Obituary

Joe McConda
(November 6, 1957 - March 27, 2021)

Joe McConda, 63, of Russell, Kentucky, formerly of Barboursville, WV, passed away suddenly on Saturday evening, March 27, 2021. Joe was born on November 6, 1957 in Huntington, WV, a son of the late Lonnie and Carolyn Forbush McConda. He graduated from Barboursville High School in 1976 and from Marshall University in 1995. He served his country in the United State Army as a telecommunications specialist. Joe was presently employed as a truck driver by State Electric in Huntington, WV, but he was also a math teacher in the Kentucky school system, the Ohio River Valley Juvenile Correctional Facility, and worked twenty years at Steel of West Virginia. Joe was currently in the process of joining the Catholic Faith at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ironton, Ohio where he would have been confirmed this Easter. He is survived by his wife, Terri Perry McConda; two sons, John and David McConda; two daughters-in-law, Laura Bayes McConda and Sara Peak McConda; his sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Bob Nichols; nine grandchildren, Autumn, Eli, Anora, Max, Alison, Tilly, Penny, Evelyn, and Dottie; three nieces, Angela Collins Paxton, Amanda Collins Smith, and Staci Perry, one nephew, Scott Collins; and his stepmother, Francis McConda. Visitation will be from 5-7 pm Tuesday, March 30, 2021 at the Wallace Funeral Home & Chapel, Barboursville, followed by a memorial service at 7:00 pm officiated by Dr. Tim Yates. A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted Wednesday, March 31, 2021, at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, 905 S 5th Street, Ironton, Ohio with Father David Huffman officiating. Burial will be in White Chapel Memorial Gardens, Barboursville.