CLAUDE EMMETT PAINTER

(03/02/2001)

Claude Emmett Painter, 76 of Chloe, formerly of Bramwell, died February 27 at Roane General Hospital, Spencer. Born on September 2, 1924, in Bramwell, he was the son of the late John S. and Mary Helen Shupe Painter. Mr. Painter had been a resident of Chloe for 10 years and was retired from the city department of Bramwell and was a school bus driver. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during WW II. He was a member of Bramwell Presbyterian Church. He is preceded in death by his first wife, Peggy Shrewsbury Painter, two infant sons and a brother, Richard Painter. Surviving Mr. Painter are his wife, Betty Chumbley Painter, daughter Debbie Ratliff of Kansas City Mo.; sisters, Mary Helen Cornett and husband McKinley of Bluefield, and Jenny Lee Painter of Roanoke, Va.; brother Clarence E. Painter of Charleston; granddaughter, Natasha Ratliff; stepdaughter, Cheryl Basnett and husband Roger of Calhoun County; stepson, Earl Kent of Fincastle, Va. Services were at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 2nd. at Cravens-Shires Funeral Home, Bluewell, Rev. Dale Compton officiated. Burial was in Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Bluewell.

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