Apr 2, 2021
Clair Wayne Deavor, 70, of Claysburg, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at UPMC-Shadyside. A memorial service will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, April 10, 2021, at the Grace Fellowship Church – Leamersville Campus. Friends will be received for two hours prior to the memorial service at the church. A full obituary will appear next week. Arrangements are by Leslie-Miller Funeral Home, Claysburg.
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The Methodist minister had married a lesbian couple the weekend before, in October 2014, going against the Protestant church’s doctrine. Other ministers had done so in the past, but they kept the unions quiet and the ceremonies secret.
Larry saw a problem with their silence.
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