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David McNeil Murphy

David McNeil Murphy departed this world on Tuesday, Nov. 5, at his home in Montrose. Dave had been in declining health for some time but this was very unexpected. He had never really been the same since he lost his best friend and brother, Howard (Junior) Murphy earlier this year. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, from 10 a.m. to noon. Final Rites will be conducted at the funeral home, Wednesday, at noon. Pastor Mike House will officiate and interment will follow at the Leading Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery at ...

Peggy Ann McCarty

Peggy Ann McCarty, 86 of Marlinton passed away Sunday, November 10, 2024, at the Pocahontas Center in Marlinton. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, at Lantz Funeral Home in Buckeye. Burial will follow in the New Hope Lutheran Church in Minnehaha. Visitation will be held one hour prior to services at the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at Lantzfuneralhome.com.

John K. ‘Jack’ Daniels

John K. “Jack” Daniels, 82, a resident of the Chenoweth Creek community, Elkins, passed away Friday, Nov. 8, 2024 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. He was born Feb. 9, 1942, at Elkins, a son of the late Clyde K. Daniels and Mary Ellen Noonan Daniels. On ...

James J. Adkins Sr.

James Joshua Adkins Sr., 83, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024 at his home. James’s family will receive family and friends on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024, from 11a.m. till 1 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in Lahmansville Cemetery.

Mary Mae (Alt) VanMeter

Mary Mae (Alt) VanMeter, 89, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, at Grant Memorial Hospital in Petersburg. Mary’s family will receive family and friends on Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024m from 11a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home. Funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in Mt Carmel Cemetery, Arthur, West Virginia.

Alva French Knotts

Alva French Knotts, 89, a native of the Sugarlands Community, Tucker County, West Virginia, departed this life Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 5, 2024, at Brookdale Deer Creek at Sarasota, Florida, with his loving family at his side. He had been in declining health for the past year and critical ...