Bernadine Lea Griffith, 91, Clarksburg, passed away after a two month illness, Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the United Hospital Center. She was the only child of the late Fred F. and Idress E. Hoover Smith. Bernadine graduated from Nicholas County High School and West Virginia Business College. In 1951, she married the love of her life, the late James G. Griffith. She was a homemaker, delighting herself in caring for her family and friends, enjoying collecting photographs of them all through ...

Wallace Junior Poling 80, Glen Easton, W.Va. passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 in Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Glen Dale, W.Va. Wallace was born September 19, 1936 in Philippi, W.Va. son of the late David and Mary Poling. Wallace was a retired coal miner and enjoyed his family , and working on his farm. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife Twila (Omero) Poling, a brother Roger Poling, and a sister Priscilla (Bob) Allen. Survived three children; two ...

Frances Lunceford, 95, formerly of Replete passed away January 22, 2017 at the Braxton County Health Care Center. She was born on April 10, 1921, at Marpleton, WV to the late McKinley Jackson Brown and Virginia Easter (Crowe) Brown. On May 7, 1939 she married Victor Lunceford who passed away on September 9, 1999. Also preceding her in death are sons Arnold Ray and Thomas D. Lunceford; daughters Phyllis G. Anderson and Patricia Faye Lunceford; brothers, Montia, Hubert, Bud and Hobert Brown; si...

Jackie Lee Watkins, 75, of Spencer, WV passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Clay Health Care, Ivydale, WV. He was born February 16, 1941, a son of the late Glen Bill and Magalene Anderson Watkins. He is survived by son, Mike Watkins of Elmira, WV; grandsons, Nicholas Watkins and Anthony Marks; granddaughter, Alexis Lynn Watkins; brothers, Buddy Watkins of Weston, WV; Daris Watkins and Walter Watkins both of Chloe, WV; and sister, Mary Ann Marks of Servia, WV. A funeral service will b...

Shirley A. Hawkins Tennant, age 81, of Westover, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at Home Away From Home in Grafton. Shirley was born in Core, WV on August 5, 1935, a daughter of the late Robert and Lucille Henderson Hawkins. Shirley graduated from Clay-Battelle High School and worked for the Monongalia County Board of Education, and later retired from West Virginia University as a secretary. She was a member of the Westover United Methodist Church but most recently attended Dolls Run Ch...

Eleanor Lucille Allard, 78, of Fairmont, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Mon General Hospital in Morgantown, WV. She was born June 10, 1938 in Fairmont, a daughter of the late Guy and Lois Rutherford Abel. She was preceded in death in 1994 by her husband, James C. Allard. Eleanor was a 1956 graduate of Fairmont Senior High School. She was a member of the Life United Methodist Church in Fairmont. She retired from the ABC State Store where she was a clerk for many years, and she p...

Mildreth Ruth Saporito, 85, of Fairmont passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017 at Tygart Center at Fairmont. She was born in Mannington on February 5, 1931 a daughter of the late Orven M. Powell, Sr. and Audrey (Hutson) Powell. She is survived by her loving husband of 67 years, John A. Saporito. Mildreth was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and great-great grandmother. In addition, she had worked at Jones Department Store in Fairmont. She was an active me...

Elma Jane Toothman, 90, of Good Hope Community, passed away on January 21, 2017, at Crestview Manor in Weston, following an extended illness. She was born in Quiet Dell, WV, on January 1, 1927, a daughter of the late Deward and Hazel Xenia Rhodes Kelley. She was married to John W. Toothman on April 25, 1945, and enjoyed 50 years of marriage before his death on June 28, 1995. Mrs. Toothman is survived by four daughters, Sharon Toothman Jewell and husband Ed of Defiance, OH, Ora Jan...

Lloyd William "Buck" Burgess, 86, of Bruceton Mills, WV, died Saturday, January 21, 2017, at Pine Ridge Nursing Home, Kingwood, WV. Born April 18, 1930, in Fearer, MD, he was the son of the late Kimmell Jose & Enda Pearl (Savage) Burgess.  He was preceded in death by his wife, Beulah Louise (Moats) Burgess and one grandson, Kimmell. Buck was a retired truck driver and was of the Pentecostal faith.  He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was a member of the American Legion and ...

Juanita G. Stull, 92, of Alexandria, VA, died Saturday Jan. 21, 2017. She was born in Braxton County on June 16, 1924, a daughter of the late James Harvey and Bessie B. King Henderson. Her husband, Chester O. Stull, whom she married Jan 18, 1953, preceded her in death. She is survived by four children, Kenneth Stull, Barbara Stull, Gregory Stull, and Mark Stull; three grandchildren, Patricia (Stull) Rogers, David Stull, Jennifer (Stull) Freed; and five great-grandchildren, Brittany Stul...