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Barbara Ann Gainer Whetsell

In keeping with her wishes, her family will be honoring her memory with a Celebration of Life on: Saturday, May 11th Noon until 3 p.m. Montrose Community Center 175 Oak St., Montrose, West Virginia Lunch, refreshments and dessert Casual attire, something with purple possibly Join Barbara’s family and friends, as they celebrate her life the way she would have wanted it to be, a joyful gathering, rather than a mournful occasion. The event, held in Montrose, symbolizes her homecoming and a return to her roots. There will be time for family and friends to share their stories and ...

Tanya Lynn Gray Epperly

Tanya Lynn Gray Epperly, 55, a resident of Elkins, passed away from this life unexpectedly on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Tanya was born in Harrison County West Virgina on March 7, 1969. She was the daughter of the late Alvin Gray and Della Cool. She was preceded in death by her eldest son, ...

Roger Allen Rhodes

Roger Allen Rhodes, 81, a resident of Glady, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday morning, May 4, 2024, at the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center at Elkins, West Virginia. He was born Saturday, Feb. 6, 1943, at Meyersdale, Pennsylvania, a son of the late McClellan C. and Della Luemma Baker Rhodes. Surviving are one daughter, Amy Lambert and husband, Jon of Elkins; one sister, Della Mae Cork and husband, Danny, of Stuarts Draft, Virginia; two grandchildren, Aiden Lambert and Cameron Lambert; sister-in-law, Retha Rhodes of Glady; and special friends, the Wood family and ...

Brenda Faye Cadle Blankenship

Brenda Faye Cadle Blankenship, 73, a resident of Elkins and more recently Morgantown, passed from this life Monday, May 6, 2024, at the home of her daughter. Brenda was born Tuesday, June 20, 1950, in Richwood, a daughter of the late Orvie Cadle and Opal Dodrill Cadle. She was married ...

Russell Ray Collins II

Russell Ray Collins II, 58, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Friday, May 3, 2024, at his home. He was born Saturday, June 12, 1965, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son of the late Kenneth Jack Collins and Thelma Jeannette McMurray Collins, who survives. Also surviving are his children, Daniel Ryan Collins Violet of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Stephanie Elizabeth Fenchimore and husband, Collin, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania; one sister, Linda Ellen Collins Garcia and husband, Ysidro, of El Paso, Texas; special friends, Carol Deavers Fretwell and husband, ...

Larry Joe Hedrick

Larry Joe Hedrick, 69, passed away from this life on Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, in the West Penn Burn Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the Whitmer Community Church, Whitmer, West Virginia, with Steve Wymer officiating. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Larry Joe Hedrick. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.