Vernon Paul Weaver's Obituary
Vernon Paul Weaver finished his final race here on earth Wednesday November 15, 2023 at the age of 89 years. He was born in Mansfield, Ohio to Eathel Lillian & Wilber Waldo Emerson Weaver on March 23, 1934.
He graduated from Spring High School in Spring,Texas and attended Baylor University. After the Lord called him to the Ministry, he transferred to East Texas Baptist College in Marshall for his studies in Biblical Theology. His college group sang in the choir at a local Church where he met his soul mate one Sunday morning. Barbara & Vernon were soon married in 1959 following her graduation & they cherished 64 years together.
Vernon was a master machinist, & was the first in his shop to train & operate the new CNC lathe they were acquiring, when the first computer lathes were coming out.
His machinist years spurred on his inventive spirit, earning him patents in both the heavy equipment industry as well as safety.
He was an avid carpenter. After his father died, Vernon desired to replace his mother’s house that was in great disrepair. So, in addition to what he’d learned from his father, he purchased a book to study up on further. He then enlisted the help of his brothers & brother in law to build his mother a new house. It stood the test of time until her latter years.
He was a man blessed with many earthly talents. He had always enjoyed a great love for all of God’s creation, especially plants & trees. During his middle age years, he built 3 hot houses and he & Barbara worked together in their plant business for several years until they decided to travel some while in good health. They let the hot house business go as it was consuming too much of their time when he had begun to take care of the grounds for Rader Funeral Home & Cemetery. He then began working full time for them in 1983 where he found great joy for the next 15 years caring for not only its grounds, but the people passing through its doors, as well as the Rader families themselves.
Vernon not only loved people, but he had a deep love & respect for his Creator, his country and her flag. He became known a the Flagman while servicing & caring for businesses all over northeast texas. After retiring from Rader, he began taking his grandson Harley with him to help care for his businesses & Churches as long as he was physically able.
Vernon then continued with his love of writing. He authored & published two books. His first Invent America detailed his inventions throughout the years. After his initial diagnosis with a neuromuscular disease, he was diagnosed with early Alzheimers. During this time he began his final book Create America which conveyed not only his love of God & family, but also for this country & its need of Christ in order to endure.
Preceded in death by his Mother, Father & baby sister Joan. Survived by his wife Barbara Ann, his daughter Debbie (& husband Craig), his grandchildren Laneigh Freeman (& husband Keith), Harley Schluter (& wife Devon), great grandchildren Case Freeman, Trent Freeman & Jake Freeman, his brothers W.W. “Cotton” Weaver, Richard Charles “Dick” Weaver (& wife Wanda), & sister Eathel Jean “Pinky” Higgins, & many nieces, nephews, & friends he considered family
In his final days, Vernon often expressed to Debbie his greatest desire was that his children would remain faithful to their Lord and Saviour.
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