Edward Brian Chesney, 64 of Morgantown, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at the Morgantown Health & Rehabilitation Center following a long illness. He was born November 17, 1957, in Morgantown, a son to George and Florence Chesney.
Brian worked as an auto mechanic for various shops around the area and prior to his illness worked with his brother Danny at Progressive Industries, repairing mining equipment. He was Catholic by faith.
Brian is survived by his children, Belinda Hicks, Brianna Chesney, Brandie Chesney, and Bambi Jo Chesney; two brothers, George Phillip ‘Phil’ Chesney, Jr. and Danny (Mary) Chesney; half-sister, Nicole Foster, step-sister, Phyllis Kayali; ex-wife, Barbara Pritt and his beloved grandchildren, Hannah, Nick, Emma, Lacy, Levi, Jaxon, Gavin, Liam, and Colton.
Brian was preceded in death by his father, George Chesney, Sr.; his mother, Florence Fox; stepmother, Betty Chesney, and his grandmother, who raised him, Katherine Rose Chesney; one sister, Mabel Katherine Franklin; former wife, Susan Boggs, and niece, Sara Jane Chesney.