Kathy Lea Bartram, 56, of Ashford, died March 31, 2016, at home.

She was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and was a former employee of Charleston Area Medical Center.

Surviving are step-son, Jason Bartram of Jacksonville, Fla.; mother, Margaret Kinder of Danville; brothers, James Kinder of Ashford and Sebert Kinder of N.C.

Graveside service and burial will be 3 p.m. Sat. April 2, at Kinder Cemetery, Brushton with Rev. Bill Payne officiating. Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be sent to the family at leonardjohnsonfuneralhome.com.

Barbara June Buck Barnette, 80, of Rock Castle, passed away Thursday March 31, 2016, at Jackson General Hospital following an extended illness.

She was born May 23, 1935, at Grimms Landing, a daughter of the late Clodus and Leona Riffle Buck. She graduated from Point Pleasant High School with the class of 1953. She was a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service and also drove the Head Start bus.

She is survived by sons, Clarence "Bub" Barnette, Dale Barnette (Karen), and Darrell Barnette; daughters, Jackie Carney (Gary) and Cheryl Casto; brothers, Rodney and Gary Buck; sisters, Ilean Hurst and Karen Buck; sisters-in-law, Diane Buck, Gail Buck, and Phyllis Baker; grandchildren, Joey Carney (Amber), Michael England (Wendy), Whitney Cutright (Aaron), Summer Carte (Fred), Carrie Barnette (Jeremy Pearson), Chelsea Barnette, Tiffany Barnette, Seth Barnette, Devin Barnette and fiancé Brenna; great-grandchildren, Austin England (Paige), Donny England, Megan England, Miranda Cutright, Dalin Barnette, Caleb Carte, Shaynia Wilhelmi, Abby Pearson, Bailey Pearson, and Jermey Pearson Jr.; step-grandchildren, Jacob and Natalie Carte.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Clarence "Yunk" Barnette.

Funeral service will be 1 p.m. Mon. April 4, at Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Friends may call on the family from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday evening. Burial will be in the Barnette Cemetery, Rock Castle. Online memories and condolences can be sent to the family by visiting www.waybrightfuneralhome.com.

Bartram, Kathy — 3 p.m., Kinder Cemetery, Brushton.

Bostic, Ronnie J. — 2 p.m., Groves Funeral Home Chapel, Union.

Burford, Robert A. Jr. — 11 a.m., Tyler Mountain Funeral Home, Cross Lanes.

Buzzard, Rickie A. — 1 p.m., Elk Funeral Home, Charleston.

Campbell, John L. Sr. — 2 p.m., Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church, Gassaway.

Cooper, Wayne A. — 11 a.m., Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin.

Flowers, Lloyd — 11 a.m., Highland Memory Gardens, Godby.

Ganley, William Sr. — 2 p.m., Ganley Family Cemetery, Spencer.

Gardner, Billie F. — 11 a.m., Fidler and Frame Funeral Home, Belle.

Garrett, Elsie M. — 2 p.m., Schultz Cemetery, South Charleston.

Hudnall, Baby — 10 a.m., Pennington Funeral Home, Gauley Bridge.

Hultin, James C. — 3 p.m., Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Milton.

Long, Dorothy L. — 2 p.m., Raynes Funeral Home Chapel, Eleanor.

Lyles, Tracy M. — 1 p.m., Leavitt Funeral Home, Parkersburg.

Marsingill, Vicky — 5 p.m., Tamcliff House of Prayer, Tamcliff.

Mason, Helen M. — 2 p.m., Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Ansted.

McCartney, David — 1 p.m., Calvary Baptist Church, Charleston.

Miller, Mildred M. — 2 p.m., Hometown Independent Church, Hometown.

Mullins, Danny L. — 1 p.m., Christ Community Church, Scott Depot.

Neary, Phyllis — 11 a.m., Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet.

O'Brien, Deborah E. — 3 p.m., Taylor

Pelphrey, Brenda — 2 p.m., Elk Funeral Home, Charleston.

Rogers, Jimmie L. — 2 p.m., Elkridge Community Church, Powellton.

Skaggs, Olive C. — 10 a.m., Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Ansted.

Smith, Robert L. — 2 p.m., Lewisburg United Methodist Church, Lewisburg.

Taylor, Mollie B. — 1 p.m., Greene

Waybright, Connie — Noon, Casdorph and Curry Funeral Home, St. Albans.

Williams, Michael P. — 1 p.m., Charleston Moose Lodge No. 1444, Charleston.

Wood, Harold M. — 4 p.m., Greene

Marriages

The following people applied for marriage licenses in Kanawha County between March 24 and 31, 2016:

Brandon Taylor Boothe, 23, of Millwood and Lindsey Morgan Fitzwater, 21, of Charleston.

Rodney Averill Shaw, 48, and Tonya Sue Metten, 51, both of Tornado.

Steven Edward Good, 42, and Amanda Kay Blackshire, 25, both of Charleston.

Paul Douglas Anderson, 42, of South Charleston and Erin Elizabeth Hanson, 43, of Winfield.

Michael Richard Mallory, 23, of Fraziers Bottom and Kaitlin Marie Stricker, 22, of Charleston.

Zachary Joel Williams, 21, of Chesapeake, Virginia, and AlexxusBrooke Whitehair, 21, of Elkview.

Kristian Cody Clay, 23, and Hayley Belle Parsons, 22, both of Cross Lanes.

David Michael Williams, 26, and Christy Bayes Tuck, 41, both of South Charleston.

Gary Allen Skeen, 61, and Olga Anatolyevna Booher,39, both of St. Albans.

Kenneth Justin Hinkle, 39, of Fraziers Bottom and Monica Louise Petry, 31, of Charleston.

Stacy Allyn Kelley, 47, of Poca and Stephanie Gail Castle, 42, of St. Albans.

Charles Upton Hartley, 38, and Lauren Denise Jannotta, 31, both of St. Albans.

Oral Garfield Smith, 27, of Scott Depot and Amy Annette Smith, 47, of Charleston.

Christian Ray Tanzey, 33, and Kathryn Anne Saul, 27, both of Charleston.

Matthew Douglas Shaw, 27, and Jessica Ruth Kunkler, 34, both of Charleston.

Joshua John Grant, 41, and Meghan Dawn Cole, 27, both of Cross Lanes.

Michael Ray Hinchman, 37, and Lauren Nichole Copen, 24, both of Charleston.

Earl Wood Stanley Jr., 57, and Rebecca Lynn Cook, 43, both of Eskdale.

Billy Ray Matics III, 44, and Kristina Hope Stone, 41, both of Handley.

Terry Lee Farley, 63, and Gizella Szecsei, 59, both of Charleston.

Thomas Matthew Ashworth, 35, of Charleston and Wanda Gay James, 27, of South Charleston.

The following people applied for a marriage license in Putnam County from March 18 to March 30, 2016:

Joshua W. Slater, 30, and Jaclyn R. Whittaker, 26, both of Poca

Corey P. Davis, 29, and Misty A. Frazier, 30, both of Culloden

Eric C. Campbell, 21, of Poca, and Candace J. Brown, 18, of Charleston

Tyler J. Mooney, 23, of Jacksonville, Florida, and Macey L. Lewis, 19, of Hurricane.

Cody A. Gibson, 23, and Summer N. Givens, 19, both of Red House

Divorces

The following people filed for divorce in Kanawha County between March 24 and 31:

Jessica Lee Potter-Adkins from Patrick Ryan Adkins

Grant Edward Snow from Christie Dawn Snow

Amy S. Webster from Kevin W. Webster

Lara Lea Berry from William Matthew Berry

Ann Marie Fisher from Howard Raymond Fisher

Synthia Nicole Miller from James Nicholas Hughes

Brittany Paige Mobley from Samuel David Mobley Jr.

Freddie Allan Neace from Melissa Dawn Neace

Cecil C. Varney II from Mai Thao Cao Thanh Nguyen

Jemintha Ann Broyles from Matthew Gene Broyles

Tammy Jo Ann Rusnak from Michael David Rusnak

The following people filed for divorce from March 18 to March 30, 2016 in Putnam County:

Lyndsay M. Miller from Matthew B. Miller

Chelsea V. McKellar from Michael C. McKellar

Carol Wines from Bobby Wines

Anjumara Begum from Babatunde Olorunfemi Akinyemi

Jeanette Aboulhosn from Khaled Aboulhosn

Jerry Hayes from Kimberly Hayes

Latisha D. Slater from James Slater

Tonja Cartwright-Fouch from John Fouch

Kelli Young from Michael Young

Jennifer C. Adkins from Steven M. Adkins

Tessa D. Wood from Jeremy L. Wood

Property transfers

The following property transfers of $50,000 or more were recorded in Kanawha County between March 24 and 31:

Samantha L. Smith to Carriann Smith. Lots, St. Albans, $85,000.

Internal Revenue Service to Craigo Real Estate. Lot, Nitro, $55,000.

Joseph A. Jr. and Lorri S. Debiaso to Michael and Eileen Clark. Lot, Washington District, $426,900.

Geeta D. Jayaram to S&T Property LLC. Lot, Charleston, $450,000.

Eddie C. Craft to Brandon M. Smith. Lot, Charleston, $101,400.

Joshua C. Summerfield to Brandi J. Ball. Lot, Elk District, $157,000.

