Obituary

Louie Vernon Harshbarger
(March 22, 1923 - March 11, 2012)

Louie Vernon Harshbarger, "Fat, "Red," 88 of Barboursville, WV passed away Sunday, March 11, 2012. Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 15 at Wallace Funeral Home in Barboursville. Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park, Huntington. The family will receive visitors one hour prior to the service. He was born March 22, 1923, in Barboursville, a son of Harry and Ruth Harshbarger. His wife of 65 years, Eldora, preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were brothers, Roy and Richard Harshbarger, and daughter-in-law, Suellyn Harshbarger. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Alice Freeman, (Colan), and his son Rockie Harshbarger, grandchildren, Kara Harshbarger Mahmood, Sam Adkins, and Matthew Harshbarger; great grandchildren, Pippa Mahmood, Sadie and Milo Harshbarger, and Addison Adkins. He was a WWII veteran who served in Europe and was a member of the American Legion, Post 177, a lifetime member of the VFW Post 9738, and a member of Barboursville First United Methodist Church. He retired from the C&O Railroad, and was a self employed water well driller. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Barboursville First United Church. He will be greatly missed by his family and the neighborhood children who looked to him as their grandfather figure and friend.