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Raymond Price Swecker

Raymond Price Swecker, 87 of Norton, Virginia, formerly of Lynchburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully at Holston Valley Medical Center following a medical procedure. He was the husband of the late Georgetta Tabitha Wamsley Swecker for 62 years. Raymond was born in Elkins, West Virginia, to the late Arlen Frank Swecker and the late Mary Magdalene Swecker. He is a 1957 graduate of Tygart Valley High School in Mill Creek, West Virginia, after which he served honorably in the United States Army from 1959-1962. He is a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Coeburn, Virginia. Raymond ...

Richard Lee ‘Dick’ Jones

Richard Lee “Dick” Jones, 81, of Mabie passed away on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025, at United Hospital Center in Bridgeport, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Saturday, Dec. 11, 1943, in Somerset, Ohio, a son of the late Raymond Cyril Jones and Orpha Mae Davis Jones. On July ...

Norma Jean ‘Susie’ Knotts Jones

Norma Jean “Susie” Knotts Jones, 74, a resident of the Horseshoe Run Road Community, Parsons, departed this life Monday Nov. 10, 2025, at WVU Medicine Garrett Regional Medical Center at Oakland, Maryland. She had been in declining health. She was born Wednesday, March 7, 1951, at ...

Virginia Faye Phillips Shahan

Mrs. Virginia Faye Phillips Shahan, 85, a resident of Philippi, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday evening Nov. 8, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born May 10, 1940 at Meadowville, West Virginia, a daughter of ...

Virginia Faye Phillips Shahan

Mrs. Virginia Faye Phillips Shahan, 85, a resident of Philippi, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday evening Nov. 8, 2025, at her home surrounded by her family. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born May 10, 1940 at Meadowville, West Virginia, a daughter of the ...

Lonnie Carl Wolfe

Lonnie Carl Wolfe, 80, a resident of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and formerly of Elkins, West Virginia, departed his life on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. Lonnie was born July 3, 1945, at Pifer Mountain, Tucker County, a son of the late Forest and Lora Shahan Wolfe. On July 22, 1966, he was ...