Charles Marion Strother, age 87, of Kernersville, NC, and formerly of Boonsboro, died Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Largo, Fla.
Born Aug. 19, 1921 in Martinsburg, WV, he was a son of the late William Edward and Laurel Viola Bailey Strother.
He was a member of the Seventy-day Adventist Church.
He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Ruth Olive Barney Strother; four children, Charles M. Strother Jr., James Strother and John Strother, all of Kernersville, and Bonny Stotler of Keedysville, MD; one sister, Polly Schaefer of Decatur, Tenn.; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Frances Schaefer and Mildred Fuller, and one grandson.
Funeral services were held on Monday, Feb. 9, at Bast-Stauffer Funeral Home in Boonsboro. Ronnie Wooten officiated. Burial was in Mt. Zion Mennonite Cemetery near Boonsboro.
www.baststaufferfuneralhome.com.