumate of Maple Meadow, Vanious Shumate of Mabscott and Wilford Shumate of Marlington.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, 422 Neville St., with the Dr. David Carrico officiating. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary and one hour before services at the church Tuesday.
Joe Stephenson, Jack Nelson Jr., Doug Calderwood, Ed Kessel, Craig and Brent Haldane and Matthew Avery will serve as pallbearers.
Donation of sympathy may be made to the First Baptist Church.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Edith Shumate Kessel
Edith Shumate Kessel, 94, of Harper Road, Beckley, died Friday, July 2, 1999, in a Charleston hospital following a short illness.
Born December 3, 1904, in Maple Meadow, she was the daughter of the late John Newton and Lennie Snuffer Shumate.
Mrs. Kessel spent her childhood at Maple Meadow. She had been a resident of Harper Road since 1939. She was a long time member of the First Lydia Light Corcle, and was active in the kindergarten department of the church for over 50 years. A volunteer at The Veterans Area Medical Center of Beckley for over thirty years she had 4,500 hours of volunteer work. In 1983, she was inducted in the VA Hall of Fame for many years of devotion to the VA hospital. Mrs. Kessel was also affiliated with the American Red Cross.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Kessel.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Calderwood of Charleston and Sandra Haldane and husband George of Atlanta; a son, Dwight Kessel and his wife Gloria of Knoxville, TN; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; four brothers, Sherman Shumate of Ghent, Glenn Shumate of Maple Meadow, Vanious Shumate of Mabscott and Wilford Shumate of Marlington.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, 422 Neville St., with the Dr. David Carrico officiating. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary and one hour before services at the church Tuesday.
Joe Stephenson, Jack Nelson Jr., Doug Calderwood, Ed Kessel, Craig and Brent Haldane and Matthew Avery will serve as pallbearers.
Donation of sympathy may be made to the First Baptist Church.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Raleigh-Herald, Beckley, WV Published: July 5, 1999
Edith Shumate Kessel
Edith Shumate Kessel, 94, of Harper Road, Beckley, died Friday, July 2, 1999, in a Charleston hospital following a short illness.
Born December 3, 1904, in Maple Meadow, she was the daughter of the late John Newton and Lennie Snuffer Shumate.
Mrs. Kessel spent her childhood at Maple Meadow. She had been a resident of Harper Road since 1939. She was a long time member of the First Lydia Light Corcle, and was active in the kindergarten department of the church for over 50 years. A volunteer at The Veterans Area Medical Center of Beckley for over thirty years she had 4,500 hours of volunteer work. In 1983, she was inducted in the VA Hall of Fame for many years of devotion to the VA hospital. Mrs. Kessel was also affiliated with the American Red Cross.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Kessel.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Calderwood of Charleston and Sandra Haldane and husband George of Atlanta; a son, Dwight Kessel and his wife Gloria of Knoxville, TN; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; four brothers, Sherman Shumate of Ghent, Glenn Shumate of Maple Meadow, Vanious Shumate of Mabscott and Wilford Shumate of Marlington.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, 422 Neville St., with the Dr. David Carrico officiating. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary and one hour before services at the church Tuesday.
Joe Stephenson, Jack Nelson Jr., Doug Calderwood, Ed Kessel, Craig and Brent Haldane and Matthew Avery will serve as pallbearers.
Donation of sympathy may be made to the First Baptist Church.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Edith Shumate Kessel
Edith Shumate Kessel, 94, of Harper Road, Beckley, died Friday, July 2, 1999, in a Charleston hospital following a short illness.
Born December 3, 1904, in Maple Meadow, she was the daughter of the late John Newton and Lennie Snuffer Shumate.
Mrs. Kessel spent her childhood at Maple Meadow. She had been a resident of Harper Road since 1939. She was a long time member of the First Lydia Light Corcle, and was active in the kindergarten department of the church for over 50 years. A volunteer at The Veterans Area Medical Center of Beckley for over thirty years she had 4,500 hours of volunteer work. In 1983, she was inducted in the VA Hall of Fame for many years of devotion to the VA hospital. Mrs. Kessel was also affiliated with the American Red Cross.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Kessel.
Survivors include two daughters, Dorothy Calderwood of Charleston and Sandra Haldane and husband George of Atlanta; a son, Dwight Kessel and his wife Gloria of Knoxville, TN; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; four brothers, Sherman Shumate of Ghent, Glenn Shumate of Maple Meadow, Vanious Shumate of Mabscott and Wilford Shumate of Marlington.
Services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church, 422 Neville St., with the Dr. David Carrico officiating. Entombment will follow in the Sunset Memorial Mausoleum.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Melton Mortuary and one hour before services at the church Tuesday.
Joe Stephenson, Jack Nelson Jr., Doug Calderwood, Ed Kessel, Craig and Brent Haldane and Matthew Avery will serve as pallbearers.
Donation of sympathy may be made to the First Baptist Church.
Arrangements by Melton Mortuary, Beckley.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
