Carl D. Puffenbarger, 89, of Palm Bay, FL and Brandywine, West Virginia died Thursday, July 18, 2024 as the result of a motor vehicle accident near his home.

He was born June 14, 1935 at Fort Seybert, West Virginia and was the son of the late George Leslie Puffenbarger and Ressie Lee Dove Puffenbarger.

He was a 1954 graduate of Franklin High School and worked as an exchange processor for Ferris & Company, a stock brokerage firm, in Washington, D.C. After Carl's sister-in-law, Barbara, passed away in 2014, Carl and his brother, Ona, lived together and cared for each other and were snowbirds, spending the winter months in Palm Bay, and returning to the Fort Seybert community for the warmer months until Ona's death in March of 2023. Carl was a member of the Bethlehem Church of the Brethren and the Masonic Lodge A.F. & A.M.

He never married.

Surviving are –

A sister –

Barbara Barker (John) of Christiansburg, VA

Several nieces and nephews, including a special nephew, Gary Puffenbarger (Brigitte) of Palm Bay, FL

Several great-nieces and great-nephews

A sister-in-law –

Betty Puffenbarger of Franklin, WV

And a brother-in-law –

Shirldon Winegard of Roanoke, VA

Preceding him in death in addition to his parents, were five brothers, Irvin Puffenbarger, Dewey Puffenbarger, Bruce Puffenbarger, Virgil Puffenberger and Ona Puffenbarger, and two sisters, Goldie Puffenbarger Smith and Edith Winegard.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon on Saturday, July 27 at Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, where a funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Michael Loudermilk officiating.

Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery at Franklin.