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 ...

Mary Ethel Wheeler Canfield, age 93 years, a resident of Elkins, WV departed this life Sunday morning, January 22, 2017 at Nella's Nursing Home at Crystal Springs, surrounded by her loving family. She had been in declining health. She was born Sunday, September 30, 1923 at Huntersville, WV a daughter of the late Emmett Walter and Anna Crystal Thomas Wheeler. On June 14, 1941 at Elkins, WV she was married to Virgil Alba Canfield, who preceded her in death April 22, 1997. Surviving are two da...

H. Wayne Bland, the mayor of Bland Hollow, met his Lord and Savior on January 21, 2017 with his boots on, doing what he loved. He was born at home on July 1, 1950, the youngest of four children born to the late Thurman ?Gib? and Vivian Butcher Bland. He graduated from Farmington High School in 1968, where he played basketball and football. He was the smallest tackle in Marion County.  He was a proud member of the UMWA, retiring in 2006.  He loved to fish, hunt and camp at Bemis.  He lov...

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...

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...

Roy George Isner, age 80 years, a resident of Elkins, WV departed this life Saturday afternoon, January 21, 2017 at Valentines Personal Care Home at Elkins, WV. He had been in declining health. He was born Saturday, October 3, 1936 at Adolph, WV a son of the late Daniel B. and Opal Pauline Phares Isner. He had never married. Surviving are two brothers, Jerry Isner, and Roger Isner, both of Elkins; one sister, Barbara Fisher and husband Harold of Elkins; nine nieces and nephews; and a specia...

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...

Rita Ann Vanpelt, 39, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Friday, January 20, 2017 at Nella's Nursing Home in Elkins with her family by her side and under the care of West Virginia Caring. Rita was born Sunday, October 9, 1977 in Elkins, a daughter of Raymond Vanpelt and Amy Priscilla Mallow Vanpelt who survive in Elkins. Also left to cherish her memory are three siblings, Ronald Vanpelt and companion Kim Hamrick of Elkins, Renee Taylor and companion Mike Beard of Dailey and Rh...

Tommy Wayne Shreve Sr., 65, a resident of Elkins, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 20, 2017 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown due to an extended illness. Tom was born Friday, March 16, 1951 in Elkins, a son of the late Dorsey Shreve and Loredith Branham Shreve. Left to cherish his memory are five children, Tommy Shreve Jr and wife Karen, Steve Shreve, Rose Ann Shreve, Cindy Shreve and Frankie Phillips, twelve grandchildren, Landon and Aleah Shreve, Gary Shreve, Greg a...