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Emilio Frank ‘Shorty’ Gola

Emilio Frank “Shorty” Gola, 90, of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center. He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Michele Dominic “Mike” and Maria “Mary” Bolsani Gola. Friends and family will be received at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final Rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Rev. Tim Edin will officiate, and interment will follow at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens at Mt. Clare, West Virginia, ...

Rileigh ‘Ri’ Wingfield

Rileigh “Ri” Wingfield, 15, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday evening, March 6, 2026, as a result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident. Friends may call from 3 p.m. until 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at the Rivers of Living Water Ministries, 130 Midway Loop, Elkins, WV 26241. A private funeral service will be held and interment will take place at the Greenwood Cemetery near East Dailey. To honor Rileigh’s love of animals and babies, the family request flowers be omitted and contributions be made to the Randolph County Humane Society, PO Box 785, ...

Barbara Sue (Hite) Shiley

Barbara Sue (Hite) Shiley, 88, of Lewisburg, West Virginia, passed away on Feb. 24, 2026. She was born Jan. 29, 1938, and raised in Valley Head, West Virginia, by Walker Fred Hite and Silvia Violet (Turner) Hite. Full of unstoppable energy, Barbara Sue was a Marshall University alumna, a special educator and advocate for autistic children, an avid crafter, and a supporter of the United Methodist Church. She loved family, beach trips, and exploring West Virginia’s nooks and crannies. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ray Virden Hannah and Rev. Billy Cooper Shiley; and ...

Emilio Frank ‘Shorty’ Gola

Emilio Frank “Shorty” Gola, 90, of Elkins, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center. He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, to Michele Dominic “Mike” and Maria “Mary” Bolsani Gola. Friends and family will be received at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins, on Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Final Rites will be conducted from the funeral home on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Rev. Tim Edin will officiate, and interment will follow at Floral Hills Memorial Gardens at Mt. Clare, West Virginia, ...

Rileigh ‘Ri’ Wingfield

Rileigh “Ri” Wingfield, 15s, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday evening, March 6, 2026 as a result of injuries sustained in an ATV accident. She was born June 22, 2010, in Elkins, a daughter of Dustin Lee Wingfield and Miranda Chidester Wingfield, both of Elkins. Also ...

Sally June Kirk Adkins

Sally June Kirk Adkins, 84, a resident of the Woodlands Retirement Community in Huntington, passed away on Feb. 28, 2026, at St. Mary’s Hospital—the same hospital where she was born on Sept. 1, 1941, to the late Reva Ann Hamilton Kirk and Harry Lee Kirk Jr. She had one older brother, the ...