James “Jim” Victor Chaney, Sr., age 89, of Dycusburg, KY, passed away Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Ray & Kay Eckstein Hospice Center in Paducah. Jim served during the Korean and Vietnam wars and received the Bronze Star. He retired from U.S. Army in 1976 after twenty-one years of service and then worked as a Corrections Officer for seventeen years. Jim was a member of Dycusburg Baptist Church and was an avid carpenter, gardener and bowler.
Survivors include one son, Vic Chaney and partner, DeWayne Spalding, San Francisco, CA; long-time companion, Joe Ann Asbridge, Frances, KY; one sister, Winnie Lee Smith, Fairborn, OH; sisters-in-law, Phyllis Green, Mayfield, KY and Sandy Green, Dycusburg, KY and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his wife of forty-nine years, Joann Green Chaney; his parents, Kenneth and Ollie Campbell Chaney and three sisters, Betty Jo Brewer, Helen Chaney and Carol Sue Chaney.
Visitation will be Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm at Lakeland Funeral Home in Eddyville. Funeral services will be Friday, July 26, 2024 at 10:00 am at the funeral home with burial to follow in Kentucky Veterans Cemetery West in Hopkinsville.
Memorial contributions may be made to: St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 or online at www.stjude.org.
You may leave a message for the family at: www.lakelandchapel.com.