Ronald Cobb Jr. to Sarah Beth Embrey. Lot, Loudon District, $155,000.

Roberta P. Ferrell to William A. Boggess. Lot, Poca District, $54,300.

Seneca Trustees Inc. to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Lot, St. Albans, $56,250.

Seneca Trustees Inc. to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association. Lot, St. Albans, $90,950.

Pill & Pill PLLC to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. Lot, St. Albans, $117,000.

John J. Jr. and Cindy M. Hess to Erica A. and Zachary A. Szasz. Lot, Union District, $160,000.

Evida Technology LLC to TMM Properties LLC. Lot, Dunbar, $50,000.

Douglas Lee Fleming to True Blue Developers LLC. Lot, Loudon District, $100,000.

Douglas W. and Angela S. Butler to Ronald David Cobb Jr. Lot, Elk District, $167,000.

CCJ Properties LLC to Jeremy N. Gannon. Lot, Union District, $116,000.

Barni and Cynthia Richmond to Larry M. and Marjorie A. Gwinn. Lot, Malden District, $56,000.

Laura E. Hooper to John W. Fallecker III. Lot, South Charleston, $108,000.

Erica and Zachary A. Szasz to Kayla R. and Derek R. Adkins. Lot, Union District, $91,000.

David B. and Lora B. Bowens to Ken M. II and Melanie D. Samms. Lot, Jefferson District, $169,500.

Whitney E. Raines to Haley A. Carpenter and Christopher A. Williams. Lot, St. Albans, $117,000.

Jerry A. Jenkins to Anthony A. Anderson. Lot, Poca District, $104,000.

Charlene M. and Larry J. Barie to Zachary R. Hanshaw. Lot, St. Albans, $125,000.

Robert A. and Susan H. Taylor to Lucy Bergan. Lot, Union District, $250,000.

Donnie R. and Janette F. Rucker to Michael and Jane Holland. Lot, Union District, $163,000.

Branch Banking and Trust Company to David L. Stiles. Lot, South Charleston, $175,000.

Sherrol Stephen and Cecelia Sharon Carpenter to David J. Atkins. Tracts, Union District, $65,000.

Iara Lavander to Carla W. Engles. Lot, Charleston, $215,000.

James G. and Betty Ann Pauley to Edward Lee Miller Jr. Lot, Washington District, $128,500.

Seneca Trustees Inc. to Bank of America N.A. Lot, Union District, $87,550.

Harry Clinton and Tammy Lou Tucker to Daniel L. and Jennifer Rock. Tracts, Malden District, $105,000.

Cheryl Lynn Slazinik to Dony Eugene Deeds Jr. Lot, Diamond, $112,000.

Michael A. and Barbara M. Covelli to Dwayne E. and Lou Ann S. Cyrus. Lot, Charleston, $556,250.

Chong H. Kim to Jeffrey Rabatin. Lot, Charleston, $261,000.

Angela L. Lanham to Shirley Y. Deem. Lot, Dunbar, $55,500.

Property Management Group Inc. to WETLLP, LLC. Lot, Charleston, $193,000.

William C. Riddle to Joanne Morphis and Patricia Peterson. Lot, Dunbar, $55,000.

The following property transfers of $75,000 or more were recorded in Putnam County from March 17 to March 30, 2016:

Niccolaus T. Hoy to Donald T. Blum. Lot, Teays Valley, $165,000.

Gary W. Stephenson to Janet Noe. Lot, Scott, $150,000.

Stanley E. Smith to Jeffery A. Adams. Parcel, Teays Valley, $215,000.

Roy E. Jr. and Lois B. Hughes to Jason and Elma Lankford. Lot, Scott, $620,000.

Douglas C. and Beth A. Pitzer to Renee P. Davis. Lot, Scott, $193,000.

Amy J. Sowards Pifer to Carol B. Westfall. Lot, Curry, $135,000.

Robert W. and Annabelle F. Grose to Misty Snyder. Lot, Nitro, $135,500.

Richard L. Foster and Bobbie J. Cooper to Rock Branch Community Bank. Parcels, Buffalo, $114,894.19

Emory R., Emmett G., Donna, and Connie Casto to Ronald R. Randolph. Parcels, Union, $102,000.

Rena Mccomas to Jeremy D. and Phyllis J. Fisher. Parcels, Curry, $170,000.

Pill & Pill PLLC and Nicolas A. and Kristen N. Robertson to JP Morgan Chase Mortgage Acquisition Corp. Lot, Curry, $110,400.

Timothy Wilfong to Jeffrey and Rachel Huggins. Lot, Scott, $187,000.

Barbara N. Kosa to Shawn Koehler. Parcel, Union, $120,000.

Phyllis R. Wallace to Doyle and Linda Garnes. Acres, Winfield, $205,000.

Randall, Walter B. and Jana R. Hodges to Jennifer R. Hodges. Lot, Winfield, $169,200.

Claude D. and Stephen F. Rollyson to Timothy and Jeani Ford. Acres, Union, $97,100.

Eva M. Stephens to Scott J. Gray. Lot, Hurricane, $122,000.

Suzan Williamson to Stephanie and Bryan Cantrell. Lot, Scott, $455,000.

Danny L. and Dell R. Lewis and DeeDee G. Burdette to Erin E. Lott and Jason R. Harrison. Acres, Scott, $186,500.

Martin and Tara Valent to Gerald D. and Janet K. Elswick. Lot, Scott, $258,000.

Mary Beth Kirkland to Heather D. and Nicholas W. Ransom. Parcel, Scott, $115,500.

Jason R. Hager and Monica L. Robinson to Shannon L. Carpenter and Philip Meadows. Lot, Teays Valley, $359,900.

Amanda G. Daniels to Christopher H. Brown and Allison E. White. Lot, Curry, $202,500.

Ernest W. and Alice N. Sypolt to James D. Workman. Acres, Curry, $175,000.

Bankruptcies

The bankruptcies listed below are limited to those filed by residents or companies in the Gazette-Mail's circulation area. Chapter 7 designates the liquidation of non-exempt property; Chapter 11 calls for business reorganization; Chapter 13 establishes a schedule of payments to creditors. The following bankruptcies were filed between March 25 and April 1:

Samantha Gail Adkins, Turtle Creek, Chapter 7. Assets: $42,931, Liabilities: $69,340.

Chad Junior and Amy Dawn Nichols, Elkview, Chapter 7. Assets: $318,058, Liabilities: $306,124.

Mary Frances Hanson, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $46,310, Liabilities: $54,549.

David Brian and Ashley Nicole Lusk, Davin, Chapter 7. Assets: $156,027, Liabilities: $166,966.

Roy Edward Dempsey, Madison, Chapter 7. Assets: $132,739, Liabilities: $126,370.

William Bradley and Nicole Noelle Smith, St. Albans, Chapter 7. Assets: $42,261, Liabilities: $84,686.

Robert Nathan and Constance Lou Rhule, St. Albans, Chapter 7. Assets: $117,764, Liabilities: $92,224.

Larry Allen Jr. and Amber Lyn Sacks, St. Albans, Chapter 7. Assets: $51,782, Liabilities: $37,084.

Daniel Scott and Charlotte Leanna Price, Alkol, Chapter 7. Assets: $93,499, Liabilities: $64,173.

Christopher Lee Morris, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $30,948, Liabilities: $108,287.

Sandra Michelle DeBoard, Williamson, Chapter 7. Assets: $26,450, Liabilities: $55,527.

Paul Eugene Sr. and Dreama Louise Bench, Kimberly, Chapter 7. Assets: $103,202, Liabilities: $146,781.

Carol Louise Williams, Comfort, Chapter 7. Assets: $9,128, Liabilities: $28,676.

Roger Lee Higginbotham, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $39,893, Liabilities: $25,752.

Timothy Charles and Ledena Miller, Logan, Chapter 7. Assets: $118,990, Liabilities: $234,070.

Catherine Marie Sanford, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $22,623, Liabilities: $51,381.

Deborah Kay Jarrett, Charleston, Chapter 7. Assets: $102,457, Liabilities: $87,695.

Richard Lawrence and Davina June Elkins, Ashford, Chapter 7. Assets: $178,468, Liabilities: $251,870.

Melissa Ann O'Neal, Mount Nebo, Chapter 7. Assets: $104,118, Liabilities: $187,824.

Robert Ray Sr. and Debra Kay Sears, Fayetteville, Chapter 7. Assets: $54,280, Liabilities: $42,635.

William Alan Smith Jr., Oak Hill, Chapter 7. Assets: $15,895, Liabilities: $39,203.

Jonathon David and Donna Jo Elswick, Dixie, Chapter 7. Assets: Unknown, Liabilities: Unknown.

Sharon Nicole Rodoussakis, Lewisburg, Chapter 7. Assets: $5,821, Liabilities: $298,918.

Justin Bradley and Jessica Faye Shappard, Rainelle, Chapter 7. Assets: $36,810, Liabilities: $32,308.

Christopher Sherrill Wilcox, Beaver, Chapter 7. Assets: $12,860, Liabilities: $217,407.

Jonathan Ray Blevins, Mullens, Chapter 7. Assets: $27,761, Liabilities: $47,826.

Frances Marie Blevins, Ghent, Chapter 7. Assets: $32,405, Liabilities: $32,389.

Joseph Gordon Benedict II, Beckley, Chapter 7. Assets: $165,332, Liabilities: $162,323.

