JB Conley

JB Conley June 1, 1946 – November 29, 2024 _________________________________________________________________ JB CONLEY, 78, OF ASHLAND, KY, WENT HOME TO BE WITH HIS LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2024, IN HIS DAUGHTER, TIFANIE’S HOME IN FAIRMONT, WV SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY. HE WAS BORN SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1946, AT KING’S DAUGHTERS HOSPITAL, ASHLAND, KY; SON OF THE LATE LEYCESTER AND CARRIE FERGUSON CONLEY. BESIDES HIS PARENTS, JB WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS BROTHER, PAUL E. CONLEY AND BELOVED NEPHEW MARK CONLEY. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER AND CARETAKER, TIFANIE PINSON, HER HUSBAND, REV. DAVID PINSON, HIS GRANDSON AUSTIN PINSON AND TIFANIE’S MOTHER, RUTH CONLEY. ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS ARE A BROTHER, HERB CONLEY, SISTER, JOANN CONLEY LYKINS AND SIX LOVING NEPHEWS AND NIECES. JB WAS A FORMER RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PAINTER WITH HIS FATHER’S COMPANY THROUGH THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES WITH LOCAL UNION 1972. HE ALSO RETIRED FROM ARMCO STEEL IN 1993. JB WAS THE DIRECTOR OF SECURITY AT ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER IN MARGATE, FL; SECURITY OFFICER FOR SUNSTATES SECURITY, PORT EVERGLADES AND VARIOUS OTHER SECURITY POSITIONS WHILE LIVING IN FL. JB WAS A MEMBER OF FAITH CHURCH INTERNATIONAL IN FAIRMONT, WV. HE WAS ALSO INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HIS DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW ESTABLISH A CHURCH IN ASHLAND, KY, LOGOS HARVEST FELLOWSHIP. MUCH OF JB’S TIME WAS SPENT IN RENOVATING THE CHURCH BUILDING AT 2020 CARTER AVENUE. JB GRADUATED FROM PAUL G. BLAZER HIGH SCHOOL IN ASHLAND, KY. AND WAS A TOMCAT FOOTBALL PLAYER. HE LOVED FOOTBALL AND FOLLOWED GAMES CLOSELY, ESPECIALLY WHILE HIS BROTHER HERB COACHED THE TOMCATS. JB ALSO CONTINUED HIS LOVE FOR THE GAME AS A FOOTBALL REFEREE FOR MANY YEARS TRAVELING THE TRI-STATE AREA HIGH SCHOOLS. HE EVEN REFEREED THE ASHLAND TOMCATS POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL GAMES WHILE HIS DAUGHTER PLAYED FOOTBALL. JB LOVED THE OUTDOORS; BOATING, HUNTING, FISHING AND HIKING WERE SOME OF THE THINGS HE LOVED TO DO WHEN HE HAD TIME. THE INTERMENT WILL BE AT BELLEFONTE MEMORIAL GARDENS, RUSSELL, KY WITH A PRIVATE GRAVESIDE CEREMONY FOR THE FAMILY. AN OPEN CELEBRATION OF LIFE MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AT CATLETTSBURG HARVEST CHURCH OF GOD, WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER WHILE LIVING IN KY, 105-36TH STREET, CATLETTSBURG, KY 41129, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2024 AT 1:00 P.M. MILLER FUNERAL HOME, 1941 CARTER AVE., ASHLAND, KY 41101 IS IN CHARGE OF SERVICES. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO BE GIVEN TO SAMARITAN’S PURSE (FRANKLIN GRAHM) TO THE DISASTER RELIEF OF HURRICANE HELENE IN THE STATE OF NC. HTTPS://WWW.SAMARITANSPURSE.ORG/OUR-MINISTRY/NAM/#DONATION. Online condolences may be offered at www.mfhfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Miller Funeral Home in Ashland.

JB Conley

June 1, 1946 - November 29, 2024