Neal Wade Phillips, 65, a resident of Buckhannon, passed from this life Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. Neal was born Tuesday, Jan. 19, 1960, in Harman, a son of the late Robert “Steve” Phillips and Emma K. Mallow Phillips. On June 12, 2010, he was ...
Kenneth Roy (Kenny) Curtis passed peacefully on Jan. 5, 2026, in Ruby Memorial Hospital at Morgantown, after a sudden illness. He was 86-years-old. Kenny was born on Nov. 29, 1939, in Harding, West Virginia. Kenny is survived and missed by his loving wife, Carrie Sue (Sturm) Curtis, of ...
Texie Marie Bright Mallow, 98, a resident of Laurel Mountain, Montrose, West Virginia, and a recent resident of Harmony of Morgantown, Morgantown, West Virginia, passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. Friends may call from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, from the funeral home chapel, with Pastor Tim Edin officiating. Interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. ...
Mary V. Updike, 101, a resident of Mill Creek, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at the Keyser Stone Health Medical Center in Keyser, West Virginia. Friends may call from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026, at the Tomblyn Funeral Home in Elkins. A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday from the funeral home chapel. Pastor Cindy Morgan-Roberts will officiate and interment will follow at Mountain State Memorial Gardens near Gilman. The Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins is in charge of the arrangements for Mary Virginia Updike. ...
Charles “Charlie” Ray Schoonover, 83, a resident of Elkins, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, at Elkins Rehabilitation & Care Center following a brief illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and are under the direction of the Tomblyn Funeral Home of Elkins for Charles “Charles” Ray Schoonover. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.tomblynfuneralhome.com.
The Rev. Frederick Lee Bird, 79, passed away at his home on Jan. 4, 2026, following a brief illness. Rev. Bird is survived by his loving spouse of 32 years, Donetta Bird; the mother of his children and first spouse, Karen Bird; and his three children, Sara Bird of Rochester, New York, ...
