Juane "Busy Bug" Purree Dent, age 71, of Charlottesville, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 24, 2023. He was born on July 23, 1951, to the late Marcellus Dent and Betty Lee Hollins Dent.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brothers Bundara Dent, Forrest Dent, and MacNorman Dent.
Juane graduated from Albemarle High School in 1971, immediately joining the United States Marines Corps in June, and honorably discharged in March 1975.
Busy Bug was a great mechanic ("Grease Monkey," as he used to say), taking pride in rebuilding motors and transmissions and servicing heavy equipment during his employment at NAPA Motor Specialty, formerly located on 10th Street NW (currently Peloton Station and Mudhouse Coffee). During his job with J.M. Turner at the University of Virginia Medical Center, he assisted in building the tunnel connecting the West Complex and Primary Care Center. Busy Bug stayed active over the years, employed in maintenance at Albemarle County Parks and Recreation and Walmart, a dump truck driver with Wells Paving Company, a custodian at UVA libraries, and a driver and mechanic at Woodruff Trucking in Henderson, NC, and laborer with then-called Labor Ready. Whenever someone needed help with their vehicle, Juane was the man to call on and didn't mind lending a helping hand. In his free time on the weekends, he enjoyed riding motorcycles with his friends, attending car and van shows, and gathering with family and friends at Booker T. Washington Park.
Surviving him are his children, Kenyatda Brackett, Brandon Dent, and Juana Dent; grandchildren, Dominique Morse and Rachel Timberlake; brothers MacDonald Dent and Marcellus Dent, Jr.; sister Denise Dent; former spouse, Patricia Ann Wood; a host of relatives and friends, and his cat Hopey.
A memorial service will take place on Saturday, February 11, 2023, at noon at Teague Funeral Service, 2260 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22903, with Presider Rev. Eddie Howard and Eulogist Pastor Shawn Wright.
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