Gene was born on September 3, 1971 in Martinsburg and was the son of the late Francis Eugene Burkhart Sr. and Mary Evelyn Dick Burkhart.
Gene was a graduate of Jefferson High School. He then moved to Florida where he pursued his career as an electrician working with fiber optics in the hospital. He was an avid golfer and enjoyed golfing anywhere he went such as California with the pros, and as everyone knows, he was a Dallas Cowboys fan.
Gene is survived by his lifelong girlfriend, Melody McNieve; daughters: Kaitlyn Kave, Sarah Costello, and Holly Bandyl; stepdaughters: Anna, Kaitlyn, and Emily; siblings: Anthony Burkhart, Larry Burkhart Sr. and his wife, Teresa, Penny Brown, Jesse Burkhart and his wife, Jodi; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his grandparents: George and Annabell Burkhart and James and Jesse Dick; his nephew, Larry Allen Burkhart Jr.; and several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be held on Friday at 3:30pm at Family Cemetery on Family Cemetery Road in Kearneysville.
