Annetta Ruth Simms, 82, of 330 Mid Avenue Weston passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital of Weston following an extended illness. She was born in Glenville on April 21, 1935: daughter of the late Claudius Ray Brown and Rebecca Ellen (Settle) Brown. On January 5, 1955, she married Glenn A. Simms, Sr., who preceded her in death on February 27, 2008. Mrs. Simms is survived by three children: Glenn A. Simms, Jr. and wife Sunny of Palm Bay, FL, Claudius Wayne ?...

Glen Franklin Shaffer, Jr. 38, of Bridgeport passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017. He was born April 9, 1979 in Grafton, WV; son of Glen Franklin Shaffer, Sr. and the late Carolyn Elaine Echard Gibson. Glen is survived by his son, Glen Franklin Shaffer, III of Clarksburg, WV; one brother, Christopher Glen Shaffer of Grafton, WV; grandmother, Betty L. Lipscomb Shaffer of Grafton, WV; step-father; Rick Gibson of Bridgeport, WV; several aunts, uncles and cousins. Glen graduated from Bridg...

Barbara Jean Bell Jones, 77, of Bridgeport passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017 in Bridgeport. She was born on February 20, 1940 in Flemington, a daughter of the late John Alexander Bell and Pauline Hamilton Bell. She is survived by her husband of 59 years, John Jones of Bridgeport. She is also survived by one grandson, Anthony James Jones of Bridgeport; and several beloved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her son, James Gregory Jones and her brothers and sisters, Pat...

Dizzy "Diz" Dean Davis, 72, of Fairmont passed away on July 23, 2017 at Louis A. Johnson Veterans Administration Medical Center in Clarksburg. He was born in Flemington on December 27, 1944 a son of the late Arthur Davis and Noca (Knight) Davis. Mr. Davis graduated from Flemington High School. He proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He retired from the Taylor County Board of Education as a Teacher at the Technical Center in Building Construc...

Geraldine Elnora Garlow, 93, of Fairmont, Meadowdale Community, passed away on Sunday, July 23, 2017 a Monongalia General Hospital. She was born in Fairmont on July 28, 1923 a daughter of the late John Turner and Ida (Vincent) Turner. She was preceded in death by her husband Raymond Edgar Garlow in June of 1991. Geraldine was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. She was a devoted member of the Fellowship Baptist Church for more than 30 yea...

Surrounded by her loving family, Shirley Ann Bosanec, age 77, of Berkeley Springs, WV, entered her heavenly home on July 23, 2017, at Winchester Medical Center following a brief illness. Shirley was born in Clarksburg, WV on August 8, 1939, to Joseph and Mary Bosanec. Shirley loved spending time with her family and spent many years graciously caring for her sister, Sharon Rokisky. Prior to her illness, she resided at War Memorial Hospital Nursing home and was loved by all the staff and re...

Vivian ?Louise? (Buckland) Whiting, 76, of Buckhannon, WV passed peacefully from this life into Paradise to be with the Lord on July 23, 2017, in the comfort of her home which was decorated with countless treasured photos of their family memories. Family and friends were by her side in love and support. She was born in Ansted on July 26, 1940, a daughter of the late Herbert Lewis Buckland, and Hetty Vivian (Skaggs) Buckland. She moved to Pocahontas County during Junior High, and graduated ...

Emmalee Rosella Shugars Visitation: Tuesday, July 25 4-8pm Funeral Service: Wednesday, July 26 10am Interment: Hepzibah Baptist Church Cemetery Emmalee Rosella Shugars, 83, of Bridgeport, WV (Hepzibah Community), passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. She was born in Rowlesburg, WV on June 7, 1934 a daughter of the late Frederick A. Sowers Sr. and Rebecca Bevans Sowers. Mrs. Shugars is survived by her husband of 66 years, Charles H. ?Jack? Shug...

Travis Levi Blake 26 of Exchange WV passed away on July 22, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown after a Bone Marrow Transplant. He was the son of Jerry and Thelma (Chub) Blake of Exchange and the brother of Justin Blake and wife Sarah of Morgantown, WV. He graduated from Braxton County High School in May 2010. He was a enthusiastic volunteer for the Braxton County Middle School's basketball and football team from his 5th grade school yr until this yr. Which would've been 15 yrs. Tra...

Margaret Dell Pittman Blackwell, 89, of Bridgeport, passed away Saturday evening, July 22, 2017, in United Hospital Center. She was born May 20, 1928, in Okemah, OK, a daughter of the late Thomas H. and Ruth E. (Whiteman) Pittman. On July 26, 1947, she married William S. ?Sam? Blackwell, who preceded her in death on January 12, 2003. She is survived by her son, William T. ?Cork? Blackwell and his wife Karen of Bridgeport and her daughter, Barbara Jo Blackwell of Alexandria, VA; a siste...