Bernard Claude Sheets

Bernard Claude Sheets, 95, of Bridgewater, Va., passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. He was born in Brooklyn, Iowa, on July 13, 1914, and was a son of the late Bernard Evans and Anna Pearl (Wenger) Sheets. Claude was employed as a carpenter for J.B. Wine and Son for 44 years and retired in 1980. He was a member of Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church. He served in the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He was united in marriage on September 20, 1941, to Erma Evalee Sandy Sheets, who preceded him in death on November 5, 1977. Claude is survived by a daughter, Linda Anne Powell and husband, Larry, of Ft. Defiance; a son, Robert (Bob) Milton Sheets and wife, Phyllis, of Vinton; and three sisters, Lois Gwin and husband, Randall, of Churchville, Charlotte Freeman, of Fishersville, and Beulah Root and husband, John, of Mt. Sidney. Claude is also survived by five grandchildren, Stephanie and John Lang, Kimberly and Norman Barry, Wendy Powell, Michael and Kristin Sheets, and Whitney and Levi Duff; and six great-grandchildren, Emily and Bethany Lang, Hannah and Logan Barry, Lydia and Noah Sheets. He is also survived by a number of nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a special friend, Ann Wright, on October 28, 2009. A memorial service will be conducted 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 18, 2010, at Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ed Pruitt Sr. officiating. Burial will be private at the Mossy Creek Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday, April 17, 2010, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater or friends may call anytime at his Centerville home, 983 Ridge Road, Bridgewater. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Mt. Pisgah United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 48, Mt. Sidney, Va. 24467. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.johnsonfs.com. Johnson Funeral Service in Bridgewater, Va., is in charge of arrangements.