Donald “Pee Wee” Kennedy, 45 of Thomasville, NC formerly of Bradshaw, WV, passed away Thursday, July 27, 2023.
Donald was born December 28, 1977, in Richlands, VA a son of Donald Shortridge and the late Jeanette Blankenship Kennedy. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and enjoyed fishing and game chickens.
In addition to his mother, Jeanette Kennedy, Donald was preceded in death by two brothers, Danny and Ricky Kennedy; two nephews, Brian Kennedy and Dewayne Blankenship; niece, Virginia Kennedy; and two brothers-in-law, Douglas Kennedy and Franklin Vance.
Survivors include his daughter, Valerie Sturgill of Kentucky; the mother of his child, Sandra Sturgill Caudill of Kentucky; two siters, Karen Vance and companion John Collins of North Carolina and Teresa Kennedy and companion Victor Vires of Bradshaw, WV; brother, Michael Kennedy and wife Michelle of Bethpage, TN; sister-in-law, Patricia Kennedy of North Carolina; special friends, Kenny Jones and Walter Ball both of Bradshaw, WV, and Halsey Collins Jr. and Steve Koontz both of Thomasville, NC; and a host of nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews and family and friends.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, August 3, 2023, at 1 o’clock with Reverend Herman Day officiating at the Chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV. Burial will follow in the Kennedy Cemetery on Oozley Branch Road near Bradshaw, WV.
Friends may visit with the family Thursday, August 3, 2023, from 12 noon until time of service at 1p.m. at the Chapel of Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger, WV.
Fanning Funeral Home in Iaeger is assisting the family.
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