Howard Clark Wright, age 64, of Mannington, WV passed away on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at his residence. He was born November 3, 1953 at Fairmont, WV, a son of Charles Howard Wright and Ruby May Bradley Wright.
Tara Lynn Thomas, age 43, of Fairmont, WV passed away on Monday, March 6, 2017 at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. She was born January 3, 1974 at Whitesburg, KY, a daughter of the late Mitchell William Thomas and Frankie Oliver Thomas.
Irene (Ilene) Virginia Poland Smith Dudash, age 90, formerly of Mannington and Farmington, passed away on Thurday, March 2, 2017 at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. She was born September 22, 1926 at Glovers Gap, WV, a daughter of the late Oscar and Ida Furbee Poland.
Betty H. Bartrug, age 90, of Hundred, WV passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2017 at her residence. She was born January 16, 1927 in Hundred, WV, a daughter of the late Fred Hixenbaugh and Emma Lemmon Hixenbaugh.
Edward Clyde “Skitzy” Jones II, 77, of Elk Creek Rd., Philippi, died Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 at Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg. He was born October 30, 1939 at Grafton, a son of the late Edward Clyde Jones and Marion Mahaffey Jones.
Robert Earl "Bobby C" Cordell, 62, of 200 E. Main St., Mannington WV, (where he resided with his cousins, Crystal and Bill Haddix) died at WVU Hospital, Morgantown, on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, after a long, brave battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 21, 1954 in Alexandria, VA, a son of Flo Matthews, and the late Robert J. Cordell.
Patty Kuhn of Plum Run, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Manchin’s Assisted Living Facility. She was born May 19, 1936, at Plum Run, WV, the daughter of the late Daniel A. Kuhn and Stella P. Talkington Kuhn.
Rosie Mae Reger, age 64 of Fairmont, WV, passed away on Sunday, February 5, 2017 at her residence. She was born May 20, 1952, in Rachel, WV, the daughter of the late Joseph Albert Martin and Lola Virginia Evealynn Eddy Martin. She is also preceded in death by her husband Darius William Reger and a long life companion Donald Richmond.
Frank Richard “Pap” Chivers, age 89 of Little Laurel Run, Farmington, WV, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017 at Fairmont Regional Medical Center after a long illness. He was born December 25, 1927 in Washington, PA.
Frank served in World War II in the Army as a Corporal in the 96th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, as an airplane and engine mechanic.