Thomas Henry “Pete” Eanes, 95, of Critz, VA passed away on Friday, August 23, 2024, at his home. He was born on February 24, 1929, in Leaksville, NC to the late Virginia Dare Wilson Eanes and Franklin Hannibal Eanes. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by siblings: Everett Eanes, Joseph Eanes, Hannibal “Dick” Eanes, Benjamin Eanes, Ealane King, Margaret Kirkman, Ora Nell Rathgeb, and Reva Harris.
Pete had a successful career in the United States Air Force stationed in post WWII occupied Japan and Germany. He married the love of his life on November 4, 1950, then traveled the world with his wife and four girls. He retired from the Air Force in 1969 and went on to work for the Greensboro Police Department and Guilford County Sheriff’s Department in their crime lab.
Pete was an amateur photographer, loved to hunt and fish, loved the outdoors, and loved his family most of all.
Surviving are his wife of 73 years, Joan Marie Stanley Eanes of the home, Kathy Lee Eanes Giles (D.L. “Pete”), Paula Kay Eanes, Melanie Hope Eanes Campbell (J. Stuart), Lorie Dawn Eanes Johannessen (Raymond), eight grandchildren: Joshua David and Michael Sean Giles, J. Scott and Brandon Ray Blackwood, Jennifer Lee Johannessen Johnson, April Laine Peeden Nickell, Erik Nathaniel Johannessen, Kacie Rae Johannessen Thornton, and sixteen great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1:00pm on Saturday, August 31, 2024, at Norris Funeral Services Chapel in Stuart, Virginia with military rites by the Patrick County Veterans Memorial Honor Guard
The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon to 1:00pm at Norris Chapel in Stuart.
Norris Funeral Services in Stuart is serving the Eanes family. Online condolences may be made at www.norrisfuneral.com.
