Shaver, Claudette R. Parsons

Passed: 2011-12-08

Age: 80

Source: Charleston Gazette

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 2011-12-10

Information: Claudette R. Shaver, 80, of Evans, passed away December 8, 2011 at her home following an extended illness. She was born November 29, 1931 in Belgrove, a daughter of the late Marion and Ruby Mae (Thomas) Parsons.  Also preceding her in death were a son, Wesley Fox, and brother, Lowell Don Parsons. She was a graduate of Ripley High School and Morris Harvey College, and received her master's degree in education from West Virginia University.  She was a retired educator and spent most of her 30 year teaching career in elementary and special education at Jackson County schools.  She was a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Ripley, and had been a resident of Evans since 1944.      Survivors include her son and his wife, Jeffrey B. and Terri Fox of Cottageville; daughter, Melissa Hatcher and her husband, Steve, of Ripley; sisters and their husbands, Colleen and Ronald Barrow of Ooltewah, Tenn., Sharon Adams of Grand Island, Fla., and Geneva Kay and Robert Geach of Douglasville, Ga.; grandchildren, Ashley and her husband, Jason Landis, of Kenna, Whitney and her husband, Marc Scholl, of Ripley and Kendra and her husband, Brandon Hersman, of Evans; and great-grandchildren, Reid Landis, Brenton Scholl, Garrett Scholl and Brody Hersman.  She is also survived by her former husband and dear friend, Charles Shaver of Ravenswood.  Service will be held at 10 a.m. Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Casto Funeral Home Chapel, Evans with Pastor Daniel Morikone officiating.  Burial will follow in the Otterbein Cemetery, Evans.  Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.  At the request of the family, in lieu of flowers, donations are preferred to HospiceCare, 1606 Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston WV 25387-2536.  Online condolences may be sent to castofh@gmail.com.