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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 ...

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. Frank graduated from Victory High ...

Michelle Lee Nicholson-Sisolack

Ms. Michelle Lee Nicholson-Sisolack, 40, a resident of Belington, West Virginia, departed this life late Friday evening March 6, 2026, in the Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown, West Virginia. Death was following a period of declining health. She was born June 25, 1985, at Elkins, West ...

Harold W. ‘Sparky’ Simmons

Mr. Harold W. “Sparky” Simmons, 80, a resident of Elkins, passed away Monday, March 2, 2026. He was born April 17, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a son of the late Harold “Pete” Simmons and the late Marie (Allen) Simmons. Surviving is daughter, Jane (Simmons) Robert and ...

James Floyd Poling

James Floyd Poling, 94, a resident of Philippi, passed away Friday, March 6, 2026, at his residence surrounded by his family. James was born March 7, 1931, in Tucker County, son of the late Chester and Nora (Auvil) Poling. James was united in marriage on May 10, 1999, to Carolyn Sue ...

Betty Jean (Borror) Kesner

Betty Jean (Borror) Kesner, 85, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Friday, March 6, 2026. Betty’s family will receive friends on Monday, March 9, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 11 a.m. from Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in Cherry Hill Cemetery, Upper Tract, West Virginia.