Joe Hudnall 58 ,of Dunbar formerly of Hernshaw and raised in East Bank, went home to be with the Lord Thursday August 11, 2011.
Preceded in death by his father and mother Grover and Minnie Hudnall of East Bank, brothers and sisters, Barbara Richards, Glen Hudnall, Ethel Searls, Elizabeth Tenney, Johnny Hudnall and Audrey Hanshaw.
He proudly served his country in the United States National Guard from 1972 to 1973, finished his military career serving in the United States Army from 1973 to 1975 and loved being a member of the Big Red One. Also, a proud member of the United Mine Workers Association after 24 years of service, retiring from the Eagle Energy Coal Mine at Van, West Virginia, with the majority of his career spent working as a certified electrician on a long wall coal miner.
Joe was a member of the Lens Creek Church of the Nazarene where he obtained his local minister’s license.
He is survived by his wife Pam of 38 years, sons Michael (Angela) of Beckley and Jonathan of Cross Lanes, special grandson Logan of Beckley, brothers and sisters, Thelma Martin of Marmet, Freda Bongalis of Tallahassee, Florida, Roosevelt Hudnall of Winifrede, and twin sister Joetta Pauley of Charleston.
Service will be noon Monday at Curry Funeral Home 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastors Patrick McGue and Joe Vance. Entombment with military rites will follow at Tyler Mountain Memory Gardens Cross Lanes. A gathering of family and friends will be 2 to 4 pm Sunday at the funeral home.