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SHIFLET

Jonathan and Casandra Shiflet of Elkins announce the birth of a daughter, born at 2:38 a.m. June 18, 2019, in Davis Medical Center. The infant weighed 5 pounds, 14 ounces and has been named Magnolia Grace Shiflet. The mother is the former Casandra Wallace. Maternal grandparents are Jack Wallace and LeEllen Phares and Beth Wallace. Paternal grandparents are Kenneth and Lylian Shiflet. Great-grandparents are Christiane Kennedy, Suellen Wallace, Donna McGee, Barbara Wallace and Donna Shiflet.

ISNER

Jason and Jessica Isner of Valley Bend announce the birth of a son, born at 7:58 a.m. May 17, 2019, in Davis Medical Center. The infant weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and has been named Jordan Owen Isner. Siblings include Jacob Andrew Isner and Jonathan Lee Isner. The mother is the former Jessica Gibson. Maternal grandparents are Guy Gibson II and Sherry Gibson. Paternal grandparents are Asher and Suzie Isner. Great-grandparents are Guy Gibson I and Ann Weese.

Lena Hofer Mealey

Friends and relatives traveled from seven states to be a part of Lena Hofer Mealey’s 100th birthday celebration. Mrs. Mealey was born May 19, 1919, in Helvetia, to Ernest and Henrietta Hofer. A graduate of Pickens High School in the class of 1938, she married Orville Mealey. ...

Juanita Vandevender

Juanita Louise White Vandevender of Kerens celebrated her 80th birthday on Mother’s Day, May 12, at the Montrose Community Building with 75 of her family and friends in attendance. Mrs. Vandevender was born May 12, 1939, at Job, a daughter of the late Melvin and Maggie White. She was ...

Wanda Shinn Mitchell

Wanda Shinn Mitchell of Belington will celebrate her 95th birthday May 20 with family and friends. Mrs. Mitchell, a life-long resident of Barbour County, is the daughter of Daniel and Nancy Ware. She has two sons, David Shinn of Cary, North Carolina, and Paul Shinn of Elkins, one ...

DRAKEFORD

Kelvin and Leia Herron-Drakeford of Concord, North Carolina announce the birth of a son, born at 1:17 p.m. Friday, March 15, 2019, at Charlotte Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The infant weighed 8 pounds, 0.5 ounces, measured 20 inches and was named Liam Gianni Drakeford. The ...