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Junior Albert Dean, 84, of Elkton, passed away Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
Mr. Dean was born January 13, 1926 on Dean Mountain in the Shenandoah National Park and was the son of the late Elijah Dyche and Daisy Lee Dean. He was the last surviving member of seven children.
Mr. Dean was a lifetime resident of the area, was a member of the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Elkton and was a United State Marine Corps Veteran of WWII. He was a member of the Gooden Brothers VFW Post 9292 in Elkton and a former member of the Shenandoah Moose Lodge 2176. Mr. Dean installed gas lines for many years and later owned and operated J.A. Dean & Sons Excavating in Elkton.
On May 7, 1956 he married Mary Alice Baugher Dean, who survives. Also surviving are fives sons, Greg D. Dean and wife, Diane, Gary W. Dean, Ricky L. Dean and wife, Dawn, David A. Dean and wife, Michelle and Christopher E. Dean and wife, Stephanie all of Elkton; a daughter, Carolyn Fridley of Winchester; 16 grandchildren; 15 great grandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews.
A funeral service will be held 11:00 Saturday morning, May 22, 2010 at the Evangelical United Methodist Church in Elkton with Rev. Robert W. Smith, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the Dean Mountain Cemetery with military rites by the Gooden Brothers VWF Post 9292.
The family will receive friends Friday evening from 7-8pm at the Kyger Funeral Home in Elkton. Friends may also call at the Dean home at anytime.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.kygers.com .
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