Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameEdwin Earl Shaver
Birth19 Dec 1919, Stanly County, NC
Death7 Apr 2017, Tucker Hospice House, Kannapolis, Cabarrus County, NC
Burial10 Apr 2017, St James Catholic Cemetery, Gold Hill Road, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherJohn Linker Shaver (1894-1988)
MotherArlene Vernice Wise (1899-1992)
Spouses
Birth9 Nov 1918, Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Death2 Mar 2017
Burial6 Mar 2017, St James Catholic Cemetery, Gold Hill Road, Cabarrus County, NC
FatherRichard Joseph O’Brien (~1893-)
MotherMary Agnes Binns (~1893-)
Marriage24 Oct 1945
ChildrenMary Joanne “Jody” (1945-)
 Katherine Earlene (1946-)
 Rachel Elizabeth (1948-)
 Ellen Marie (1949-)
 Eloise Elayne (1951-)
 Edwin Earl “Ed” (1952-)
 Karen Yvonne (1952-)
 Louis Gregory (1955-)
 William Albert (1958-)
Notes for Edwin Earl Shaver
Edwin Earl Shaver

Mr. Edwin Earl Shaver, 97, went to meet his wife in Heaven Friday, April 7, 2017, at Tucker Hospice House in Kannapolis.

Mr. Shaver was born Dec. 19, 1919 in Stanly County. He was a son of the late John Linker Shaver and Arlene Wise Shaver. Earl was a graduate of Spencer High School. He was a SSgt. in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II from 1941 to 1945 as an aircraft mechanic with the Jolly Rogers, B-24 Group in the South West Pacific. He worked at Cannon Mills before and after the war as a supervisor until his retirement. He had many odd jobs and loved helping others and working on his cars. He was very active in his church.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Mary Katherine “Kitty” Shaver; brothers, Herman and Samuel Shaver; sisters, Vernice Sloop and Carolene Shaver; grandson, Robert Tice; daughter-in-law, Donna Shaver; and son in-law, Andrew Seamone Jr. Mr. Shaver is survived by nine children, Joanne “Jody” McManus and husband Adrian of Salisbury, Katherine Earlene Shaver Seamone of Mt. Pleasant, Rachel Tice and husband Larry of Clayton, Ellen Nix and husband Gary of Concord, Elayne Perry and husband Ric of Kannapolis, Edwin “Ed” Shaver II and wife Brenda of Concord, Karen Yvonne Faggart and husband John of Rockwell, Louis Shaver and wife Joan of St. Augustine, Fla., and William “Doc” Shaver of Kannapolis; 26 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; 13 great-great-grandchildren (with three more on the way); brothers, John Linker and Gene Shaver; and sisters, Margaret Thompson, Helen Sides and Doris Clayton.

A funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday, April 10, 2017 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Father Alvaro Riquelme, C.Ss.R. will officiate. Interment will follow at St. James Catholic Church Cemetery in Concord.

The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church Activity Center.

Memorials may be made to St. Joseph's Catholic Church Building Fund, Kannapolis.

Lady's Funeral Home & Crematory is assisting the family of Mr. Shaver.

Salisbury Post, 9 Apr 2017
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