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James Bradley Phares

James Bradley Phares, 72, of Elkins, West Virginia, passed from this life on April 13 at home. He was born on Nov. 12, 1952, to Jo Ann Gum Phares and James L. Phares in Elkins, West Virginia. Jim is survived by his wife of 50 years, Sara Gibson Phares; and their children, Beth ...

Dr. Jeffrey Guy Harris, DO

Dr. Jeffrey Guy Harris, DO, 69, a former resident of Belington and more recently of West Union, West Virginia, departed this life Friday April 11, 2025, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. Death was following a period of declining health. He was born on March 16, 1956, at ...

Louis Eugene (Lee) Endler

Louis Eugene (Lee) Endler, 75, of 303 Custer St., Belington, passed away on April 12 at his home with his wife and son by his side. He had fought a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer for nearly three years. Lee was born on March 4, 1950, in Newport News, Virginia, to the late Eugene ...

Tommy Edward Hamrick

Tommy Edward Hamrick, 59, a resident of Elkins, passed away Sunday morning, April 13 2025, at his home surrounded by his family and under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice. Tommy fought a short battle with cancer. He was born Oct. 12, 1965, in Elkins, a son of Tom Hamrick and the ...

Jo Ann (Cooper) Watts

Jo Ann (Cooper) Watts, 83, of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia, went to her Heavenly Home on Monday, April 14, 2025. Jo Ann’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Riverside Church, Cabins, West Virginia. Burial will follow in the Cooper-Bible Cemetery, Seneca Rocks, West Virginia.

Robin Lynn Wilson Vandevender

Robin Lynn Wilson Vandevender, 53, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday morning, April 12, 2025, at her home. She had been in declining health. She was born Thursday, Sept. 23, 1971, at Cleveland, Ohio, a daughter of the late Donald Ray Wilson and Bonnie Blair ...