Obituaries

Jul 28, 2016

Phyllis Harrison Berkenkemper, 80, passed away July 28, 2016 at the Carroll County General Hospital following an extended illness.

She was born June 18, 1936, in Bolair, WV, the daughter of Emery and Ocie Harrison. Phyllis was the youngest of nine children and was raised in the house her father built. She graduated from Webster Springs High School in 1954...

Jul 25, 2016

William Leon “Bill” Armentrout, 57 of Cowen, passed away Monday, July 25, 2016 at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital.

He was born November 20, 1958 in Richwood, WV the son of the late Vernon and Rose Hammons Armentrout.

He was a maintenance worker at SMR Technologies with over 25 years of service.  He was a former member of the Oddfellows. He...

Jul 23, 2016

Monnie B. Malcomb, 86, of Cowen passed into the hands of the Lord on Saturday, July 23, 2016 at Summersville Regional Medical Center.

She was born March 12, 1930 in Mercer County a daughter of the late Henry and Bessie Beale Fowler.

Monnie was a loving mother and homemaker working on the family farm to provide for her children. She...

Jul 17, 2016

Gary Edward Keffer Jr., 44, of Cowen, passed away Sunday, July 17, 2016 after an accident on the Colorado River.

He was born April 14, 1972 in Summersville, a son of Gary Keffer Sr. and Marilyn Sanson Keffer.

Gary was in Colorado working in the construction field, doing what he did best, hanging and finishing drywall. He enjoyed talking, texting...

Gary “Jimmy” Trenter, 60, of Keyser, WV passed away unexpectedly at his home on July 13, 2022.  He was born on May 4, 1962 in Bolair, WV a son to the late Glenda Trenter Knight.  In addition to his mother, he was proceeded in death by his maternal grandparents Rufus and Iva Payne Trenter and his brother Ricky Trenter.  He...

Our amazing mother, Bessie Joann Hayhurst, loving wife of Everett Junior Hayhurst for 56 wonderful years, went to walk the streets of glory April 6 2023. She was a devoted wife, mother, mama, and an inspiration to all she met. She was a wonderful testimony by the life she lived for the lord and her family.

She was preceded in...

Susan Lou Workman of Craigsville passed away Thursday January 23, 2020 at the Hubbard Hospice House, Charleston. She was born the daughter of the late Ted and Vernie Gay Mullens Williams.

Susan was a retired floral designer for Craigsville Florist with over 40 years of dedicated service. She was a Baptist by Faith and enjoyed working crossword puzzles, watching NASCAR,...

Wilbur Orville Mastin, 86, passed away Sunday, April 14, 2019. He was a retired truck driver, U.S. Army veteran and a member of Hinds Chapel United Methodist Church.

Wilbur is survived by his sons, Tim Mastin of North Carolinia and Thomas Mastin of Horn Lake, sister, Phyllis Johnson of Ohio and granddaughter, Heather Godin. He was preceded in death by...

Vickie Allen, 64 of Camden On Gauley. Vickie made the short trip from almost heaven WV to heaven on 11/17/2021, after battling stage four cancer for well over a year.

Vickie was immediately survived by: daughters, Crystal Allen, Stacey Allen, Dazzle Allen-Stowers, sons, Brock Allen, Christopher McCartney, granddaughters, Alexus and Peyton McCourt, and grand dog Sydney. Also, her brother, Stanley...

Jeyda Lee Prior, infant daughter of Meggan Marie Johns and Norman Prior passed on to Heaven on Monday, March 30, 2020. Surviving are her parents, brothers, Aadon Epps and Conner Epps, maternal grandparents Kenny Johns II and Amber Haggerty, paternal grandparents the late Elwood Prior and Sandy and Dave Woods and several other cousins and family members.

Due to the...

Nina “Jackie” Perrine, 81, passed away August 13, 2018. She was born in Erbacon, WV to the late Thomas and Eliza (Dillon) Perrine and was an Akron resident since the mid 1950’s.

Jackie retired from AT&T (formerly Ohio Bell) with 36 years of service, was a member of the Pioneer Club and loved to travel.

In addition to her parents,...

Ruth Lea Barrier went home to be with the Lord on August 21, 2016 at home after an extended illness. Ruth was the daughter of the late Don and Mae Blake.

She was a Christian by faith. Ruth was a wonderful mother to three children Carol (Geoff) Cogar of Bolair, Chris (Bill) Thacker of Gauley Bridge, and David (Cathy )...

Beverly Sue Tharp McCourt, 43, of Erbacon, WV, went home to be with the Lord early Wednesday morning on October 13, 2021, at Webster County Memorial Hospital following a recent illness.

Beverly was a sweet, caring and loving wife, mother, and Gram-Gram. She was a very outspoken person who didn’t care to share her opinion.

She spent 25 loving years...

Norma Kay “Katy” Hamrick

She has 9 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

She was a devoted Christian who spent many years with her husband singing at nursing homes and volunteering at the Mountain Market Place Mission before her health declined. She loved to write, research family history. She also very much enjoyed her flowers and birds that embarked her front...

James Donzal Pugh, 71, of Webster Springs, passed away Monday, November 5, 2018 at Charleston Area Medical Center.  He was born January 31, 1947 in Fairmont, a son of the late Dr. Donzal and Emogene Bickel Pugh.

Jim was a 1965 Graduate of Webster Springs High School and a graduate of Huntington Barber College. He was a U.S. Navy Veteran...

Anthony Alan Williams, 40, of Webster Springs, WV passed away February 13, 2017 at Charleston Area Medical Center. Anthony was born in Webster Springs, the son of Alan and Shirley Varner Williams.

He was a graduate of Webster County High School, where he represented the Highlanders at the State Wrestling Tournament four consecutive years. He loved to fish, hunt, and...

Bryan Carr, 48 of Camden On Gauley, passed away Monday, August 26, 2019 at United Hospital Center in Clarksburg. My body died on August 26, 2019 at the ripe old age of 48. Who knew your heart can’t live on love alone, it needs blood! There were other medical issues and my lack of common sense didn’t help, but no...

Lily Larue (Shindledecker) Melton, 88, formally of Webster Springs, WV went to be with her Savior on Monday, October 24, 2022.

Lily was born in Reynoldsville, PA in 1934 to George and Hallie Shindledecker. She was preceded in death by her husband Gary Melton, her parents, George and Hallie Shindledecker, four sisters, Nellie Yanulittis, Theda Shindledecker, Alice Shindledecker and Hallie...

Kay F. McAvoy Cole Clay, 82 years and 20 days, of Pleasant Ridge, entered into rest at her home on August 31, 2018.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James P. Clay, parents Thomas H. and Lucy P. Wright McAvoy. Siblings, Helen (Dex) Hastings, Leafy (Teddy) Lemley, June Steele, Lenore (Jean) Cunningham, Mary Bell, Claire McAvoy, Lowell T....

II Timothy 4:7

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

Richard C. Selman, 73, of Charleston passed on to Heaven, Wednesday, March 18, 2020. He graduated from Cowen High School in 1965, attended West Virginia University, served in the United States Army from 1968 -1970. He served in a military police...