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Marvin D. ‘Shorty’ Currence

Marvin D. "Shorty" Currence, 99, a resident of Cassity, passed away peacefully on Sept. 11, 2026, at Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins under the care of WV Caring Hospice. Friends may call from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept 17, 2026.. at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept 18, 2026, from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Tristan Tenney and Rev. Stella Fay Moyer officiating. Interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery where full military honors will be accorded by members of the Upshur ...

Pamela Sue Henline Phillips Taylor

Pamela Sue Henline Phillips Taylor, 72, a resident of Valley Bend passed from this life, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, at Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center in Elkins. Pamela was born Tuesday, Aug. 31, 1954, in Elkins, a daughter of the late Hartsel Henline and Zelpha Dusky Henline. Left ...

Donna Marie Mortimer Kent

Donna Marie Mortimer Kent of Elkins, West Virginia, passed peacefully after a lengthy illness on Sept. 13, 2026, at the age of 99. She was born in Rimersburg, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 11, 1927, to the late Ross W. and Harriet Walters Mortimer. On Nov. 6, 1947, Donna married Joseph Kent Jr. in ...

James Russell Vandevander

James Russell Vandevander, 59, of Circleville, West Virginia, passed away Sunday, Sept 13, 2026, at UVA Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia as the result of a motor vehicle accident earlier that evening in Highland County, Virginia. . The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Kimble Funeral Home in Franklin, and a funeral service will be held at noon Monday, Sept. 21, in the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Mike Lambert officiating. Interment will be at the Vandevander Cemetery. Online condolences and memories may be shared at ...

Orlan Richard Phillips II

Orlan Richard Phillips II, 69, a resident of Smokey Hollow, Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Thursday evening, Sept. 10, 2026, at the WV Caring Hospice Center at Elkins, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. He was born Wednesday, Sept. 12, 1956, at Parsons, West ...

Marvin D. ‘Shorty’ Currence

Marvin D. "Shorty" Currence, 99, a resident of Cassity, passed away peacefully on Sept.11, 2026 at Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins under the care of WV Caring Hospice. Friends may call from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 18, 2026, from the funeral home chapel with Pastor Tristan Tenney and Rev. Stella Fay Moyer officiating. Interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery where full military honors will be accorded by members of the Upshur ...