Obituary for Walter Raymond Shinault, Jr. Walter Raymond Shinault, Jr.
Former Merchant Marine, BARC Supervisor, Was Active In His Church
Walter Raymond Shinault, Jr., age 88, of 298 Cabin Draft Road, Millboro,
Virginia, died peacefully Thursday, August 20, 2015 in the Hospice Unit at
LewisGale Hospital - Alleghany, Low Moor.
He was born in Millboro on March 6,
1927, a son of the late Walter Raymond Shinault, Sr. and Oakley Rhea Shinault.
He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II.
He was a retired service
supervisor with B.A.R.C. Electric in Millboro, was a certified master
electrician, an active member of the Millboro Presbyterian Church, where he was
an elder and former deacon of the church.
Mr. Shinault was a former fire chief
for twenty-five years with the Millboro Volunteer Fire Department, a former
member and Vice President of the Millboro Ruritan Club, and an avid hunter.
He
was preceded in death by a son Robert Allen Shinault; a daughter, Susan Creese
Dillard; sisters, Larnie Conner, Corine Whiteside, Lilly Shinault and Margaret
Forbes; and brothers, Raymond Shinault and Theral Shinault.
He is survived by his
wife, Jean Brown Shinault of Millboro; a daughter, Sharon Shinault Birckbichler
of Hot Springs; two sons, Barry Layne Shinault of Newport News and Gary Wayne
Shinault of Spotsylvania; a sister, Zora Hefner and husband, Calvin of Staunton;
3 grandchildren, Clay Creese and wife, Katie and Colton Creese, all of Aliquippa,
PA, and McKinsey Creese of Coraopolis, PA; a great granddaughter, Priscilla
Marie Creese; and a number of nieces, nephews and friends in the Millboro area.
A funeral service will be conducted Tuesday, August 25, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. from
the Millboro Presbyterian Church with Rev. John Haney officiating. Interment
will follow in the Windy Cove Cemetery, Millboro Springs.
Active pallbearers
will be Selby Schwend, Arne Peterson, Clay Creese, Cole Creese, Grover Ford,
Bill Tuttle, Lester Bowyers and Dan Weyant. Wayne Martin will be an alternate
pallbearer. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. until
8:00 p.m. at Nicely Funeral Home, Clifton Forge and any time at the residence in
Millboro.
The family suggests memorial tributes take the form of contributions
in Mr. Shinault's name to the American Cancer Society, Alleghany Highlands
Division, C/O Karen Buzzard, 807 McCormick Boulevard, Clifton Forge, VA 24422.
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