Wint Donald Wellman, affectionately known as "WD," 92 years young, of Bluefield, West Virginia, passed away peacefully at Princeton Health Care Center, with his family by his side on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. WD was born on October 3, 1933, in McComas, West Virginia, to Virgil B. Wellman and Bessie M. Callahan Wellman. WD was a retired coal miner, and an Army Veteran.

WD loved his family and his church family. For many years he served as a Sunday School Teacher, and that calling he lived to the fullest every day of his life. He never met a stranger, and he always was ready to share his faith with everyone he came in contact with. An Army Veteran, WD served in the Korean War, bestowed the National Defense Service Medal.

WD is preceded in death by his parents, Virgil B. Wellman and Bessie M. Callahan Wellman; and by his siblings Burl Wellman (Lorraine), Rissie Dunford (Donald), and Joyce Devor (Delmas); and his great-grandson Riley Oliver Wellman.

WD is survived by his wife of 67 years Nellie Louvina Graham Wellman; his son Carey L. Wellman and his wife Sharon; and his grandson Shawn C. Wellman and his wife Bethany "Beth"; and great-grandchildren London Olivia Wellman and Parker Bradley Wellman; and by his siblings Eleanor "Ellie" Polce (Bill), Bobby Wellman (Barbara), Larry Wellman (Diane), Ronnie Wellman (Sandra), and Charles Wellman (Bonnie), as well as a host of nieces, nephews, friends, and church family.

The family expresses deepest and sincerest love and appreciation for all those who have taken care of WD at Princeton Health Care Center as well as Hospice Compassus.

Services will be at Deliverance Temple in Brushfork on Friday, June 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM with Pastor David Kirby officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton where military honors will be performed by the Mercer County Veteran's Honor Guard. 

Friends may call prior to services, from 10:00-11:00 AM at the church.