Jul 19, 2018

Howard “Buster” Dulaney, 86, of Springhill Township, Greene County, went to be with his Lord at 10:30 a.m. Monday, July 16, 2018, in Ruby Memorial Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.

Mr. Dulaney was born June 30, 1932, in Hundred, W.Va., a son of the late Raymond Guy and Agnes Diane Stoneking Dulaney. He was a resident of Aleppo Township, prior to moving to Springhill Township in 1990.

He attended the former Grandview United Methodist Church in Garrison.

Mr. Dulaney was an employee of the former Jessop Steel Corp. in Washington. He was last employed for more than 30 years as a truck driver and equipment operator at Levine Iron and Metal in Waynesburg, prior to his retirement in 1996.

He enjoyed farming for more than 80 years and owned and showed his prize Belgian draft horses at numerous fairs for most of his life. He truly loved doing wagon rides for local churches and schoolchildren and was the favorite to carry Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus in Christmas parades.

On January 20, 1990, he married Carol Fink, who survives.

Also surviving are three children, Leslie “Butch” (Candy) Dulaney, Carl “Mart” Dulaney and Mary “Sis” (Gregg) Stash; three stepchildren, Marvin, Mark and Marcy Murin; 13 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; five brothers, Melvin “Pig” Dulaney, Carl (Mitzy) Dulaney, Kenny Dulaney, Sam (Margaret) Dulaney and Leonard “Duck” (Patty) Dulaney; a sister, Opal (Fred) Fonner; and several nieces and nephews.

Deceased, in addition to his parents, are two children, Betty Ann Dulaney, who died in 1972, and Stanley “Bub” Dulaney, who died in 2005; five brothers, Raymond, Glenn, Ronald “Tubby” and James Dulaney and Fred Dulaney, who died in infancy; four sisters, Elizabeth Prevost, Ellen “Peg” Plutt, Hazel Dulaney and Wilma Dulaney, who died in infancy; and his first wife, Mary Williams Dulaney, who died in 2005.

At the request of the deceased, his remains will be donated to science. A public memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 5, in Springhill Community Center, formerly Springhill-Freeport Elementary School. A buffet luncheon will follow.

Local arrangements are under the direction of Kesterson-Rush Funeral Home LLC, Rogersville.