Kerwood, Robert Vaughn

Passed: 2008-07-30

Age: 71

Source: Jackson County Newspapers

Death Notice: 2008-08-07

Obituary Date:

Information: PHOENIX AZ - Beloved father and grandfather, Robert Vaughn Kerwood, born in Cottageville, November 29, 1936, passed away on July 30, 2008.  Dad (Robert) graduated from Ravenswood High School in Ravenswood, West Virginia. He moved to West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, and received a BA and Master's Degree in Science and later went to Ohio University, Columbus Ohio and received a Doctor's Degree in Vocational Agriculture.  He had a son, James Robert Kerwood.  Robert was preceded in death by his father, Raymond M. Kerwood, and mother, Loraine Baker Kerwood, his son, James Robert Kerwood, and his wife of 18 years, Yvonne E. Kerwood, whom he cherished.      Robert is survived by his stepson, Brian Bates, daughter-in-law, Amber, grandchildren, Brianna Barnes and Brayden Bates, sisters-in-law, Jacque Ammer and Connie Rainwater and family, along with his aunt, Wynema Baker Donahue of Columbus, Ohio; cousins, Velma Kerwood Sayre, Clifford Franklin Kerwood, and Darlene Kerwood, all of Cottageville, West Virginia, and Eileene Kerwood Pritt of Atlanta, Georgia.  The family requests that in lieu of flowers, a contribution be made to the American Cancer Society in the name of Robert Kerwood.