Mr. Jessie Lee Dye, age 68 of Swords Creek, Virginia, departed this world for Heaven on Saturday (November 14, 2020) in a Kingsport, Tennessee hospital. Born October 10, 1952 in the Maple Gap section of Swords Creek, he was a son of the late Jency and Clara Stevenson Dye. A lifelong resident of the area, he was a hard-working coal miner for over forty years. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of forty-one years, Patricia Ann Carver Dye; grandson, Bobby-Alan Kendal Hale; two brothers, Jimmy Dye and Charlie Dye; four sisters, Dorothy Fields, Helen Hill, Johnnie Mae Dales, and Lojean Hawkins; and several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law.
Survivors include one daughter, Melissa Ann Matney and husband, David; two grandsons, Christopher Shannan Bennett and girlfriend, Jess, and Jason Lee Hale; two great-grandsons, Raiden Kendal Bennett and Adrian Isaac Sines; three sisters, Betty Colley, Ginger Smith and husband, Ralph, and Mary Lou Dye; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Graveside services will be conducted at 3:00 PM Friday at Clinch Valley Memorial Cemetery in Richlands, Virginia. Those wishing to attend are asked to assemble at the cemetery.
Due to COVID restrictions, mandated by the governor, a mask is required for those in attendance.
Pallbearers will be David Matney, Christopher Bennett, Jason Hale, Travis Musick, Billy Fleming, and Leonard Fields.