REV. HARRY SIERS

(04/24/2006)
Well-known Calhoun County minister Rev. Harry Siers, 68, of Stumptown died April 20, 2006.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today at Stump Funeral Home, Arnoldsburg, with Rev. Alfred Hickman, Rev. Kevin Church and Rev. John Vannoy officiating.

Interment will be in Collins Community Cemetery at Stumptown.

He was the pastor of Enon Baptist Church at Grantsville; president of the Baptist Men's Fellowship; and was a member of the Little Kanawha Baptist Executive Board.

He was president of the Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center's Chaplain's Association and a member of Eureka Lodge 40 A.F. and A. M. of Grantsville, Nemesis Shrine Temple in Parkersburg and the Order of the Eastern Star.

He was active in the Relay for Life, World Day of Prayer and Teen Fest Youth Events in Calhoun County. He was a former member of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church at Stumptown where he served as a trustee and Sunday school teacher. He had received numerous awards from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture and Veterinary Services.

He was a U.S. Army veteran and was a member of the former 230 Military Police Unit at Grantsville. He was a retired market cattle identification coordinator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture with more than 39 years service.

Harry was Born May 16, 1937, in Calhoun County, he was a son of the late Harley and Thelma Godfrey Siers.

Surviving are his wife, Terry L. Siers and a son, Kevin Siers and his wife, Angela, of Parkersburg; sisters, Lois Jean Sears and her husband, Delbert, and Carolyn Sue Collins and her husband, Tony, all of Stumptown, Betty Jo Miller and her husband, Robert, and Patricia Vannoy and her husband, John, of Mineral Wells; grandchildren, Tyler and Cody Siers of Parkersburg; 11 nieces; 10 nephews; nine great-nieces; six great-nephews; and a sister-in-law, Jill Todd and her husband, Donald, of Cross Lanes.

The family will appreciate memorial contributions made to The Hospice Care Corporation, P.O. Box 760, Arthurdale, WV 26520.