JESSE H. SHANNON, 80, of Amsterdam, OH, passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2008 in his home of natural causes. He was a former employee of the Federal Paperboard Co. in Toronto and retired as a foreman from Allen Box Company in Bergholz. He was a Protestant by faith and for 20 years was an Amsterdam Village Policeman. Jesse was born in Unionport, OH, June 13, 1927, a son of the late Freeman and Jennie (Harris) Shannon. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Loraine McCourt and his second wife, Gladys Rudd-Andrews; by three children, Kenneth Shannon, Sandra Kersey and an infant daughter, and by 3 sisters, Edna Striker, Mary Peterson and Hazel Shannon. He is survived by his companion, Bonnie Taylor, a son, Jesse Lee Shannon of Amsterdam, 4 daughters, Lori Sue (Joseph) Brown, Talbott, TN, Nancy Louise (Ed) Bowling, Phoenix, AZ, Wanda May (Ken) Messel and Reba Kellogg, both of East Liverpool; 2 step-daughters, Constance (Rob) McCourt and Cynthia Cline, both of Hammondsville; 2 brothers, Elmer (Frances) Shannon and Harley Shannon, both of Irondale, three sisters, Florence Kestner, Steubenville, Doris McTheny, Jewett and Deloris Beadnell of Amsterdam; 19 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Friends may call at the Everhart-Bove Funeral Home, 285 Second St., Bergholz Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 PM where funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday with the Reverend Frank Hudson officiating. He will be laid to rest in Ft. Steuben Burial Estates and condolences may be sent online at www.everhartbovefuneralhomes.com.

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