Obituaries

Texie Marie Bright Mallow

January 7, 2026

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 7:00 pm 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. ...

Thomas Leslie ‘Tom’ Coontz

January 6, 2026

Thomas Leslie “Tom” Coontz, 72, a resident of Elkins, West Virginia, departed this life Thursday afternoon, Jan. 1, 2026, at the WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital at Wheeling, West Virginia. He had been in declining health. He was born Sunday, April 12, 1953, at Elkins, West Virginia, a son ...

Melvin Robert Perry Sr.

January 6, 2026

Melvin Robert Perry Sr., 88, of Buckhannon, West Virginia, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at his home. He was born Jan. 25, 1937, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Henry Charles and Pauline Garland Koon Perry. On Aug. 9, 1969, he married Naomi Margaret Boggs who preceded him in death on Sept. ...

Texie Marie Bright Mallow

January 6, 2026

Evid Eugene Miller

January 6, 2026

Evid Eugene Miller, 92, died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Buckhannon, West Virginia. He was born June 13, 1933, in Buckhannon, a son of the late Evid Lloyd and Juanita Westfall Miller. On Nov. 19, 1958, he married Eunice Ellen Farnsworth, who preceded him in death on ...

Dollene Kay Wilson

January 6, 2026

Dollene Kay (Eskridge) Wilson, 77, of Petersburg, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. Dollene’s family will receive friends on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026, from 6-8 p.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home in Petersburg. Funeral service will be on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, at 11 a.m. at Schaeffer Funeral Home. Interment will be in South Branch Valley Memorial Gardens in Petersburg, West Virginia.