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Montie Ray Corley

Montie Ray Corley, 73, a resident of Mabie, West Virgina, passed from this life on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, at Autumn Lake Health Care at Crystal Spring. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, at 10 a.m. from the Tomblyn Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Dewaine A. Corley officiating. Interment will follow in the Rowan Memorial Cemetery, Mabie West Virginia. Full Military Honors will be accorded at the gravesite by members of the West Virginia National Guard Honor Guard Program, H.W. Danels Post 29 American Legion and Tygart Valley Post 3647 Veterans of ...

Paul William ‘Coon’ Sponaugle

Paul William “Coon” Sponaugle, 86, a resident of River Bend Estates in Parsons, West Virginia, entered into Heaven on Christmas morning, Dec. 25, 2023, from Mountain Memories Assisted Living & Retirement Center in Elkins, West Virginia. He laid down his head to sleep and awoke in the ...

John Adam Arbogast

John Adam Arbogast, a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away on Dec. 24, 2023, at the age of 80. He was surrounded by his family in his home in Gilman, where he had been under the care of Mountain Hospice due to declining health. Born on Feb. 20, 1943, in ...

Della ‘Dee’ DiAnne Howell Phillips

Della “Dee” DiAnne Howell Phillips, 53, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life early Sunday morning, Dec. 24, 2023, at her home. She was born Thursday, Nov. 19, 1970, at Elkins, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Earnest Ray Howell. On Nov. 21, 2009, at Norton, ...

Marcia Y. (Kuhn) Hill

Marcia Y. (Kuhn) Hill, 70, of Marlinton, West Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. Visitation will be held at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia, on Friday, Dec. 29, from 10 a.m. to noon. Funeral services will begin at noon. Interment will be in Maple Hill Cemetery, Petersburg, West Virginia.

Paulenna ‘Polly’ (Gallien) Griffith

Paulenna “Polly” (Gallien) Griffith, 62, passed away on Dec. 21, 2023, at Ruby Memorial Hospital after a sudden decline in her health including a life threatening illness. She was born April 6, 1961, in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Okey and Leatrice Gallien. She graduated from ...