Claude Maxon “C.M.” “Max” Jeffers, Jr., 88, of Huntington, WV, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2014, in St. Mary’s Medical Center. He was born January 14, 1926 in Huntington a son of the late Claude Maxon Jeffers, Sr. and Ruth Maxwell Jeffers. A daughter, Ginger Kay Whyte and a brother-in-law, Joseph Alex Durham, also preceded him in death. He was retired from INCO and was a U.S. Navy Seabees veteran of World War II. Survivors include: his wife of 71 years, Mary Helen Durham Jeffers; a son and daughter-in-law, Alvin Bruce and Sue Jeffers of Spring Hill, TN; a son-in-law, James P. Whyte of Proctorville, OH; four grandchildren, Shannon Whyte, Sean Whyte, Chris Jeffers, and Jonathan Jeffers; numerous great grandchildren; and a brother and sister-in-law, Dan and Dee Dee Jeffers of Huntington. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 am Saturday, December 20, 2014, at White Chapel Mausoleum, Barboursville, WV, with military graveside rites conducted by Veterans Honor Guard Post 16. Burial will follow in White Chapel Memorial Gardens. Chapman’s Mortuary, Huntington, is assisting the family.