OBIT:  John William GEORGE, Sr., 2003, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  JOHN WILLIAM GEORGE, SR.
  March 27, 1937 -
  June 1, 2003

    John William George, Sr., 66, of 1789 Pigs Ear Rd., Grantsville, Md., died 
  Sunday, June 1, 2003, at Beverly Healthcare, Meyersdale.
    Born March 27, 1937, in Cove, Md., he was a son of Twila (Bowser) 
  George, Cumberland, Md., and the late Robert Merrill George.  He was 
  preceded in death by a grandson, Christopher Brown.
    Mr. George was a member of State Line United Methodist Church and was 
  a retired press operator for Harbison-Walker Refractories.  He served in the 
  U.S. Army from 1956 - 1960.
    In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Dorothy I. (Sanders) 
  George; two sons:  John George, Jr. and wife Missy and Robert George and 
  wife Fran, all of Salisbury; three daughters:  Twila Edgeson and husband 
  Art, Martinsburg, W.Va.; Stacey Cruz and husband Tony, Stafford, Va.; Kelli 
  Hoover and husband Shaun, Mayfield, Ky.; two stepsons:  Gary Broadwater 
  and Kevin Broadwater and wife Tricia, all of Grantsville; eight grandchildren:  
  Bill, Wiltrout and wife Mandy; Jason Wiltrout and wife Erika; Adam Edgeson; 
  Brandon Rocker; Daniel and Kelsey Cruz; Hannah and Logan Hoover; one 
  great-grandson, Tristan Wiltrout; two brothers; Delmas George and wife 
  Patty, Salisbury; Duane George and wife Susie, Watertown, Conn.; two 
  sisters:  Mary Albright and husband Freeman, Salisbury; Wanda Shumaker
  and husband Dale, Cumberland. 
    Friends were received at the Newman Funeral Homes, P.A.,
  Grantsville, Md. on Wednesday.  Services will be conducted in the
  funeral home at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, June 5 (today), with Pastor Mary
  Radford and Pastor Scott Shumaker officiating.  Interment will be in
  Addison Cemetery.  Pallbearers will be Bill Wiltrout, Jason Wiltrout,
  Adam Edgeson, Brandon Rocker, Gary McClintock and Bill Harris. 
    Expressions of sympathy may be directed to State Line United
  Methodist Church.  Condolences may be sent to the family at
  www.newmanfuneralhomes.comAu  
  
    New Republic, 5 June 2003
  
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