Eugene Lee Marcum, age 86 years, a former resident of Elkins, WV and more recently a resident of Columbia, MD departed this life Monday, January 30, 2017 at Somerford Place at Columbia, MD under the care of Gilchrist Hospice. He had been in declining health for the past several years and death was attributed to Alzheimer's disease. He was born Wednesday, July 2, 1930 at Hitchins, Carter County, KY a son of the late Walter and Hazel Gollihue Marcum. On November 23, 1957 he was married to the...

Darleen Kay Ware, age 64 years, a resident of Elkins, passed away Sunday evening, January 29, 2017 at the home of her sister, Judy Primavero of Coalton. She was born May 21, 1952 at Marlinton, the daughter of the late Junior L. and Mildred Rhea Ware. She is survived by one brother, Gary Ware and wife Jane of Valley Head and one sister, Judy Primavero of Coalton. Five nieces and nephews, Dee Roth, Tim Thompson, Ross Thompson, Gary Ware and Penny Carpenter and nine great nieces and great nephew...

Patricia Obenauf, 84, passed peacefully on Sunday January 29th surrounded by friends at River Oaks in Clarksburg, WV. Pat attended Alverno College and Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI. She then began her professional career by teaching elementary and secondary math and science in schools in the Midwest and throughout the Mississippi Delta. After obtaining her ED.D in science education and curriculum and instruction from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 1973, she began he...

Harold Robert (Bob) Scott, 81, passed away on January 29, 2017 at the Good Samaritan of Barbour County in Belington, WV. Bob was born in Melcroft, PA on July 7, 1935, to the late Harold F. and Nellie Hagar Scott. He grew up in Bobtown, PA, where he graduated from Point Marion High School then later served in the U.S. Navy. While in the Navy, Bob was stationed at the Naval Air Station in Olathe, Kansas from 1956 to 1958 and then served aboard the USS Lake Champlain from 1958 to 1960. Aft...

Debrah Kay Baker, 60, of Lumberport passed away following an extended illness on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at her home with her loving husband by her side. She was born February 21, 1956 in Clarksburg a daughter of Ruby Mae Bennett Fluharty who survives in Wallace and the late Charles Jones Fluharty. Debrah is survived by her husband of 42 years, Wayman ?Peanut? Baker; her daughter, Amanda Swiger and her husband Gerald Swiger Jr. of Wallace; her son, Daniel Baker and his wife Mary of Lumberp...

Max R. ?Rusty? Stirewalt, 79, of Willow Beach Community, Quiet Dell, joined his beloved wife in Heaven on Sunday, January 29, 2017 following a brief illness. He was born April 5, 1937, in Greenup, IL, a son of the late Euris ?Rusty? and Lillie Maxine (Brown) Stirewalt. He was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Sarah Ann (Ruckman) Stirewalt, on December 13, 2014. He is survived by two daughters, Cindy Holbert and her husband Art, Twinsburg, OH; and Mary Carpenter, Clarksburg; his son...

Ruth V. Lee Suarez, age 92, of Bridgeport, West Virginia passed away Sunday morning, January 29, 2017 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Ruth was a long-time member of Bridgeport Baptist Church and loved to sing in the choir. She was a wonderful cook and a loving wife, mother and grandmother. Ruth is preceded in death by her husband, Isaac Suarez; daughter, Linda Fean; parents, John Lee and Lillie Wilkins Lee; infant sister, Pauline; brothers, Melvin, Hoye, Clyde, Carl, Estel and Irvin. She ...

Earl "Butch" McNemar, Jr., age 73 of Grafton, WV passed away on January 29, 2017 at his residence following a battle with cancer, surrounded by his family by his side. He was born March 13, 1943 in Osage of Morgantown WV; the son of the late Earl L McNemar, Sr. and Georgie (Trickett) McNemar. In addition to his parents, Butch was preceded in death by his brother, William J Ward; a sister, Barbara J Mullan; and a daughter, Nancy L Killinger. Butch enjoyed tinkering in his work shop, fis...

Arvella Fae (Cooper) Vance, age 81, of Seneca Rocks, WV passed away on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Winchester Medical Center, Winchester, VA. She had been in failing health for several years and had lived at Grant Rehabilitation & Care Center in Petersburg for the past 6 months. She was born April 20, 1935 in Seneca Rocks, WV and was a daughter of the late Perry Cooper and Dora (Champ) Cooper. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister-in-law, Gladys Cooper and ...

Donald Lee Eakle 76, of Steubenville, OH died peacefully at his residence in Steubenville, OH, on Saturday, January 28, 2017.   He was born on August 1, 1940 in Lost Creek, WV a son of the late Buhl and Statie (Heckert) Eakle.   In addition to his parents he is preceded in death by his loving wife Harriet (Lewis) Eakle and two sons Mitchell and James Eakle; six brothers Jennings, Charles, Robert, Gary, David, and Richard Eakle; three sisters, Pauline Hutchison, Betty Grim, and Susan Bel...