JOHN D. LITCHFIELD, 58 years of age of the dismal section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN following a brief illness. Born May 4, 1952, in Mount Hope, WV, he was the son of the late Charles and Rosie Mollohan Litchfield. He was a former volunteer of the Knox Creek Fire and Rescue. He was a devoted friend to all that knew him. A loving fiancé, stepfather, step grandfather, step great-grandfather and step great-great-grandfather.

Mr. Litchfield was preceded in death by his first wife, Josie Hurley Litchfield and Longtime companion, Edith Blair, 1-Brother: Roger Litchfield, 2-Half-Brothers: Terry and William Webb, 2-Step-Daughters: Betty Mullins and Zelda Blair, and 1-Step-Son: Greg Blair. The man that was like a father and raised him, his uncle John Lloyd Litchfield.

He is survived by his fiancé, Evelyn Clevinger, Vansant, VA, 2-Sisters: Tonya Litchfield, Vanburen, IN, Eula and husband Lowell Taylor, Marion, IN, 2-Brothers: Charles Litchfield, Vanburen, IN, Lloyd Litchfield, Vanburen, IN, 5-Step-Daughters: Tippy and husband Jim Church, Grundy, VA, Ailene Justus, Grundy, VA, Irene Stiltner, Sevierville, TN, Sylvia and husband Russell Charles, Wolford, VA, Susan and husband Richard Henegar, Cedar Bluff, VA, 4-Step-Sons: Buddy and wife Vada Hurley, Big Rock, VA, Darrell and wife Diane Hurley, Big Rock, VA, Troy and wife Rita Hurley, Grundy, VA, Donald and wife Kathy Hurley, Grundy, VA

Also, survived by 34-Grandchildren, 52-Great-Grandchildren, 8-Great-Great Grandchildren and a host of friends.

Funeral Services for JOHN D. LITCHFIELD will be conducted Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at 11:00 A.M. at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel with Ministers: Ronald Lester and Tim Brown officiating with burial to follow in the Mountain Valley Memorial Park, Big Rock, VA.

Friends may call at the Grundy Funeral Home Chapel Sunday evening at 6:00 P.M. with services Sunday and Monday evenings at 7:00 P.M.

Active Pallbearers will be Grandsons.

Honorary Pallbearers will be Darlene Jackson, Ronald Lester, Johnny Justus, Nancy Steel, Tom Blankenship, Tim Johnson, Otis Skeens, Jim Church, Heath Clevinger, David Peck, Billy Hale and Mary Potter.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.grundyfuneralhome.com

Grundy Funeral Home is in charge of all arrangements