Obituary of Chester Earl Metheny
Chester Earl Metheny,
90, of Bruceton Mills (Glade Farms community), WV, died Wednesday, December 5, 2018, at his home.
The son of the late Oren King and Bernice Beatty Metheny, he was born February 3, 1928, in Terra Alta, WV.
Earl was a World War II veteran of the Army Air Corp.
He is survived by his companion, Ethel Wolfe; a son, Michael Metheny, and his friend, Margie Clark, of Bruceton Mills; a daughter, Roberta (Bobbie) Wolfe and her husband, Duncan, of Bruceton Mills; four grandsons: Lynn E. Savage and his wife Stacey, in Korea, Kevin L. Savage and his wife, Meghan, of NJ, Gregory Scott Savage of Oakland, MD, and Tobby Metheny and his wife, Kim, of Bruceton Mills; a grandaughter, Heather Martin, and her husband, Jeremy, of Bruceton Mills; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Zelmodine Casteel, of Terra Alta; and many loving nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Eleanor Kost Metheny; a son, Jeffrey Allan Metheny; a daughter, Bernice L. Savage; a step-mother, Elva Metheny; a sister, Ethel Frantz; two brothers, Charles Vernon and Junior G. Metheny; and a brother-in-law, Nelson Casteel.
Family and friends may call at the Carl R. Spear Funeral Home in Brandonville-Bruceton Mills, Saturday, from 4-8 p.m., and on Sunday, December 9, 2018, from 12 noon until the 1:00 p.m. service in the funeral home with Pastor Donnie Savage officiating. Military honors will be provided by the Preston County VFW Honor Guard and the WVANG Military Honors, Camp Dawson.
Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Terra Alta, WV.
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