Gorrell, Robert Carlton

Passed:

Age: 41

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1971-06-04

Information: Robert Gorrell, of 122 Howard St., New Haven, formerly of Ravenswood, died in Charleston General Hospital.  He was born in Jackson County, son of the late Thomas and Rachel Miller Gorrell.  He was a veteran of the Korean War and was employed at Kaiser in Ravenswood.  He was a member of the New Haven United Methodist Church, the New Haven American Legion Post, the Junior Order of American Mechanics, and the V.F.W. Post No. 6669 of Ravenswood.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marryanne Blackhurst Gorrell; two step-children, Gary Allen and Terrie Lynn Blackhurst, both at home; seven sisters, Mrs. Mabel Bigley of Murraysville, Mrs. Mildred Wetzel and Mrs. June Tyatt, both of Parkersburg, Mrs. Opal Jackson and Mrs. Belle Lehew, both of Sherman, Mrs. Ruth Nelson of Jacksonville, Fla., and Mrs. Virginia Maple of Ravenswood; and one brother, Troy Gorrell of Sherman.  Burial was in the Jackson Memory Gardens at Cottageville.