JAMES  DARRELL  TINNEL,  77 of Birch River passed away Friday October 27, 2023 in the Va Medical Center at Clarksburg.  He was the son of the late Howard Ray and Myrtle Alice Butcher Tinnel and was born at Sutton March 19, 1946.  Darrell was a retired coal miner, carpenter and member of the Powells Mt. Baptist Church.  He was a U.S. Army veteran.

He was also preceded in death by siblings Delmas Tinnel and Helen Spencer.

Surviving:

Wife                Linda Marlene Ashley Tinnel

Son                 Joseph Tinnel                       Mt Lookout

Daughter       Marla Dawn Taylor              Summersville

Granddaughter         Christina "Christy" Taylor

Sisters            Mildred Butcher

Phyllis Wills                          both of Summersville

Several Nieces & Nephews

Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday  October 31st in the Waters Funeral Chapel at Summersville with Pastor Linn Schiefer officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the Beulah Baptist Cemetery at Muddlety. Friends may call at the funeral chapel one hour prior to the service on Tuesday.

Condolences: watersfuneralchapel.com