Earl Miller Shorter
1885 - 1969 (84 years)-
Name Earl Miller Shorter Birth 1 Jun 1885 Rapps Mill, Rockbridge Co., VA 
[1, 2, 3] Gender Male Death 7 Dec 1969 Covington, Alleghany Co., VA [2] Cause: congestive heart disease Burial 9 Dec 1969 Cedar Hill Cemetery, Covington, Alleghany Co., VA [2] Person ID I51023 Meadow Bluff Meanderings Last Modified 27 Apr 2025
Family Lovie Belle Crookshanks, b. 9 Jun 1910, Trout, Greenbrier Co., WV d. 5 Nov 1992, Low Moor, Alleghany Co., VA (Age 82 years) Marriage 11 Mar 1946 Covington, VA [1] Children 1. Sandra Evelyn Shorter Family ID F17920 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Apr 2025
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Marriage - 11 Mar 1946 - Covington, VA 
Death - Cause: congestive heart disease - 7 Dec 1969 - Covington, Alleghany Co., VA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Son of George Reuben and Martha Elizabeth (Henderson) Shorter.
The Roanoke Times, Roanoke, VA, Monday, 8 Dec 1969, p. 4, col. 3
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-obituary-for-earl-mill/171183997/
Former Mayor Of Covington Dies
COVINGTON - Earl Miller Shorter, 84, died Sunday in a Covington hospital. He was a former mayor and councilman of Covington and a retired employe of Westvaco Inc.
Surviving are his wife, Lovie Crooksshankes Shorter; a son, Phillip E. Shorter, Roanoke; a daughter, Sandra E. Shorter, Covington; a brother, Gilliam W. Shorter, Eagle Rock; a sister, Mrs. Mary Sheets, Appomattox.
The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christ United Methodist Church with burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
R. M. Loving Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
- Son of George Reuben and Martha Elizabeth (Henderson) Shorter.
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Sources - [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 8859 (1946), Shorter-Crookshanks accessed 26 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1776] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), death certificate 69-036896 (1969), Earl Miller Shorter, accessed 27 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2077] Virginia Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2016 (Certificates), (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), Delayed Certificate of Birth 8283 (1943), Earl Miller Shorter, accessed 27 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).
- [S1775] Virginia Department of Health, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014, (http://www.ancestry.com :2015.), marriage certificate 8859 (1946), Shorter-Crookshanks accessed 26 Apr 2025. (Reliability: 3).