Cecil Junior “C. J.” Streets, 77, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life Saturday, March 8, 2025, at Mon General Hospital in Morgantown.
CJ was born Friday, January 2, 1948, in Brushy Fork, a son of the late John William Streets and Mae Godwin Streets. In August of 1981, in Thomas, he was married to Mary Lorraine Swanson Streets who survives. They had celebrated forty-three years of marriage.
Also left to cherish CJ’s memory are two sons, John Makepeace and wife, Denise, of Lacrosse, WI, and Benjamin Makepeace and wife, Kathy, of Austin, TX, two granddaughters, Leah Makepeace and Luna Makepeace, two sisters, Dora Jean Poling and Patty Sue Snyder, and many wonderful cousins, nieces and nephews.
Preceding CJ in death besides his parents were three brothers: Robert Dale “Bob” Streets, Asa “Sonny” Streets, William Dorsey “Dorse” Streets, and a sister, Dottie Grace Snyder.
CJ attended Murphy’s School and Pifer Mountain School. He had worked in timber, as a coal miner, and as a self-employed contractor. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on his farm, country and gospel music. He loved his family and was a loving husband, father, brother, and friend to all. He was a “true dag gone WV boy” all the way through.
CJ’s request for cremation will be honored. The Hostetler Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Cecil Junior “C. J.” Streets. Send online condolences to the family at: www.hostetlerfuneralhome.com.
