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Leroy Garfield Webb

Leroy Garfield Webb, 85, of Arbovale passed away in his sleep peacefully on Jan. 15, 2026, at Terra Bella’s Memory Care unit in Asheboro, North Carolina. A memorial service will be noon on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale with Pastor Julian Rittenhouse officiating. Burial will follow at the Arbovale Cemetery Annex and Military Rites conducted by the Pocahontas County Veterans Honor Corp. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the memorial service at the funeral home. Please send online condolences by visiting ...

William Keith Cooper

Mr. William Keith Cooper, 81, a resident of Belington, departed this life Friday evening, Jan. 16, 2026, in the emergency department of the Broaddus Hospital at Philippi, West Virginia. Although he had been in declining health, death was unexpected. Mr. Cooper was born Nov. 20, 1944, at ...

Debra Ann (Hanlin) Funk

Debra Ann (Hanlin) Funk, 66, of Mt. Storm, West Virginia, died on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Locust Grove Church, Bismarck, West Virginia. Visitation will be one hour prior to service. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Cosner Family Cemetery, Mt Storm.Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Sandra Ann Erickson Sanders

Sandra Ann Erickson Sanders, 84, who was born April 28 of 1941 in Elkins, West Virginia, to Ida Margaret Roach Erickson and Joseph Walfrid Erickson, passed peacefully at home in Elkins, West Virginia, on Jan. 8, 2026. Surviving are her family, her son, Gregory Allen Sanders and daughter, ...

Geraldine Mouser

Geraldine (Bryan) Mouser, age 93, a resident of Philippi, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026, at the Mountain Living Assisted Care Facility in Belington, West Virginia, where she had been a resident under the care of Mountain Hospice since September. Geraldine was born on Dec. ...

Joseph George Charnoplosky Jr.

Mr. Joseph George Charnoplosky Jr., 75, a resident of the Audra Road near Belington, departed this life early Saturday morning Jan. 17, 2026, at his home surrounded by his devoted wife and children who had done so much for him throughout his illness. George, as everyone called him, was ...