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Raymond Foreback

Raymond Richard Foreback 88, passed away peacefully with his family at his bedside on March 28, 2026. Born Nov. 6, 1937, in Valley Head, West Virginia, to Raymond and Una Pritt Foreback. He attended Valley Head Elementary, Tygart Valley High School and West Virginia University. He was ...

Samuel Burton “Sammy” Lawrence

Mr. Samuel Burton "Sammy" Lawrence, 58, a resident of Belington departed this life Friday April 10, 2026, at his home. He had been in usual health but death was unexpected. He was born Feb. 13, 1968, at Harman, West Virginia, son of the late Samuel David and Nancy Joan Vanscoy Lawrence. ...

Carol Lynn Woolridge

Carol Lynn Woolridge, 79, a resident of Beverly and for the last two years, a resident of Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center, passed from this life Friday, April 10, 2026. Carol was born Wednesday, Oct. 22, 1946, in Richmond, Virginia, a daughter of the late Edwin Homer Woolridge Sr. ...

Homer William ‘Homie’ Howell

Homer William “Homie” Howell, 43, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Monday, April 6, 2026, in the emergency department of Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center in Elkins. He had been in his usual health and death was attributed to a major cardiac event. Homer was born Monday, ...

James Edward Markley

James Edward Markley, known by most as Jim, 77, a resident of Elkins, departed this life on April 7, 2026, at Davis Medical Center in Elkins. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made in Jim’s memory to The North Central WV Parkinson Patient and Family Support Group, a nonprofit support group that operates solely through donations. Please make all donations payable directly to The NCWV Parkinson Support Group, note donations made in check form will need to have the following on memo line “Restricted for Local Support Group, in memory of Jim Markley.” ...

Josephine Ruth Suder Kittle

Mrs. Josephine Ruth Suder Kittle, 97, a former resident of Belington and more recently of the Mansfield Place in Philippi, departed this life early Thursday morning, April 9, 2026, in the care facility at Philippi. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born Jan. 23, ...