Sayre, Charles Melvin
Passed: 1971-11-16
Age: 86
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Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1971-11-17
Information: Funeral services for Charles Melvin Sayre, 86, of Evans, will be held in the Casto Funeral Home at Evans, at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, November 18. Burial will be in the Otterbein Cemetery with Rev. Armor Sayre officiating. Mr. Sayre died Tuesday in the Masonic Home in Parkersburg after a long illness. He was born February 4, 1885, at Evans, the son of the late L. F. Sayre and Nancy Lewis Sayre. He was a retired farmer and the first rural mail carrier from Evans, having traveled his route from 1909 to 1915. Mr. Sayre was the operator of a general store in Sandyville from 1940 until the time of his retirement. He was a member of the AFAM Lodge for 55 years.