Thelma Louise Sparks Shoemake, 85, passed away Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 14, 2026, at her home of more than 65 years under the care of Mountain Hospice with special gratitude to Amber Hinchman. She was born Saturday, Aug. 31, 1940, in Marlinton, the daughter of the late Jonah Roy Sparks ...
Our beloved mother Mary Madeline (Coonts) Ramsey, 94, a resident of Belington, West Virginia, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday evening, Jan. 13, 2026, in the Elkins Rehabilitation and Care Center (ERCC) at Elkins, West Virginia. Death was following a period of declining health. She ...
Carolyn Ann (Davis) Nestor, 67, a resident of Moatsville, West Virginia, unexpectedly went home to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. She was born on Dec. 24, 1958, in Gassaway, West Virginia (Braxton County), the daughter of the late Clyde and Estel Davis. On ...
John Henry “Chub” Roth Jr., 77, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, in the WV Caring’s Hospice Center in Elkins. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A service of remembrance will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday from the funeral home chapel. Interment will follow in the Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. The family request memorial contributions be made to the Randolph County Humane Society, PO Box 785, Elkins, WV 26241 in memory of Chub. The Tomblyn Funeral ...
Garry Lee, known as “Jack” Keen, 67, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026. A Celebration of Life Service will be Friday, Jan. 16, 2026, at 6 p.m. from the Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg.
John Henry “Chub” Roth Jr., 77, a resident of Elkins, passed away Friday, January 9, 2026 in the WV Caring’s Hospice Center in Elkins. He was born Feb. 4, 1948, at Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late John H. Roth Sr., and Ada Lucille Booth Roth. On Nov. 6, 1966, at Elkins, he was ...
