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     Calvin Woodrow Belcher Jr. was buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens, 2880 North Franklin Street, Christiansburg, Montgomery Co., Virginia.² He was born on April 26, 1936 at Princeton, Mercer Co., West Virginia.² He married Peggy Sue Oakes on January 4, 1958 at Sparta, Alleghany Co., North Carolina.^1,2 Calvin Woodrow Belcher Jr. died on August 17, 2016 at Asheboro, Randolph Co., North Carolina, at age 80.² He ASHEBORO, N.C. - Calvin W. Belcher Jr. 80, of Asheboro, NC, formerly of Willowbrook Road in Princeton, WV, died Wednesday, August 17, 2016, with his family at his side. Born April 26, 1936, in Princeton, he was the son of the late Calvin W. Belcher Sr. and Leora Kate Chatting Belcher. Calvin was a graduate of Princeton High School where he was an outstanding athlete in all sports. He later graduated from Concord College with a BS in education and Marshall University with a MA in Guidance and Counsel. Calvin played basketball for Princeton High school and Concord College. He was the first player to score 1000 career points while playing for Princeton. He also lettered in baseball, football and track. He was voted into the Princeton High School sports Hall of Fame in the year of 2000. Calvin taught and coached at Peterstown and Athens High schools. He worked as a counselor with the WV Division department of Rehabilitation and served as the Administrator for Southern WV Regional Health Council Mental Health Program. He later served as the Administrator of OH-9 ambulance program and was appointed the first EMS administrator by Governor Arch Moore. He established and operated Modern Health Care Options which was eventually sold to Princeton Community Hospital, and he also became the first West Virginian to receive national certification as a Home Health administrator. He then served as Administrator of Princeton Community Hospital's Home Health program for 9 years, until his retirement in 2002. Many years ago, Calvin headed up the building committee of the Willowbrook Baptist Church. For the last 30 years, he has been an active member of the First Church of God on Mahood Avenue in Princeton while serving on the Board of Trustees and was the board's chairman for the past 9 years. He loved his church family with all of his heart and cherished his family and always put them first. Calvin had been a lifelong resident of Princeton until moving to Asheboro, NC in July 2016. Those left to cherish his memory: his loving and caring wife of 58 years, Peggy Sue Oakes Belcher; three daughters: Vickie Farmer, Beverly Belcher and Amy Parady; nine brothers and sisters: Betty Mitchell, Freddie Belcher, Buddy Belcher, Jerry Belcher, Johnny Belcher, Frankie Belcher, Rickey Belcher, Peggy Robinette and Helen Fulbright; five grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Family and friends are invited to celebrate the life of Calvin Belcher on Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at the First Church of God on Mahood Avenue in Princeton, WV, with Pastors Paul Stokes and Larry McCallister Jr. officiating. Inurnment will follow in Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. on August 19, 2016.²