Donald James Circosta
Apr 24, 2024
Donald James Circosta, 78, of Ronceverte, West Virginia, and formerly of Marlinton, died Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at home.
He was born July 30, 1945 at Marlinton and was the son of the late James Circosta and Hallie Grimes McCarty.
He graduated from Marlinton High School in 1963 and was a Veteran, having served in...
Lisa Ann Garilli
Apr 23, 2024
Lisa Ann Garilli, 62, of Paw Paw, West Virginia departed this life on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at UPMC Western Maryland in Cumberland.
She was born February 14, 1962 at Weirton, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late John Cornelius Garilli and Barbara Jane Insani Garilli.
She had worked as a home health...
Jerri Lee Campbell
Apr 20, 2024
Jerri Lee Campbell, 82, passed away at home in Franklin, West Virginia surrounded by her family on Saturday, April 20, 2024.
She was born July 8, 1941 in Huntington, West Virginia, and was the daughter of the late Faye Louise Price Childers and John Calvin Childers. She spent most of her childhood with her grandparents, the late...
Ronald Lee "Hollywood" Stotler
Apr 17, 2024
Ronald Lee "Hollywood" Stotler, 83, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg.
He was born March 29, 1941 at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia and was the son of the late Stanley Leon Stotler and Naomi Jessie Powell Stotler.
He never married. He did lawn work and...
Fern Hook
Apr 15, 2024
Fern Hook, 85, of Paw Paw, West Virginia departed this life on Monday, April 15, 2024 surrounded by her family at her home.
She was born July 28, 1938 at Bethel (Hampshire County) and was the daughter of the late Deskin Woodrow Abe, Sr. and Alma Opal Kidwell Abe.
In her younger years, she worked...
Cecil David Green
Apr 10, 2024
Cecil David Green, 83, of Paw Paw, West Virginia died Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at his home.
He was born March 30, 1941 at Simpson, West Virginia and was the son of the late David Woodworth Green and Clara Lockhart Green.
He served in the National Guard and had worked as a meat cutter for...
Jennings E. Gilpin
Apr 3, 2024
Jennings E. Gilpin, 85, of Morgantown, West Virginia departed this life on Wednesday, April 3, 2024 at Mon Health Medical Center in Morgantown.
He was born February 7, 1939 at Mt. Gay (Logan County), West Virginia, was the son of the late Jesse Francis Gilpin and Edith Arizona (McDonough) Gilpin. He grew up in a coal mining...
Richard Grant Bird
Mar 31, 2024
Richard Grant Bird, 88, of Marlinton, West Virginia departed from this life on Sunday, March 31, 2024 at Pocahontas Memorial Hospital in Buckeye surrounded by his loving family. He was treasured as a loving and faithful husband to Julia Tyler Bird for 45 years, a compassionate father and grandfather, a good friend and teacher, and a Christian. Mr. Bird...
Woodrow Wilson Hartman
Mar 24, 2024
Woodrow Wilson Hartman, 107, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2024, at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.
Born on Smith Creek November 17, 1916, he was the son of the late Henry Albert Hartman and Minnie Moyers Hartman Hottinger.
Mr. Hartman, like many in Great Depression-era rural America, completed his formal education through the eighth grade,...
Bernice M. Nelson
Mar 3, 2024
Bernice Maxine Nelson, 91, of Paw Paw, West Virginia passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, Virginia.
She was a resident of English Meadows Senior Living in Crozet, Virginia.
Bernice was born November 7, 1932 at Paw Paw to the late Edward Bruce Gulbronson and Pansy Virginia (Ryan) Gulbronson....
Rosalee F. Kimble
Feb 21, 2024
Rosalee Faye Kimble, 69, of Linden, Virginia and formerly of Pendleton County, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville.
She was born April 13, 1954 at Harman, West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Eli Henry Bennett and Wilda Grace (Lambert) Bennett.
Rosalee was a 1972...
James Gavin Beyersdorfer
Feb 21, 2024
James Gavin Beyersdorfer of Franklin, WV passed away unexpectedly at the age of 63.
Born on February 13, 1961 in Washington, D.C., he was the son of the late James Richard Beyersdorfer and Margaret Ann (Duffy) Beyersdorfer.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Anne Clinton Beyersdorfer, and a...
Louis Long Hearon, Jr.
Feb 14, 2024
Louis Long Hearon, Jr., 85, of Paw Paw, West Virginia, died Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at Allegany Health Nursing & Rehab in Cumberland, Maryland.
He was born February 9, 1939 at Ardmore, Pennsylvania and was the son of the late Louis Long Hearon, Sr. and Florence Carfery Hearon.
He had been a prison guard in...
Bernard (Barney) Mergen
Feb 13, 2024
Bernard (Barney) Mergen, author of At Pyramid Lake, Snow in America, Weather Matters: An American Cultural History Since 1900 , and other books on American history, died on February 13, 2024, at age 86. Mergen received his BA in English from the University of Nevada, Reno, and an MA and PhD in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. ...
Faron "Scott" Christopher
Feb 3, 2024
Faron "Scott" Christopher, 66, of Cumberland, MD passed away Saturday, February 3, 2024 at the home of his daughter.
He was born September 14, 1957 at Baltimore, Maryland and was the son of the late Lawrence Frederick Christopher and Norma Arlene Sawyer Christopher.
Scott worked many years as a machine operator at Techalloy, Inc. in...
Rosalie P. Simmons
Jan 21, 2024
Rosalie P. Simmons, 91, of Harrisonburg, Virginia and formerly of Franklin, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2024 at Sentara RMH in Harrisonburg.
She was born November 11, 1932 at Smith Creek (Franklin), West Virginia and was the daughter of the late Denver Ray Pennington and Clara Permelia Lambert Pennington.
Rosalie was a graduate...
Harlan White Bennett
Jan 12, 2024
Harlan White Bennett, 93, passed away Friday, January 12, 2024 at Shady Grove Hospital in Rockville, Maryland.
He was born September 30, 1930 in Circleville, West Virginia to the late Curtis and Alpha (Sponaugle) Bennett.
He enlisted in the United States Army on December 9, 1952. His travels brought him to many countries that he...
Olin Louis Hoover
Dec 29, 2023
Olin Louis Hoover, 82, of Brandywine, West Virginia passed away Friday, December 29, 2023 at his home.
He was born October 1, 1941 in Sugar Grove, West Virginia and was the son of the late Raymond Ralph Hoover and Beulah Elizabeth (Moyers) Hoover.
Mr. Hoover was a 1960 graduate of Franklin High School. He was...
Naomi Wilfong Mitchell
Dec 27, 2023
Naomi Wilfong Mitchell, 97, of Sugar Grove, West Virginia died Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at Pendleton Manor in Franklin.
She was born December 1, 1926 and was the daughter of the late John Boyd Wilfong and Rosa Florence Varner Wilfong.
She was a graduate of the Franklin High School Class of 1947, was a homemaker...
Linda Lane Puffenbarger Malcom
Dec 26, 2023
Linda Lane Puffenbarger Malcom, 76, of Covington, Virginia left this earthly life on Tuesday, December 26, 2023 while a patient at Lewis Gale Hospital Montgomery in Blacksburg, Virginia.
She was born December 8, 1947 in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and was the only child of the late Harvey C. Puffenbarger and Glenna Todd Puffenbarger of Sugar Grove, West Virginia....
