Joe Allen Glaspell, 74 of Shinnston passed away on Wednesday February 13, 2019 at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital. He was born November 12, 1944 in Haywood, WV, son of the late Curtis Earl and Hazel Ollie Swiger Glaspell. Joe graduated from Shinnston High School, Class of 1963 and attended WV Business College. He served in the US Army. He worked for several years in building maintenance at the Nathan Goff Armory. His hobbies were watching NACAR and his driver, Dale Earnhardt and listening to...

Jester Curtis Kerns, 87, of Fairmont passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at Fairmont Regional Medical Center. He was born in Fairmont on July 22, 1931, a son of the late Benjamin Harrison Kerns and Della Vern Sager Kerns. Jester was preceded in death by his loving wife Dula Laurence Woodrum Kerns. Jester is survived by his daughter, Kimberly Ann Moore of Marmet, WV; two grandchildren, Robert Alexander Moore and Christopher Dennis Moore; as well as several nieces and nephews. In...

James Monroe Tasker, 61, of Lumberport, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Clarksburg, May 29, 1957, a son of the late Kenneth and Marcella J. Robinson Tasker. Surviving are his sister, Lee Ann Britton, Franklin, WV, his close cousin, Cathy Robinson, Shinnston, his cousins Jeff Robinson, J.D. Robinson, Greg Robinson, and several other cousins, his aunts and uncles, Robert and Elizabeth Leeson, Franklin, and James D. Robinson, Beckley. He was also prec...

Wanda “Jean” Heath, 68, of Weston slipped peacefully into the arms of the Lord on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at Ruby Memorial Hospital surrounded by loving family. She was born in Weston on May 10, 1950 a daughter of the late William Howard and Martha Virginia Skinner Krafft. Jean was a 1968 graduate of Lewis County High School. On June 29 of that year, she married the man that would be her life-long partner, William Junior Heath. Together she and Junior raised their two children and ...

Harold Craig Lewis, 55, of Clarksburg, WV, passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at his residence . He was born in Baltimore, MD, on October 8, 1963, to the late Mary Magdalene Johnson Lewis and Harold Cornelius Lewis of Baltimore, MD. He was married on July 28, 1989, to Tonia Lynn Cobb Lewis, who resides at their home in Clarksburg. He is also survived by one son, Darian Craig Lewis of Clarksburg; one daughter Ebony Briana Lewis of Philadelphia, PA; one grandc...

Dorothy Springer of Marshville, WV departed this world on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 with family by her side. She was born September 10, 1928 in Clarksburg, WV. Dorothy was a 1946 graduate of Victory High School and loving wife to the late Carl E. Springer Sr. Summarizing Dorothy‘s life by interests or occupations is a task very few would find easy because she was so many things to so many people. It was during her early years that she worked as a soda jerk and served up extra scoops of...

Charles “Chuck” Lee Bevins, 72 of Grafton passed away at Rosewood Nursing Home on Wednesday, February 13, 2019, with his loving wife and special friends by his side. He was born April 29, 1946, in Carlise, WV, son of the late Marvin and Dora Bevins. He is survived by his wife of twenty five years “Indra” Bevins whom he married July 10, 1993. Chuck was a member of the Message of Freedom Church and retired as a minister from the New Testament Church of God in VA. He was a retired police ...

Roger L. Beer, age 72, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019, at River Oaks Nursing Home in Clarksburg, WV. He was born on March 10, 1946, in Buckhannon, WV. Roger was preceded in death by his parents, Dello Ray Beer and Zula Madge Beer (Shipman); two sisters Zara M. Beer and Sylvia E. Bunner, two brothers Willard R. and Trexel L. Beer. Roger is survived by a sister Delma L. McKinney (William) of Bonita Springs, FL, a brother Dannie G. Beer (Brenda) of Mt. Clare, WV, and a sister-in-law Li...

Willie Franklin “Frankie” Bowman, 59, of Fairmont, passed away peacefully at Fairmont Health and Rehabilitation Center on Wednesday, February 13, 2019. He was born in Fairmont on April 29 1959, a son of Shirley (Stottlemire) Robinson and the late George Dewey “Duke” Bowman Jr. Frankie grew up in the Mt. Zion community and was a huge Nascar fan, especially number 24, Jeff Gordon. He enjoyed going to the races with his friends. In addition to his mother, Frankie is survived by his sister...

Edgar Ardest McDougal, age 92, of Smithfield, WV passed away on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at his residence. He was born September 1, 1926 in Harrison County, WV, a son of the late Darwood McDougal and Zana Duncan McDougal. He is survived by two children, Randal Keith McDougal of Smithfield, WV and Ronald Dean McDougal of New Martisville, WV; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; a brother, Donald McDougal of Wallace, WV; several nieces and nephews; and his companion, Mary Kocher In ad...