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Letha Lynn Schoonover

Letha Lynn Schoonover, 63, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life on Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at her home. Letha was born Saturday, Aug. 6, 1960, in Oakland, Maryland, a daughter of the late Carl Ward Schoonover Sr. and Florence Marie Sayger Schoonover. Left to cherish Letha’s ...

Gerald W. Van Slyke

Gerald Wayne “Jerry” Van Slyke, 93, of Upper Tract, West Virgnia, went to be with his Lord on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 at his home. Jerry’s family will receive friends Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, from 6-8 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Military Graveside service will be Friday 11 a.m. at the Lough Family Cemetery Upper Tract, West Virginia.

Helen Louise Gum Wegman

Helen Louise Gum Wegman, 98, of Linville, Virginia, died Oct. 16, 2023, at Harrisonburg Health and Rehab. She was born June 2, 1925, in Randolph County, West Virginia, and was a daughter to the late Grover and Dona Hammons Gum. She worked as a side seamstress at H.D. Lee Company. She attended Mt. Zion Church of the Brethren. She loved sewing and crocheting. On February 25, 1939, she married Roy Wilson Wegman Sr., who preceded her in death on Nov. 2, 2008. Surviving are four sons, Roy Wegman, Jr., of Broadway, Carrol Wegman, of Dailey, West Virginia, Jackie Wegman, of Broadway, ...

Timothy Wayne Rubush

Mr. Timothy Wayne Rubush, 61, a resident of Belington, West Virginia, departed this life early Friday morning, Oct. 13, 2023, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown. Death was following a period of declining health. He was born April 24, 1962, at Richmond, Indiana, a son of the late ...

Ronald Luke Cross

The family will receive friends at the Whitmer Methodist Church at Whitmer on Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. Final Rites will be conducted from the church Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023, at 11 a.m. Pastor Steve Wymer will officiate and interment will follow at the Laurel Hill Cemetery at Whitmer, West Virginia, where full military honors will be conducted by members of the WV Army National Guard Honor Guard Program, the H.W. Daniels Post 29, American Legion, and the Tygarts Valley Post 3647, Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for ...

William Harper ‘Bill’ Collins

A Graveside Service will be conducted Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the Mountain State Memorial Gardens at Gilman, West Virginia. Preaching Minister Jason Brandon will officiate and interment will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the Lions Club of Elkins, P. O. Box 690, Elkins, WV 26241 with Leader Dog on the memo line. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for William Harper “Bill” Collins. Condolences may be expressed to the family at ...