Ira V. "Red" Dingus Jr., 64, who retired in 1990 after five years as manager of the Hunters Wood Chevron Service Center in Reston, died of cancer Sept. 20 at a hospital in Kingsport, Tenn.
A resident of the Washington area for 29 years, he moved from Reston to Blountville, Tenn., three years ago. Mr. Dingus was a native of Fort Blackmore, Va. He served in the Army in Korea during the Korean War. Before moving to Reston in the mid-1980s, he lived in Falls Church and was manager of the Seven Corners Exxon station. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion.Survivors include his wife, Barbara Joella Steffey Dingus of Blountville; five children, Debra F. Alexander and E. Diane Payne, both of Falls Church, Michael Lynn Dingus of Thomson, Ga., Steven B. Dingus of Blountville and Johnnie R. Dingus of Warrenton; a stepson, Terry G. Fields of Piney Flats, Tenn.; three sisters, Mabel Vicars of Blackwater, Va., Bonnie Hall of Bryan, Ohio, and Elsie M. Cunningham of Kingsport; four brothers, John Dingus, T. Jack Dingus, Lester C. Dingus and Don R. Dingus,all of Kingsport; and 19 grandchildren.
Military Information: US ARMY
A resident of the Washington area for 29 years, he moved from Reston to Blountville, Tenn., three years ago. Mr. Dingus was a native of Fort Blackmore, Va. He served in the Army in Korea during the Korean War. Before moving to Reston in the mid-1980s, he lived in Falls Church and was manager of the Seven Corners Exxon station. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion.Survivors include his wife, Barbara Joella Steffey Dingus of Blountville; five children, Debra F. Alexander and E. Diane Payne, both of Falls Church, Michael Lynn Dingus of Thomson, Ga., Steven B. Dingus of Blountville and Johnnie R. Dingus of Warrenton; a stepson, Terry G. Fields of Piney Flats, Tenn.; three sisters, Mabel Vicars of Blackwater, Va., Bonnie Hall of Bryan, Ohio, and Elsie M. Cunningham of Kingsport; four brothers, John Dingus, T. Jack Dingus, Lester C. Dingus and Don R. Dingus,all of Kingsport; and 19 grandchildren.
Military Information: US ARMY
Ira V. "Red" Dingus Jr., 64, who retired in 1990 after five years as manager of the Hunters Wood Chevron Service Center in Reston, died of cancer Sept. 20 at a hospital in Kingsport, Tenn.
A resident of the Washington area for 29 years, he moved from Reston to Blountville, Tenn., three years ago. Mr. Dingus was a native of Fort Blackmore, Va. He served in the Army in Korea during the Korean War. Before moving to Reston in the mid-1980s, he lived in Falls Church and was manager of the Seven Corners Exxon station. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion.Survivors include his wife, Barbara Joella Steffey Dingus of Blountville; five children, Debra F. Alexander and E. Diane Payne, both of Falls Church, Michael Lynn Dingus of Thomson, Ga., Steven B. Dingus of Blountville and Johnnie R. Dingus of Warrenton; a stepson, Terry G. Fields of Piney Flats, Tenn.; three sisters, Mabel Vicars of Blackwater, Va., Bonnie Hall of Bryan, Ohio, and Elsie M. Cunningham of Kingsport; four brothers, John Dingus, T. Jack Dingus, Lester C. Dingus and Don R. Dingus,all of Kingsport; and 19 grandchildren.
Military Information: US ARMY
A resident of the Washington area for 29 years, he moved from Reston to Blountville, Tenn., three years ago. Mr. Dingus was a native of Fort Blackmore, Va. He served in the Army in Korea during the Korean War. Before moving to Reston in the mid-1980s, he lived in Falls Church and was manager of the Seven Corners Exxon station. He was a member of the Moose Lodge and the American Legion.Survivors include his wife, Barbara Joella Steffey Dingus of Blountville; five children, Debra F. Alexander and E. Diane Payne, both of Falls Church, Michael Lynn Dingus of Thomson, Ga., Steven B. Dingus of Blountville and Johnnie R. Dingus of Warrenton; a stepson, Terry G. Fields of Piney Flats, Tenn.; three sisters, Mabel Vicars of Blackwater, Va., Bonnie Hall of Bryan, Ohio, and Elsie M. Cunningham of Kingsport; four brothers, John Dingus, T. Jack Dingus, Lester C. Dingus and Don R. Dingus,all of Kingsport; and 19 grandchildren.
Military Information: US ARMY
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