#1 Another Old Soldier, Gone to Rest
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 2:23 pm
Goodbye Uncle Walter. Say hello to everyone for me.George Walter McClung Sr., 89, of Mount Lookout, Nicholas County, passed to his eternal home on Thursday, November 29, 2007, in Bowers Hospice House, Beckley.
Born October 4, 1918 at Rich Creek, Fayette County, he was a son of the late Ira D. and Nora Lilly Skaggs McClung. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Sadie Mae McClung, on November 22, 2004; two sons, Ronald and Donald McClung; a grandson, Jeremy Edward Ball; five brothers, Bert, Mason D., Paul J., Marvin and Theodore E. McClung; and four sisters, Russie L. Skaggs, Lottie Shelton, Jessie Deitz and Dollie McClung.
He was a loving husband, father and pa pa who always greeted you with a smile, was a member and former trustee of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church at Mount Lookout, was a retired drag line operator, was an Army veteran of World War II with a rank of tech sergeant and he received the Bronze Star for heroic and meritorious achievement during military operations in Germany. Walter enjoyed life and was usually laughing and joking with everyone he met.
Survivors include one daughter and her husband, Kimberly and Timmy Ball of Fayetteville; one son and his wife, George Walter Jr. and Sherri McClung of Mount Lookout; four grandchildren, Christi and her husband, Keith McGraw, Erin McClung, Stacey McClung, and Cassie Ball; and a great-grandson, William Jeremy McGraw.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, December 1, at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Mount Lookout, with Dr. Mark McClung officiating. Interment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens, Weston, under the direction of the White Funeral Home, Summersville.
Friends may call 90 minutes prior to the service Saturday at the church.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 1111 Lee Street, East, Charleston, WV 25301.
