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Edward Lewis ‘Fast Eddie’ Bashford

Edward Lewis “Fast Eddie” Bashford, 81, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, and more recently of Job, West Virginia, departed this life Sunday evening, June 28, 2026, at his home with his wife by his side. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins on Sunday from 4 p.m. until 8 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Monday, July 6, 2026, at 10 a.m. Pastor Steve Wymer and Pastor Chris Wyatt will officiate and interment will follow at the Bethel Cemetery at Job, West Virginia. The family suggest that expressions of ...

Edward Lewis ‘Fast Eddie’ Bashford

Edward Lewis “Fast Eddie” Bashford, 81, a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio, and more recently of Job, West Virginia, departed this life Sunday evening, June 28, 2026, at his home with his wife by his side. A son of the late Richard Emory Bashford and Dorothy Elizabeth Gifford Bashford, he ...

Candace ‘Candy’ Beltz Sommerville

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday, July 2, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home at 1 p.m. The Rev. Steve Morrow will officiate and interment will follow at the Pifer Mountain Cemetery at St. George, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Candace Beltz Sommerville. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Christopher Delano See

Christopher Delano See, 65, a resident of Valley Bend, passed from this life Sunday, June 28, 2026, at WV Caring Hospice Inpatient Center in Elkins following a brief illness. Chris was born Monday, April 24, 1961, in Elkins, a son of late Franklin Delano See and Jo Ellen Hewitt. On ...

Helen Yvonne Sturms Bibey

Mrs. Helen Yvonne Sturms Bibey, 92, a resident of the Teter Creek Lake Community, departed life Friday evening, June 26, 2026, at her home. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born June 16, 1934, at Brownton West Virginia, a daughter of the late Ralph and Elvia ...

Shelby (Mongold) Ratcliff Bensenhaver

Shelby (Mongold) Ratcliff Bensenhaver, 87, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2026. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at 1 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg . Shelby’s family will receive friends from noon till time of service. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia.