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Published the Register-Herald -
Obituaries - Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006
James Wesley
Weiford, of Shady Spring,
loving husband, father, grandfather and best friend, died
Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, at his home, with his loving family by his
side.
He had fought a courageous battle with lung and adrenal cancer
for one year. He will be sadly missed by everyone who knew and
loved him very much.
James was born at Buckeye on Dec. 1, 1920. He was 85 years old.
He was the son of the late Mary A.
Weiford (Kellison) and D.N.
Weiford.
He was also preceded in death by brothers, William, Stewart and
Fred Weiford; his sisters,
Beulah
Beard, Vesta Holly and Georgia Carpenter.
Those left to cherish his love and memory are his loving wife
and best friend of 52 years, Carrie L.
Weiford; his daughter, LeRue
Stone Mahaffey of Shady Spring and her fiancé, Leonard
Dickerson; his grandchildren, Zane W. Crook Jr. of Richmond,
Va., and Tonyae L. Crook Smith and her husband, Terry; his one
special great-grandchild, Colby T. Smith of Shady Spring; and
special nieces and nephews.
Mr. Weiford was a veteran of
World War II, having served in the Army Air Force for 3 1/2
years. During World War II, he served in the 100th Bomb Group.
Mr. Weiford retired from C&O
Railroad with 33 years of service, and was a member of Grandview
Christian Church, where he served as deacon.
Upon his request, there will be no night visitation.
Service will be held 1 p.m. Monday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace
Chapel, Beckley, with Pastor Oscar Schwitzerlette and Terry
Newton officiating. Burial will follow in Blue Ridge Memorial
Gardens, Beckley.
Family and friends may gather two hours prior to services at the
funeral home.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made
to Hospice of Southern West Virginia, P.O. Box 1472, Beckley, WV
25802.
The family would like to give thanks for the wonderful care that
he received during his illness to Raleigh Regional Cancer
Center, especially Dr. El-Harake, and the wonderful people of
Hospice.
Condolences may be e-mailed to the family at [redacted].
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