Adrian Merlin Rawle, age 45, a lover of music and artwork, a gentle soul who loved his fellow humans and had compassion for all, of Morgantown, passed away due to a tragic accident Wednesday, March 9, 2016, in Morgantown.
Born February 8, 1971, in Silver Springs, Maryland, he was a son of Michael Rawle and Dianna Parsons Melton.
Adrian was a packer at a furniture factory. He was of the Methodist faith.
He was preceded in death by an aunt, Patty Parsons; uncles, Allen Parsons and Larry Parsons, who was his Godfather; grandparents, Arthur and Arlis Parsons; and step-father, Howard Melton.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his aunts, Sandy Parsons, who was his Godmother, and Alessia Parsons, both of Marlinton; and cousins, Brian Keith McLeer and Robert Joseph McLeer, both of Orange, Virginia, Michael Allen Parsons, of Anniston, Alabama, Jamie Long, of Marlinton, and Amanda Krueger, of Toledo, Ohio.
Graveside service was March 21 at the Beaver Creek Cemetery in Huntersville with Rev. Norman Lee Alderman officiating. Interment was in the Beaver Creek Cemetery.