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Mary V. Updike

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

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

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, ...

Dr. Morgan H. Lyons Jr.

Dr. Morgan H. Lyons Jr. passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025, in Morgantown, West Virginia. Family and friends will be received at Greater Love Family Outreach Ministries, 200 Frederick Lane Morgantown, WV 26508 on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, at 1 p.m. until the time of the Funeral Service at 4 p.m., with Pastor Junius Lewis officiating. Following the funeral service, cremation arrangements will be provided by Hastings Funeral Home/Omega Crematory. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mon Health Medical Center Foundation (Heart and Vascular Program), 1200 JD ...

Roy Junior Bragg

Mr. Roy Junior Bragg, 83, a resident of Belington, departed this life Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in the comforts of his home. Death was following a period of declining health. He was born April 4, 1942 in Braxton County, West Virginia, son of the late Fred and Ava Pauline Godfrey Bragg. Roy ...

Mary V. Updike

Mary V. Updike, 101, a resident of Mill Creek, West Virginia, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, at the Keyser Stone Health Medical Center in Keyser, West Virginia. She was born Nov. 26, 1924, at Marlinton, West Virginia, a daughter of the late George See and Robbie Ellen McCormick Smith. On June 1, 1940 at Oakland, Maryland, she was married to Dale Updike, who preceded her in death March 1988. She is survived by one son, George D. Updike and wife, Ruth, of Hurricane, West Virginia; one daughter, Carolyn F. Tingler and husband, David, of Romney, West Virginia; five ...