Clarence Russell ‘Beanie’ Bolinger Jr.
BOLINGER
Clarence Russell “Beanie” Bolinger Jr., 77, a resident of Hendricks, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, May 23, 2023, at Cortland Acres at Thomas, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family.
He was born Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1946, at Parsons, West Virginia, a son of the late Clarence Russell Bolinger Sr. and Catherine Josephine Huffman Bolinger.
On May 24, 1991, at Hendricks, West Virginia, he was married to the former Donna M. Lowther, who survives. They had celebrated 32 years of marriage.
Also surviving are one son, Samuel J.R. Bolinger of Hendricks; and through marriage, one daughter, Kasie Buckley of Fairmont; two sons, Joshua Buckley and wife, Shana, of South Carolina and Jedediah Buckley and wife, Mandy, of Morgantown: two brothers, Lakin Lee Bolinger and wife, Sloana, and Richard Dick Bolinger and wife, Willetta, all of Parsons; six sisters, Betty Jean Hebb of Ohio, Virginia Mae Carr and husband, Lowell, of Hendricks, and Flodie Louise Lawrence of Hendricks, Ruby Jeanette McCrum and husband, Mike, of Parsons, and Mary Frances Booth and husband, Daniel, of Mackeyville; two brothers-in-law, Carl Lee of Maryland and Larry Pennington of Hendricks; five grandchildren, Shelby and Waylon Buckley and Gabriel, Caleb and Logan; and great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Preceding him in death are two sisters, Sandra Kay Pennington and Grace Ann Lee; and one brother-in-law, Phil Hebb.
He attended Parsons High School. He worked on the Stark Johnson Farm, the Dorman Woolen Mill and Varco Steel, while they built Hinchcliff Lumber Co. and later he worked for the Hinchcliff Lumber Co., until his retirement in 2000.
He attended the Free Methodist Church of Hendricks and more recently Riverview Chapel Church at Porterwood. He was an avid outdoorsman enjoying hunting, fishing, and looking for mushrooms and digging ramps. He loved spending time with his buddies swapping stories and especially loved spending time with his family.
The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Sunday, May 28, 2023, at 1 p.m.
The Rev. James Snyder will officiate and interment will follow at the Fansler Cemetery at Hendricks, West Virginia.
The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, is in charge of the arrangements for Clarence Russell “Beanie” Bolinger Jr.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.