Marian Jo Bowen
Our precious mother and grandmother, Marian Jo Belcher Bowen, 83, of Oak Hill, stepped from this world to the next on Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016 at CAMC General Hospital, Charleston.Born June 17, 1932...
View ArticleFunerals for: January 15, 2016
Brown, Ronald L. — 2 p.m., Morgan Funeral Home, Lewisburg.Cade, Shannon D. — 2 p.m., Bethlehem Baptist Church, Chesapeake.Clark, Gail R. — 1 p.m., Leonard Johnson Funeral Home, Marmet.Cottle, John N....
View ArticleCharles Krauthammer: The state of Obama's presidency: spent
WASHINGTON - President Obama's Tuesday night address to Congress was less about the state of the union than the state of the presidency. And the state of this presidency is spent. The signs of...
View ArticleShort takes on out-of-state union protesters, new small businesses
Who would have seen craft beer as being a poster child for economic development in West Virginia? But it has become a darling, as it should, of what creative and energetic entrepreneurs can do when...
View ArticleHats off to Woody Williams
He was a humble boy from Quiet Dell when at age 20 he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps to fight for his country.Now - after more than 70 years, a Purple Heart and a Congressional Medal of Honor - a...
View ArticleMark Sadd: The innovation in education machine
Gov. Tomblin's Innovation in Education program is old wine in a new skin. His 2016 bill is a maneuver against a rather strong public charter schools bill that will make its way through the...
View ArticleLeonard Pitts Jr.: Fighting ignorance with a quiet call for peace
As a general rule, I loathe both Holocaust and slavery comparisons.Sadly, such comparisons have become more common in recent years even though, almost by definition, they trivialize two of the...
View ArticleGazette editorial: Beware charity hustles
Some mail-order national charities are little more than ripoffs. They do almost nothing for sick children or wounded veterans or other victims they claim to help. Instead, most donated money goes into...
View ArticleLetter: Inept DOT, DOH leadership causes safety issues on WV roads
Editor:Does anybody care that officials in the Departments of Transportation and Division of Highways are paid well for jobs they are not doing? The DOT and DOH share responsibility for highway...
View ArticleLetter: Fantasy of forever-low gas prices is harmful block to clean energy jobs
Editor: To all those rushing out to buy gas guzzlers because of the current low prices, I offer the following.My wife and I have driven Cadillacs for 35 years, but as they do not have a hybrid, we...
View ArticleLetter: Capito contempt for Clean Power Plan silly, counterproductive
Editor:I was saddened to read Senator Shelly Capito's statement about the anti-EPA resolution she supported - "Sending these resolutions to the president's desk is an important step in the fight...
View ArticleFlorence Copenhaver
Florence Copenhaver, 87, of Charleston, died Jan. 14, 2016. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Mon. Jan. 18, at Cunningham-Parker-Johnson Funeral Home, Charleston....
View ArticleShirley Cole
Shirley Cole, 78, of Cross Lanes, died Jan. 14, 2016. Service will be 7 p.m. Tues. Jan. 26, 2016. Visitation with the family will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Mon. Jan. 25, and from 5 p.m. until service time...
View ArticleBetty Lee Calvano
Betty Lee Calvano, went to be with God Thurs. Jan. 14, 2016. Betty was born May 13, 1927, to Mary Ellen Ferrell and Dewey George Ferrell in Charleston, West Virginia. Betty leaves her husband and...
View ArticleGloria Butcher
Gloria Butcher, 64, of Holden, left this life to be with Jesus on Jan. 12, 2016. Service will be held 2 p.m. Tues. Jan. 19, 2016, at James Funeral Home in Logan.
View ArticleJames Bonnett
James V. "Sonny" Bonnett, 82, of Nitro, passed away on Fri. Jan. 15, 2016. Cooke Funeral Home and Crematorium is assisting the Bonnett family.
View ArticleE. Geraldine Boggs
E. Geraldine Jamison Boggs, 91, of St. Marys, formerly of Sutton, died Jan. 14, 2016. Service will be held 1 p.m. Sat. Jan. 16, 2016, at Greene-Robertson Funeral Home, Sutton. Friends may call two...
View ArticleMaria Adkins
Maria Annette Adkins, 36, of Pleasant View, W.Va., died Jan. 15, 2016. Service information is incomplete at this time. Koontz Funeral Home, Hamlin is in charge of the arrangements.
View ArticleGeorge Adams
George Harvey Adams, 92, of Ravenswood, died Jan. 15, 2016. Service will be held 3 p.m. Sun. Jan. 17, 2016, at Ravenswood Church of the Nazarene. Friends may visit the family at the church from 1 to 3...
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