Simon A. Tennant, 91, of Fairmont, Meadowdale Community, passed away on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at the West Virginia Veterans Nursing Home in Clarksburg. He was born at Wadestown on February 10, 1926 son of the late Harley G. Tennant and Edith (Yost) Tennant. Simon was a veteran of the United States Army, serving in WWII. He worked 39 years at the aluminum plant on Speedway for Fairmont Aluminum Co., Cerro Aluminum Co. and retired from Alcan Aluminum Corp. in 1989. He was a member of US...

Thelma Jean Martin, 83, of Albright (Valley Point), WV, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017, at Preston Memorial Hospital, with her family by her side, following a brief illness. The daughter of the late Stanley J. and Verna Mae Forman Clark, she was born on October 10, 1933 in Hudson, WV. Jean was a member of the Mt. Moriah United Methodist Church. She was a 1949 graduate of Kingwood High School where she was proud to have been a majorette. Jean worked for several years as a Tuppe...

Raymond Earl Roderick, 81, of Grafton, passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2017 at Grafton City Hospital. He was born in Fairmont on February 12, 1 935 the son of the late Namen and Goldie Pearl (Little) Roderick. Raymond worked in the Housekeeping Department of Fairmont General Hospital for over 29 years. He was a good Christian Man and a member of the First Baptist Church of Grafton. His favorite pastime was deer hunting. He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Earlene Esther...

Jennifer Christine Simpson, 54, of Altoona, PA, formerly of Shinnston passed away on February 11, 2017 at University Hospital in Geneva, OH. She was born on May 17, 1962 in Fairmont to Claude Radabaugh and the late Helen Louise Radabaugh. Jennifer is survived by her father, Claude Radabaugh of Shinnston; sister, Ruthann Simpson and her fiancé John Jett of Shinnston; brother, Donald Ray Radabaugh of Midlothan, TX; several nieces and nephews; great niece Ava; and great nephew, Julian Chrislip...

Alfred Mazurek, 91, of Fairmont passed away Saturday morning February 11, 2017, at Fairmont Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was born on June 2, 1925, in Spillertown, Illoinois son of the late Stefan and Mary Jamack Mazurek. Al graduated from Barrackville High School and enlisted in the Merchant Marine Corp where he served in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean Middle East War Zones during World War II. He received honorable discharges from the Merchant marines, Coast Guard and Na...

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. Survivors include nephew and nieces, Diana Kuhn of Fairview, Lois Kuhn Evans of Philadelphia, Larry and Judy Kuhn of Fairmont, and Debra Kuhn Beatty of Charleston. Also surviving are several great and great-great nephews and nieces; first cousins, Twila Shaver of Fairm...

Barbara Ann Preston Swiger, 74, of Nutter Fort, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 in the United Hospital Center. She was born in Clarksburg on November 2, 1942, a daughter of the late Chester Raymond ?Bus? and Zona Alvereta Payne Preston. She was preceded in death by her husband of 23 years, Bernard Charles Swiger, in 1983. Surviving are two brothers, Charles Preston of Fairmont, and Robert Preston and his wife Brenda of Erie, WV; one sister, Dolores Frazier of Clarksburg; her ...

Born September 10, 1919 Died February 10, 2017 Nellie Melba Stowers Gainer was born on September 10, 1919 at Richwood, West Virginia. She passed to heaven on February 10, 2017 following an extended illness. Married on June 20, 1941 to Rev. William Vance Gainer, she was preceded in death by her loving husband. She was also preceded in death by her parents William Garfield Stowers and Cora Spencer Stowers and her siblings William Stowers, James Stowers, Edna Stowers Mick, and Christine Stow...

Mildred Pauline Selders, 95, of Fairmont, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2017 at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. She was born in Taylor County on September 4, 1921, daughter of the late Bruce and Clara Brown Watkins. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Duard Selders in June of 2008. Pauline graduated from Grafton High School and Fairmont Business College. She was a member of the Blueville Church of Christ and attended the Oakwood Road Church of Christ. She was a d...

Janet Hope Newhouse, 70, of Chestnut St., Rivesville, WV, passed away early Friday morning in her residence. She was born October 18, 1946 in Beckley, WV, daughter of the late Rev. Dr. Earl J. and Mabel Gamble Gilbert. Mrs. Newhouse attended Trinity Assembly of God in Fairmont, WV. She played the organ for various church services and was active with the church choir. She was a graduate of Morgantown High School in 1964. Mrs. Newhouse recently retired from the Marion County Board of Education ...