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Patricia Kerns

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patricia Kerns on Oct. 10, 2024, at 77 years old. Arrangements are made for Oct. 15, 2024, at Lantz Funeral Home - 16792 Seneca Trail, Buckeye, WV 24924. We will be receiving friends and family from 2 until 3 p.m. and funeral services will begin at 3 p.m. Pat will be laid to rest at McNeel Cemetery directly after. It is Pat’s wishes that in Lieu of flowers donations will instead be made to the Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro at 44 Denmar Road, Hillsboro, WV 24946.

Roger Lee Mitchell

Roger Lee Mitchell, 70, of Upper Tract, West Virginia, passed away at his home on Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. The family will receive friends from 1–2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Kimble Funeral Home where a funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home chapel with Pastor William Johnson officiating. Interment will be at Kline Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Upper Tract Rescue Squad, P. O. Box 42, Upper Tract, WV 26866 or the South Mill Creek Church of the Brethren, 767 South Mill Creek Road, Upper Tract, WV 26866. Online condolences and memories may be ...

Arling Randolph ‘Randy’ Simmons II

Arling Randolph “Randy” Simmons II, 62, a resident of Elkins, passed away Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, in the Davis Medical Center. He was born Dec. 17, 1961, in Elkins a son of Jeannie Pearl Simmons of Elkins and the late Arling Randolph “Bud” Simmons. Surviving is one daughter, ...

Herby Hugh ‘Bruz’ Casto

Herby Hugh “Bruz” Casto, Jr., 79 years, a resident of Elkins and the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024 in the Davis Medical Center. He was born Aug. 22, 1945 at Elkins, a son of the late Herby Hugh Casto, Sr., and Anna Belle Morgart Casto. He had ...

David Harold ‘Bud’ Gregory

David Harold “Bud” Gregory, 82, a resident of Gilman, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at the Tygart Valley Health & Rehabilitation Center in Belington, WV with his family by his side and under the care of Mountain Hospice. Friends may call 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 12:00 noon Tuesday, Oct. 15, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Wease Day officiating. Interment will follow in the Gregory Cemetery on Roney Run Road at Gilman. Feel welcomed to come, not to say goodbye, ...

Julia Ann Pennington

Julia Ann Pennington, 45, of Franklin, West Virginia passed away at her home on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. The family will receive friends from noon to 1 p.m., Monday, Oct. 14, at Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, where a funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Monday, with Pastor Harold Mullenax officiating. Interment will be at the Lambert Cemetery near Franklin. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.kimblefuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, West Virginia.