Paul Robert Black Sr.
Paul Robert Black Sr., 76 years, of Gilmore, Uniontown, Pa., died Friday, February 4, 2005, in Uniontown Hospital.
He was born August 23, 1928, in Uniontown, Pa., son of Paul Franklin Black and Virginia Pearl Moore Black.
Paul was employed for many years with Sterling Faucet in Morgantown, West Virginia, until his retirement.
He was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Smithfield, Pa.
His parents, two sisters, Norma Jean Holbrook and Barbara Stewart, and a daughter-in-law, Vinnie Black, preceded him in death.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Mary R. Hoffman Black; nine children: Donna and her husband, Bud Walls, of Kentucky, Sharen and her husband, David Skiles, of Delaware, Paul Robert Black Jr. of Arkansas, Bruce Black and his wife, Tracey, of Gans, Pa., David Black Sr. and his wife, Cindy, of Gilmore, Pa., Kenneth Black and his wife, Debbie, of Gilmore, Pa., Robin and her husband, Chuck Brooks, of Washington state, Suzanne and her husband, Jim Williams, of Gilmore, Pa., and Randy Black and his wife, Patti, of South Carolina; 14 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; three sisters and two brothers: Loretta Howell of Smithfield, Pa., Linda Hakovor of Ohio, Ida Robbins of Uniontown, Pa., Bill Black of Ohio and Jim Black of Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends in the DEAN C. WHITMARSH FUNERAL HOME, 134 West Church Street, Fairchance, Pa., today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Tuesday, February 8, until 10 a.m., the hour of Service with the Rev. Jay Hurley officiating.
Interment will follow in Mountain View Memorial Park, Brownfield, Pa.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Church Street, Smithfield, PA 15478.