JAMES H. “PREACHER” STIDHAM - 63, of East Stone Gap, died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009. The family received friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Friday at the East Stone Gap Baptist Church. The funeral service was conducted at noon Saturday at the East Stone Gap Baptist Church. Burial followed in the Stidham Family Cemetery on Wallens Ridge in Big Stone Gap.