Steven Michael and Cindy Katherine Herndon, Switzer, Chapter 13. Assets: $147,000, Liabilities: $205,899.

Robert Joseph Armes and April Lynn Thomas, Dunbar, Chapter 13. Assets: $143,969, Liabilities: $165,964.

Denny Manuel and Linda Carol Lester, Gilbert, Chapter 13. Assets: $252,200, Liabilities: $263,687.

As we close our 2015-16 GENERATIONS UNITED TO GIVE CAMPAIGN, we want to thank our Capitol Club members and all of our donors for giving in a "United Way" and being "United" in their commitment to improve our community.

Each and every day, people in our community encounter situations that are far too difficult to overcome on their own. Last year more than 60,000 local people benefited from United Way support. We all benefit when a child has a successful school year, when families are financially stable and secure, and when people are in good health. Contributing through United Way is more than a charitable gift - it is an investment in the future of our community.

Capitol Club members represent the foundation of leadership and community support. From all walks of life, these generous individuals make up approximately 50 percent of the total campaign dollars generated for our community. They have elevated the standard for generosity and recognize that support of a community means a stronger community.

Their generous gifts, combined with others, have allowed our neighbors to thrive - not just exist - and, in turn, be able to give back to their community.

To all the leadership givers who make up the Capitol Club, we say thank you on behalf of a grateful community.

The campaign total stands at $1,805,366.48. The Capitol Club leadership donors listed individually below account for $976,239.14 of the total raised to date.

Alexis de Tocqueville Society, with a gift of at least $50,000: Daywood Foundation, Jacobson Foundation.

Alexis de Tocqueville Society, with a gift of at least $25,000: Gaines Wehrle.

Alexis de Tocqueville Society, with a gift of at least $10,000: Marty and Kathy Becker, Dwight A. Foley, Herk and Sherry Sims, David and Sandra Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. L. Newton Thomas Jr., D. Stephen and Diane H. Walker, Henry and Sharon Wehrle, William Maxwell Davis, John and Jane Ray, *Sharon and William Flanery, Pat and Jessica Graney, John and Fonda Elliot, Holmes and Antionette Morrison, Cora Sue Parsons -- memory Alex Parsons, Betty Schoenbaum, Thom and Millie Marshall, *William C. Porth, H. B. Wehrle Foundation, Michael H. Wehrle, Marshall T. Reynolds.

Ambassadors, with a gift of at least $7,500: Michael and Denise John.

Governors, with a gift of at least $5,000: Frank and Camilla Baer III, John M. and Victoria W. Ballengee, *Marion and Richard Sinclair, JoEllen Diehl Yeary, Charles R. Patton, Philip A. Wright, John and LuAnn Adams, SLW Foundation, Jed and Vicki Smith, Raye and Paul White, Mark A.T. Williams, Dr. John T. Chambers, *Charles and Samantha Hageboeck, Martha Gaines and Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation, *Sean and Dawn Devlin, *Jeffrey LaFleur, Lee and Donna Edmondson, Herscher Foundation, one anonymous donor.

Chief Justices, with a gift of at least $3,600: Jay and Simone Thomas, Kent S. Hall Sr., Kim Lovinski and Mark Clark, Roy Sexton, Nancy and Jeff Schweer.

Justices, with a gift of at least $2,400: Rob and Jackie Berthold, Judge and Mrs. John T. Copenhaver Jr., Charles T. and Mary Ellen Jones, Sally and Don Richardson, Ted and Calvert Armbrecht, Gary and Eunice Beckett, John Eubanks, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Goldsmith,Sr., Timothy M. and Anne W. Miller, Steve and Anne Roberts, *Amy and Steve Condaras, Kathy Beckett and David Flannery, LCM and DCM, *David and Lisa Sayre, *Ken and Cyndi Tawney, *Richard Lehman, William B. Maxwell, *Samuel Smith, Gray and Karen Cochran, Tim and Cheryl Quinlan, *Craig and Kim Stilwell, Horace and Sally Emery, Mrs. Nina Peyton, Robert L. Keenan, *Joe Tarantelli, Don R. and Sheryl Sensabaugh, Dr. Pinckney McIlwain, three anonymous donors.

Senate Presidents, with a gift of at least $1,800: Mrs. Marion H. Baer, Susan Orders, *Billy and David Ramsey, Dr. and Mrs. Daniel Taylor, *Andy and Margo Teeter, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Woomer, Vann and Anne Carroll, *Callen McJunkin, David and Cindy Barnette, Christopher Callas and Elizabeth Amandus, Gretchen Callas, *Jeff Carpenter, *Elizabeth and Christopher Power, *Jeremy Nelson, Robert G. and Lenore R. Tweel, *Robert P. and Phyllis K. Howell, John and Anne Dever, Brett Morgan, John and Connie DeRito, Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Graney, Arthur and Nancy Altman, Nancy and George Guthrie, *Jason and Emily Jeffrey, Bill and Judy Pugh, Chris Reger, *Judith Anne Watkins, Rebecca Betts, Thomas V. and Paula W. Flaherty, Jerry and Amanda Ware, *Dana and Kathy Buckley, Andy and Hope Altman, *Albert Liu, *J.L. Swecker.

Senators, with a gift of at least $1,300: Sharin Akhtar, Dell and Joan Binford, *Dr. and Mrs. Sami M. Ghareeb, *Joe and Cathy Rice, Dr. and Mrs. James T. Smith, Reed and Darlene Spangler, *Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kleeman, *Drs. Chandrani and Ganpat Thakker, Charles and Shelley Moore Capito, *Mark Dempsey, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Payne, John Ziebold, *Bryan and Cindi Cokeley, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Drescher, *Justin Fisher, *Samme L. Gee, *Tim and Chris Gibbons, *Joseph U. Leonoro, *Chris and Karrie Mattox, *David and Rebecca Shuman, *Janice Amspoker, John and Pam Kuyk, Mark Dehlin, Harry and Rhonda Mitchell, *Cindy and Bob Crossan, *Mr. and Mrs. David L. Bumgarner, Jay and Becky Goldman, *John Rogers, *Blair M. Gardner, *Will and Linda Bobinger, David and Sandy Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Fenton, Michael and Donna Jarrell, *John M. Jeffries, John and Kathleen Merrill, J. Tyler and Mimi Dinsmore, *David and Tami Romanko, Pamela K. Starkey, Alex and Julie Alston, three anonymous donors.

Speakers of the House, with a gift of at least $1,000: Elizabeth Early Chilton, Allan and Debbie McVey, *Gregory Raynes, Uma and Palle Reddy, *Ujjal and Sukhbinder Sandhu, Ike and Stuart Smith, Gary and Kathi Swingle, Bob and Ruth Tinney, Michael and Brenda Williams,*Robert Dawson, Tom Lane, *James Ball, *Andrew Barham, Scott Chambers, Mr. and Mrs. Danny Matheney, Robby J. Aliff, Christina Brumley, Michael and Elizabeth Cimino, Jim and Betsy Crockett, Mr. and Mrs. A.L. Emch, *Paul and Susie Konstanty, Sally and Charlie Love, Michael B. and Janet H. Victorson, Zachary and Amanda Wines, Charles Wirts, David Yaussy, *Lisa Hudnall, Terry and Anne Stone, *Lisa and Chris Turley, *Dr. Madan and Anand Bhasin, Mrs. Frederica M. Davis, *Joe and Katrina Harmon, Ralph and Liz LaDow, *Jim Linsenmeyer, *Kevin D. Roy and Family, *Joshua and Jill Bach, *Guy S. Johnston, Jay and Julie Margolis, Larry Roller, *Victor and Ellen Kay Bastron, *Timothy Byrd, *Phillip Fairchild, Shawn P. and Virginia G. George, *Becky and Andrew Jordan, Dr. and Mrs. Jamal Khan, *Britt and Judy McJunkin, *Dr. Francis Saldanha, Rodney Terry, Rebecca and Tom Tinder, *Michael Wolfe, *Michael A. and Linda Jo Wright, *Charles Boggs, John David Gocke, *William Walko, Michael and Linda Bonasso, Chris and Christina Brumley, *Fred and Teresa Dillon, *Will Hanna and Luci Wellborn, John D. and Ellen Maxwell-Hoffman, Edward C. and Julie S. Martin, Frances M. Rollins, Jeffrey and Janet I. Wakefield, *Gabriel Boggs, Mr. and Mrs. Davis, Jerome H. Wall, *Cheri and Richard Bever, *Richard Gaskins, *Charles R. Lewis II, *Robin D. Nelson, *Mike and Molly Greene, Jason H. Johns, Tyler and Mindy London, Dee Dee and Jeff Means, Tim O'Neal, *Roger B. Painter, *Jonathan M. Raess, Sherman Smith, Rick Thomas, eight anonymous donors.

