Stover, Carl W.

Passed: 1944-06-26

Age: 20

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Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1949-09-02

Information: Stover, Carl W.                 Funeral services for Carl W. Stover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Stover, who was killed while serving with the Army Air Forces in Austria on June 26, 1944, were held from the Longview Methodist Church at Evans Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Wayne Barnhart officiating and the burial was in the church cemetery.  The body arrived at the Vail Mortuary in Ripley last week and plans for the funeral were made after the arrival.  Mr. Stover, who enlisted in the air forces early in the war, was born at Cottageville on Dec. 17, 1923.  During his military service he was decorated with the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters.  In addition to the parents he is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Cleo Casto of Evans, Mrs. Cecil Custer of Columbus and Mrs. Lola Mae Plumley of Evans; four brothers, Clyde Stover of Columbus, Glenmer Stover of Memphis, Tenn., Doyle Marvin Stover of Hopewell, Virginia and Boyd Wayne Stover at home.  His grandmother, Mrs. Mary Lewis of Pt. Pleasant, and a step-grandmother, Mrs. Lillie Mae Stover of Evans also survive.  (Friday, 2 Sept 1949) (Betty Kessel McIntyre obit collection)