Al was a wonderful and loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend. He served in the US Army in Vietnam, was a 32nd Degree Master Mason and member of the Masonic Lodge 688, Kingsport, where he coordinated the shoe drive. Al also worked for Mason-Dixon Trucking and was the Fleet Manager for RSV Trucking.
Including his parents, Al is preceded in death by a brother, Harold Fields and sister, Joyce Jeanette Trepp.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 28 years, Linda Fields; daughters, Joellen J. Lepley (Eli), Olivia Margot Harvey (Derek Hilderbrand), and Kim Hodge (Mark); grandchildren, David and Kathryn Lepley, Abigail, Samantha, and Roxanne Harvey, and Tanner (Hannah) and Cierra Hodge; brothers, Jim Fields (BB) and Don Fields (Pat); sister-in-law, Betty Fields; several nieces, nephews, and cousins; and a host of neighbors and church friends.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, June 13, 2020 from 1:00 to 2:00pm at East Lawn Funeral Home. A celebration of Al’s life will follow at 2:00pm with Pastor David Poore officiating.
Al will be laid to rest at 3:00pm on Saturday, June 13, 2020 at East Lawn Memorial Park in the Garden of Everlasting Life III. Military rites conveyed by the American Legion Post 3/265.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.