Claude Henry Widener, Jr.
Claude Henry Widener, Jr., 81, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Granville Medical Center.
Claude was born in Bristol, TN to the late Claude Henry Widener, Sr. and Audrey White. He was an Airline Pilot with Piedmont Airlines and later retired from US Air with over 40 years of service.
He leaves to cherish his memory, his wife; Jo Ann Farnum Widener, a daughter; Belynda Bubel (Scott) of Pompano Beach, Florida and a sister; Loretta Marshall (Bill) of Bristol, TN.
Memorial services will be private.
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“Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth,
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed and joined the tumbling mirth of sun-split clouds –
and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of –
wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence.
Hovering there I’ve chased the shouting wind along
and flung my eager craft through footless halls of air.
“Up, up the long delirious burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace,
where never lark, or even eagle, flew;
and, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
the high untrespassed sanctity of space,
put out my hand and touched the face of God.”
Piedmont Silver Eagle Family
God speed “H” you were one of the best..
Tail winds blue skies H. RIP
Ch, RIP Captain. Tom Sutherland Retired Piedmont Captain
RIP
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