DEATHSron, retired lumberman and Confeder- ate army veteran, who died Saturday will be held at his residence 1528 Washington avenue Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with Rev. H. W. Sheffer pastor of the Central Christian church officiating. Burial will be made at Spring Hill cemetery. Mr. Damron was widely known in the southern part of West Virginia where he had spent his life. He was born January 1, 1839 in Wayne county and was the son of Samuel Damron, one of the pioneer settlers of that part of the country. He was engaged in the lumber busness practically his entire life as well as the real estate bisiness. He retired from business fifteen years ago. He helped develop Boone and Raleigh counties. He came to Huntington seventeen years ago from Raleigh county. He was a brother to the late Mrs. S. S. Vinson of Westmoreland. The survivors are two sisters Mrs. Elizabeth Bromley of St. Louis, and Mrs. Winfield Vinson of Louise, his widow, three sons, Filmore Damron of Naugatuck, S. G. Damron, of Charleston and Dorest Damron of Baltimore, and step children Mrs. H. H. Freeman, of this city, Mrs. T. J. Shannon of Russell, Ky., and K. C. Claypool of Cleveland, O. The active pall bearers will be W. R. Pack, Dr. Charles A. Drake, J. F. Schmidlapp, O. W. Van Meter, E. R. Garland, C. R. Garwood. The honorary pall bearers will be C. C. Crawford, M. L. Duncan, C. T. Wade, J. A. Griffit, Dr. C. L. Hopkins, C. H. Hosey, R. R. Slanker, John Ballenger, Rev. C. J. Hollandsworth, Enoch Baker and J. W. Heron. -The Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Monday Morning, April 7, 1924 |
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