Delegates, with a gift of at least $700: Kathryn Burgess, Dr. and Mrs. Marshall Carper, Andrew Ceperley, *David Harless, Tom Heywood and Melody Simpson, *Pam and David McFarland, Art and Janice Standish, *Josh Summerfield, *Brian Tinsley, George and Sue Zaldivar, Dr. Tony Majestro, Ventrue Means, Richard Shaffer and Bridget Bailey, *Alan Bragg, *Steven Ferguson, Nancy Morris and Frank Hosimer, Jon L. Anderson, *Dr. Kanoj Biswas, Ellen Cappellanti and Mark Carbone, Brad and Sally Crouser, William F. Dobbs Jr., Charles and Deborah Dunbar, *Elizabeth B. Elmore, Michael M. Fisher, Michael and Kimberly Foster, *Ronald and Danna Grant, M. Shane Harvey, Todd Hooker, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy E. Huffman, Thomas and Julia Hurney, Matt and Valicia Leary, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Loeb Jr., Beth and Jim Lord, Erin Magee, Jill McIntyre, Bob McLusky and Debbie Sink, Charles Ramey Jr., Melissa M. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Albert F. Sebok, Amy and David Shapiro, Brian R. Swiger, Roger A. Wolfe, Rusty and Michelle Wooton, Marty and Kim Good, *Mendi Harkins, Mike and Nancy Chaney, *Steven Huffman, *Ralph McGilton, *Carolyn Mount, *Jim and Ann Nelson, *DJ Patrick, *Chris Wood, Tim and Beth Cowan, Christopher Martin, *Mr. and Mrs. Norman W. Shumate III, Stuart Thomas, Jean and Bill Crum, Chad M. DiCocco, *Jim Garvin and Anita Casey, *Thomas A. Keefer, Thomas Montgomery, *Todd Morgan, Bill and Beverly Morrelles, James A. Mosby, Joe Edward Sharp, Brett and Sue Webster, *James and Beth Wilkinson, Erica M. Baumgras and Howard M. Persinger III, Tom and Jennifer Clark, Andrew and Marjorie Cooke, *Dustin and Carrie Dillard, Sam and Christine H. Fox, Michele Grinberg and Jim K. Withrow, Richard D. and Sharon K. Jones, Mark Robinson, Claudia D. Benton, Rod Blackstone, John Burke, *Richard E. Whisner Jr., *Randy and Diann Hodges, *Lisa M. Paddock, *Kevin F. Reehling, *Neal D. Secrist, *Sam Silverstein, *Andrew P. Smith. three anonymous donors.

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Near Seattle, Washington, 3- and 4-year-olds head out into a forest for preschool every day, rain or shine. It is called Fiddleheads Forest School, and it is one of a growing number of natural, outdoor preschool programs spreading across the country.

Some programs are more focused on farms, some use parks, says a recent story by the Hechinger Institute.

Parents and teachers who support the programs may be concerned that children do not spend enough time outdoors, in the way Richard Louv articulated in his 2005 book "Last Child in the Woods."

Others may want to counter too much time spent on electronic devices. Still others think traditional preschool has become overly influenced by the academic traditions suited to older grades, or that too many children lack healthful exercise.

Whatever their reasons, there were 92 "nature preschools" at last count, up from 20 in 2008.

The idea of turning children (and grownups) outdoors appeals, particularly at this time of year, when the mountains are sprigged with redbud.

German educator Friedrich Froebel, who by 1837 had developed the play-centered kindergarten that was later adopted across Europe and North America, prescribed daily time in gardens and forests for children for the education and discovery the outdoors provide.

"Go with a genuine boy into open nature, show the diverse natural objects, and he will soon ask you to indicate to him the higher, causal, living unity," Froebel wrote in "The Education of Man."

It's refreshing to see someone with deep pockets pumping millions of dollars into a venture as quaint and risky as a newspaper - even if he has floated the idea of "disemvowling" it.

Since Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos bought The Washington Post in 2013, the newspaper's digital traffic has tripled. In an era of layoffs and attrition, he has added 70 reporters and editors to the newsroom staff. Returning the Post to profitability may be a gamble, but Bezos, who also founded Blue Origin, a space tourism venture, can apparently handle the pressures of risk.

It makes sense that a man of such freewheeling vision would enjoy swapping ideas with the Post's senior staff during brainstorming sessions. But according to a recent Fortune magazine profile of the publishing mogul, not all of Bezos' ideas are winners. A case in point was his concept of adding a game-like feature he called "disemvowling" to the online version of the newspaper, letting readers who disapprove of an article to pay a fee allowing them to remove all its vowels. Readers who like the piece would be able to restore the vowels by paying another fee.

The Post staff, thankfully, convinced their boss that his plan needed a little more work.

Since my plans to repurpose vacant composing room and newsroom space in the Charleston Newspapers building by adding a video lottery parlor and a state-subsidized greyhound breeding operation have fallen on deaf ears, maybe I should run with Bezos' idea instead. In addition to borrowing his disemvowling feature, we could create such pay-to-play schemes as:

Verbal Disuse - Allows readers to pay to remove action words from stories they don't like.

Becoming Inconsonant - Allows premium-paying readers to remove consonants, as well as emptying vowels, from offending pieces.

Capital Punishment - Makes it possible for fee-payers to raise the hackles of reporters and copy editors by capitalizing words that should, according to the AP Stylebook, remain lower case.

Commakaze - A video feature that lets online readers pay to simulate blowing up unneeded commas and their inverted cousins, superfluous apostrophes, when they appear in Gazette-Mail stories.

Ampersand in Your Face - Game allows fee-payers to kick out the 'ands' in offending stories and substitute the '&' symbol to free up more space for higher quality items.

Colonoscoplay - Readers pay for the right to replace colons or semicolons with dashes, periods or any other punctuation marks they deem more appropriate or more fun.

On reflection, I may just try to fine tune my earlier ideas for creating new revenue streams.

If I were a gambling man, I bet this is what Jeff Bezos would have to say about my scheme:

"Gd lck wth tht!"

As prosecutors and defense lawyers prepare for this week's sentencing of Don Blankenship, both sides are looking backward: Blankenship's lawyers are re-arguing key parts of the case they lost at trial, while government attorneys want the case to be viewed in the context of West Virginia's long history of major coal-mining disasters.

Defense lawyers say Blankenship shouldn't spend any time in jail, maintaining that his conviction doesn't mean the jury accepted the government's "broad arguments" about Blankenship's lead role in a conspiracy that put coal production and corporate profits over miner health and safety at Massey's Upper Big Branch Mine, where 29 miners died in an April 2010 explosion.

Prosecutors asked for the maximum penalty, and are emphasizing the serious risks posed by the kinds of longstanding mine safety rules - ventilation standards and coal-dust controls aimed at preventing such explosions - that Blankenship was found guilty of conspiring to violate.

"Let us dispense with the defense's obfuscation and double-talk and say plainly what Don Blankenship did: He made a conscious, cold-blooded decision to gamble with the lives of the men and women who worked for him," Assistant U.S. Attorney Steve Ruby, the lead prosecutor in the six-year-long probe and prosecution over Blankenship's safety practices, wrote in the government's sentencing recommendation.

U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger has scheduled Blankenship's sentencing hearing to start at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Robert C. Byrd United States Courthouse in Charleston.

Blankenship, once among the most powerful industry and political figures in the region, faces up to a year in prison and a $250,000 fine and could - depending on rulings by Berger - face $28 million or more in criminal restitution payments that would take a significant chunk out of his personal fortune. The Mingo County native turned 66 in mid-March.

In December, a jury found Blankenship guilty of conspiring to willfully violate mandatory federal mine health and safety standards. Jurors deliberated for about 50 hours over 10 days after hearing 24 days of testimony that included 27 witnesses and more than 500 exhibits. Jury selection began on Oct. 1 and the trial stretched into early December.

Jurors also acquitted Blankenship of two felony counts that alleged Blankenship had orchestrated an effort to convince stockholders after the Upper Big Branch explosion that the company did not cut corners on safety, as part of an effort to halt a deep drop in Massey's stock prices and the CEO's personal wealth that had followed media reports about the disaster.

And jurors declined to convict Blankenship of conspiring to defraud the government by providing advance notice of U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration inspections. That decision made the conspiracy charge rest on violating mine safety standards, a crime that remains a misdemeanor, despite repeated calls from mine safety advocates to upgrade its penalties by reclassifying it as a felony.

Lead defense lawyer Bill Taylor, in a court filing last week, argued that Berger should focus now not so much on the jury's guilty verdict as on the evidence the defense believes should have produced the opposite result at trial.

"This evidence demonstrates that, while the jury convicted Mr. Blankenship of a conspiracy to willfully violate regulatory standards on the basis of instructions permitting a conviction for agreeing to 'allow' such violations to continue and to 'recklessly disregard' the causes of such violations, the offense of conviction did not involve the brazen lawlessness described in the government's closing argument," Taylor wrote. "Nor did it involve any intent to jeopardize the safety of miners."

In filing their sentencing memorandum, Blankenship's defense team was clearly looking beyond this week's hearing in Charleston to their promised appeal to the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond.

"We submit this memorandum as provided by the court's scheduling order," the defense wrote. "We recognize that the court will impose sentence upon our client ... we address the factors which we assume the court will consider in imposing sentence, but respectfully preserve our objections to this verdict, to trial errors, and to the numerous rulings on motions and legal issues already addressed.

"We intend to appeal," they told the judge in their March 28 filing.

As if to emphasize their point, defense lawyers three days later filed a motion asking that, should Berger sentence Blankenship to prison time, he be allowed to remain free on his $1 million bond until the appeal can be heard and decided.

But the defense lawyers are also asking Berger to look back, to re-examine evidence and argument from the trial, and conclude that the case against Blankenship doesn't warrant any jail time. They outlined a long list of evidence they say proves Blankenship was committed to mine safety.

