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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 Arbovael. Matthew was a student and employee of...
Blix McNeill
Michael Blix McNeill, 76, of Buckeye, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021. A memorial service will be held at 6: 30 p.m. Thursday, September 16, 2021, at Trinity Baptist Church in Buckeye, with arrangements provided by VanReenen Funeral Home. Masks are encouraged at the service. In lieu of flowers, the...
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. There will be a memorial service for Melissa at Calvary Gospel Church in Durbin Saturday September 18, 2021, at 4 p.m. with Pastor Carl Greathouse officiating.
Census shows loss of 850 residents
The September 7 Pocahontas County Commission meeting was long on informal discussions, but short on actual agenda items. Commission President Walt Helmick reported that the 2020 U.S. Census count shows the county’s population has dropped to 7,869, an 850 person decrease since the 2010 census. Helmick said that 220 inmates at the Denmar Correctional Center were counted in the census as being county residents, and that if they had not been counted, the county’s population drop would have been even greater – a drop of 1,070 residents.
Harry Banton
Harry Thomas Banton, 83, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Ruby Memorial Hospital with his grandson by his side. Harry worked as a Superintendent for Weston Build-ers and Developers, Inc. in Pasadena, Maryland. In addition to his mother, Harry was preceded in death by his brother, Gerald...
For Your Consideration
A half-century ago, a song originally inspired by the curvy rural roads of western Maryland fell into the hands of a recording artist who would turn it into a wildly popular and timeless tune. Almost overnight, “Country Roads” became a worldwide hit and the consummate theme song for the great...
BOE continues to discuss COVID issues
The discussion at the August 31 Pocahontas County Board of Education meeting was led once again to the COVID-19 pandemic and precautions the school system is taking to keep students and staff safe as the new wave of cases increases in the county. The debate concerning a mask mandate arose...
Claude Phillips
Claude Floyd Phillips, Sr., age 95, of Marlinton, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea. Born December 9, 1925, in Round Bottom, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Lake and Phebe Hambrick Phillips. Claude was a retired...
Claude Phillips
Claude Floyd Phillips, Sr., age 95, of Marlinton, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea. The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, September 4, 2021 at the Marlinton Church of God. Funeral service will be at...
Harry Banton
Harry Thomas Banton, 83, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Ruby Memorial Hospital with his grandson by his side. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, September 8, 2021, in the Durbin United Methodist Church with Pastor Tom King officiating. Interment will be in Arbovale Cemetery. Memorial...
Harry Banton
Harry Thomas Banton, 83, of Morgantown, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Ruby Memorial Hospital with his grandson by his side. A memorial service will be held in the Durbin United Methodist Church Wednesday, September 8, 2021, with Pastor Tom King officiating. Interment will follow in the Arbovale Cemetery.
John Dilley
John Franklin Dilley, 84, of Marlinton, went to be with our Lord Saturday, August 28, 2021, at Peyton Hospice House in Fairlea. Born June 7, 1937, at Mill Point, he was a son of the late Boyd Uldrick Dilley and Mary Lucile Arbogast Dilley. John graduated from Hillsboro High School,...
Powell charged in deaths of Ronceverte couple
After a 16-month investigation into the deaths of Ronceverte residents Danny and Daisy Foster, Greenbrier County law enforcement arrested Jeremiah Bleu Powell, 39, of Marlinton, August 28, 2021, and charged him with two counts of first degree murder. On April 2, 2020, emergency services responded to a call for a...
Steven Shearer
Steven Dwayne Shearer, age 51, of Buckeye, died Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at WVU Hospitals Inc. in Morgantown. Steven was an equipment operator. He is survived by his wife, Thelda Shearer; daughters, Ashley Good, Jasmin Shearer, Stephanie Turner and Danielle Akers; sons, Jerry Lee Stewart and Edman Akers; sister, Tina Martin; and nine grandchildren.
Jack Frame, II
Jack Rodney Frame, II, age 71, of Elkins, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, August 25, 2021, in the Emergency Department of Davis Medical Center. Born February 23, 1950, in Sutton, he was a son of Betty L. Gould Frame, of Elkins, and the late Jack Rodney Frame. Jack was a graduate...
Allen Shiflett
Born October 9, 1939, in Durbin, he was a son of the late John Lawrence and Letha Mae Curry Shiflett. Allen was a retired baker with Safeway Supermarkets with 30 years of service. He was a US Army Veteran and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents,...
Students learn outdoors in Nature’s Mountain Playground
In June, Tracey Valach, of Snowshoe, approached the Pocahontas County Board of Education with her idea for Nature’s Mountain Classroom – a curriculum to expose students in third through fifth grades to outdoor adventures like skiing, hiking, biking and kayaking in the beautiful landscape of Pocahontas County. On September 2,...
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