Teddy "Buddy" Gilpin

January 14, 1943 - June 2, 2019

Bluefield, WV- Teddy Leverne “Buddy” Gilpin, Sr., 76 of Bluefield, WV, died Sunday June 2, 2019 at Bluefield Regional Medical Center. Born January 14, 1943 in Bluefield, WV, he was a son of the late Raymond Lewis Gilpin and Ruby Cleo Gillespie Gilpin. Buddy was a well-known businessman and the owner of Buddy’s Body Shop on Princeton Avenue for 40+ years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served in Frankfurt, Germany as Military Police. He was of the Church of Christ faith. Buddy was a good man. He had a passion for car shows and loved his 1951 Chevrolet. He enjoyed traveling and going to car shows in Gatlinburg, TN. He loved his family and especially being around his grandchildren. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Tina Marie Gilpin Hunt; and siblings, Diane Brown, Rosa Brown, Thomas Wayne Gilpin, and Kathy Marie Gilpin. Survivors include his children, Toni Tibbs of Bluefield, WV, Teresa Lynn Gilpin of Green Valley, WV, and Buddy Gilpin, II and wife Adriana of Falls Mills, VA; mother and grandmother of his children; Valery Marie Constantino, siblings, Darlene Eary of Salem, VA, Betty Akers of Fredericksburg, VA, Joyce Hale and husband Jerry of Bluefield, VA, Jane Painter and husband Jimmy of Bluefield, WV, Judy Cole and husband Doug of Virginia Beach, VA, Larry Randell Gilpin of Bluefield, WV, Jimmy Ray Gilpin and wife Kathy of Bluefield, WV, and Jeff Gilpin and wife Reba of Smyrna, TN; eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted on Wednesday June 5, 2019 from the Mercer Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 p.m. with Minister Tony Reed officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Maple Hill Cemetery in Bluefield, VA where family members and friends will serve as pallbearers. The family would like to express their appreciation to Right at Home Health, Amedysis Hospice, and Rescare. Those wishing to share memories and condolence messages with the family may do so by visiting www.MercerFuneralHome.com Mercer Funeral Home & Crematory is serving the family of Teddy Leverne “Buddy” Gilpin.