Individual Details

Death

Dewey Paul Canterbury, 54, of Route 1, Toms Brook, died Tuesday in the Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital. The funeral will be held at 7 p.m. today at the Stover Funeral Home in Strasburg with the Rev. David Fritch officiating. Mr. Canterbury was born March 24, 1934, in Alderson, W.Va., the son of Edith P. Canterbury of Baltimore, Md. and the late Dewey Price Canterbury. He was retired from the railroad, a veteran of World War II and attended St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. Surviving with his mother are two daughter, Stacey Canterbury of Parsonsburg, Md. and Patricia Creel of Baltimore; three sisters, Gladys Mann of Princeton, W.Va., Phyllis Critzer of Baltimore and Pearl Furr of Pontotoc, Miss.; and one grandchild. Honorary pallbearers will be Robbie Kline, George Johnston, Ronnie Creel, Bill Hoddle, Gary Proctor, Tommy Bennett and Reginald Sherman. The family will receive friends from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Burial

From Stacy Canterbury Littleton, "My father was not buried.  He wanted his ashes scattered on the property that Granny and Poppie and then Dad owned in Toms Brook Virginia.  I carried them to the top of the property that Granny and Poppie called The Nop which is the highest point on the property and scattered them there.  This is not well known, but I did verify that it was legal but to keep quiet so as not to deter people who were interested in purchasing the property."