Alvis Ray Faverty, age 93, of Alliance, died at 6:30 a.m. Sunday, October 16, 2011 at McCrea Manor.
He was born October 10, 1918 in Kellogg, W.Va. to Alvin and Hazel (Jeffereys) Faverty.
Ray was a 1938 graduate of Louisville High School and worked as a clerk for 40 years with Transue Williams, retiring in 1982. Ray was a member of the Beechwood Methodist Church for over 50 years and a Boy Scout Master for 46 years with Troop 56 of Beechwood.
As a Sergeant, Ray served with the U.S. Army Amphibious Engineers in the South Pacific during WWII.
He is survived by his daughter, Minda Lou (Ron) Dillon of North Benton; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Martha Faverty; one son, Alvis Ray Faverty, Jr. who died in August 1968 in Viet Nam; and his brother, Delmer Faverty.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home with Dr. David Bloor officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Beechwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made the Beechwood United Methodist Church, 3450 Beechwood Ave., Alliance, O. or the Buckeye Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 230 13th St., Canton, O. 44708
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, OH 44601. .
He was born October 10, 1918 in Kellogg, W.Va. to Alvin and Hazel (Jeffereys) Faverty.
Ray was a 1938 graduate of Louisville High School and worked as a clerk for 40 years with Transue Williams, retiring in 1982. Ray was a member of the Beechwood Methodist Church for over 50 years and a Boy Scout Master for 46 years with Troop 56 of Beechwood.
As a Sergeant, Ray served with the U.S. Army Amphibious Engineers in the South Pacific during WWII.
He is survived by his daughter, Minda Lou (Ron) Dillon of North Benton; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Martha Faverty; one son, Alvis Ray Faverty, Jr. who died in August 1968 in Viet Nam; and his brother, Delmer Faverty.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home with Dr. David Bloor officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service. Interment will be at the Beechwood Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made the Beechwood United Methodist Church, 3450 Beechwood Ave., Alliance, O. or the Buckeye Council of the Boy Scouts of America, 230 13th St., Canton, O. 44708
Arrangements are by Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral Home, 75 S. Union Ave., Alliance, OH 44601. .
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