Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, 327 W. King St., Martinsburg. Burial will be in Mountainside Tabernacle Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 9 p.m.
David F. Newman
RANSON, W.Va. - David Franklin Newman, 62, of Ranson, died Sunday, May 2, 1999, at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
Born July 25, 1936, in Charles Town, W.Va., he was the son of the late Max and Sarah Elizabeth Bell Newman.
He was preceded in death by his wife of 21 years, Autrice Fox Newman.
He was retired from Powhattan Brass.
He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves as a sergeant with a total military service of 33 years.
He was a member of the House of Prayer.
He was president of Union AFLCIO Local 87.
He is survived by one stepdaughter, Janice Moon of Harrisburg, Pa.; one stepson, Raymond Hall of Harrisburg; four sisters, Laura Washington and Nellie R. Good, both of Luray, Va., Sarah Nabors and Janet Newman, both of Charles Town; one brother, John T. Newman of Ranson; and four stepgrandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one stepson, Nathaniel Hall; two sisters, Mazie Bland and Mary Newman; and four brothers, Buddy Newman, Harry Newman, Garfield Newman and James Newman.
Services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the House of Prayer in Charles Town. The Rev. Arthur Patterson will officiate. Burial will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens, Martinsburg, W.Va.
The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Jefferson Chapel Funeral Home, 114 N. Mildred St., Ranson.
Robert E. Hess
FAYETTEVILLE, Pa. - Services for Robert E. Hess, 73, of 5500 Lincoln Way East, who died Tuesday, May 4, 1999, will be Saturday at 10:30 p.m. at Grove Funeral Home, 50 S. Broad St., Waynesboro.
The family will receive friends Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Leonard T. Reese
Leonard Thomas Reese, 77, of 344 Henry Ave., Hagerstown, died Monday, May 3, 1999, at Washington County Hospital.
Born Aug. 18, 1921, in Emporia, Va., he was the son of the late Josie and Joe Willie Reese.
He attended school in Emporia.
He retired from Kettler Brothers of Gaithersburg, Md.
He is survived by his wife, Betty L. Reese; a daughter, Jacqueline Davis of Providence, R.I.; a son, Charles Douglas of Petersburg, Va.; and seven stepchildren, Tyrone Stanton, Reginald Scott Jr., Christopher Scott, Ruby A. Barnett, Regina A. Mason, Tracy Y. Brown and Toy L. Trent, all of Hagerstown.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Sally Lee Reese; and a brother, Matthew Reese.
Services will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Watson Funeral Home, 24 W. Bethel St., Hagerstown. The Rev. Joseph Fowlkes will officiate. Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday one hour before the services at the funeral home.
Gerald B. Donegan
WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Gerald Brendin Donegan, 53, of 13081 Welty Road, was pronounced dead Tuesday, May 4, 1999, at his home.
Born Jan. 8, 1946, in Hagerstown, he was the son of Edna E. Kelly Donegan of Williamsport, and the late Thomas E. Donegan.
He was a 1964 graduate of St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown. After attending Hagerstown Junior College for two years and University of Alabama for one year, he graduated from University of Maryland in 1974 with a degree in business.
He was employed in purchasing, first at Hetzer Construction Co. in Hagerstown and then at Waynesboro Knitting Mill, and finally at Mack Trucks in Hagerstown for 24 years.
He served in the U.S. Army Reserves.
He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1191, Eagles Club Inc., and B.P.O. Elks 731, all in Waynesboro, and Morris Frock American Legion Post 42 in Hagerstown. He also was a member and past president of Waynesboro Jaycees.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Marion L. Mickley Donegan, whom he married March 17, 1973; one daughter, Stacy N. Donegan of Waynesboro; one son, Gerald Donegan Jr. of Waynesboro; two brothers, Terrence Lee Donegan of Hagerstown and Thomas E. Donegan Jr. of Holland, Mich.; aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family.
Arrangements are by Grove Funeral Home in Waynesboro.
Edwin G. Laing
