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John Alton Bever, 78, of Murraysville, W.Va., passed away July 20, 2006, at his home.
He was born Nov. 13, 1927, in Jackson County, W.Va., a son of the late Naaman and Grace Stallings Bever. He was a heavy equipment operator with construction. He was a member of Heavy Equipment Operators Union Local 132. He was a veteran of the US Army, during World War II, and he loved to garden and hunt.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Maxine Gale McCarty Bever; his children, William Bever and his wife, Debbie, of Murraysville, Beverly Snyder and her husband, Tony, of Mt. Nebo, W.Va., Barbara Mahan and her husband Curtis, of Ravenswood and Janice Null of Ravenswood; seven grandchildren; one stepgrandchild; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elnora Thompson and her husband, Delmer, of Parkersburg and Helen Kidder and her husband, Wallace, of Stockport, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Lloyd; three sisters, Irene Kidder, Genieve Sanquetti and Charlotte Allman; one daughter, Patricia Ann; and two granddaughters, Teresa Lynn Bever and Shelia Suzanne Bever.
Services will be 1 p.m. Sunday at Roush Funeral Home, Ravenswood, with the Rev. Danny McVey officiating. Burial will be in Ravenswood Cemetery. Friends may visit the family from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
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West Virginia Pioneers
1927 - 2006 (78 years)
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