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John Adam Arbogast

John Adam Arbogast, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away on Dec. 24, 2023, at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his family in his home in Gilman, where he had been under the care of Mountain Hospice due to declining health. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until noon Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at noon Friday from the funeral home chapel with Rev. Paul Thompson officiating. Interment will follow in the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. In lieu of flowers the family, ...

Harold Otto Gooden Sr.

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, from 10 a.m to noon. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Friday at noon. The Rev. Kevin Gainer and The Rev. Justin Jones will officiate and interment will follow at the Harsh Cemetery at Clover Run. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Harold Otto Gooden Sr. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Montie Ray Corley

Montie Ray Corley, 73, a resident of Mabie, West Virgina, passed from this life on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, at Autumn Lake Health Care at Crystal Spring. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at 10 a.m. from the Tomblyn Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Dewaine A. Corley officiating. Interment will follow in the Rowan Memorial Cemetery, Mabie West Virginia. Full Military Honors will be accorded at the gravesite by members of the West Virginia National Guard Honor Guard Program, H.W. Danels Post 29 American Legion and Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of ...

Paul William ‘Coon’ Sponaugle

Paul William “Coon” Sponaugle, 86, a resident of River Bend Estates in Parsons, West Virginia, entered into Heaven on Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2023, from Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins, West Virginia. He laid down his head to sleep and awoke in the ...

John Adam Arbogast

John Adam Arbogast, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away on Dec. 24, 2023, at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his family in his home in Gilman, where he had been under the care of Mountain Hospice due to declining health. Born on Feb. 20, 1943, in ...

Della ‘Dee’ DiAnne Howell Phillips

Della “Dee” DiAnne Howell Phillips, 53, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Sunday morning, Dec. 24, 2023, at her home. She was born Thursday, Nov. 19, 1970, at Elkins, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Earnest Ray Howell. On Nov. 21, 2009, at Norton, ...