BIG STONE GAP, VA - Claude E. “Eddie” Blair, Sr., 66, died on Saturday (July 22, 2017) at his home. He was born in Harlan County, KY, raised in Appalachia, VA, and he lived most of his life in Big Stone Gap. Eddie worked for Westmoreland Coal Co., Life Care Ambulance Service, M.E.O.C., and he drove a school bus for Wise County Public Schools.