CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — Mr. Colonial Dale Dingess Jr., 51, of Chapmanville, was born March 21, 1959, at Logan, a son of the late Colonial Dale Sr.and Jane Conley Dingess. He departed this life Thursday, November 4, 2010, at Thomas Memorial Hospital at South Charleston.

Mr. Dingess was a retired bus driver for the Logan County Board of Education and a member of the Stone Branch Church of God.

Survivors include his wife, Janet L. Adams Dingess; one daughter, Megan Dingess of Harts; three grandchildren, Christopher Dale Blankenship, Breanna Jane Blankenship and Kaylee Rena Williams; four brothers, Douglas Ray (Darlene) Dingess, Lee (Missy) Dingess and Carl Dingess, all of Chapmanville, and Rick (Sharon) Dingess of North Carolina; several nieces and nephews; special sister-in-law, Justine (Jack) Byers; mother-in-law, Pauline Adams Peters; uncle, Jimmy Dingess of Ohio; aunt, Molly (Aaron) Browning of Browns Run of Harts and Becky (Ralph) Police of Harts, and brothers-in-law, Charles (Brenda) Adams and William (Marie) Adams.

Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday, November 8, at the Stone Branch Church of God with Rev. Harry Joe Dingess officiating. Burial will follow in the Dingess-Conley Cemetery at Browns Run.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations may be sent to Evans Funeral Home, Box 4500, Chapmanville, W.Va. 25508.

Visitation will begin after 6 p.m. today at the church.

Evans Funeral Home and Cremation Services of Chapmanville is in charge of arrangements.