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ELKINS — The Public Safety Committee, the Personnel Committee, the Rules & Ordinances Committee, the Sanitary Board, and City Council meets on the week of January 6. Continue reading for more information on Christmas tree curbside pickups, utility payment due dates, and information on the annual General Fund budget for Fiscal Year 2026. The Elkins Street Department will begin picking up Christmas trees from now until January 31. The trees must be real, not artificial, and placed by the curb, free of any lights, decorations, etc. Utility and in city fire fees were mailed out ...

Shirley B. Cook

Shirley (Borror) Feaster Cook, 87, of Maysville, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025. Shirley’s family will receive friends on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025, from 11 a.m.–1 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Internment will follow in Mount Hebron Cemetery at Maysville, West Virginia.

Bernard Cross

Bernard Cross passed away Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, after a short illness. He married and is survived by the former Sharon McCauley Cross on Dec. 20, 1971. They recently celebrated 53 years of marriage. He is also survived by one daughter, Bobbie Hamner and husband, David; grandson, ...

Betty Jane Henline Moran

Betty Jane Henline Moran, 87, a resident of Hambleton, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024, at her home. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, today from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at 11 a.m. Pastor Chopper Evans will officiate and interment will follow at the Texas Cemetery on Hogback Mountain, Preston County, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Betty Jane ...

Marilyn Crites Thompson

Marilyn Crites Thompson, 71, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life early Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 2024, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2024, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cremation will follow. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Marilyn Crites Thompson. Condolences may be expressed at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Marilyn Crites Thompson

Marilyn Crites Thompson, 71, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life early Sunday morning, Dec. 29, 2024, at her home, following a courageous battle with cancer. She was born Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1953, at Elkins, West Virginia, a daughter of the late James Crites and Velma ...