James Calvin Perdue

Glade Spring, VA James Calvin Shadow Perdue, age 70, passed on Tuesday, July 5, 2016, at his home. Mr. Perdue was born and raised in West Virginia, lived many years in Buchanan County, VA, and moved to Glade Spring in 1998. James was a 1966 graduate of Big Creek High School in War, WV. He loved, fishing, gardening, friends, and his family. James was a retired coal miner and a member of U.M.W.A. Local #1374. He is preceded in death by his parents, Sid Perdue and Alice Yates Perdue; daughter, Sylvia Perdue; brothers, Robert Perdue, Glenwood Perdue, and William Perdue; and sister, Joann Boyd.

He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Sylvia LoJean Perdue; son, Randall Perdue and wife Wilma of Glade Spring, VA; brother, Perry Perdue and wife Claudette of Welch, WV; sisters, Elizabeth Kennedy of Bartley, WV and Florence Blankenship and husband Doug of Jupiter, FL; grandson, MacKenzie James Perdue and fiance Alexus ONeal; two cats; and two dogs.

Visitation with the family will be held 6-8 p.m. Thursday, July 7, 2016, at the Main Street Chapel of Farris Funeral Service. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday with Minister Tom Crise officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 p.m. in Green Hills Memory Gardens with Tony Surber, MacKenzie Perdue, Junior Hayden, Billy Cannon, Jerry Ferguson, and Malcom Haynes serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Harmon Lester, Dewayne Vest, and his CB buddies.

Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com and signing the online guest register.

The Perdue family is being cared for by Farris Funeral Service Crematory, 427 East Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210, (276) 623-2700.