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Dayton Junior ‘June’ Mallow

Dayton Junior ‘June’ Mallow, 77, a resident of Elkins, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, in the Emergency Department of the Davis Medical Center. He was born Feb. 21, 1948, at Harman, a son of the late Dayton Mallow and Eva Hedrick Mallow. On Nov. 3, 1969, at Elkins, he was ...

Eulah Jane Channell Yokum

Eulah Jane Channell Yokum, 87, passed away peacefully on April 11 at Lavender Fields Assisted Living in Beverly. She was born March 13, 1938, the seventh child of her late parents, Norvel Osgrow and Cynthia Elizabeth Harris Channell of Elkwater. She is survived by her son, Greg (Lisa) and their two adult children, Ryan and Ethan of Austin, Texas. Also surviving are two sisters, Doris Hogan (Roy-deceased) and Patsy Kyle (Benny-deceased); and many nieces, nephews and their families. Eulah was preceded in death by her husband, Gail; her son, Steven (Rhonda), as well as six siblings ...

Retha Mae Scott

Retha Mae Scott, 81, a resident of Mill Creek, passed away Monday, April 28, 2025, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, West Virginia. She was born Sept. 11, 1943, at Mill Creek, a daughter of the late Walden Ogel Scott and Daisy Eletha Brenwalt Scott. She had never married. She is survived by one sister, Rella Mills of Mill Creek; three brothers, Raymond K. Scott of Buckhannon, formerly of Mill Creek, Roger Scott (Brenda) of Prince George, Virginia, and Randolph Scott (Susie) of Mill Creek; special nieces, Regina Kay and Diana; and special nephews, Chris, Jason, ...

Arlie Wayne Michael

Arlie Wayne Michael, 80, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, at Grant Rehabilitation & Care Center in Petersburg, West Virginia. A funeral service will be Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Family will receive friends from 11 a.m. till time of service. Interment will follow in the Simmons Family Cemetery, Deep Spring Road, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Mac Bowen Porter

Mac Bowen Porter, 76, of Maysville, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at Sentara RMH Medical Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Mac’s family will receive friends on Sunday, May 4, 2025, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. A Military Memorial service will begin at 4 p.m. Grant County Veterans Honor Guard and the United States Army Honor Guard will conduct military honors.

Don Ertel

Don Ertel, 76, of Petersburg, West Virginia, died Wednesday at Grant Rehabilitation and care Center in Petersburg. A Celebration of Life service will be Friday, May 2, 2025, at 4 p.m. at Living Hope Baptist Church in Petersburg, West Virginia. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg.