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Weaver, Mabel Phyllis, 100, formerly of Moundsville, passed away on Saturday evening, August 1, 2009 at Park Health Nursing Home in St. Clairsville, Ohio. She was born August 23, 1908 in Flushing, Ohio, the daughter of the late Arthur and Fanny Turton Brocklehurst. She attended high school in Centerville, Ohio and attended the BM Spurr School of Nursing in Glen Dale, West Virginia. She was a nurse, a Rosie during WWII, a show glass collector for Fostoria Glass Co., proprietor/owner of Weaver’s Grocery Store in Moundsville, and retired from McCrory’s Department Store at age 75. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Moundsville, where in past years she was active as President of the Missionary Society and taught Sunday school for many years. She was active in Navy Mothers and served as a member on the Board of the Housing Authority for the Golden Towers in Moundsville. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Clyde Weaver; a daughter Betty Weaver; two brothers Jack and Fred Brocklehurst; and three sisters Lillian Duvall, Dorothy Ellen Parish, and Winifred Fader. Surviving are her sons Clyde M. “Bunny” (Ann) Weaver of Newport News, VA and Mark A. (Irene) Weaver of Moundsville; five grandchildren Rebecca Weaver of Littleton, CO, Nancy (Jeffrey) Leach, Clyde M. Jr. “Morty” (Melanie) Weaver all of Richmond, VA, John Weaver of New Martinsville, WV, and Demetra (Tim) Bowman of Glen Dale; and a great-granddaughter Nika Bowman. Also surviving are one sister Rosalie Utter of Moundsville; one bother David Brocklehurst of Warnock, OH; two sisters-in-law Maxine Brocklehurst of Warnock and Vera Brocklehurst of Jacobsburg, OH; several nieces and nephews, including a close niece and nephew, Barbara and Darwin Gump of St. Clairsville. Family will receive friends on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 from 2-4pm at Grisell Funeral Home and Crematory, 400 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, where Christian funeral services will be held on Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 1:00pm with Rev. Tim Wilt officiating. Interment will follow in Halcyon Hills Memorial Park, Sherrard, WV. Memorial contributions may be made to the Marshall County Animal Shelter, RD 5, Box 210, Moundsville, WV 26041.

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Weaver, Phyllis

August 1, 2009