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Thurman M. Sampson

Thurman M. Sampson of Parkville, Maryland, formally of Cass, West Virginia, passed away on Feb. 25, 2026, after a long battle with cancer. Visitation will be Sunday, March 1, 2026, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home Arbovale Chapel, 162 Old Route 28 Road, Arborvale, West Virginia, 24915. A funeral service will be held on March 2, 2026, at 1 p.m., with Mike Bond speaking. Burial will follow at the Arbovale Cemetery. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in is in charge of arrangements. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.

Donald ‘Donnie’ Wayne Helmick

Donald “Donnie” Wayne Helmick, 81, a resident of Hendricks, passed from this life Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center in Elkins. Donnie was born in Thomas on Saturday, Aug. 26, 1944, a son of the late Dave Helmick and Lilly Blanche Lewis Helmick. On July ...

Judith ‘Tally’ Raines Kesterson

Judith “Tally” Raines Kesterson, 73, a resident of Belington, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord early Saturday morning, Feb. 21, 2026, under the care of WV Caring Hospice. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins, West Virginia, on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at 11 a.m. Pastor Cindy Morgan Roberts will officiate, and interment will follow at the Belington Fraternal Cemetery at Belington, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral ...

Ruby Pearl Beam Ware

Mrs. Ruby Pearl Beam Ware, 79, a resident of Belington, departed this life Wednesday evening, Feb. 25, 2026 in the Tygart Valley Health and Rehabilitation Facility at Belington. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born Nov. 12, 1946 at Weston, West Virginia, a daughter ...

George Washington Lemons

George Washington Lemons, 83, of Ellamore, West Virginia, died Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, at his home. He was born Feb. 22, 1943, in Adrian, West Virginia, a son of the late Percy Alvin and Genevieve Virginia Pumphrey Lemons. On July 22, 1966, he married Linda Lee Talbott, who survives him. ...

Dennis Calvin Simmons

Dennis Calvin Simmons, of Arbovale, passed away on Feb. 24, 2026, following a short illness and will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him. Visitation will be Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale. Service will start at 6 p.m., with Pastor Julian Rittenhouse and Pastor Dave Plank officiating. Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Arbovale is in charge of arrangements. Please send online condolences by visiting www.WallaceandWallaceFH.com.