Charles B. Langfitt

Charles B. Langfitt, 80, of Court St., West Union departed this life on Sunday, October 7, 2012 in the United Hospital Center, Bridgeport. He was born June 10, 1932 in Charleston, WV a son of the late Bruce B. and Helen Bohnert Langfitt. On December 23, 1955 he married Elizabeth Betty Smith Langfitt who preceded him in death on September 30, 2005.



Surviving are one daughter, Lee Ann Riley, and husband Tim, Alvy, grandchildren, Christa Johnson, Pennsboro, Heather Smith and husband Ernie, West Union, Brandon Rogers and wife Casey, West Union, Charlie Rogers, El Paso, TX and Lucas Rogers, Greenville, SC eight great grandchildren, two brothers, Donald K. Langfitt, Fredericksburg, VA and Herbert E. Langfitt, Odessa, TX.

Mr. Langfitt was a graduate of Salem High School and Salem College where he attained a degree in English. He retired from the U.S. Army and worked for the State of West Virginia with 20 years service for the ABC Commission & Dept. of Highways. Charlie had served as Mayor of West Union. He was a charter member of the Doddridge County Emergency Squad and was a member of the first crew. He was a member of West Union Fire Department for 36 years where he had served as Assistant Fire Chief. He was a member of West Union Post #25 American Legion. Charlie was a member of West Union Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be conducted in the Spurgeon Funeral Home, 212 Front St., West Union on Friday, October 12, 2012 at 1:00 PM with Pastor Mike Hamilton presiding. Interment will follow in the Masonic Memorial Park, West Union with full military rites accorded by the combined Doddridge County Veterans organizations and the Firemans Final Call by the West Union Fire Department. The family will receive friends in the funeral home chapel on Thursday, October 11, 2012 from 4-8PM.

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