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, 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, 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 ...
Donald Glenn “Donnie” Chenoweth, 86, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Monday, March 2, 2026, at Pierpont Center at Fairmont. Donnie was born in Elkins on Monday, Oct. 2, 1939, to the late John D. Chenoweth and Grace Weese Chenoweth Stalnaker. From an early age, he was raised ...
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, 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 ...
