James"Jimmy" ThomasBegoon Sr.,81, ofGrottoes passedawayon Thursday, October6, 2022at hishome.
Hewasborn in Cross Keys, VA, on February12, 1941 and was thesonofRalphandEvelyn (Wilberger)Begoon.
HewasunitedinmarriagetoBarbaraRaynes Begoon,for63years, whosurvives.
Heattended GrottoesUnited Methodist Church. Hewasa lifetimeownerof Begoon Farm wherehe enjoyedraising turkeys.
Heretired from ReynoldsMetalsCompanyafter30yearsof service. For50years he ownedand operatedGrottoesPallet
Company and hadaforever bond withallofhis friends there.
Jimmywasoften seen drivingthroughtown andmakingmanystopstovisit withfriends. Helovedhis Sundaymorning
gatherings,auctions, andrestoringoldtractors, most recentlya1952AllisChalmers GwithMark Powers and grandson
Wyatt.
In addition to hiswife, Jamesis survivedbychildren, James T. "Tom" Begoon, Jr. and wifeTammy, TammyB. Coffman and
husbandGreg, LisaB. Ruhlman andhusbandJim, Rebecca B. HollowayandhusbandJeremy; grandchildren, JamesT."JT"
Begoon, IIIand wifeLaura,WesR. Begoon andwifeSaidee, Jillian Marshall and husband Brandon,CourtneyBegoon, Nathan
Coffman andwifeMandy,MatthewCoffman andwifeKymberly, Allison R.Bakerandhusband Zack, MelissaRuhlman, Lexie
H. Chambersand husband Garret, JoshHolloway, Wyatt Holloway; great-grandchildren, KyleighShifflett,Isaac Marshall,
Ryan Shiflett, Kaden Snipes, Reuben Begoon,Londyn Snipes, Garrett Begoon, James T. "Jack" Begoon, IV, Camdyn Rae
Coffman, KinleyBegoon, Brooklyn Begoon, BlakeBegoon, Alexander"Alex" Coffman, Evelyn Jean Baker, TillieAnn
Chambers.
In addition to hisparents, hewaspreceded in deathbysisters, BettySaufleyand husband Bob,andJanet Smithand
husbandShirley.
Thefamily willreceivefriendsfrom 6:00PM until 8:00PM on Monday, October10, 2022 at Johnson Funeral andCremation
Servicein Grottoes.
Amemorialservicewillbeheld at 2:00PM,Tuesday, October11, 2022,atJohnson Funeral Service Chapelin Grottoes, with
SteveSaufleyofficiating.
Memorialcontributions maybemade toGrottoes FireDepartment, 1093rdSt, Grottoes,VA24441andGrottoesRescue
Squad, 805AugustaAve, Grottoes, VA24441.
Johnson Funeraland Cremation Servicein Grottoes is entrustedwitharrangements.
Onlinecondolencesmaybesharedwiththefamilyat www.johnsonfs.com