For example, they argue that "not one witness" testified that Blankenship specifically instructed them to violate safety rules, and that Blankenship "initiated, encouraged and demanded efforts to comply with safety regulations, reduce citations and improve safety at Massey." They note evidence that the defense argued shows that Blankenship "demanded accountability" on safety issues, and that - despite testimony from miners who told jurors about terrible working conditions at Upper Big Branch - an anonymous survey of Massey employees "showed overwhelmingly" that miners believed the company wanted to operate safely.

"The court cannot and should not conclude that the jury accepted the government's broad arguments about the nature of the offense and Mr. Blankenship's role in it," Taylor wrote. "There was an enormous body of mitigating evidence offered at trial."

Blankenship's defense team also wants to re-argue the issue presented to jurors at trial about "the number and nature" of federal safety citations and orders issued at Upper Big Branch.

Defense lawyers say that data the government provided at trial - through witness testimony and exhibits - "is incomplete and highly misleading." At trial, the jury heard not just the government's witnesses, but also cross-examination of those witnesses by defense lawyers.

With its sentencing memo, the defense provided Berger with a new report from Kenneth Katen, a coal industry engineering consultant and adjunct professor in the Department of Mining Engineering at the University of Kentucky, in which Katen argues that the violation history at Upper Big Branch wasn't really so bad. The defense argues that data presented by Katen "rebuts and mitigates the government's version of the offense."

Katen was on the defense's witness list for the trial. But the defense opted not to put on any of its own witnesses, so the version of Upper Big Branch's violation history offered by Katen was never subject to cross-examination by the government.

In federal court sentencings, judges are limited by the maximum sentences allowed by the law.

But they are allowed broad discretion to consider a wide variety of information in deciding what sentence is appropriate.

Judges are supposed to weigh the "nature and circumstances of the offense" and the "characteristics of the defendant." They are also supposed to sentence in a manner that promotes "respect for the law," provides "just punishment for the offense" and protects the public from further crimes by the defendant. Sentences in federal court are supposed to "afford adequate deterrence to criminal conduct," but avoid "unwarranted sentence disparities among defendants with similar records who have been found guilty of similar conduct."

Prior to each sentencing, the U.S. Probation Office provides judges with a detailed report about the defendant, with in-depth information about their background and about the offense and other "relevant conduct." Pre-sentencing reports are filed under seal, and contain information the courts consider highly confidential. Details from the reports sometimes creep out in sentencing memos from both sides or in comments from judges at sentencing hearings.

Among other things, these reports propose for judges how the advisory U.S. Sentencing Guidelines apply to a particular defendant's case. Judges don't have to follow the guidelines, but they provide an important range for what sort of sentence should be considered in each case.

The guidelines start with a number that is called the "base offense level" for various types of crimes. Additions are made for various types of conduct, such as being the leader of a conspiracy. Subtractions are also made, for things like accepting responsibility for one's crimes. Then, the final "offense level" is compared to a federal sentencing table to obtain a recommended range for potential prison time.

In his sentencing memo to Berger, Ruby says that the base offense level for Blankenship is six. He says that four "levels" should be added for Blankenship's role as "a leader and organizer of the offense of conviction," two more levels added for his "abuse of a position of trust," and two more levels for "obstructing the administration of justice."

That adds up to a total offense level of 14, which would mean a recommended sentence under the guidelines of 15 to 21 months. Because the statutory maximum sentence is 12 months, and the lower end of that range is more than 12 months, the recommended sentence under the advisory guidelines becomes 12 months.

Defense lawyers, though, argue that the enhancements that bump the offense level from six to 14 should not apply. They are especially upset about the two-point enhancement for obstructing justice.

Jurors did not convict Blankenship of conspiracy to defraud MSHA by providing advance notice of federal safety inspections.

During sentencing, courts can consider all "relevant conduct," even in some instances actions that were at issue at trial, but were not part of the conviction. The standard of proof, though, is "preponderance of evidence," a lesser standard than the "reasonable doubt" standard required for a conviction.

Still, defense lawyers argue that the obstruction of justice sentence enhancement is "unsupported by the facts and the law." In his legal brief and in a letter to the probation office, Ruby argued that the proof was more than adequate.

The argument could have some importance for the ultimate sentencing decision.

Without the two-level enhancement for obstruction, Blankenship's total offense level would be 12. That would result in a recommended sentence of 10 to 16 months, allowing Berger to sentence Blankenship, for example, to 10 months and still be within the range recommended by the guidelines.

Under the law, Berger can also fine Blankenship a maximum of $250,000. Federal sentencing guidelines suggest a fine of between $4,000 and $40,000 in the appropriate range.

Ruby said that a fine within that guidelines range would "make a mockery of the law." Given that Blankenship is "immensely wealthy," Ruby wrote, the judge should mandate the maximum fine.

Defense lawyers did not specify what amount of fine they felt was appropriate, and Taylor did not respond to a request for comment on the matter.

In the prosecution's sentencing memo, Ruby started by reciting the death toll from a two-page list of more than a dozen major mining disasters: more than 360 miners killed at Monongah in 1907, nearly 120 killed in Benwood in 1924, 56 killed at Osage in 1942, 78 dead at Farmington in 1968.

"These catastrophes, terrible as they are, represent only a small fraction of the toll exacted by mining deaths," Ruby wrote. "Since 1900, the earliest year that records are readily available, more than 100,000 coal miners have been killed in America's mines."

He argued that "the great majority of this loss of life" could have been prevented "by following well-known principles of mine safety."

"This history matters," Ruby wrote. "It is a stark reminder that the laws on mine safety are not just words on paper. They are the bitter fruit of decades of tragedy."

While Blankenship was not charged with nor convicted of causing the Upper Big Branch disaster, Ruby noted that the very kinds of safety violations that Blankenship was convicted of conspiring to commit have been known for decades to be the root of deadly underground blasts. The indictment had alleged that Blankenship conspired to violate safety laws at Upper Big Branch during the time period from Jan. 1, 2008, through April 9, 2010.

"We have known for a very long time what makes coal mines explode," Ruby wrote. "We have known for a very long time how to prevent it."

Ruby wrote that Blankenship "knew full well the awful risks, dramatized again and again in ghastly fashion over the years, that he was taking by flouting the mine safety laws at Upper Big Branch.

"There was no mystery about what poor ventilation meant: buildups of methane that would ignite with the slightest spark," he wrote. "Yet UBB's miners were left pleading for air.

"There was no question what accumulations of coal dust meant if not properly treated: a powder keg 1,000 feet below the surface, primed to blow at any time," he wrote. "Yet black dust pervaded the mine, a calamity in the making.

"There was nothing the least bit hidden or mysterious about the dangers of how defendant chose to run UBB," Ruby wrote. "They manifested themselves openly, obviously, to anyone with the most basic knowledge of coal mining, and certainly to defendant."

Ruby compares the Blankenship case to other, perhaps more common crimes prosecuted and punished in the federal court system.

"Which is worse: A poor, uneducated young man who sells drugs because he sees no other opportunity, or a multimillionaire executive, at the pinnacle of his power, who decides to subject his workers to a daily game of Russian roulette?" Ruby wrote. "Which is worse: That young man carrying a gun during a single drug deal - a crime that will earn him a five-year mandatory minimum prison sentence - or a CEO jeopardizing the lives of hundreds, day after day? Which is worse: Stealing money or trampling on the laws that protect human life? In each case, to ask the question is to answer it."

Ruby concludes that "under any fair assessment only a sentence of many years in prison" could truly reflect the seriousness of Blankenship's offense. But, Ruby notes, federal laws "make such a sentence impossible here," allowing a maximum of one year in prison.

A year in prison is "woefully inadequate" for Blankenship, Ruby wrote, "but it is the best the court can do."

Reach Ken Ward Jr. at kward@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-1702 or follow @kenwardjr on Twitter.

From staff reports

Dominic Marsico's run-scoring double capped a four-run seventh inning and propelled Charleston Catholic to a 6-5 victory over host Wayne Saturday in prep baseball.

The Irish (5-3) trailed 5-2 entering the final inning. Michael Martin opened the inning with a single and scored on a triple off the bat of Brandon Combs. John Hufford's single plated Combs to trim the deficit to 5-4. After a sacrifice pushed Hufford to second base, Dominic Martin delivered the game-tying run with an RBI single to score Hufford. One out later, Marsico's double put the Irish in front.

Marsico finished 3 for 3 with a pair of doubles, Hufford went 2 for 4 with a triple, Combs tripled and Luke McKown had a double for Catholic.

For the Pioneers (4-3), Cody Noe went 2 for 4, Dakota McCloud went 2 for 2 with a double and Isaiah Thompson drove in two runs.

Brooke 6, Ripley 3: Chad Harper scattered 10 hits in a complete-game winning effort and visiting Brooke (6-2) capitalized on four Ripley errors to defeat the Vikings. Christopher Jordan went 3 for 4 with a double and Anthony Jarvis was 2 for 3 for Ripley (6-5).

South Harrison 11, Roane County 1: Ian Riggleman and Josh West combined to toss a one-hitter as the Hawks improved to 7-0. Roane's Ryan Kendall had a single for the only hit. Hunter Moore paced South Harrison, going 3 for 3 with two runs scored. Bo Haymond and Jacob Montgomery each went 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs.

