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Ernest E. Glasby

Ernest E. Glasby, 80, a resident of Autumn Lake Healthcare at Elkins, passed away Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. He was born Oct. 10, 1945, at New York, a son of the late Walter and Almira Zeller Glasby. A graveside service will be held at 1 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at Maplewood Cemetery in Elkins, with Pastor Ann Fretwell officiating. Interment will follow. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Ernest E. Glasby. Condolences may be expressed at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Danny Lynn Golden

Mr. Danny Lynn Golden, 77, a resident of Belington, departed this life early Monday morning, Jan. 5, 2026, in the Davis Medical Center at Elkins. Death was following a period of declining health. He was born Jan. 2, 1949, at Philippi, West Virginia, a son of the late Bruce and Omah Carder ...

Texie Marie Bright Mallow

Texie Marie Bright Mallow, 98, a resident of Laurel Mountain, Montrose, West Virginia, and a recent resident of Harmony of Morgantown, Morgantown, West Virginia, passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7:00 pm Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Tim Edin officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. ...

Thomas Leslie ‘Tom’ Coontz

Thomas Leslie “Tom” Coontz, 72, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Thursday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2026, at the WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital at Wheeling, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. He was born Sunday, April 12, 1953, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son ...

Melvin Robert Perry Sr.

Melvin Robert Perry Sr., 88, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at his home. He was born Jan. 25, 1937, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Henry Charles and Pauline Garland Koon Perry. On Aug. 9, 1969, he married Naomi Margaret Boggs who preceded him in death on Sept. ...

Texie Marie Bright Mallow

Texie Marie Bright Mallow, 98, a resident of Laurel Mountain, Montrose, West Virginia, and a recent resident of Harmony of Morgantown, Morgantown, West Virginia, passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026 at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. She is now at peace, ...