

  <p>Shinn, Paul Joseph</p>
  <p>Passed: 1983-01-19</p>
  <p>Age: 81</p>


  <p>Source: Jackson Herald</p>

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  <p>Obituary Date: 1983-01-26</p>
  <p>Information: Paul Joseph Shinn, 81, of Evans, died Jan. 19 in Care Inn, Ripley, following a long illness.  He was born Aug. 10, 1901 at Cow Run, the son of the late John O. and Flora Ellen Dunlap Shinn.  He was an equipment operator in his early life with highway construction and coal stripping jobs.  He later worked with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad section crews.  He retired from the B & O Railroad as a locomotive fireman.  He was a member of International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, Local Union No. 186, Parkersburg, West Virginia Division.  He worked 38 years and was a collector of all types of railroad mementoes.         Surviving are his wife, Artie Wilson Shinn; one son, Howard T. Shinn of Evans; one daughter, Pauline Smith of Washington, W. Va.; three sisters, Mabel Cossin of Cottageville, Daisey Richardson of Columbus, Ohio and Dollie Stover of Florida; a brother, Oliver J. Shinn of Birmingham, Ala.; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by two brothers, Howard and Robert, and one sister, Lilly.  Services were Saturday in the Casto Funeral Home, Evans, with Minister Ron Z. Moyer officiating.  Burial was in the Otterbein Cemetery.</p>


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