Evelyn Virginia. Tharp, 80, of Fairmont, WV passed away on Monday, July 31, 2017 at United Hospital Center. She was born October 4, 1936 in Clarksburg, WV; daughter of the late Cletis Otis Dolly and Effie Beatrice Talkington Shriver Dolly. Evelyn is survived by her children Michael L Tharp of Flemington, WV, Timothy A and Terri Tharp of Clarksburg, WV, Shelley S. Tharp of Fairmont, WV, Cynthia L. Howe of Wardensville, WV, Susan K Tharp of Fairmont, WV; nine grandchildren, seventeen great g...

Flora Elizabeth Williams , 73, of Grafton, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2017 at her residence with her loving family by her side. She was born March 14, 1944, in Flemington, a daughter of the late George Earl and Nettie D. Sturm Kerns. Flora will be deeply missed by her husband of fifty eight years, George Roy Williams. Flora was a member of the Grafton Wesleyan Holiness Church, Webster, she and George loved to travel to different Revivals and sings, loved to ride her 4-wheeler, and be outsi...

Betty Jo Ritter, 52, of Moatsville, died Sunday, July 30, 2017, in United Hospital Center, Bridgeport, following a brief illness. She had suffered from juvenile onset Rheumatoid Arthritis, but had never let RA define her. She was born July 15, 1965, at Philippi, a daughter of the late Hu Duane and Beatrice Gertrude (Boner) Ritter. Surviving are three sisters, Donna Snider and companion, P.J., Fairmont, Deborah Hobaugh and husband, Randy, Irwin, PA and her twin, Barbara Collins, with whom sh...

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...

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...

Mrs. Pamela Sue Haller Sperry, age 57, a resident of Dayton Boulevard in Belington, departed this life Saturday July 29, 2017 in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown following a year long illness. She was born on August 11, 1959 in Tucker County, WV, a daughter of the late Ronald Eugene and Yvonne Joy Close Haller. On June 18, 1996 at Warm Springs, MD she was united in marriage to Carl Ray Sperry who survives at their home in Belington She is survived by one son; James Haller of Cla...

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...

Walter Clark Murphy, 85, of Salem, WV, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017, at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital, following an extended illness. He was born in Centerpoint, WV, on February 10, 1932, a son of the late Lonnie and Alma Smith Murphy. Twice married, Mr. Murphy was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Woodson Murphy in 1956, and his second wife, Dina Belle Moore Murphy in 2011. Mr. Murphy is survived by two daughters, Loretta Barberio and husband Frank of Reynoldsville...

Carl Ray Summerfield, Sr., 82, of Beverly, WV passed away July 28, 2017 at Nella?s Nursing Home in Elkins, WV. He was born May 27, 1935 in Hendricks, WV a son of the late Odis Riley and Bessie Ellen Long Summerfield. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Ruth Summerfield, five brothers, Jack, Roger, Golden, Charlie, and infant brother, Odis, four sisters, Barbara Jean, Alberta, Freddie, and Flora. He is survived by three sons, Carl Ray (Debra) Summerfield, Jr., Wardensville, WV, ...