Haven N. Shoemaker Sr., 75, of Mountain City, Tenn.,
formerly of North East, Md., died Monday, Sept. 10, 2012, at home.
He was the husband of Carolyn Shoemaker, his wife of 48
years.
He was an Army veteran and was stationed in Germany, as well
as Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He retired from GM and was a committee
chairman with UAW for many years.
He enjoyed boxing and was the 1957 Maryland Amateur
Featherweight Champion and the Army European Theatre Champion.
Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons and
daughter-in-law Kenny Shoemaker Sr., of Mountain City, and Haven Shoemaker Jr.
and wife Patty, of Hampstead; a brother, Percy Shoemaker, of Lincoln, Ala.; and
grandchildren Haven Shoemaker III, of Hampstead, and Kenny Shoemaker Jr., of
Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. today at Mountain
City Funeral Home Chapel, 224 S. Church St., Mountain City.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the
funeral home. A graveside service, with military honors conducted by the
Johnson County Honor Guard, will be held at Clint Gilley Cemetery in North
Carolina.
Memorial contributions may be sent
to Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 3385 Roan Creek Road, Mountain City, TN 37683.
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