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Elton Harper Raines

Elton Harper Raines, 95, of Cabins, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025, at Pendleton Manor in Franklin, WV. Elton’s family will receive friends on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Schaeffer Funeral Home from 11 a.m. till 1 p.m. Funeral services will begin at 1 p.m. from the chapel Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in South Branch Valley Memorial Gardens in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Beverly Jean (Kesner) Plauger

Beverly Jean (Kesner) Plauger, age 71 of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Sunday, May 11, 2025. Beverly’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 5-8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will be on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home Interment in the Getz Cemetery, Dorcas, West Virginia.

Mary Etta Peacock

Mary Etta Peacock, 99 of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at WV Caring in Elkins. She was born Nov. 9, 1925, in Winona, West Virginia. Mary was a 1943 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley, West Virginia. For over 50 years, she co-owned and ...

Linda Louise Hovatter Loughry

Linda Louise Hovatter Loughry, 81, of Hambleton, West Virginia, passed away on May 7, 2025, after an unexpected medical condition. As she did with all of life’s experiences, Linda faced her final days with profound grace and remarkable strength, surrounded by her children and ...

Calvin Ted ‘Buzz’ Bennett Sr.

Calvin Ted “Buzz” Bennett Sr., 85, a resident of Norton, West Virginia, departed this life early Sunday morning, May 4, 2025, at his home surrounded by his loving family and under the care of WV Caring. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from noon to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Final Rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Sunday, May 11, 2025, at 2 p.m. Pastor Johnny Welch will officiate, and interment will follow at the Brick Church Cemetery at Huttonsville, West Virginia, where full military honors will be accorded by members of ...

Mary Jo McBee

Mary Jo McBee, 73, of Weirton, West Virginia, formerly of Philippi, West Virginia, passed unexpectedly Wednesday, May 7, 2025. She was born May 25, 1951, in Philippi, a daughter of the late James Tillison Martin and Joan Lake Martin. She is also preceded in death by her brother, James ...