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Carroll Lee Sponaugle

Carroll Lee Sponaugle, 93, of Franklin, West Virginia, passed peacefully at home on Thursday, June 4, 2026. The family will receive friends from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, where a funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, June 8, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Jerry Smith officiating. Interment will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Franklin with military honors by the Army Honor Guard. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.kimblefuneralhome.com Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Kimble Funeral Home ...

Dolores Anne Hinebaugh Roberts-Auvil

Dolores Anne Hinebaugh Roberts-Auvil, 91, a resident of Hendricks, West Virginia, departed this life Wednesday afternoon, June 3, 2026, at her home, with her loving family by her side, and under the care of West Virginia Caring. She was born Sunday, May 12, 1935, at Oakland, Maryland, a ...

Elma Ruth Beal Teter Brown

Elma Ruth Beal Teter Brown, 96, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on June 2, 2026, at White Birch Memory Care in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she resided the last three years. Born on Aug. 18, 1929, in Kerens, West Virginia, Ruth was the oldest daughter to the late Harry ...

Cheryl Ann Fowler Canfield

Cheryl Ann Fowler Canfield, 57, a former resident of the Sugarlands Community, Parsons, West Virginia, and more recently a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday, May 30, 2026, at her home. Death was unexpected. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Sunday, June 7, 2026, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., the funeral hour. The Rev. Adam Snyder will officiate and interment will follow at the Bright Chapel Cemetery at Dry Fork, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the ...

Eugenia M. Phillips

Eugenia M. Phillips, 90, a resident of Elkins, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in the Davis Medical Center. Friends may call from 10:30 a.m. until noon Saturday, June 6, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. At noon on Saturday, she will be moved to Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman, where a graveside service will be held. Pastor Ann Fretwell will officiate and interment will follow. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Eugenia M. Phillips. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

John Thayer

John Thayer, 89, a resident of Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins, passed away Sunday evening, May 31, 2026, at the facility under the care of West Virginia Caring Hospice. He was born March 24, 1937, at Tioga, West Virginia, a son of the late William Getty Thayer and the late Masil Radcliff Thayer. He was twice married. First to Miyong Thayer, who preceded him in death, and later to Barbara Hilton Thayer, who survives in Elkins. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sisters, Judy and Frankie; and one brother, Terry. Also preceding ...