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Ruth Ann (Cosner) Cooper

Ruth Ann (Cosner) Cooper, 78, of Dryfork, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026, at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Virginia. Born October 8, 1947, in Canaan Valley, West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Porter W. Cosner and Juanita (Eye) ...

Gary ‘Joe’ Meloy

Gary “Joe” Meloy, 51, a resident of Hambleton, passed from this life on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, at his residence. He had been in his usual health, and death was attributed to cardiac arrest. Joe was born Saturday, Dec. 14, 1974, in Akron, Ohio, a son of Carolyn Christine Vance Meloy ...

Lorlie Delaine Shaffer

Lorlie Delaine Shaffer, a resident of St. George, West Virginia, born Nov. 29, 1941, left this Earth for Heaven on Feb. 8, 2026. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Parsons on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, from 11 a.m. until noon, the funeral hour. Rev. Lowell Moore will officiate and interment will follow at the Pifer Mountain Cemetery at St. George, West Virginia. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is honored to be in charge of the arrangements for Lorlie Delaine Shaffer. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com.

Olen Glen Shiflett

Olen Glen Shiflett, 87, a resident of Elkins, passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, at Vandalia Health Davis Medical Center. Olen was born Thursday, June 2, 1938, at Rich Mountain in Beverly, a son of the late Joseph Austin Howell and Anna Flora Shiflett. On Aug. 8, 1968, he ...

Lorlie Delaine Shaffer

Lorlie Delaine Shaffer, a resident of St. George, West Virginia, born Nov. 29, 1941, left this Earth for Heaven on Feb. 8, 2026. A devoted follower of Christ, Lorlie lived a life that reflected her deep-rooted faith in God. She was the daughter of Okey and Oda (Boyles) Shaffer. She ...

Barbara ‘Granny Kay’ Alkire

Barbara “Granny Kay” Alkire, 81, a resident of Parsons, passed from this life Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, at Garrett Regional Medical Center. Kay was born in Parsons on Sunday, June 18, 1944, a daughter of the late Willard “Bill” Wilson and Sarah Eleanor Hornbeck Wilson. On June ...