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Stanley ‘Butch’ Forrest Metz

Stanley “Butch” Forrest Metz, 82, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2026. Born on Oct. 31, 1943, in Cumberland Maryland, Butch was the son of the late Stanley L. Metz and Ruth Clark Metz. Butch was a carpenter by trade and worked many different construction jobs throughout his ...

Libretta Howell

Libretta Howell, 96, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday, Feb. 27, 2026, at the Davis Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Libretta Howell. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.

Vickie Lynn Jones

Vickie Lynn Jones, born Nov. 28, 1964, in Elkins, West Virginia, passed away on Feb. 27, 2026. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins, West Virginia, on Friday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Final rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Saturday, March 7, 2026, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. the funeral hour. The Rev. Johnny Paul Williams will officiate and interment will follow at the Mountain States Memorial Gardens at Gilman, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Vickie Lynn Jones. ...

Dixie Lee (George) Shirk

Dixie Lee (George) Shirk, 81, formerly of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Graveside services will be conducted on Saturday, March 7, 2026, at 2 p.m. at North Fork Memorial Cemetery in Riverton, West Virginia. Inurnment will follow in the North Fork Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements by Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg, West Virginia.

Betty Jo Corder Groves

Betty Jo Corder Groves, 82, a resident of Coalton, West Virginia, departed this Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at Stevens Point, Wisconsin. She was born Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1943, at Alpena, West Virginia, a daughter of the late Harold Vernon Corder and Mabel Marie Farris Corder. On May 8, 1965, ...

Vickie Lynn Jones

Vickie Lynn Jones, born Nov. 28, 1964, in Elkins, West Virginia, passed away on Feb. 27, 2026. She was a lifelong member of the Elkins community and more recently of Hagerstown, Maryland. She had attended Elkins High School, graduating in 1987. Throughout her life, she embraced her ...