Kimberly Pettrey

Kimberly Ann Pettrey, 60, of Gold Hill Road, Concord, NC passed away on Saturday, December 23, 2023 at her home. Born on November 10, 1963 in Princeton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Chester Pettrey and the late Margaret Almeda Pettrey. She was a 1982 graduate of Athens High School

A funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, December 31, 2023 at Wilkinson Funeral Home Chapel, officiated by Pastor Dale Walker. The family will receive friends from 1:30-2:45 pm prior to the service.

To know her was to love her. She was one of a kind and there will never be another like her. She would generously give the clothes off her back or the shoes off her feet if she thought someone needed them more than her. She never met a stranger and was never afraid to speak her mind. She was loved by everyone and will be greatly missed.

n addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Glendon and Elizabeth Keaton; paternal grandparents, Donald and Lavella Pettrey; aunt, Patty Bruns; and nephews Blake Sperling.

Survivors include her lifelong partner, Randy Sperling of Concord, NC; daughter, Ashley Pettrey and partner Donald Thornton of Athens WV; son, Kenneth Sperling of Seattle, WA; son, Chad Nutter and wife Kristy of Bartow, FL; grandchildren, Haleigh Thornton and partner Miles Bender of Morgantown, WV, Logan Thornton, Abigail Thornton, and Brogan Thornton, all of Athens, WV; sister, Sharon Smith of Princeton, WV; sister, Karen Bragg of Charlotte, NC; niece Courtney Devereaux and husband Danny of Charlotte; nephew Harold Smith of Princeton, WV; great-nieces Ava Rios, Audrielle Rios, and Danica Devereaux, all of Charlotte, NC; her precious pups, who miss her terrible, Little Girl and Zeus; mother-in-law, Jeanelle Melton and the rest of the Sperling family who she loved very much; and many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.