Marc “Layne” Godwin, a 64-year-old Elkins resident, passed away on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. Born on Sept. 13, 1960, in Montgomery, Alabama, Layne was the son of the late Rev. Lowell Clark Godwin and Sharon Lynn Wilson Godwin. On Sept. 13, 1981, ...
Violet Nellerine Waddell, 98, of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025, at her residence in Elkins. Funeral services will be 1 p.m., Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, at Wallace & Wallace Funeral Chapel in Arbovale, with Speaker Susie Lambert officiating. Burial will be private at a later date. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Monday. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.
John Michael “Mike” Fletcher, 90, a resident of Kerens, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, in the Davis Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1934, at Lakeland, Florida, a son of the late Robert L. Fletcher and Estelle Lovett Fletcher. He is survived by one son, ...
Helen “Jean” Cole Currence, 79, a resident of Elkins, passed away Jan. 13, 2025, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. She was born Oct. 1, 1945, at Elkins, a daughter of the late Edwin L. Cole and Alma Elizabeth Zirkle Cole. On June 20, 1965, at Oakland, Maryland, she was married to David James “Jim” Currence, who preceded her in death April 11, 2015. Jean is survived by her son, Dr. David Jay Currence, MD; and her daughter, Donna Joanne Canfield and husband, Lee, all of Elkins. Also surviving is one brother, William “Billy” Watts of Sedalia, ...
On Wednesday, Jan.1, 2025, Eleanor Lorraine (Thrasher) Sell, 87, a resident of Mountain Memories Assisted Living in Elkins, West Virginia, and formerly of Philippi, West Virginia, passed away peacefully surrounded by family. Eleanor was born on Jan. 24, 1937, a daughter of Otto and Edna (Foster) Thrasher. Eleanor graduated from Philippi High School. She worked in various jobs throughout her life including factory work, school bus driver for Barbour County Board of Education and a fiber optic cable installer. Eleanor enjoyed quilting and sewing, eventually opening her own ...
Mr. Sterl Edward Welch, 85, a resident of Elkins, passed away Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Mr. Sterl Edward Welch. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.
