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In Loving Memory of

Luther Martin Painter

PAINTER, LUTHER MARTIN, 98 of Pearisburg, formally of Monroe County , WV , passed away at his home in Pearisburg, Friday evening December 1, 2006.  Mr. Painter was born on October 1, 1908 in Maynor , WV , and was a son of the late John Ed Painter and Marinda Biggs Painter.  Besides his parents, Mr. Painter was preceded in death by one daughter, Joyce Ann Painter, five sisters, Ethel Skaggs, Heddy, Atha Grace Mitchem, Dorothy Gray, Gladys Thompson, four brothers, George, Thomas, Quincy (Pete) and Paul Painter.  Mr. Painter was a former coal miner, pipe-fitter and farmer, raising purebred Black Angus cattle on his farm in Monroe Co. WV.  He is survived by his wife of 75 years, Vada Mae Worrell Painter of Pearisburg, six sons and daughter-in-laws, Audrey Neal and Betty Painter of IN, Alfred Darrell and Patty of WV, Ralph Martin and Sue Painter of VA, John Shirley and Estrella Painter of TX, Dr. Conley Houston and Carolyn Painter of VA, Luther Ray and Romona Painter of VA, five daughters and son-in-laws, Gail P. and Bill Rutledge of WV, Geraldine P. and Hobart Butler, Jr., of VA, Ann Louise P. and George Yopp of VA, JoAnn P. and Raymond Booth, Jr. of WV, Dianna Lynn P. and Barry Booth of WV, 33 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchildren.  Funeral services will be conducted Monday, December 4, 2006 at 12:00pm at the Givens Funeral Chapel in Pearisburg with the Rev. Dewey Broyles officiating with burial following in the Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens in Beckley, WV, the grandchildren will be the pallbearers.  The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 – 9 at the Givens Funeral Home in Pearisburg.

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