Obituaries

Charles Elwood Drum, age 86 of Maryville, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2023, at Asbury Place in Maryville, Tennessee.  Charles graduated with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from…

Nancy Kay Rufener, 86, of Sardis, passed away Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, at WVU Ruby Memorial Hospital Morgantown, West Virginia.  She was born in Columbus, April 11, 1937, a beloved…

Ray Edward Dietrich, 81, passed away on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, at his home in Hernando, Mississippi.  He was born on Dec. 4, 1941, in Clarington, graduated from River Local…

Patricia Jane Thomas, age 80, of Clarington, passed away Monday, July 31, 2023, at Hocking Valley Community Hospital, Logan. She was born July 30, 1943, in Clarington, the daughter of…

Gerald Hamilton, 94, of Denver, North Carolina, passed in the early hours of Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, surrounded by family. He was born on Nov. 22, 1928, in Woodsfield, the…

Maynard A. Johnson, 76, of Jerusalem, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, at the WVU Wheeling Hospital, Wheeling, West Virginia.  He was born at Medina, on Nov. 9, 1946, a…

Eleanor E. Leeper, 85, of Lewisville, passed away Sunday, July 30, 2023, at the Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta.  She was born near Sycamore Valley on Sept. 30, 1937, a daughter…

Steven H. Friday, 68, of Woodsfield, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 22, 2023, at his home surrounded by his loving family.  He was born in Barnesville, April 4, 1955, a…