Basil Frederick Dungan 83 of West Union departed this life on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at United Hospital Center, Bridgeport. He was born on June 6, 1933 in Washington DC a son of the late James and Hazel Timm Dungan. On February 2, 1970 he married Barbara Moran Dungan who survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Doreen West, Maryland two sons, Casey Dungan and his wife Neva, West Union and David Dungan, Baton Rouge, LA, five step daughters Barbara Baldwin, West Union, Janet Kernan, Susie B...

Jeffrey Allen Stier, 51, of Shinnston, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Fairmont, December 21, 1965, a son of Martha E. Lowe Stier, of Ohio, and the late Charles W. Stier, II. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Jean Matheny Stier, whom he married, May 21, 1989. Also surviving are two sons, Justin Allen Stier and Dakota Matthew Stier, his siblings, Kathy Long and her companion Bill, OH, Becky Bunnell, Wiley, WV, Ronald D. Stier and his wife A...

Carolyn Jean Callison Randolph, age 69, of Hillsboro, WV passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Peyton House Hospice Care Center in Lewisburg, WV after suffering from a long illness. She was born September 3, 1947 in Marlinton, WV and was the daughter of the late Hubert Samuel and Virginia Lee Beard Callison. As a youth, Carolyn was very active in her church youth group, choir and 4-H. She was a 4-H All-Star, played in the Hillsboro High School Band, and was salutatorian of her...

Denver James Mathes, 71, of Cowen passed away March 1, 2017 at Louis A Johnson VA Medical Center, Clarksburg. He was born February 3, 1946 the son of the late Denver Everet and Martha Jean Paugh Mathes. Denver was a U.S. Army Veteran, having served in Vietnam. He worked in the steel mill and for Ford Motor Co. before returning to WV where he worked as a heavy equipment mechanic in the coal mines. He loved to trout fish, hunt and camp and enjoyed being in the outdoors. He is survived by his ...

Thirmen E. Gainer, 95, of Big Springs, WV, was welcomed Home by his Heavenly Father on Wed., March 1, 2017. He was born on Sept. 22, 1921 in Burnt House, a son of the late Preston and Naomi Gainer. Thirmen was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Colleen Kirby Gainer on Jan. 21, 2002. He is survived by: two daughters, Karen Stanley of Fairmont and Beth Conaway with husband Michael of Newport, OH; granddaughter Amanda Christine Stanley, great-granddaughter Ally, and grandson Justin Sco...

MCMURRAY, Pa. Shirley A. Grandstaff, age 67, of Lumberport, passed away peacefully surrounded by her faithful husband, children, and grandchildren on Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Born on May 22, 1949, she was the daughter of the late Frances Miller White and Chelsey White. Loving wife of Gary Grandstaff; beloved mother of Kimberly (Philip) Fidler, Tonya (Bryan) Pascarella and Janiene Lyle; grandmother of Zakarie, Alex, Anthony, Anna and Samantha; great-grandmother of Zoey and Grayson; also s...

Vickie Josephine (McClung) Britner, 59, of Sutton, WV, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at Braxton County Memorial Hospital as a result of bronchial pneumonia. She was born April 23, 1957 in Richwood, WV, to the late John Douglas and Sylvia Jean McClung. She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Alice Nelson, and son-in-law, Mark Aaron Nelson of Charleston, WV. She is also survived by her sisters, Debra McClung, Theresa Gladwell, Sheryl Andrews, Carrie McClung and Connie McClun...

Charles Edward Swick, 78, of White Island Rd., Fairmont, WV, passed away early Tuesday morning in Meadowview Manor in Bridgeport, WV. He was born September 6, 1938 in Sutton, WV, son of the late Lyle Edward Swick and Lula L. Clutter Hart. He was preceded in death by his wife, Alice Ann Glasscock Swick, who died in 2013. Mr. Swick was a member of the Church of Christ of Barrackville, WV. He also was active with the White Hall Church of Christ. He served in the U.S. Army for 3 years, stationed ...

William H. "Bill" Frame, 81, of Mt. Clare passed away at 11:27 on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at his residence. He was born in Braxton County on December 10, 1935 a son of the late Paul Frame and Exie Long Frame. On June 30, 1958 he married Betty Louise Shearer who will miss him dearly after 58 years of marriage. His strong, hardworking nature will be carried on by his three children: William Frame of Buffalo Lake, Barbara Newbrough and husband, Kurt, of Mt. Clare, and Kimberly Steidi...

Sophia Lorene Bailey Lowther, 52, of Clarksburg, passed away on Tuesday, February 28, 2017, in Mapleshire Nursing and Rehab Center in Morgantown. She was born in Clarksburg on July 27, 1964, a daughter of the late Samuel Brown Bailey and Janet Kay Tenney Bailey. She is survived by her husband of 27 years, Michael Lowther, whom she married on October 28, 1989. She is also survived by her son, John Sammuel Lowther, at Davis and Elkins College; three sisters, Sonia Bailey-Gibson and her husban...