David J.Shaver;80;of Charleroi;died Saturday;April 14;2001;in Shadyside Hospital;Pittsburgh. He was born Feb.11;1921;in Nashville;Tenn.;a son of the late Edwin and Sarah Hite Graves. He was a member of the Charleroi United Methodist Church;the Oddfellows;Belle Vernon Lodge 643 F&AM;and the Charleroi and Roscoe gun clubs. He had been a softball and baseball umpire for many years. He was a former district justice in Belle Vernon;Fayette County;for 18 years. He retired in 1979 from the Allenport Plant;Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel;working in central services as an electrical foreman. He had served in the U.S.Army;Second Infantry Division;during World War II. Survivors include his wife;Mary Ann Jones Shaver;three sons and two daughters-in-law;David J.Jr.and Sue Shaver of Charleroi;Jeffrey L.Shaver of the state of California;and Gregory and Nancy Barr of Charleroi;one daughter and son-in-law;Melody and Barry Carmello of Monessen;three sisters;Barbara Frazier of Elliocott City;Md.;and Jackie Hodgkiss and Betty Shannon;both of Browntown;Va.;and four grandchildren;Justin and Brandon Barr and Blake and Dalton Carmello. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.;a Golden Rule Member Firm;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m.;with the Rev.D.Edward Bailey officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Belle Vernon 643 F&AM will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home to hold services.

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