Rev. James “Jim” Purnell, 74, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins following an extended illness. Jim was born Dec. 23, 1950, in Parsons, a son of the late Dewey Leroy Purnell and Edith Geraldine Heckler. On Oct. 2, 1993, ...
Joyce Ramona Betler Estridge passed away Friday, April 4, 2025, at approximately 2 a.m. A graveside service will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. Pastor Ann Fretwell will officiate and interment will follow. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the Randolph County Humane Society, PO Box 785, Elkins, WV 26241 or The American Heart Association, West Virginia Affiliate, PO Box 12110, Charleston, WV 25302 in memory of Joyce. The Estridge family would like to thank the staffs of Mountain Memories ...
Franklin Steven King, 73, a resident of Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life early Tuesday morning, April 1, 2025, at Cortland Acres at Thomas, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. He was born Saturday, Dec. 29, 1951, at Parsons, West Virginia, a son of the late James Robert and Lena Gertrude Pitzer King. He had never married. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Preceding him in death are two brothers, James Russell King and Robert Lee “Hopsing” King; and one sister, Kathryn Gertrude “Katie” King Mason. He was a graduate of Parsons ...
Dorothy (Evans) Bolyard, 80, passed away on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at E.A. Hawse Healthcare Center in Baker, West Virginia. Dorothy’s family will receive friends on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, from 6–8 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, at 1 p.m. in the chapel. Burial will follow in Maple Hill Cemetery in Petersburg, West Virginia.
Joyce Lou (White) Trail, 74, of Elkins West Virginia, passed away Feb. 15, 2025, at the WV Caring Hospice Inpatient Center in Elkins West Virginia. She was born July 25, 1950, the daughter of the late Emerson White and Nettie (Summerfield) White of Alpena, West Virginia. In addition to ...
Joyce Ramona Betler Estridge passed away Friday, April 4, 2025, at approximately 2 a.m. She was born May 16, 1934, on the family farm on Gilman Road, the eldest child of the late George Henry Betler and Mary Francis Suesli Betler. Her youngest sister, Katherin Ross, also preceded her in death on Sept. 3, 2021. For five years, she attended the one room-one teacher Marstiller School. Beginning in the sixth grade, she began attending the Elkins schools, graduating salutatorian of Elkins High School class of 1952. In 1956, she graduated with honors from Berea College, Berea ...
