John Wayne Stanley, 62, of Happy Lane, Miracle Run, Fairview, WV died Saturday, September 19, 2015 in RubyMemorial Hospital in Morgantown.
He was born July 1, 1953 at Rosedale, MD, a son of the late John William Stanley and Mary Helen Stepczuk Stanley.
John was a farmer at the US Naval Academy Dairy Farm in Gambrills, Maryland, prior to moving to West Virginia.
He lived his dream of building his cabin and living at a hunting camp here in West Virginia.
He is survived by “his love”, Susan “Suzy” Burneson; one son, John Wayne Stanley, Jr. and his wife Billie of Corvalis, OR; three grandchildren, Ethan, Mya and Izaiah; one brother, Charles Robert “Buck” Stanley of Seminole, FL; and two sisters and their husbands, Irene Stanley Betsch and her husband Bob of Newhall, CA and Sharon Lee Stanley Randol and her husband Steve of Odenton, MD.
Friends may call at the Stanley Homestead, 657 Happy Lane, Fairview, WV from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Saturday. Services will be held at 5:00 PM with burial following on Two Bear Hill in the Stanley Cemetery.
The Owen-Neely Funeral Home in Blacksville, WV is in charge of arrangements.