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Sarah Katherine ‘Kathy’ Bolyard Bodkins

The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Final Rites will be conducted from the funeral home, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at 11 a.m. The Rev. Todd Rhoades will officiate and interment will follow at the Parsons City Cemetery at Parsons, West Virginia. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in her name may be made to Christ Church of Arrington, 6450 Christ Church Lane, Arrington, TN 37014. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for Sarah Katherine “Kathy” Bolyard Bodkins. ...

Franklin Lee Varner Sr.

Franklin Lee Varner Sr., 83, of Durbin, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, at his residence with his family by his side. Funeral services for Frank will be Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, at 1 p.m., from the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale, with Pastor David Rittenhouse and Pastor Julian Rittenhouse with interment to follow at the Wilmoth Cemetery, Bartow. The family will receive family and friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 21, 2024, at the funeral home. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements. Please send online ...

Brandon Lee Kelly

Brandon Lee Kelly, 39, of Marlinton, West Virginia died Sunday, Aug. 18, at his home. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Friday, Aug. 23, at Kimble Funeral Home in Marlinton, where a Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday. Military honors will be accorded by the Pocahontas County Veterans Honor Corps. Inurnment at McElwee Cemetery will be private. Memorials may be made in Brandon’s name to any PTSD organization. Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.kimblefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the Kimble Funeral ...

Kenneth Willard Hardy

Kenneth Willard Hardy, 85, a resident of the Bull Run Community, St. George, West Virginia, departed this life Friday morning, Aug. 16, 2024, at his home. He had been in declining health. He was born Friday, Dec. 9, 1938, at Pheasant Run, Kerens, West Virginia, a son of the late George ...

Emerson Grace Ball

Emerson Grace Ball, 4, of Morgantown, gained her angel wings unexpectedly on Friday morning, Aug. 16, 2024, at WVU Medicine-Children’s in Morgantown. Emerson was born on June 30, 2020, in Morgantown, a daughter of Andrew Shane and Lacey Leandra Sanetta Ball. In addition to her ...

Travis Neil Coontz

Travis Neil Coontz, 42, a resident of Louisa, Virginia, departed this life Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, at the UVA Health University Hospital at Charlottesville, Virginia. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are under the direction of the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home for Travis Neil Coontz. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.