Marvin F Stokes 77 Fayetteville WWII Pearl Harbor survivor
Marvin F Stokes 77 of Fayetteville died Sept 18 1998 in Beckley Veterans Hospital after a long illness He was born July 17 1921 in Parsons son of Floyd and Bertha Stokes A U S Navy veteran he served on USS Phoenix in World War II and survived Pearl Harbor He was a retired furnace operator with Union Carbide Alloy Plant and a member of Emanuel Baptist Church Fayette Heights He was preceded in death by a brother Foster Stokes and sister Louise Kight Survivors include wife Martha Lansberry Stokes of Fayetteville a son Donald E Stokes and Frances of Fayetteville a daughter Doris Conner and James of Scarbro a brother Charles Stokes and Ann of Hinton a sister Marjorie Ward of Oak Hill a grandson Joshua J Stokes at home a niece Darlene Miller and Ronnie of Parsons five segment and a great granddaughter Services 2 pm Monday at Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Chapel Fayetteville Burial at Huse Memorial Park Fayetteville with military rites by VFW Post 3110 Oak Hill Pallbearers Bedford Tyree Wally Plumb Lon Jones Eddie Jones Bill Knight Scott McKinney Friends may call 6 to 9 pm today at the funeral home
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Marjorie Ward
Oak Hill
Joshua J. Stokes
Darlene Miller
Ronnie
Dodd-Payne-Hess Funeral Chapel
Hayward Lough
Huse Memorial Park
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Bedford Tyree
Wally Plumb
Lon Jones
Eddie Jones
Bill Knight
Scott McKinney
Dodd-Payne- Hess Funeral Home
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