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Althea J. Judy

Althea J. Judy, 94, a resident of Elkins, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024, at Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center in Elkins under the care of Mountain Hospice. She was born July 4, 1930, a daughter of the late James M. and Goldie Pennington Lawrence. On Jan. 27, 1947, at Oakland, ...

Franklin D. Quattro

Franklin D. Quattro, 87, of Lost River, West Virginia, passed away at his home on Tuesday Sept. 3 after a brief illness. Born on the family farm in Belington, West Virginia, in 1937 to the late Ralph and Eva Hollenbach Quattro. Attended Water Camp School and graduated Belington High School ...

Alan Kenneth Smith (Smitty)

Alan Kenneth Smith (Smitty), 86, of Leesburg, Virginia, passed away Sept. 5, 2024, in the care of Capital Caring Hospice. Alan, the son of Henry Harrison and Loutie Hedrick Smith, was born in Red Creek, West Virginia, on June 20, 1938. Mr. Smith attended Flanagan Hill School and ...

Emaline Bragg Staples

Mary Emaline Bragg Staples, 86, a resident of Valley Bend, passed from this life Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024, at Mon General Hospital in Morgantown. Mary was born Saturday, Sept. 25, 1937, in Nimitz, a daughter of the late Creed Thomas Bragg and Martha Ann Bragg. She was married to Thomas ...

Louise C. ‘Lou Lou’ Day

Louise C. “Lou Lou” Day, 86, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died Tuesday, Sept. 10 , 2024, at the Sundale Nursing Home in Morgantown, West Virginia. She was born April 13, 1938, in Staten Island, New York, a daughter of the late Earl and Cecilia Scherb. In addition to her parents, she ...

Dessie N. Nelson

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Final Rites will be conducted from the funeral home, Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, at 1 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Ken Shiflet will officiate and interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins, West Virginia. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Dessie Nelson may be made to WV Caring, P.O. Box 760 Arthurdale, WV 26520 of the Randolph County Humane Society, P.O. Box 785, Elkins, WV 26241. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Dessie ...