Obituary Listing

Mar 17, 2016

***CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE Mrs. Clara M. Willenborg, 92, of Franklin and formerly of Fairmont, WV passed away on Thursday, March 17, 2016.  Her family will receive friends and share memories on Sunday, April 17 from 2:00 - 3:00 PM in the chapel of the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin.  A tribute to Clara's life will begin at 3:00 PM....

Mar 13, 2016

Hayward F. Colaw, 96, of Franklin, West Virginia and formerly of Durbin, West Virginia passed away Sunday, March 13, 2016 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He was born June 20, 1919 in Durbin, WV and was the son of the late James Colaw and Mary Annis Gragg Colaw. He worked at Howe's Leather as a leather grader, and was...

Mar 5, 2016

James E. Simmons, 80, of Franklin, West Virginia passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Sentara RMH. He was born April 5, 1935 at Propst Gap, Franklin, West Virginia and was the son of the late Edwin Simmons and Beulah Evick Simmons. James was a farmer and had worked for Thompson Esso, Bowers Meat Market, Ruddle Saw & Equipment, Hevener...

Feb 20, 2016

Judy Mitchell Goldman, 70, of Rockledge, Florida and formerly of Franklin, passed away Feb. 20, 2016 in Rockledge.

She was born June 9, 1945 at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  Her parents were the late Dr. Ona Mitchell and the late Pauline Eye Mitchell Keller.  Subsequent to Dr. Mitchell's death in 1950,...

Feb 19, 2016

Brianna Morgan Terry-Davis, 35, died suddenly on February 19, 2016 at her home near Snowshoe, WV. She was born in Thornton, CO on January 4, 1981, the only daughter of Vicky Terry. Brianna and her mother moved to Michigan in 1984, where she lived in Hamburg and then Gregory, MI. Brianna attended Stockbridge High School and graduated in 1999. She...

Feb 15, 2016

Ruth Marie Scott, 80, of Franklin, West Virginia, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at Hospice of the Piedmont's Center for Acute Hospice Care in Charlottesville, Virginia. She was born August 10, 1935 in Franklin, West Virginia, and was the daughter of the late James Edward "Jimmie" Moyers and Cleo Virginia Johnston Moyers. A 1953 graduate of Franklin High School,...

Feb 15, 2016

Mr. Donald Ray Machamer, 83, of Delaplane, VA, and formerly of Paw Paw, WV, passed away Monday, February 15, 2016 at Novant Health Haymarket Medical Center in Haymarket, VA. Born May 14, 1932 in Newburg, West Virginia, he was one of six children born to the late James E. Machamer and Ila B. Berkebile Machamer. Don graduated from Newburg High...

Feb 15, 2016

Deborah Mae Crigler, 63, of Brandywine, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, February 15, 2016 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg, VA. She was born January 2, 1953 at Harrisonburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of Patricia Ann Hoover of Brandywine and the late Albert D. Hoover. She was a 1970 graduate of Franklin High School and had worked as a...

Feb 3, 2016

Fay Pitsenbarger, 85, of the Deer Run community, Franklin, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at Pendleton Manor in Franklin, where she had resided since 2013. She was born May 4, 1930 in Greenland, West Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Calvin Lyon and Emma Wolf Lyon. She was a homemaker and a member of...

Jan 29, 2016

Teretha Virginia Thompson, 89, of Franklin, West Virginia passed away Friday, January 29, 2016 at her home. She was born February 22, 1926 in Franklin, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late John Warner and Mary Simmons Warner. She was a 1945 graduate of Franklin High School, was a homemaker and a member of the Church of the...

Jan 26, 2016

Catherine Louise Judy Arbaugh, 88, of Whitmer, WV and more recently a resident of Cortland Acres Nursing Home, departed this life on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins, WV surrounded by her family. Catherine was born November 15, 1927 at Williamsport, Maryland, and was the daughter of the late Bertie Nelson and Bennie Taylor. She was...

Jan 23, 2016

Mr. Wayne A. "Tootie" Brown, 67, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Western Maryland Regional Medical Center in Cumberland. He was born October 16, 1948 in Cumberland, and was the son of the late Alva "Bunk" Brown and Katherine Golliday Brown. Wayne had worked for Consolidated Orchards in Paw Paw and retired from O'Sullivan...

Jan 12, 2016

Rollena Elizabeth Lambert, 88, of Upper Tract, West Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at the home of her daughter. She was born May 4, 1927 at Keyser, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Harry Thomas Duckworth and Dorothy Burns Duckworth. She had retired from Westvaco. Her husband, William Denver Lambert preceded her in death. Surviving...

Jan 11, 2016

Charley W. Full, 85, of Upper Tract, WV passed away Monday morning, January 11, 2016 at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg, West Virginia. He was born December 31, 1930 on Cave Mountain, Upper Tract, WV and was the son of the late Homer Full and Essie Mae Kimble Full. He was a farmer. He is survived by – One sister...

Jan 9, 2016

Kay V. Hamman, 76, of Stephens City, Virginia passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016 at her home. She was born November 21, 1939 in Fort Seybert, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Isaac William Hottinger and Lena Dove Hottinger. She was a 1958 graduate of Franklin High School and had worked in a garment factory and in...

Jan 2, 2016

Diana Waybright, 65, of Franklin, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She was born June 18, 1950 at Smith Creek, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Robert Paul Hartman and Ella Charlotte Lambert Hartman. She was a 1968 graduate of Franklin High School and received her LPN from the...

Jan 2, 2016

George Lester Harman, Sr., 70, of Cumberland, MD passed away Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Devlin Manor Health Care Center in Cumberland. He was born March 15, 1945 in Cumberland and was the son of the late Raymond Harman and Mabel Piefer Harman. George was a Veteran, having served in the U.S. Navy and he had worked as a tire...

Jan 1, 2016

Sandra Dale VanMeter, 60, of Upper Tract, West Virginia, passed away Friday, January 1, 2016 at her home. She was born March 15, 1955 in Akron, Ohio and was the daughter of the late Stanton Poole and Rita Sparks Poole. Sandra worked in the Housekeeping Dept. of Grant Memorial Hospital for seven years. She was a member of the Brushy...

Dec 30, 2015

Grace Virginia Gay Mynuk, 84, of Marlinton, West Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital in Buckeye. She was born December 8, 1931 and was the daughter of the late Cecil Gay and Stella Waugh Gay. Grace was an EMT with the Marlinton Fire-Rescue for seventeen years, and was a member of the St. John Neumann...

Dec 23, 2015

Charles Allen "Charlie" Crigler, 60, of Brandywine, West Virginia passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg, VA. He was born July 2, 1955 in Franklin, West Virginia and was the son of the late Charles Curtis Crigler and Judith Fern Smith Crigler. Charlie was a 1974 graduate of Franklin High School, a member of the Franklin...