Winfield 15, Shady Spring 5: The Generals used a nine-run second inning to pull away for the easy home win. Noah Short had three hits, including a double and two RBIs for Winfield, while Sam Estel added two hits and two RBIs. Cameron Stoops also knocked in a pair of runs. For Shady Spring, Keith Sexton and Brian Schack each had three hits.

Buffalo sweeps doubleheader: The Bison topped Notre Dame by scores of 2-0 and 5-4 in Putnam County Saturday. Isaac Casto had two hits and an RBI for Buffalo. Bison starter Nick Whittington carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning before allowing a single.

In the nightcap, Buffalo scored all five runs in the fifth inning, with Ian O'Donnell finishing with two hits and two RBIs. Isaac Casto also had two hits.

Point Pleasant 6, Chapmanville 4: Senior Karissa Cochran struck out 15 over 10 innings to lead the Big Blacks (8-6) on the road. Michaela Cottrill paced Point with two hits, while Cochran, Kelsie Byus and Megan Hammond each knocked in a run. For Chapmanville, Karah Little had two hits and two RBIs, with Alyssa Meeks adding a double and a homer.

Riverside sweeps Shady Spring: Kendal Marshall went 4 for 6 with a grand slam and four RBIs as Riverside swept Shady Spirng 14-6, 12-0.

In the first game, Marshall went 2 for 4 and Gracie Denato went 3 for 4 with a home run and four RBIs to lead the Warriors (10-6). Darian Vines had two hits for the Tigers.

In the nightcap, Marshall went 2 for 3 with a grand slam and Hannah McDermitt added two hits for Riverside, while starter Lauren Pauley held the Tigers to just two hits.

Braxton sweeps Ravenswood: Braxton County collected 27 hits on the day as it beat Ravenswood 12-2, 12-4 in a doubleheader in Sutton.

In the first game, Amber Frame went 3 for 4 with a double and two RBIs, Madison Ramsey doubled in a run and Grace Hefner added a double and two RBIs for the Flying Eagles. Bayli Manns tripled in a run and Dezirae Lester had an RBI for the Red Devils.

In the second game, Frame went 2 for 4 with a double and two RBIs and Jessica Beckett went 3 for 4 with an RBI for Braxton. Kendall Bowen, Claudia Cubides, Bayli Manns and Macey Manns each drove in a run for Ravenswood.

Poca 14, James Monroe 4: Tori Ward went 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs as Poca won on the road. Molly Collins went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and Lindsey Triplett and Sarah Fisher each doubled in two runs for the Dots (7-2). Nichole White went 2 for 3 with home run for the Mavericks (5-3).

Midland sweeps: Cabell Midland defended its home turf Saturday as the Knights boys and girls teams took first place in the Carlos Akers & Doc Hale Memorial track meet.

Midland's boys finished with 104 points, besting second- place Woodrow Wilson, which finished with 75.5. The Midland girls tallied 114 points, topping second-place Winfield by 24 points.

Shady Spring sprinter Tyra Massey took the 100-, 200- and 400-meter girls races with times of 12.47, 25.71 and 59.48, respectively.

One the boys side, Hurricane's James McDougale won the 100 (11.23) and 200 (22.50) runs.

At Cabell Midland

Carlos Akers & Doc Hale Memorial

Girls

Team scores

1. Cabell Midland 114, 2. Winfield 90, 3. Parkersburg 80.5, 4. University 51.5, 5. Woodrow Wilson 38, 6. Shady Spring 30, 7. Buffalo 29, 8. Scott 24, 8. St. Albans 24, 10. Huntington 20, 11. Parkersburg South 19, 12. Hurricane 14, 13. Sherman 11, 14. Mingo Central 9, 15. Wahama 4.

Event results

100-1. Tyra Massey, SS, 12.47; 2. Jakeya Perrin, CM, 12.98; 3. Tyshira Joplin, MC, 13.20; 4. Katie Preece, Scott, 13.61; 5. Lizzy Mullins, Wah, 13.61; 6. Kaleigh Stewart, Wah, 13.74.

200-1. Tyra Massey, SS, 25.71; 2. Jakeya Perrin, CM, 27.48; 3. Katie Preece, Scott, 27.81; 4. Tiarra Jackson, SA, 28.56; 5. Sydney Wheeler, Hurr, 28.58; 6. Kaleigh Stewart, Wah, 28.80.

400-1. Tyra Massey, SS, 59.48; 2. Alyssa Long, CM, 1:01.25; 3. Sydney Wheeler, Hurr, 1:L01.70; 4. Jakeya Perrin, CM, 1:02; 5. Jessica Salmons, CM, 1:04; 6. Abby Johnson, Park, 1:05.

800-1. Mary Zulauf, Winf, 2:25; 2. Alyssa Long, CM, 2:29; 3. Robin Altman, Univ, 2:30; 4. Adria Fox, CM, 2:33; 5. Olivia Collett, Park, 2:34.06; 6. Anya Miller, CM, 2:34.74.

1600-1. TaShala Turner, Univ, 5:21; 2. Sarah Wills, Univ, 5:22; 3. Mikaela Mitchell, Univ, 5:25; 4. Madi Michels, Buff; 5. Anya Miller, CM, 5:32; 6. Amelia Sebok, Sher, 5:37.

3200-1. Amelia Sebok, Sher, 11:43; 2. Madi Michels, Buff, 11:46; 3. Rachel Englund, Winf, 12:00.57; 4. Peyton Kukura, Univ, 12:00.66; 5. Abbie Short, Hurr, 12:08; 6. Olivia Collett, Park, 12:13.

100 hurdles-1. Lauren Leaman, Park, 16.05; 2. Mikah Alleyne, WW, 16.99; 3. Mackenzie Sims, Park, 17.11; 4. Tori Oehlers, CM, 17.29; 5. Keaton Broughton, Winf, 18.11; 6. Haley Weaver, WW, 18.26.

300 hurdles-1. Lauren Leaman, Park, 47.54; 2. Ripley Haney, CM, 50.36; 3. Tori Oehlers, CM, 50.60; 4. Sydney Smith, Buff, 51.74; 5. Abby Johnson, Park, 52.96; 6. Callie Leasure, PS, 53.25.

4x100-1. Winfield, 53.12; 2. Parkersburg, 53.43; 3. Cabell Midland, 54.24; 4. Woodrow Wilson, 54.84; 5. Mingo Central, 55.73; 6. St. Albans, 55.96.

4x200-1. Parkersburg, 1:53.18; 2. Woodrow Wilson, 1:53.62; 3. St. Albans, 1:54.15; 4. Winfield, 1:54.79; 5. Cabell Midland, 1:56.02; 6. Parkersburg South, 2:00.

4x400-1. Cabell Midland, 4:19; 2. Winfield, 4:25; 3. University, 4:28; 4. Buffalo, 4:33; 5. Woodrow Wilson, 4:35; 6. Parkersburg, 4:39.

4x800-1. University, 9:40; 2. Cabell Midland, 10:20; 3. Winfield, 10:31; 4. Woodrow Wilson, 10:34; 5. Parkersburg South, 10:49; 6. Parkersburg, 11:02.

Shuttle hurdles-1. Parkersburg, 1:07; 2. Winfield, 1:08; 3. Parkersburg South, 1:12; 4. Cabell Midland, 1:14.82; 5. Woodrow Wilson, 1:14.85; 6. Buffalo, 1:20.

High jump-1. Carly Hinkle, Winf, 5-6; 2. Jillian King, Buff, 4-10; 3. Hannah Greco, WW, 4-8; 4. Zoei Kirk, SA, 4-6; 4. Natajah McCormick, WW, 4-6; 6. Faith Irwin, CM, 4-4.

Pole vault-1. Shannon Riley, Winf, 9-6; 2. Kelsi Camp, PS, 7-0; 2. Avery Albert, Winf, 7-0; 4. Sophie Thompson, Park, 6-6; 5. Julia Adkins, Univ, 6-6; 5. Shelby Rockenstein, Park, 6-6.

Long jump-1. Zoei Kirk, SA, 16-2.75; 2. Sydney Cavender, Winf, 15-10.75; 3. Mackenzie Sims, Park, 15-2.50; 4. Emily Smith, CM, 15-1.50; 5. Faith Irwin, CM, 14-9; 6. Tyshira Joplin, MC, 14-7.50.

Shot put-1. Ericka Budd, Hunt, 37-5.50; 2. Kylie Miles, CM, 34-11; 3. Brooke Burns, Scott, 32-11; 4. Colleen Miller, Hurr, 31-9; 5. Teah Somervill, Park, 31-1; 6. Erica Akers, Winfm, 30-0.

Discus-1. Ericka Budd, Hunt, 130-2; 2. Brooke Burns, Scott, 105-3; 3. Kylie Miles, CM, 102-0; 4. Teah Summervill, Park, 83-9; 5. Chloe McConnell, PS, 83-1; 6. Haley Ackerman, Park, 81-5.

Boys

Team scores

1. Cabell Midland 104, 2. Woodrow Wilson 75.5, 3. Parkersburg South 66.5, 4. Hurricane 54, 5. University 52, 6. Winfield 49, 7. Huntington 41, 8. Independence 34, 9. Buffalo 23, 10. Wahama 17, 11. Wayne 12, 12. Scott 10, 13. St. Albans 7, 13. George Washington 7, 15. Nicholas County 2, 15. Mingo Central 2, 15. Sherman 2.

