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Being home and at peace at Watoga State Park
In many ways, the area feels like a second home to me. When I drive into the park and see those trees arch over the road, I exhale and sigh the sigh of being at home and at peace. My experience at the park is rich in years. Anything I can do to make sure that generations who come after me have that same experience, I am ready to lace up my shoes or drive my car as the case may be. I think the main reason I made the drive was and is support for the mission of the Watoga State Park Foundation, and a deep love and respect for the area.
Daniel McGee
Daniel “Magoo” William McGee, 68, of Lost City, passed away Saturday, September 25, 2021, at his residence. Funeral service will be held Thursday, September 30, 2021, at 1 p.m. at McKee Funeral Home Chapel in Baker with Pastor Lucy Webster officiating. Interment will be in Greenfield Cemetery in Wardensville. The...
Nancy Carr
Visitation will be Sunday, September 26, 2021, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Hebron Baptist Church in Green Bank. Funeral service will be Monday, September 27, 2021, at 4 p.m. at the church with Pastor Jared Harper officiating. Burial will follow in the Nottingham Cemetery at Brush Run. Online condolences...
For Your Consideration
Joseph McKinley could not have purchased a farm in Nebraska at a worse time in American history. As if the Great Depression wasn’t enough to stress a struggling farmer, the 1,200 acres McKinley purchased in 1924 would soon lose its topsoil to ceaseless winds and years of drought. When the...
Matthew Weber
Matthew Daniel Weber, 33, of Loxahatchee, Florida, passed away Monday, August 30, 2021, following a short illness. Born July 20, 1988, in West Palm Beach, Florida, he was a son of Michael Weber, of Loxahatchee, Florida, and Susie Price Weber Mullenax, of Arbovale. Matthew as a student and employee of...
BOE says ‘no’ to mandates
Another long discussion about COVID-19 mandates, filled with opinions, rumors and statistics, took place at the Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting Monday afternoon at Pocahontas County High School. Parents, staff members, students and community members addressed the board with concerns about the possibilities of vaccine and mask mandates. During...
COVID-19 Update
The Pocahontas County Health Department reported that, as of Tuesday morning, there were 37 active cases of COVID in the county. A Pfizer Vaccine Clinic will be held Thursday, September 23, beginning at 2 p.m. at the health department for anyone who wishes to get the vaccine. Please call 304-799-4154...
Temporary Road Closure
The Division of Highways advises that there will be a temporary closure of County Route 29/5, also known as Lobelia Road, in Pocahontas County, beginning Tuesday, September 21, through Friday, September 24, for asphalt paving. The closure will be from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, beginning at milepost...
Johnny Barton
Born March 8, 1944, at Marlinton, he was a son of Dot Buzzard and the late Hubert Buzzard and the late Edith and Wayne Myatt. Johnny retired from Beckwith Lumber Company. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Diana Wooddell Barton; daughter, Jeanette Felton Peacock; and two sons, John Barton and Eric Barton; and a brother, Barry Bronson.
Blix McNeill
Born July 6, 1945, in Marlinton, he was the son of James William and Annabelle Cathryn Dunbrack McNeill. Blix graduated from Marlinton High School and West Virginia University, receiving a Master’s Degree in Agriculture. He spent most of his career as a car salesman in Pocahontas County, but his passion was farming and helping the youth with 4-H livestock projects. He loved sports, especially football, supporting his grandsons at many football games. He was an amateur MC at several local events, which included the Pocahontas County Fair, mud bogs and youth football games. He loved the Lord, attending church at Trinity Baptist Church, and was a dedicated family man.
MTC takes care of business
At the Marlinton Town Council meeting Monday evening, council discussed a variety of topics and made decisions which will affect the town in positive ways. The biggest topic of discussion was the consent order from the West Virginia DEP [Department of Environmental Protection]. Council and its attorney, Tom White, and Lee Stone discussed the order, which is a culmination of civil penalties for violations concerning the town’s wastewater treatment facility, dating back to 2016.
Eldred Gibson
Eldred Maxwelton “Max” Gibson, 84, of Maxwelton, passed away Friday, September 10, 2021, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea. Born November 10, 1936, in Broken Bow, Nevada, he was the son of the late Eldred Rafael Gibson and Ona Gladys Landreth Gibson. Max was a member and Elder of Clifton...
Russell Arbogast
Russell Wade Arbogast, 68, of Clover Lick, went to be with our Lord and Savior Wednesday, September 8, 2021, after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his mother, Eleanor Grimes Arbogast and father, Ralph Arbogast. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Reba;...
Melissa Lambert
Melissa Leigh Lambert, age 35, of Durbin, departed this life Sunday, August 15, 2021, at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after a short illness. Born July 11, 1986, in Elkins, she was a daughter of Timothy Mark Arbogast, of Durbin, and Asceneth Rene Greathouse-Ryder, of Arbovale. Melissa was a...
Grenetta Waugh
Born June 3, 1941, in Pocahontas County, she was a daughter of Earl and Jean Landis VanReenan. Grenetta loved her family, crocheting and coin collecting. She worked at Bon-Ton for more than 30 years, and was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church where she attended since 1967. She is...
From Silicon Valley to The Quite Zone
This fall, SOFIA Science Center associate director for research Jim Jackson will make the cross country trek from his current home in California to the hills of West Virginia where he will take his place as director of the Green Bank Observatory. Jackson has spent his adult life in the...
For Your Consideration
You may have read somewhere, or heard someone say, that we die twice. The explanation that follows this statement suggests that our first death is physical; our body ceases functioning. Then, sometime later, depending on our fame or infamy, our final death arrives when no one alive utters our name...
Gourds galore
Sandy and Fane Irvine have produced another bumper crop of pumpkins, squashes and gourds which include many exotic edible and non-edible varieties. Sandy proudly poses with some colorful examples here – for instance, in the foreground – a pile of the edible heirloom winter squash – the unusually shaped Turks Turban. The...
Dilley’s mama turkey is raising a duckling
Life on a Pocahontas County farm can certainly be hard at times, with all the work there is to do, but there are also many unexpected and endearing moments attendant when you are working with animals. Alfred and Sharon Dilley’s idyllic cattle farm in the Hill Country has been home...
A sweet potato among sweet potatoes
Twenty-six pound Jackson Tawney is seen here with a 37.4 pound watermelon. He visited The Pocahontas Times office last week with the latest “large haul” from his grandparents’, Pete and Fran Tawney’s, garden. Some of the sweet potatoes tipped the scales at nearly three pounds. Jackson is the son of...
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