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Monday, September 2, 2013

Rest in Peace, Robert Rawley, Sr.

MOUNT SOLON – Robert Bryan Rawley Sr., 87, of 652 George Walton Road, died Saturday, Aug. 31, 2013, in his home.

Born Oct. 27, 1925, in Augusta County, he was a son of the late Robert Dyke Rawley and Myree Bryan (Michael) Rawley.

He was a self-employed beef and hog farmer who loved his farm, and also enjoyed gardening and hunting. He was an active member of Mt. Olivet United Brethren in Christ Church and the North Augusta camp of Gideons International.

He was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Rawley, and a sister, Ruby Cherry. Surviving are his wife, Martha (Frey) Rawley, whom he married July 7, 1951; four children, Karen A. Stroup and husband, Greg, of Warren, Ind., Robert B. Rawley Jr. and wife, Ellen, of Mount Solon, David G. Rawley and wife, Cindy, of Greencastle, Pa., and Fonda R. Cassidy and husband, Robert Jr., of Mount Solon; a sister, Mildred Nelson of Fort Wayne, Ind.; two brothers, Harry Rawley of Bridgewater and Guy Rawley of Mount Solon; six grandchildren, LaShawn Lewis and husband, Brian, Bryan Rawley and wife, Krista, Josh Rawley and wife, Rebecca, Karch Cassidy and wife, Mary Beth, Kira Griffin and husband, Travis, and Amos Rawley and wife, Annalee; six great-grandchildren, Luke, Grayson, Eli and Jacob Rawley, Sierra and Canyon Cassidy; one great-grandchild on the way; and two stepgreat-grandchildren, McKenzie and Alston North.

A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday in Mt. Olivet United Brethren in Christ Church, 862 Freemason Run Road, Mount Solon with the Rev. Todd Lilley officiating. Active pallbearers will be Bryan, Josh and Amos Rawley, Brian Lewis, Karch Cassidy and Travis Griffin. Honorary pallbearers will be members of MMI and Gideons International.

The family will receive friends from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday at Bear Funeral Home
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Memorials may be directed to Mt. Olivet United Brethren Church, c/o Ellen Rawley, 827 George Waltons Road, Mount Solon, VA 22843.


We will miss you.

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