Harmon Grover Broadwater Obituary

Harmon Grover Broadwater, 88, of RD 1, Westernport, Md., died Saturday, December 1, 1973, at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md.

Born on April 11, 1885, in Barton, Md., he was a son of the late Mortimer T. Broadwater and Lucinda Ellen (Magruder) Broadwater. In addition to his parents he also was preceded in death by his wife, Harriet C. (Bittinger) Broadwater, on Aug. 21, 1958; two brothers, Lawrence Broadwater and Walter Broadwater; one half-brother, Augustus Broadwater; one sister, Edith Broadwater, and one half-sister, Elsie Green.

Mr. Broadwater was a retired farmer, and was a member of the Dunkard Brethren Church of Savage River.

Surviving are five sons, Howard W. Broadwater and Grover C. Broadwater, both of LaVale; Edward C. Broadwater, of Hampton, Va.; Herbert L. Broadwater, of Baltimore, and Robert H. Broadwater, of Westernport; 11 daughters, Minnie E. Broadwater, Theresa P. Broadwater and Lillie M. Broadwater, all of Westernport; Dorothy A. Sutherland and Nellie E. Llewellyn, both of Barton; Della V. Beeman, of LaVale; Flossie O. Beeman, of Lonaconing; Edith C. Long, of Cumberland; Myrtle M. Broadwater, of York, Pa., and Rosella J. Rounds and Thelma M. Bittinger, both of Grantsville; 62 grandchildren, 116 great-grandchildren and 13 great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Jesse Broadwater, of Barton; two half-brothers, Charles Broadwater, of Frostburg, and Elbert Broadwater, Swanton, and seven half-sisters, Bessie Weir and Laura Smith, both of Lonaconing; Lucinda Green, of Gilmore; Frances Broadwater, of Frostburg; Christine Smith, of Baltimore; Alice Wilt, of Westernport, and Margret Green, of Alexandria, Va.

The body is at the Boal Funeral Home, here, where friends will be received today from 7 until 9 p.m. Services will be conducted tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Westernport Church of the Brethren by Elder Paul Myers.

Interment will be in Mt. View Cemetery, Moscow Mills.