Argil James "Eskimo" Bartee, Jr.

Wytheville, Virginia

Argil James “Eskimo” Bartee, Jr., age 70, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, at Pheasant Ridge Nursing & Rehab in Roanoke, Virginia, after an illness.

Born on March 26, 1955, in Savannah, Georgia, Jimmy proudly served in the U.S. Army as a diesel mechanic during the Vietnam War era. Jimmy was known as the life of the party, always ready with a smile, a joke, or a helping hand. He had a deep love for vintage automobiles, classic rock music, and tinkering with anything mechanical. His kindness, humor, and generous spirit touched everyone who knew him.

Jimmy was preceded in death by his parents, Argil James Bartee, Sr. and Emma Jean Murray Bartee, and his grandmother, Virginia Hensley Philippi.

He is survived by his sister, Ramona “Mona” Bartee; his niece, Jaimie Van Antwerp; his stepdaughter, Amanda Pugh Wheeler; his special friend, Carole Pugh; and many beloved cousins.

He will be laid to rest in the Southwest Virginia Veterans Cemetery, Bagging Plant Road, Dublin VA.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Blood Cancer United; by mail – BCU-Donor Services, PO Box 98018, Washington DC 20090-8018; online at https://bloodcancerunited.org/ or by calling (888)557-7177.

To share memories of Argil James “Emisko” Bartee, Jr. please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Jimmy has been entrusted to Fraziers’ Seaver-Brown Funeral Service & Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion VA 24354.