Marion, Earl F. Sr.

Passed: 1985-06-02

Age: 79

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Death Notice: 1985-06-03

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Information: Earl F. Marion, Sr., 79, of 1414 1/2 Seventh Ave., Charleston, died Sunday in St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington, after a short illness.  Born in Jackson County in 1905, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite Bodies, Beni Kedem Shrine, and was retired treasurer of the Junior Order of American Mechanics.  He was a member of Mountain Lodge in Pliny.  Surviving:  sons, Earl F. Jr. and Ernest W. of Charleston, Robert H. Of Kissimmee, Fla., James E. of Cross Lanes, Daniel of Scott Depot; daughters, Kathleen McDougal of Phoenix, Ariz., Betty Jo Townsend of St. Albans, Eva Mae Garrett and Linda Kay Gribbin, both of Jacksonville, Fla.; sisters, Edith Martin of Nellis, Esther Lanham of Charleston, Betty Jane Via of Alum Creek, Elizabeth Withrow of Berea, Ohio, Bessie Undell of Hurricane and Georgia; brothers, James Skeens of Eau Gallie, Fla., Emmett Skeens of Charleston; 31 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren.  Funeral arrangements were imcomplete at Long-Fisher Funeral Home, Charleston.  The family suggests donations be made to the Mountain Mission welfare department.