John William O'Brien, Jr., 94, died this morning, June 5, 2010, in the South Roanoke Nursing Home. Mr. O'Brien was born February 22, 1916, in Covington a son of the late John W. and Cecil Ola Reid O'Brien. He was a veteran of World War II with the U.S. Army Air Corps serving in North Africa and the Pacific. He had retired in 1978 as a Master Electrician from MeadWestvaco in Covington. He was a member of Edgemont Presbyterian Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his first wife, Georgetta Francis O'Brien and by his second wife, Betty Crawford O'Brien and also by a sister, Tootsie Wolfe. Surviving are two sons, James R. O'Brien and John F. O'Brien, both of New Castle. The funeral service will be held Monday morning at 11:00 AM at the graveside in Cedar Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Donnie Bowker officiating. The family will receive their friends for one hour prior to servicetime at Arritt Funeral Home.