Freda Meadows
By Freda Meadows, 87, of Lewisburg, died Thurs. Aug. 20, 2015. Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg is in charge of arrangements.
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By Virginia Isabella McVay, 91, of Leroy, died Aug. 20, 2015. Service will be 2 p.m. Mon. Aug. 24, at the Liverpool United Methodist Church, Leroy. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Sun. Aug. 23, at...
View ArticleRoger McClung
By Roger Wayne McClung, 62, of Edmond formerly of Gallagher died Aug. 20, 2015. O'Dell Funeral Home, Montgomery is in charge of arrangement.
View ArticleWalter Jones
By Walter Keith Jones, 76, of Hudson, Fla., died Aug. 16, 2015. Service will be 10 a.m. Sat. Sept. 5, 2015 at Ames Bible Church, Ames Height.
View ArticleWayne Haynes
By Wayne Haynes, 64 of Charleston died Thurs. Aug. 20, 2015. His body was donated to medical science. No service is being held.
View ArticleJames Hammons
By James Harvey Hammons, of St. Helena Island, South Carolina (and formerly of Charleston, West Virginia) died on August 17, 2015, at the age of 83, after a long illness. His wife of 53 years, Norma...
View ArticleJerald "Sonny" Fox
By Jerald Edwin "Sonny" Fox, 73, of Evans, passed away suddenly, August 19, 2015. He was born March 31, 1942, in Angerona, W.Va., a son of the late Joseph Edgar and Ethel Nadine (Ankrum) Fox. His...
View ArticleJewell Chapman
By Jewell Vivian Chapman, 80, of Dunbar, departed on her final journey Wed. Aug. 19, 2015. Jewell (better known as PeeWee to family and friends) was born on May 24, 1935 to the late John E. and Stella...
View ArticleMildred Cantley
By We have a beautiful Angel in Heaven watching Over us. On Aug. 19, 2015, God received our Angel. Mildred was 87 years old. Born and lived all her life in Rock Creek, W.Va. She was the daughter of...
View ArticleFunerals for: August 22, 2015
By Adkins, Doug — 1 p.m., Deal Funeral Home, Point Pleasant.Baldwin, Mat — 11 a.m., Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley.Barna, Betty Lee — 3 p.m., St. Andrew United Methodist Church, St. Albans.Bullard,...
View ArticleFuture murky for dam removal project on West Fork River
By Rick Steelhammer CLARKSBURG, W.Va. - Four small dams built 85 to 105 years ago to supply municipal water systems have converted the north-flowing, 40-mile stretch of the West Fork River from the...
View ArticleMichael J. Petrilli and Robert Pondiscio: Don't shoot the test score...
By By Michael J. Petrilli and Robert Pondiscio Five long years ago, West Virginia and more than 40 other states adopted the Common Core standards in reading and math, setting dramatically higher...
View ArticleSheldon Stern: So, did the Founding Fathers actually believe in American...
By By Sheldon Stern In a recent critique of the highly controversial 2015 College Board's Advanced Placement-U.S. history revision, Stanley Kurtz of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, faulted the...
View ArticleWilliam A. O'Brien: The more optimistic -- and less quoted -- Federalist view...
By By William A. O'Brien Is it true that who we are is a function of where we are and who's there with us? How much does what we believe or what we're willing to do depend, not on what that little...
View ArticlePete Sepp: Keep taxes off Internet access
By By Pete Sepp In an increasingly polarized Washington, D.C., common-sense solutions have become more the exception than the rule. Earlier this summer, however, Members of the U.S. House of...
View ArticleVictor Grigoraci: Value of Turnpike tolls to state may be underestimated
By By Victor Grigoraci Sen. Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, is quoted in the Aug. 9 Sunday Gazette-Mail saying that he will introduce a bill related to motor vehicles to raise more revenue for roads. He...
View ArticleEssays on Faith: Peace to you
By By Richard C. Lamb By There is a peace that comes when a day's work is done and you can put your feet up. It comes slowly but surely when we look upon the beauty of nature. And I can picture in my...
View ArticleCharlie Keaton's war: WV man wants to go fight ISIS
By Bill Lynch PINEVILLE, W.Va. - It's been a hit-or-miss year for gardens. Spring was cool and wet. Heavy rain lasting for days came in late June and early July, but at the house where Charlie...
View ArticleCharlie Keaton's war: WV man wants to go fight ISIS
By Bill Lynch PINEVILLE, W.Va. - It's been a hit-or-miss year for gardens. Spring was cool and wet. Heavy rain lasting for days came in late June and early July, but at the house where Charlie...
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