Piedmont, WV
Naomi Ruth Arthur, 94, formerly of 99 Ashfield St, Piedmont, and most recently of Moran Manor Nursing Center, Westernport, MD, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at the nursing center.
Born June 14, 1918 in Beryl, she was the daughter of the late John Joseph and Anna Laura (Clark) Gordon. She was also preceded in death by four grandchildren, Stacey Arthur, Tammy and Pammy Metz, Hollie David Arthur, a brother, John Joseph Gordon Jr., and her children’s father, Hollie Dale Arthur.
Naomi formerly worked as a nursing assistant for Dr. Lewis Engle in Piedmont. She was a member of Piedmont Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she was a Sunday School Teacher for many years. She was also a member of the Women’s Ministry, and a member of the Bloomington Homemakers.
She leaves behind her children, John Dale Arthur and wife Sylvia of Gainesville, FL, Reba Jean Metz Deremer and husband Joe of Barton, MD, Hollie Samuel Arthur and wife Jackie of Burlington, her grandchildren, Peggy Sue Arthur Healy of Keyser, Candis Ann Metz Rogers of Keyser, Raymond Rockland Metz of Piedmont, Laurie Ann Arthur Paugh of Romney, John Joseph Arthur of South Carolina, Corrina Arthur of Keyser, and fourteen great grandchildren, Brandy Healy, Shawn David Healy, Terry Healy, Holly Healy, Jeremy Rockland Metz, Alexander Matthew Metz, Shanna Dawn Powell, Jesse Travis Powell, Joel Sutherland, John Joseph Arthur Jr., Nae Robert Paugh, Renae Nicole Paugh, Jason Lee Tasker, and Haley Nicole Tasker. She is also survived by her great-great grandchildren, Paige Shumaker, Takari Rogers, Morgan Healy, and Ashland Healy. She loved her children and all of her grandchildren and she will be sadly missed.
Friends and family will be received at the Boal Funeral Home, Westernport, MD, on Saturday, January 19th from 7 to 9 PM, and Sunday, January 20th from 12 to 1 PM. A funeral service will be conducted at the funeral home chapel on Sunday, January 20th at 1:00 PM, with Rev. Thomas Brackett officiating.
Interment will be in Philos Cemetery, Westernport, MD.