Conrad Clayton Tenney, a son of Celia Perry Tenney and the late Conard J Tenney, was born September 18, 1959, in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He unexpectedly departed this life on March 24, 2025, in Johns Creek, Georgia.
He is survived by his wife, Alice Weatherford Tenney, whom he married on May 27, 2002, and who resides in Judsonia, Arkansas. In addition, he is survived by his daughters, Brandy Caynor and Kayla Bouscher, both of Buckhannon, WV; a stepson, Keith Cloonan and his wife Ashley of Searcy, Arkansas; and an honorary son, Nathaniel Friend of Hurricane, WV. Surviving are two brothers, Jack Rexroad (Deborah) and Joseph Tenney (Linda), as well as four sisters, Sheila Richardson, Sandra Tenney, Sharon Bise (Robert) and Mary Price (Mark), in addition to several nieces, nephews, great nieces, great nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
He cherished spending time with his grandchildren, including Olivia and Owen Caynor, Broderick, Madilynne and Octavian Bouscher of Buckhannon, WV, and Alexzander and Jasmine Cloonan of Searcy, Arkansas.
Conrad graduated from Buckhannon-Upshur High School in 1977 and attended Potomac State College, where he studied agriculture and nurtured dreams of becoming a butcher. Throughout his life, he worked in the oil and gas industry for companies such as Sam Jack, Lang Brothers, Pardee Resources, Union Drilling, and Sidewinder Drilling. In 1979, he began at the bottom and worked his way up to the position of Tool Pusher. As an OTR truck driver for Maverick Transportation, he traversed several states but always returned to his West Virginia farm.
Conrad was an active member of the Searcy, Arkansas Masonic Lodge #49, where he served as a Lodge Master and participated in the Scottish Rite, and he was also associated with Buckhannon Moose Lodge 598.
Friends will be received at the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel on Monday, March 31, 2025, from 11:00 AM until 1:00 PM, with Pastor Michael Wamsley officiating. Interment will follow in the Waterloo Cemetery, where Masonic graveside rites will be held.
Online condolences may be extended to the Tenney family at http://www.heavnerandcutright.com.
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