Herbert "Cotton" Channing, 78, of Valley Grove, W.Va., died Saturday, October 24, 1998, in Peterson Rehabilitation Hospital, Wheeling, W.Va. He was Protestant and a graduate of Princeton (W.Va.) High School. Mr. Channing was a retired boilermaker with Local 154, Pittsburgh, where he was a past president of the retirees' club. He was a member of Oddfellows Lodge 94, Triadelphia, W.Va., where he served as a past noble grand. On June 29, 1946, he married Nora Thompson, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Margaret Ann Porter of Charleston, W.Va.; a sister, Adell Fowler Reece of Greenville, S.C.; and three nieces. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Monday, October 26, 1998Herbert Channing
W.Va. man was boilermaker
He was born June 9, 1920, in Franklin, Va., a son of Samuel and Mary Fowler Channing.