Charles “Bud” Richard Whetsell, 85, of Kingwood, died on Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, at his home.
Bud was born April 25, 1935, in Whetsell Settlement, to the late Charles Sumner Whetsell and Ruby Bell (Hoffman) Whetsell Allen.
He was a 1953 graduate of Kingwood High School and the Mellon Bank School of Banking. In 1953 Bud won the National Public Speaking Contest in FFA in Kansas City, Mo. He was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Kingwood, where he was a choir and quartet member, and a member of the Beatty Methodist Church in the Whetsell Settlement. Bud was the chairman of the Buckwheat Festival in 2001, a lieutenant governor of the Kiwanis Club and chairman of the Republican Party of Preston County. Bud was an auditor at the Terra Alta Bank and for the Northern Railroad. He worked for the Governors Highway Safety Administration, then became the assessor of Preston County for 25 years. His hobbies included golfing, bowling, fishing and hunting. Bud loved his grandchildren and gave his children their faith.
He is survived by his wife, Arlene (Davis) Whetsell; three daughters and spouses, Denise and Ike Harris, of Kingwood, Debbie and Marc Halbritter, of Richmond, Va., and Danita Sharp, of Alexandria, Va.; two sisters and spouses, Pauline and Bud Parrack, of Oakland, Md., and Martha and Dale Childs, of Morgantown; six grandchildren and spouses, Ashlee and Cory Walts, of Philadelphia, Shane McCarty, of Kingwood, Skyler and Mitch Levine, of Tacoma Park, Md., Dylan Sharp, of Alexandria, Va., Alex Halbritter and Aaron Ojalvo, of Oakland, Calif., and Darby Sharp, of Alexandria, Va.; and one great-grandchild, Davis Walts, of Philadelphia.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, William Whetsell, and two sisters, Susan Wilson and Jean Gerasimovich.
Friends will be received at the Rotruck-Lobb Kingwood Chapel, 295 South Price St. from 2-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, and in the funeral home chapel from 10:00 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, until the time of the funeral at 11 a.m. with the Rev. Joe Lamm officiating. Interment will be in the Maplewood Cemetery.
The family requests that any memorial donations be made in Bud’s memory to the Church Choir at the Wesley United Methodist Church, 107 West High St., Kingwood, WV 26537.
Social distancing and masks are required.
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