Obituaries

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Harry James Vaughan Sr. age 74 of Mannington, WV passed away at home on Monday, August 18, 2025. He was born July 10, 1951 in Camden, NJ to the late Harry Byron Vaughan and Deloris Rose Freehoff.

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Barbara Ann Moore, age 81, of Wallace, passed away on Friday, August 15, 2025 at her residence. She was born October 3, 1943 in Fairmont, a daughter of the late Russell Jones and Alberta Austin Jones.

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William George “Bo” Brown Jr, 78 of Mannington, WV passed away Saturday, August 9, 2025 at the WV Veterans Nursing Facility. He was born May 12, 1947 in Mannington, WV a son of the late William George Brown Sr. and Dorothy Belle Eddy Brown.

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John Herbert Melvin, 69 of Smithfield, WV and Chesterfield, VA passed away Friday, August 8, 2025.  He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Louise Melvin, and brother David Timothy Melvin and his wife Tina.

John is survived by his wife of 38 years Pamela Melvin, his daughter Nicole Melvin, and three siblings, Carol Rodriguez, Michael Melvin (Pamela) and Cheryl Stinson.

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Stella Covey Heldreth Lovett, 94 of Metz, WV gained her angel wings and went home to be with the Lord on August 5, 2025, at home with her family at her side. She was born December 22, 1930 in Kilarm, WV, the 11th of 12 children born to Jerry H. Covey and Mary Jane (Mollie) Underwood Covey.

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Brenda Lee Hamrick, age 71 of Wyatt Rd., Mannington, WV passed away Sunday, July 27, 2025 at the Pierpont Center on the Fairmont Campus. She was born August 11, 1954 in Brockton, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Norman Bernard Ibbitson and Alice May Nickerson Ibbitson.

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Tommy Bernard “Skinny” Hamrick, age 88 of Odells Knob, Mannington, WV passed away July 27, 2025 at WVU Fairmont Medical Center. He was born September 11, 1936 in Diana, WV a son of the late Lacy Franklin Hamrick and Zomie Gladys Smith Hamrick.

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Dolan Dwight Toothman, age 91 of Plum Run, WV passed peacefully at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Facility in Clarksburg on Saturday, July 26, 2025 following a brief stay at this fine facility. He was born on Plum Run, February 8, 1934 to the late Clovis C. Toothman and Docia Hamilton Toothman Jones. Dolan was also preceded in death by his step-father Albert F.

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Carol Faye Brown, age 80, of Mannington, passed away on Tuesday, July 22, 2025 at the home of her son, Lee Brown. She was born February 10, 1945 on Bices Run in Harrison County, a daughter of the late Robert Wood Lucas and Isabelle Harris Lucas.

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Ronald R. Dray, 79, of Carrollton, passed away peacefully at his home on July 13, 2025, with his family by his side. Born April 22, 1946, in Carrollton, he was a son of the late Todd and Glendora Davis Dray.

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