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- Clarksburg Exponent/Telegram, The
Obituaries for Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Dr. John Ray Fawcett
GRAFTON -- Dr. John Ray Fawcett, 82, of Grafton passed away Monday,March1, 2004 at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg.
He was born January 21, 1922, in Grafton, a son of the late JohnCalvinand Ethel Ray Grimes Fawcett.
Dr. Fawcett was a Professor at the University of Arizona, where he,alongwith three other men, discovered the anti-venom for the bite fromtheGila monster and was named in the Who's Who in America forachievingthis.
John was a veteran of the U.S. Army, serving in the medical corpsfrom1940 to 1943.
Dr. Fawcett is survived by two sisters, Mary Bray of Grafton andLalahIngram of Tucson, AZ.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,AnnDunkleberger Fawcett; two sons, Steven and John Michael Fawcett;and onebrother, Edward Fawcett.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, March 4, 2004, attheBartlett Funeral Home. Interment will follow in the WestVirginiaNational Cemetery, Pruntytown, where military graveside riteswill berendered by Grafton VFW Post No. 3081. Friends may call at thefuneralhome from 6 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday evening. Condolences may beextendedto the family at www.bartlettfunerals.com.
A Bartlett Funeral Home service.
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1922 - 2004 (82 years)
