Obituary Listing

Dec 29, 2018

Phobie Alice Sinnett Cowger, 89, of Franklin, WV passed away Saturday, December 29, 2018 at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.

She was born February 26, 1929 at Riverton, WV and was the daughter of the late Walt Warner and Mamie Harper Warner.

She was a substitute cook for Pendleton County Schools and retired from Hanover Shoe...

Dec 10, 2018

Glenville William Alt, 71, of Upper Tract, WV passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 at his home.

He was born January 6, 1947 at Brushy Run, WV and was the son of the late Curtis L. Alt and Goldie Kimble Alt.

Glenville was a 1966 graduate of Franklin High School, and did construction work as...

Dec 9, 2018

Carl W. Bowers, 84, of Franklin, WV passed away Sunday, December 9, 2018 at his home.

He was born June 25, 1934 at Franklin and was the son of the late John Bowers and Julia Bennett Bowers.

He rode his bicycle to school and graduated from Franklin High School in 1952.  He was a farmer,...

Dec 2, 2018

Radie M. Wilmoth, 95, of Circleville, WV passed away Sunday, December 2, 2018 at her home.

She was born November 22, 1923 at Cherry Grove, WV and was the daughter of the late Dossie Bennett and Lura Arbogast Bennett.

Radie was a homemaker and worked as a grocery store clerk.  She was Presbyterian by faith....

Nov 25, 2018

Mamie M. Armentrout, 97, of Dundalk, Maryland, passed away Sunday, November 25, 2018. She was born February 28, 1921 at Fort Seybert, WV and was the daughter of the late Cletus Simmons and Mary Jane Smith Simmons.  Mamie was a homemaker and a babysitter.  She attended the Patapsco United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of...

Nov 21, 2018

Mr. H. Wayne George, 84, of Riverton, WV passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

He was born May 10, 1934 at Riverton, WV and was the son of the late Walter George and Gracie Vandevander George.

Wayne was a 1954 graduate of Circleville High School and a Veteran, having...

Nov 16, 2018

Eston Smith Simmons, Jr., 80, of Franklin, WV passed away at his home on Friday, November 16, 2018.

He was born March 1, 1938 in Franklin, WV and was the son of the late Eston S. Simmons, Sr. and Alice Daugherty Simmons.   He was raised on Reeds Creek with his sisters.

"Petie" was a 1956...

Nov 13, 2018

Evon Marie Simmons, 73, of Brandywine, WV went to her heavenly home on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, exactly nine months from the date that Edwin George "Eddie" Simmons, the love of her life passed.  She lost a very brave and courageous battle with cancer that she had been fighting for the last ten months.  Evon was looking forward to...

Nov 5, 2018

John Edgar Jenkins, 95, of Franklin, West Virginia passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.

Born October 9, 1923 at Petersburg, WV, he was the son of the late Willis Jenkins and Edna Sites Jenkins.  John Ed graduated from McDowell High School and Davis and Elkins College.  He was a Veteran, having served...

Nov 4, 2018

Myrtle Ruth (Warner) Thompson, 97, of Franklin, WV went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 4, 2018, at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.

She was born January 30, 1921 at Dry Run, WV and was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Mary Kate (Nelson) Warner.

Mrs. Thompson was a 1937 graduate of Circleville...

Oct 30, 2018

Sharon Kay Fair, 71, of Paw Paw, WV passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at her home.

She was born February 23, 1947 in Cumberland, Maryland, and was the daughter of the late Robert and Eula See Myers.

Sharon was a registered nurse for 40 years, served on the Mountain Community Health Center Board and...

Oct 30, 2018

Charles Bradley "Brad" Ruddle, 62, of Franklin, WV passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2018 at Franklin, WV.

He was born May 12, 1956 at Petersburg, WV and was the son of Phyllis Adamson Ruddle of Franklin and the late Charles N. Ruddle.

Brad was a heavy equipment operator and a member of the International Union...

Oct 28, 2018

Lois Fern Miller Dasher, 67, passed away Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, WV.  Lois made her home in Ft. Seybert, but more recently had been a resident at Grant Rehabilitation and Care Center in Petersburg.

She was born September 12, 1951 in Petersburg and was the daughter of the late Hoover and...

Oct 23, 2018

Elma Kathleen Kesler of Frederick County, Virginia passed this life on Tuesday, October 23, 2018 at the Winchester Medical Center.

Elma was born August 3, 1933 at the Bowers farm near Largent, West Virginia.  She was the daughter of the late Carl W. Bowers and Vesta Bowers Sharp.

After graduating from Paw Paw High School...

Oct 22, 2018

Diana Margarette (Shreve) Shrader, 76, of Middletown, VA, peacefully passed away on Monday, October 22, 2018 at Warren Memorial Hospital's Lynn Care Center in Front Royal, VA.

Mrs. Shrader was born January 28, 1942 in Smoke Hole, WV and was the daughter of the late Harvey Clemmie and Gettie Jane (Kimble) Shreve of Smoke Hole, WV.

Oct 20, 2018

Ruby Elaine Skiles, 83, of Franklin, WV passed away Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.

She was born August 22, 1935 at Franklin and was the daughter of the late Roy Elwood Bowers and Virginia Dare Bible Bowers.

A 1955 graduate of Franklin High School, she had worked at Franklin Garment Company...

Oct 8, 2018

Judith June Gillispie, 72, of Bothell, WA and formerly of Brandywine, WV, passed away October 8, 2018 in Edmonds, WA.

She was born September 20, 1945 at Brandywine, WV and was a daughter of the late Ralph Amos Gillispie and Georgia Mabel Snyder Gillispie.

A 1964 graduate of Broadway High School, Ms. Gillispie was a...

Oct 4, 2018

Harry Lee "Tuck" Thomas, 95, of Marlinton, WV passed away Thursday, October 4, 2018 at his home. He was born August 12, 1923 at Buckeye, WV and was the son of the late Guy Ulysses Thomas and Effie Opal (Weiford) Thomas. Tuck was a Veteran, having served in the U.S. Army during WWII.  He worked for the U.S. Forest Service...

Sep 28, 2018

Tamara Fowler, 57, of Circleville, WV passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, WV. She was born June 2, 1961 in Sioux City, Iowa and was the daughter of the late Colin Hamilton and Elouise Pearson Hamilton. She had worked as a hotel receptionist. Surviving are - One son - Jonathan Hamilton (& Sylvia) of...

Sep 25, 2018

Roy E. "Nip" Kimble, 92, of Upper Tract, WV passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg.

He was born August 29, 1926 at Smoke Hole, WV and was the son of the late Obed B. Kimble and Vergie Elizabeth Landes Kimble.

He was a laborer at Sugar Grove Naval Base...