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Dallas Gene Chadwell

Dallas Gene Chadwell
Age 81 of Normantown, WV went home to the Lord on October 29, 2010 following a brief illness.

Dallas was born September 02, 1929 at Mammoth, WV, Kanawha County the son of the late James Raymond Chadwell and Vada Wills Chadwell.

He served with the US Army in Korea during the Korean Conflict then married Frances James on July 29, 1953.

Dallas earned his BA from Glenville State College in 1957 and became an educator in Elyria, OH where he taught for 13 years.  He earned his MA from Kent State University in 1969 and was a principal in Midview School District until his retirement in 1988.

Dallas was saved and baptized into the Lower Steer Run Baptist Church at Normantown, WV in 1964 and spent the rest of his days service the Lord by doing good to his family, friends, neighbors and fellow man.

He was an avid outdoorsman who loved hunting, fishing, traveling and golf.

Dallas was preceded in death by two brothers, James “Barney” Chadwell and Elmer Chadwell and a newborn sister.  He is survived by Frances, his wife of 57 years, by a son, Ronald “Rick” (Brenda) Chadwell of Spencer, WV and a daughter, Lois Chadwell Cruz of Charleston, WV; by three brothers, Harold Chadwell of Jacksonville, FL, Don Chadwell of Normantown, WV and Mose Chadwell of Normantown, WV; by two sisters, Sharon Chadwell Phillips of Lenexa, KS and Renee Chadwell Ray of Normantown, WV and by 7 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM, Wednesday, November 03, 2010 at the Lower Steer Run Baptist Church, Normantown with Elder Mark Minney officiating.

Burial will follow in the Boggs Cemetery at Orton.

Friends may call 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM, the funeral hour at the Church.

Ellyson Mortuary, Inc., Glenville is assisting the family of Dallas Chadwell with arrangements.