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Sophia Lane Summerfield

Infant Sophia Lane Summerfield, daughter of Canan Robert and Courtney Lane Jones Summerfield, of Parsons, departed this life Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, at the WVU Medicines Children’s Hospital at Morgantown, West Virginia. Also surviving are one brother, Brantley Summerfield; and one sister, Riley Summerfield; grandparents, Glenn and Sandy Summerfield of Hambleton and William “Bill” and Shannon Jones of Monterville; one uncle, Erik Rausch of Monterville; one aunt, Cheyenne Summerfield of Glady; two great-grandmothers. Laura Poling of Hambleton and Wanda Arbogast of Ohio; one ...

Steven Jesse Stricklin

Steven Jesse Stricklin, 66, a resident of Valley Head, West Virginia, passed away Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, at his home. He was born Dec. 27, 1958, at St. Louis, Missouri, a son of Patricia Lee Haze Stricklin of Florida and the late Dale Arthur Stricklin. On Dec. 29, 1979, he was ...

Mary Catherine Cook Mitchell

Mary Catherine Cook Mitchell, 84, a resident of Essex, Maryland, passed from this life Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, at home. A comprehensive obituary will be published. Visitation will be held at the Hostetler Funeral Home Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. Interment will follow in Fansler Cemetery. The Randolph Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Mary Catherine Cook Mitchell. Send online condolences to the family at www.hostetler funeralhome.com.

Janis C. Wamsley

Janis C. Wamsley, 88, a resident of Huttonsville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. She was born June 3, 1937, at Huttonsville, a daughter of the late Jesse A. McGee and Woodsie Conrad McGee. On Jan. 26, 1957, at Huttonsville, she was married to Vernon D. Wamsley, who survives. ...

James A. ‘Jim’ Gragg

James A. “Jim” Gragg, 74, of Durbin, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 17, at WV Caring in Elkins. Jim was born on Dec. 28, 1950, son of Paul Donald and Hallie Virginia Gragg. Survivors include his loving wife of 54 years, Donna; and son, Jamie (Hannah) Gragg of Marlinton. Other survivors include, mother-in-law, Hilda Brock of Durbin; brothers, Billy (Cathy) Gragg, Dick Gragg and Tony Gragg, all of Ravenna, Ohio: sisters, Sandy (Ron) Dixon of Colombia, Maryland, and Cathy Thornton and Debra Holbrook, all of Ravenna, Ohio: sisters-in-law, Jean Craig of Colombia, South Carolina, ...

Tracy Jean Carr

Tracy Jean Carr, 52, passed away peacefully at home on March 8, 2025. Although her health had been declining, her sudden passing brought deep sorrow to the many who loved and admired her. Born on May 19, 1972, in Randolph County, Tracy was the beloved daughter of Delbert Carr and the late ...