Event results

100-1. James McDougale, Hurr, 11.23; 2. Kade Sebastian, Wayne, 11.42; 3. Kelshawn Grant, WW, 11.56; 4. Kyler Burgess, CM, 11.63; 5. Ryan Daly, Winf, 11.64; 6. Brandon Howard, Hurr, 11.70.

200-1. James McDougale, Hurr, 22.50; 2. Brandon Howard, Hurr, 23.29; 3. Wesley Jones, Wah, 23.76; 4. Kade Sebastian, Wayne, 23.81; 5. Kelshawn Grant, WW, 23.91; 6. Elijah Smith, WW, 24.20.

400-1. Daniel Jarrell, CM, 51.01; 2. Geandra Jones, Univ, 52.76; 3. Marcus Guy, Ind, 53.03; 4. Nicholas Dolan, Scott, 54.19; 5. Eric Johns, Winf, 54.83; 6. Dezmon Bradshaw, Hunt, 55.71.

800-1. Will Sheils, CM, 1:59; 2. Geandre Jones, Univ, 2:02; 3. Jeremiah Parlock, CM, 2:03.59; 4. Miles Kominsky, WW, 2:03.80; 5. Aaron Withrow, Winf, 2:04; 6. Conner Fowler, Hurr, 2:06.

1600-1. Jeremiah Parlock, CM, 4:24; 2. Seth Edwards, Univ, 4:25; 3. Will Sheils, CM, 4:26; 4. Aaron Withrow, Winf, 4:29; 5. Jackson Reed, NC, 4:33; 6. Jacob Birurakis, GW, 4:34.45.

3200-1. Alex Minor, Univ, 9:43; 2. Hayden Harrison, Buff, 9:48; 3. Josh Endres, SA, 9:50.21; 4. Jacob Birurakis, GW, 9:50.33; 5. Philip White, Univ, 9:50.45; 6. R.J. Weiford, Winf 9:52.

110 hurdles-1. Dezmon Bradshaw, Hunt, 15.92; 2. Logan Haga, WW, 15.99; 3. Austin Weis, Ind, 16.88; 4. Trenten Schubert, Winf, 17.17; 5. Ty Smith, Buff, 17:33; 6. Zack Adkins, Hunt, 17.35.

300 hurdles-1. Jimmy Kemp, PS, 43.27; 2. Ty Smith, Buff, 43.40; 3. Austin Weis, Ind, 43.45; 4. Dezmon Bradshaw, Hunt, 44.60; 5. Zack Adkins, Hunt, 44.77; 6. Stevie Ball, CM, 44.91.

4x100-1. Woodrow Wilson, 44.81; 2. Winfield, 45.22; 3. Wahama, 46.47; 4. Huntington, 46.60; 5. Mingo Central, 47.40; 6. Sherman, 47.64.

4x200-1. Cabell Midland, 1:36.37; 2. Winfield, 1:36.40; 3. Woodrow Wilson, 1:38; 4. Parkersburg South, 1:39; 5. Huntington, 1:40; 6. Wahama, 1:41.

4x400-1. Cabell Midland, 3:34; 2. Hurricane, 3:38.23; 3. Winfield, 3:38.69; x-4. Cabell Midland B, 3:49; 5. University, 3:52; 6. Woodrow Wilson, 3:57; 7. Buffalo, 3:58.

4x800-1. Cabell Midland, 8:41; 2. Woodrow Wilson, 8:49; 3. Hurricane, 8:53.37; 4. University, 8:53.39; x-5. Cabell Midland B, 9:24; 6. Winfield, 9:35; 7. Huntington, 9:37.

Shuttle hurdles-1. Parkersburg South, 1:01; 2. Woodrow Wilson, 1:03; 3. Independence, 1:04; 4. Cabell Midland, 1:11; 5. George Washington, 1:13; 6. Sherman, 1:14.

High jump-1. Dominic Collins, PS, 5-10; 2. Kyle Carpenter, PS, 5-8; 3. Luke Carte, Scott, 5-8; 4. Nolan Pierce, Wah, 5-6; 5. Michael Beasley, WW, 5-6; 5. Miles Kominsky, WW, 5-6.

Pole vault-1. Mikey Null, Winf, 13-0; 2. Nathaniel Wheeler, Univ, 13-0; 3. Matthew Molina, CM, 9-6; 4. Drake Fertig, Buff, 9-0; 5. Dominic Holmes, WW, 8-6; 5. Devan Wilson, PS, 8-6.

Long jump-1. Kelshawn Grant, WW, 19-9.50; 2. Marcus Guy, Ind, 19-9; 3. Chris Elschlager, PS, 19-1; 4. Logan Cook, WW, 18-10; 5. Aaron Hunt, Ind, 18-6.75; 6. Sam Carpenter, CM, 18-4.25.

Shot put-1. Hunter Hicks, CM, 49-1; 2. Hunter Ashley, Hunt, 48-4; 3. Colton Donathan, Hurr, 46-4; 4. Timothy Ferguson, PS, 45-11; 5. Justin Ward, WW, 45-6; 6. Hunter Nolan, PS, 41-9.50.

Discus-1. Timothy Fergeson, PS, 161-02; 2. Hunter Ashley, Hunt, 158-3; 3. Hunter Hicks, CM, 150-6; 4. Colton Donathan, Hurr, 148-8; 5. Hunter Nolan, PS, 143-5; 6. Ashton Grounds, SA, 133-1.

HIGH SCHOOL

Saturday's linescores

Point Pleasant 6, Chapmanville 4

Pt. Pleasant 400 000 000 2 -6 7 4

Chapmanville 000 130 000 0 -4 11 3

Cochran and King. McCann and Wiley. Top hitters - Point: Cottrill 2-4, double; Cochran RBI; Byus double, RBI; Hammond RBI. Chap: Little 2-5, 2 RBIs; Meeks 2-5, HR, double, RBI; Belcher RBI.

At Chapmanville

Hurricane 14, Hoover 0

Hurricane 512 6 -14 15 0

Herbert Hoover 000 0 - 0 1 1

Adams and Dunlap. Fix and Bowles. Top hitters - H: Mathis 3-3, double, HR, 3 RBI; Scruggs 3-3, HR; Hebb 2-3, double; Bailey 2-4, double 2 RBI; Pauley double; Dunlap double. HH: Naylor single.

Hurricane 10, Wyoming East 1

Wyoming East 001 00 -1 7 1

Hurricane 070 3x -10 8 2

Brehm and Griffith. Green and Adams. Top hitters - WE: Boothe 2-3, double. H: Bailey 2-3, RBI; Adams 3-run HR; Null 2-3, triple; Scruggs 3-run HR.

First game

Riverside 14, Shady Spring 6

Riverside 347 00 -14 18 2

Shady Spring 600 00 -6 7 4

Denato and Cooper. Allen and Daniels. Top hitters - R: Marshall 2-3; Denato 3-4, HR, 4 RBIs; Sparks 3-3. SS: Vines 2-3.

Second game

Riverside 12, Shady Spring 0

Riverside 309 -12 8 0

Shady Spring 000 -0 3 4

Pauley and Cooper. Clark and Daniels. Top hitters - Marshall 2-3, HR, 4 RBIs; McDermitt 2-3.

First game

Braxton County 100 47 -12 14 0

Ravenswood 200 00 -2 7 4

Heavner and Frame. Lester and B. Manns. Top hitters - BC: Beckett 2 RBIs; Frame 3-4, double, 2 RBIs; Ramsey 3-4, double; Hefner double, 2 RBIs; Wilmoth 2-3, 2 RBIs. RAV: Bowen 2-3; B. Manns RBI; Lester RBI.

Second game

Ravenswood 101 02 -4 9 4

Braxton County 520 05 -12 13 0

Lester and B. Manns. Ramsey, Heavner (5) and Frame. Top hitters - RAV: Bowen RBI; Cubides RBI; B. Manns RBI; M. Manns RBI. BC: Frame 2-4, double, 2 RBIs; Beckett 3-4, RBI; Carr 2-4, double, RBI; Hefner double, RBI; Johnson double, RBI.

Poca 14, James Monroe 4

Poca 011 504 3 -14 12 2

James Monroe 110 110 0 -4 9 4

Luikart, Bonnett (5) and Hill. Carter, Carr (4) and Winebrimmer. Top hitters - P: Collins 2-3, 2 RBIs; Ward 3-5, HR, 2 RBIs; Triplett double, 2 RBIs; Fisher double, 2 RBIs. JM: White 2-3, HR; Jackson 2-4; Bailey 2-4.

HIGH SCHOOL

Saturday's linescores

Charleston Catholic 6, Wayne 5

Chas. Catholic 020 000 4 -6 11 2

Wayne 100 310 0 -5 7 3

Marsico, Hufford (6) and Martin. Ross, Jones (7) and Noe. Top hitters - CC: Hufford 2-4, triple; Marsico 3-3, 2 doubles; Combs triple; McKown double. Wayne: Noe 2-4; McCloud 2-2, double; Thompson double, 2 RBIs

Brooke 6, Ripley 3

Brooke 002 004 0 -6 8 2

Ripley 100 011 0 -3 10 4

Harper and Beatty; Mack, Walsh (6), Casto (6) and Jarvis. Top hitters - Brooke: Sacripanti 2-4; Beatty 2-4; Leonard 2-2. Ripley: Jordan 3-4, 2B; Jarvis 2-3.

