Henry H. Warner 1922–2003 Obituary
Henry Hartzel Warner, 80, of Fairlawn Drive, Buckhannon, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2003, in Holbrook Nursing Home.
He was born May 6, 1922, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Edgar and Cosbie Teets Warner.
He was married for 58 years to Camella Lucille Tenney Warner, who survives. They were married at First United Methodist Church in Buckhannon.
Surviving in addition to his wife are one daughter, Deanna Donn Earhart and husband, Bobby, of Hollywood, Md.; four grandchildren, Michael Wayne Earhart and wife, Tonya, of Martinsburg, Anthony Scott Earhart and wife, Brandy, of Hollwood, Md., Lynette Dawn Galton and husband, Tom, of Summersville, S.C., and William Todd Earhart and wife, Heather, of Chesapeake Beach, Md.; six great-grandchildren, Nick, Kesley and Cory Earhart, Brittany Payne, Kendall and Ethan Galton; one sister, Betty Gaunt and husband, William, of Buckhannon; and one brother, Clyde Warner of Newark, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by three sisters, Myrtle Ward, Eleanor Mackey and Addie Mason.
He was a graduate of Buckhannon Upshur High School and attended the Chicago Institute of Drafting and Engineering.
He was a precision machinist at the TRW Co. in Cleveland, Ohio.
He served in the military from 1942-1946, serving in the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion.
He was battlefield commissioned to second lieutenant. He received the World War II Victory Medal, European African Middle Eastern Service Medal, American Service Medal, Bronze Star, Distinguished Service Cross and two Purple Hearts.
He was the most decorated soldier in the National Guard in the state of West Virginia in 1949.
He was a member of the Buckhannon Country Club, a life member of the Order of the Purple Heart and the American Legion Post 7.
He was a member of Tennerton United Methodist Church.
Friends will be received at Tomblyn-Whitescarver Funeral Chapel Sunday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. William C. Eskew Jr. officiating.
Interment will follow in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Military honors will be presented at the graveside by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3663 and American Legion Frank B. Bartlett Post 7, both of Buckhannon, and the Military Order of the Purple Heart of USA Chapter 697 of Jane Lew.
Tomblyn-Whitescarver Funeral Chapel of Buckhannon is in charge of the arrangements for Henry Hartzel Warner.
Henry H. Warner 1922–2003 Obituary
