OBIT: Rev. Cecil O. SHOWALTER, 1976, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHOWALTER
  
  The Rev. Cecil O. Showalter, 75, of Port Republic, Va., died June 26,
  1976, in a Harrisonburg, Va., hospital.  He was born Jan. 22, 1901, in
  Rockingham County, Va., a son of the late David H. and Margaret
  (Rodeffer) Showalter.  On May 2, 1928, he married the former Glenna
  M. Crumpacker who died Dec. 5, 1975.  The Rev. Showalter graduated
  from Daleville Academv [sic] in 1925 and from Bridgewater College in
  1930.  While at Daleville he was called to the ministry and entered
  Bethany Biblical Seminary in Chicago, Ill., in 1931.  While at
  Bethany he studied in the field of temperance, writing and producing
  lectures in this field.  A lecture he produced on slides, "A New
  Approach to Alcohol Education," has been widely used in 10 states. 
  He served as pastor of the Sipesville Church of the Brethren for nine
  years.  Surviving are one son Cecil O. Showalter Jr. of Stalunton
  [sic], Va.; a daughter Mrs. Gloria Ann Kimmel of Sharon; two
  brothers, the Rev. Russel Showalter of Bridgewater, Va. and Hobart
  Showalter of Fairfax, Va.; one sister, Mrs. Ressie Coleman of
  Orannnge [sic], Va.; three half-brothers: O. Stanley Showalter of
  Weyers Cave, Va.; H. Calvert Showalter of Marrietta, Pa.,; and Carl
  Showalter of Richmond, Va.; also, seven grandchildren and five
  great-grandchildren.  Funeral services 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Mill
  Creek Church of the Brethren near Port Republic, Va., with the Rev.
  S. Earl Mitchell and the Rev. Ned Crumpacker officiating.  Friends
  received from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday (today) at the W. H. Kyger Funeral
  Home, McGaheysville, Va.
  
  Somerset American, June 28, 1976
  
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