James Emanuel ?Jim? Pack Sr., 84 of Nimitz, passed away Monday, September 10, 2012 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Beckley following a long illness.
Born August 15, 1928 at Streeter he was a son of the late Brian Pearl and Ruby Violet Cooper Pack.
Jim was a U.S. Army Veteran during the Korean War. He was a member of the UMWA, a retired coal miner and timberman who enjoyed spending time at his farm at Streeter and with friends and family.
Preceded in death by his wife, Helen Lillian Yancey Pack; one son, Curtis D. Pack; one sister, Frances Oakes; one brother, Curtis Brian Pack.
Survived by four children, Jimmy Pack Jr. and wife Ruth of Jumping Branch, Connie Lilly and husband Roy of Jumping Branch, Mark Pack and wife Debbie of Crow, Kent Pack and wife Erin of Holly Springs, North Carolina; one daughter-in-law, Kim Pack of Streeter; nine grandchildren, Sherry Canaday, Rebecca Pack, Tabitha Barnes, Brian Pack, Alisha Ellis, Jessica Pack, Alec and Benjamin Pack and Leslie Venatter; eight great grandchildren, Autumn and Aidan Whittaker, Noah, Kylee and Austyn Barnes, Haven, Hadley and Eli Ellis; one brother, Charles Jackson ?Jack? Pack of Streeter; three brothers-in-law, Leslie Oakes of Blacksburg, VA; Vernon Pack of Indianapolis, IN and Charles ?Bud? Yancey of Fairdale.
Funeral services will be 11 A.M. Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Ronald Meadows Funeral Parlors Chapel with Pastor Bill Fox officiating. Burial will follow in the Lilly-Crews Cemetery at Nimitz. Friends may call from 6-8 P.M. on Wednesday at the funeral parlors.
Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers.
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