Winfield 15, Shady Spring 5

Shady Spring 320 00 -5 9 2

Winfield 293 1x -15 11 1

Ballengee, St. Claire (2), Womack (2), Farley (4) and Farley, Hamilton (4). Frye and Blackwell. Top hitters - Shady: Sexton 3-3, Schack 3-3. Winfield: Short 3-4, double, 2 RBIs; Estel 2-2, 2 RBIs; Stoops 2 RBIs.

South Harrison 11, Roane County 1

WP: Riggleman (3-0). LP: Kinder. Top hitters - SH: Fernandez 2-3, 2 RBIs; Montgomery RBI; Riggleman RBI; West RBI; Haymond 2 RBIs; Jarrett RBI.

First game

Buffalo 2, Notre Dame 0

Notre Dame 000 000 0 -0 1 1

Buffalo 110 000 0 -2 5 2

Miller, Cooper (4) and Haymond. Whittington and Whittington. Top hitters - Buff: Casto 2-3, RBI.

Second game

Buffalo 5, Notre Dame 4

Notre Dame 130 000 0 -4 7 0

Buffalo 000 050 x -5 7 1

Baker, Frazier (4), Griffith (5) and Seibel. O'Donnell, Fields (4) and Whittington. Top hitters - ND: Baker 2-4; Seibel 2-4; Youkam double. Buff: Casto 2-3, O'Donnell 2-3, 2 RBIs.

Margaret Lou Fouty, 56, of Nitro, passed away Friday -April 1, 2016, at Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston.

To her mother, she will always be known as Margaret "Lou." She was an consultant with Verizon and enjoyed spending time with her dad watching NASCAR racing and wrestling. Margaret Lou was a 1977 graduate of Poca High School and enjoyed playing the clarinet in the school band.

She is preceded in death by her father, Orville Fouty; grandma and grandpa Fouty; grandma and grandpa Allen.

Margaret Lou is survived by her mother, Orpha Allen Fouty; and many aunts, uncles and friends.

Service will be 11 a.m. Mon. April 4, at the Hafer Funeral Home with Pastor David Keeney officiating. Burial will be in the Allen Cemetery, Nicut, WV. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday April 3, at the funeral home.

Online condolences and memories may be shared at www.haferfuneralhome.net. Arrangements are in the care of Hafer Funeral Home, 50 North Pinch Rd., Elkview.

Margaret L. Fisher, 85, of Hurricane, passed away peacefully Thurs. March 31, 2016, at the home of her son.

She was born December 3, 1930, in Charleston, daughter of the late Glenn and Goldie Comer Petry. She is also preceded in death by her husband, James L. Fisher; sister, JoAnne Pauley; and brother, Bill Petry.

Margaret was a homemaker and a member of Sleepy Hollow Golf Club.

She is survived by her son, Jerry Riffe, (Sherry) of Charleston; brother, Don Petry, (Joyce) of Jackson County; two grandchildren, Michelle Davis and Barry Blackwell; and six great-grandchildren.

The family wishes to express their appreciation for the love and care given, especially by the nurses, Isabelle (Izzie), Erin and Tiffany, by Hospice Care.

At Margaret's wishes, she has been cremated and a small family service will be held at a later date.

Condolences may be sent by visiting www.hardingfamilygroup.com. Harding Funerals & Cremations, 514 50th St. SE, Kanawha City is serving Margaret's family.

Samuel Vincent Epling, 81, of Scott Depot, passed away Sat. April 2, 2016, at his residence.

Born January 1, 1935, at Wyco to the late Rev. Kester and Edith Hopson Epling. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Jocelyn Tinney and Sibyl Brooks.

Vince was retired as an electrical engineer from the Department of Defense, Dover, N.J. He graduated from Charleston High School, class of 1952 and also received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from West Virginia Tech, Montgomery in 1957.

He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Emma Pyles Epling; daughters, Roxanna Hammett (John) of Rockaway, N.J. and Tammy Orr (Chris) of Wharton, N.J.; grandchildren, Melissa, Jason, Jessie, Sarah and Zachary. Also surviving are his sisters-in-law, Thelma Shamblin, Mary McClure and Nellie and Gary Deusenberry, all of Dunbar; and nephew, Joe Johnson (Jane) of Pomroy, Ohio.

Graveside service will be held at 1 p.m. Tues. April 5, at Ruckman Cemetery, Mill Point, WV with Pastor Jim Dennis officiating.

Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Mon. at Chapman Funeral Home, Hurricane.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to Hospice Care, 1606 Kanawha Blvd., West, Charleston, WV 25387.

Chapman Funeral Home, family owned and located at 3941 Teays Valley Road, Hurricane is honored to serve the Epling family.

Lorene Jones Elliott, 85, of London, entered into her Heavenly rest on March 31, 2016.

Born August 5, 1930, she was preceded in death by her husband, Marco Lewis Elliott.

She is survived by her son, Roger L. Elliott of Bickmore, W.Va.; daughter, Sylvalene Hill of Belle; sister, Ethel Auxier of Mount Olive; brothers, Charles Jones of Lizemore, Grenvil Jones of Seattle, Wash., Gus Jones of Anchorage, Alaska, Don Jones of Victor; six grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren.

This family wishes to convey their sincere appreciation to the staff at Clark's Christian Care who met every need of our dear mother.

Private family service was held Sat. April 2, at Cooke Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend William Adkins officiating. Burial followed the service at Kanawha Valley Memorial Gardens, Glasgow. Cooke Funeral Home, Cedar Grove assisted the Elliott family.

Rickey Todd Danbery, 51, of Cannelton, died March 28, 2016, at home. He was born to the late Earl "Brother" and Lorraine Alford Danbery on May 21, 1964, in Charleston.

He was a graduate of Valley High School and a certified heavy equipment operator.

Left to cherish his memories are sisters, Sharon and husband, Roger Griffith of Charleston, and Beverly Rosewell of Charleston; brothers, Rodney T. and wife, Patrizia Danbery of Huntsville, Ala., and Randy T. Danbery of Boomer; nephews, Travis Griffith of Charleston, Brian Rosewell of Cross Lanes, Douglas Danbery of Huntsville, Ala., Cody and Garrett Danbery of Boomer; niece, Angela Danbery; and great-nephew, Franklin, both of the Orlando, Fla. area.

Ricky Todd's family wishes to thank all of his friends and neighbors for their friendship and help.

Service will be 3 p.m. Sunday April 3, at Carbondale Baptist Church with Pastor Jeff Floyd officiating. Friends may call one hour prior to the service at the church. O'Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery is in charge of arrangements where expressions of sympathy may be sent at www.odellfuneralhome.com.

Gary E. Cox, of Teays Valley and Charleston, went home to be with the Lord March 31, 2016, at CAMC Memorial Division. He was born December 29, 1939, to the late Ardie and Amma Canfield Cox. He was also preceded in death by his brother and wife, Dennis and Barbara Cox of Hurricane; sister and husband, Loretta Cox Young and Delmas Young.

Gary was a member of the Bible Center Church in Charleston and was a 1958 graduate of Clay Co. High School where he never lost his love for his Clay County friends. He also was a graduate of WV State College. He retired from Union Carbide in 1992 and also retired from the City of Charleston in 2002.

Left to cherish his memory, loving wife of almost 50 years, Lucy Cox; sons, of which he was extremely proud of and enjoyed spending time with, Darrick Cox of Belle and Darren Cox and his wife, Claudia of Teays Valley; granddaughters, Kala and Katelynn Cox, that brought much enjoyment to his life. Gary leaves many friends for which he was grateful.

Service will be noon, Tues. April 5, at Good Shepherd Mortuary, South Charleston with Rev. Daniel Eller officiating. Burial will be in Cunningham Memorial Park, St. Albans. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Mon. April 4, at Good Shepherd Mortuary, 335 Fifth Avenue, South Charleston, WV.

Gary Thomas Cornett was born Aug. 5, 1944 in Akron, Ohio, and died March 26, 2016 at St. Francis Hospital. His parents were Luther Hayden Myers and Janet Marion Copen. At the age of three months his mother moved back to Charleston and left him in the care of his maternal grandparents, Marshal Copen and Eva Hopson, who raised him.

He led an interesting but unconventional life akin to the free-spirited bootlegger ancestors before him. He attempted a traditional path, joining the Army for a short time, where he was in the U.S. Boxing Program. Ultimately, being a self-employed mechanic and welder gave him the freedom to follow politics and sports and talk about them to anyone who would listen, create a painting or poem on a whim, and barter. He loved getting a great deal more than anything and could turn trash to treasure by up-trading several times. He loved the company of others and always provided a place to sleep for anyone in need. He was a born motivator of people and could assemble and lead an impromptu team to fix anything and by the most creative of means, and will be survived by those mended objects as much as by those who will continue to use them.

Surviving are his ex-wife, Loquita; daughter, Kristie Cornett; son-in-law, Brent Pressman; grandchildren, Kaitlyn and Bailey Pressman of Charleston; son, David Constantini of Philadelphia, Pa.; and grandchildren, Jesse Constantini and David Gallagher.

Cremation services are being provided by Affordable Cremations of WV, 413 D St., South Charleston; www.AffordableCremationsofWV.com.