Joseph "Joe" Edward Smith, 60, of W 2nd St. Weston passed away at 2:05 a.m. on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 in the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston following a bold, fearless battle with lung cancer. He was born in Lewis County on August 20, 1956 a son of the late James Elliott Smith and Betty Ann Workman Smith. On January 18, 1974 he married Delores Goldsmith, who was his heart and soul for 43 years. She will miss sitting with him on their front porch, his favorite place to res...

John D. Villers, 88, of Glenville passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017 in the Veteran?s Nursing Facility of Clarksburg following an extended illness. He was born in Dusk Camp on June 14, 1929: son of the late Guy C. Villers and Sadie (Carroll) Villers. On September 4, 1954, he married Donzella (Duckworth) Villers, who survives. Mr. Villers is also survived by two daughters: Becky (Neal) Sprouse of Normantown and Martha Clutter of Glenville, one son: Mark Villers of Cedarville, five grandchil...

Richard Lee Bonnett, 86, of Weston, passed away on Sunday, July 30, 2017 at his home following an extended illness. Richard was born in Lewis County on November 20, 1930: the son of the late Argyl and Hila (Fisher) Bonnett. On January 6, 1960 he married Mary Lou Lebo, who survives. He was preceded in death by all his siblings, Robert L. Bonnett, twin sisters, Katherine and husband Roy Stoneking, Virginia and husband John Vermillion, Charles W. Bonnett and Dale Bonnett. Mr. Bonnett is surviv...

Margaret J. Bodkin, 81, of Good Hope passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at her residence following a brief illness. She was born in Weston on August 29, 1935 a daughter of the late Sherman John Bean and Flora Jane Butcher Bean. On December 21, 1956 she married John Franklin Bodkin and they celebrated 52 years of marriage before his passing on February 17, 2009. She is survived by three children: Mike Bodkin and wife, Kay, of Good Hope, Steve Bodkin of Boardman, OH, and Greg Bodki...

John Marshall Hileman, age 83, of Sunnyside Community, West Union, WV, departed this life on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at his residence. He was born on Wednesday, October 11, 1933 in Oxford, WV, the son of the late Alfred John Nester Hileman and Sophia Virginia Leeson Hileman. Marshall was a United States Air Force Veteran, retired from the Equitable Gas Co. with over 30 years of service. Owner and operator of JM Trucking. Worked for the Key Oil and Gas Co. and was a security guard at the Dodd...

Beatrice "Bea" Greathouse, 73, of Sunnyside Rd. West Union departed this life on Saturday, July 29, 2017 in her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 21, 1944 at Elkins the daughter of the late Roscoe and Opal Thomas Blizzard. On October 29, 1965 she married Randall H. Greathouse who preceded her in death on March 8, 2017. Surviving is one daughter, Terri Greathouse, West Union, one son, Brad Greathouse and wife Lisa, West Union, three grandchildren, Amanda Grea...

Alecia ?Ellen? Hurst, 77 of Clarksburg, Laurel Valley Community died on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at her residence. She was born November 26, 1939, in Taylor County, daughter of the late Samuel W and Dolly M Saurborn Floyd. Ellen retired from Westinghouse/Phillips Lighting with thirty years of service. She is survived by her husband, Ernest Keith Hurst; two daughters, Traci R Ashcraft and Roderick, Morgantown, Kelli J Frazier, Weston; three grandchildren, Shana Ellen Frazier and companion Josh ...

Carrie Lee Sponaugle, 77 of New Milton departed this life on July 24, 2017 in the United Hospital Center, Bridgeport following an extended illness. She was born on February 28, 1940 a daughter of the late George and Goldie Blake Kelley. On July 21, 1957 she married George Clinton Sponaugle who survives. Also surviving is one daughter, Pamela Childers and husband Marvin, Richmond, IN, sons, Jeffrey Sponaugle and companion Judy, Stedman, NC, Nicholas Sponaugle and wife Violet, Salem, Devin P. S...

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 ?...

Donna Jean Miller Stewart, 55, of Bridgeport, passed away on Saturday, July 22, 2017, at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 27, 1962 in Weston, a daughter of Fred Madison Miller of Jane Lew and the late Ethel Joan Miller Wilkins. She is survived by her husband of 23 years, James Robert Stewart whom she married on February 14, 1994. She is also survived by her children, Stacey Marie Miller and her husband Kenneth Stewart of Clarksburg, Rocco Frank Mille...