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Robert Franklin Lambert

Robert Franklin Lambert, 93, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Monday morning, July 6, 2026, at his home with his loving wife by his side and under the care of West Virginia Caring. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, Friday, July 10, 2026. from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home, Friday at 1 p.m. Pastor John Lambert will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia. The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the ...

Joann Long Sponaugle

Joann Long Sponaugle, 88, a lifelong resident of Parsons, passed from this life Saturday, June 27, 2026, at the home of her daughter, Delva Jean Morris, in Hansford, West Virginia. Joann was born Thursday, Aug. 26, 1937, in Parsons, a daughter of the late Joseph N. Long and Edith M. Canfield ...

Gloria ‘Jean’ Dodge Brewster

Gloria "Jean" Dodge Brewster, 80, a resident of Beverly passed from this life Thursday, July 2, 2026, at her home surrounded by her loving family and under the care of Mt. Hospice. Jean was born April 17, 1946, to Mary Anzak in Baltimore, Maryland. She was raised in Beverly by her ...

Terrance Junior ‘Hair’ Ferguson

Terrance Junior "Hair" Ferguson, 83, a resident of Montrose passed from this life Monday, July 6, 2026, in WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. Terry was born Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1942, in Elkins, a son of the late Thomas Cooper Ferguson and Margaret Virginia Holbert Ferguson. On Aug. 26, ...

Roger Leon ‘Jaybird’ Hedrick III

Roger Leon "Jaybird" Hedrick III, 26, a resident of Belington, passed from this life Wednesday, July 1, 2026, at his fiance’s residence as the result of smoke related injuries sustained in a house fire. Jay was born Thursday, Sept. 16, 1999, in Elkins, the son of Roger Lean Hedrick Jr. and ...

W. Paul Borror

Warren Paul Borror, age 78, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2026, at home. Paul’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, from 5-8 p.m. at the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will be on Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Schaeffer Funeral Home.