McCarthy, August F., 53, of Shadyside, Ohio, died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, in Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale.
He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and a Purple Heart recipient.
Surviving are his wife, Martha I. Ryder McCarthy; two sons, James of Stewartsville, Ohio, and Brian of Shadyside, Ohio; a daughter, Mrs. William Michele Hooker of Moundsville; his mother, Nellie Stella Stauffer of Shadyside; a sister, Barb Swiger of Akron, Ohio; six grandchildren.
Friends will be received 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, and 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30 at Altmeyer Funeral Home, 3828 Jacob St., South Wheeling, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 1. Interment in Park View Memorial Gardens, Wheeling.