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Sarah ‘Kathryn’ Watring Knotts

Sarah "Kathryn" Watring Knotts, 93, a resident of the Leadmine Community, Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday morning, May 23, 2026, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, and under the care of West Virginia Caring. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons, West Virginia, on Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. Final rites will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday, May 29, 2026, at 11 a.m. Pastor Roger Curtis and Matthew Donald Hottle will officiate and interment will follow at the Watring Family Cemetery at Shaffertown, West ...

Sarah ‘Kathryn’ Watring Knotts

Sarah “Kathryn” Watring Knotts, 93, a resident of the Leadmine Community, Parsons, West Virginia, departed this life Saturday morning, May 23, 2026, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, and under the care of West Virginia Caring. She was born Friday, Feb. 10, 1933, at ...

Brenda Lee (Ware) Doyle

Ms. Brenda Lee (Ware) Doyle, 63, a resident of Philippi, departed this life Thursday evening May 21, 2026, at her residence. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born May 2, 1963, at West Chester, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Denzil Ware and the late C. ...

Joseph ‘Joe’ Manolidis

Joseph “Joe” Manolidis, 77, a resident of Norton, West Virginia, departed this life Friday, May 22, 2026, at the West Virginia Caring Hospice Center in Elkins, West Virginia, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Saturday, Oct. 2, 1948, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son of the ...

James Anthony ‘Jim’ Gongola

James Anthony “Jim” Gongola of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away surrounded by family on May 21, 2026. Friends will be received from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins. Jim will be moved to the Beverly Cemetery, where a graveside service will be held at 4:30 p.m. Andrew Gongola will officiate and interment will follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37839, Boone, IA 50037-0839. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for ...

James Anthony ‘Jim’ Gongola

James Anthony “Jim” Gongola of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away surrounded by family on May 21, 2026. He was born on June 1, 1941, in Ford City, Pennsylvania, to John and Ann Gongola. Jim was married to Janice Beth Lefkowitz on Dec. 17, 1965. He is survived by his wife, ...