Paul Stokes

Paul B. Stokes, 59, of Graysville, Pa. died Sunday, December 26, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va. of natural causes after battling several cardiac health issues over the past few months.He was born February 20, 1951 in White Plains, NY, a son of the late Paul M. and Margaret Cooke Bodley Stokes.Mr. Stokes had resided in Wilmette, Il. and the Mt. Lebanon areas most of his life prior to moving to the Wind Ridge and Graysville area in 1973.He had a lifetime interest in trains, history and music, and was a bass guitar and organ player for the family band and was part of a group of musicians who comprised a mixed band for several years.Mr. Stokes and was a 1969 graduate of Mt. Lebanon High School and graduated in 1973 from Penn State University with a degree in Liberal Arts with a focus on accounting and was a former member of the Graysville V.F.D..He had been the co-owner, with his late wife of the Stokes General Merchandise Store in Wind Ridge since 1973.On June 10, 1973 he married Amy P. Scott who died August 3, 2010.Surviving are a son, Adam, husband of Diane Stokes and a daughter, Cristin, wife of Ian Snyder both of Wind Ridge; three grandchildren, Isabella, Emily Ann and Sarah Jean Stokes; a sister, Marcia S. Boyle of Greensburg.Deceased in addition to his parents and wife is a sister, Jean Hornberger.The family suggests memorial contributions be sent to pittsburghheartcare.com or by mail to: Allegheny General Hospital, C/O Gerald McGinnis, Cardiovascular Institute, 320 East North Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. 15212.