William Edward Shawver

January 18, 1944 - March 24, 2016

Funeral services for William Edward Shawver, 72, will be 11:30 a.m., Monday, March 28 at LeCompte Johnson Taylor Funeral Home. Rev. Philip Meade and Dr. Jay Padgett will officiate. Burial will be in Tennessee. Visitation will be 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the funeral home. A Charleston, West Virginia native he currently resided in Waddy. He proudly served his country in the Navy and was a member of Graefenburg Baptist Church. He died Thursday at the VA Hospital in Lexington. Survivors include his wife, Retha Vaughn Shawver, Waddy; children, Angela (Sherill) Holston, Westerville, Ohio, Rebecca (Ed) Wood, Osterander, Ohio, David (Cresta) Shawver, Spring Hill, Tennessee; step- children, Jason Webb, Belpre, Ohio, Andrea Skean, Milton, West Virginia, Laurie (Tim) Fudge, Charleston, South Carolina; 9 grandchildren; and 4 step-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his parents, William Howard and Grace Mae Carte Shawver. Contributions may be made to Graefenburg Baptist Church, Music Ministry, 11288 Frankfort Road, Waddy, Kentucky, 40076. You may share memories and leave condolences on his tribute wall at www.ljtfuneralhome.com.