Samuel “Sam” Johnson Burchfield, 93, of Front Royal, Virginia passed away on Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Winchester Medical Center.

A funeral service will be held on December 1, 2022 at 1 P.M. at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal. Burial will take place at Tent Church Cemetery in Colliers, West Virginia on December 2, 2022 at 2 P.M.

Mr. Burchfield was born on October 15, 1929 in Steubenville, Ohio to the late Charles and Margaret McKee Burchfield.  He was also preceded in death by four brothers, Charles Burchfield, William Burchfield, James McKee and Emmett Burchfield and a sister, Mary Margaret Grimm.  He was a member of Tent Church, the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalman and the American Legion.  He was a Korean War veteran serving in the United States Army.

Survivors include two sons, Brian Burchfield of Front Royal and Bruce Burchfield of Loveland, Colorado; three daughters, Rebecca Merkli of Richmond, Virginia, Sharon Dalton of Long Grove, Illinois and Faye Walters of Wierton, West Virginia; thirteen grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews of the Burchfields and the Grimms.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Friends of Blackwater, 501 Elizabeth St. Charleston, WV 25311, Sierra Club WV Chapter, P.O. Box 4142 Morgantown, WV 26504, or WV Highlands Conservancy, P.O. Box 306 Charleston, WV 25321.