Rev. James A. Duffield

March 8, 1941 - March 6, 2017

Burial Date: March 9, 2017

Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Engel Chapel Community Church, Gassaway with the Rev. Doug Burdette officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Moore Fork Cemetery, Big Otter.

Visitation will be two hours prior to service at the church.

Condolences may be extended to the family at www.roachfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Richard M. Roach Funeral Home, Gassaway.

Rev. James A. Duffield, 85, of Ivydale, passed away March 6, 2017 at Clay Health Care Center, Big Otter.

He was born March 8, 1931 in Clay County a son of the late William Curtis and Sarah Belle Duffield.

He was a pastor serving in Clay County for many years , an Army veteran and a member of American Legion Post #33.

He is survived by his wife, Deloris Ann Ashley Duffield, whom he married April 18, 1961; daughter, Susie Plantin of South Carolina; grandchildren, Abbye, Micah, Ryan, Neal and Elizabeth; five great grandchildren; brothers-in-law, Joe Smarr and wife, Lavonne ”George” of Gassaway and Eddie Smarr and wife, Donna of Canvas.

Service will be 1 p.m. Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Engel Chapel Community Church, Gassaway with the Rev. Doug Burdette officiating. Burial with military rites will be in the Moore Fork Cemetery, Big Otter.

Visitation will be two hours prior to service at the church.

Condolences may be extended to the family at www.roachfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Richard M. Roach Funeral Home, Gassaway.