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JOE RICH JR.

Joe Rich, Jr. of McMechen, WV passed away July 25, 2026 of terminal cancer. He was born on November 1, 1949 in Glen Dale, WV, a son of Joseph and Rose Rich, Sr. Joe was a 1968 graduate of Union High School. For 37 years, Joe was a dedicated coalminer at Console Coal after honorably serving ...

RONALD NEWMAN

Ronald M. Newman, age 88, of Paden City, WV, passed away on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta, OH. He was born on June 7, 1938, in New Martinsville, WV, a son of the late Joseph Marshall Newman and Emma Mary Starkey Newman. Ronald was a retired operator ...

ERMA WATTS

Erma O. Watts, 96, of New Martinsville, WV was welcomed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, July 26, 2026. She was born on February 4, 1930, in Pine Grove, WV daughter of the late Jesse F. and Audra M. (Butler) Barr. Erma was a graduate of Pine Grove High School and of Maison ...

GREGORY BYRD

Gregory A. Byrd, of Wheeling, passed away at Wheeling Hospital on July 12, 2026, at the age of 75. He was born on March 23, 1951, in Wheeling, W.Va., to the late Walter and Viola (Rozanski) Byrd. Greg is survived by his brothers, Bro. John F. Byrd, FMS, of Wheeling; and Richard (Patricia) ...

RICHARD ‘DICK’ SULSBERGER

Richard Alan “Dick” Sulsberger, 73 of Woodsfield, Ohio passed away Saturday. Calling hours 4:00 – 8:00 p.m. Thursday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. until time of funeral service at 11:00 a.m. at the Bauer-Turner Funeral Home Woodsfield, Ohio.

JOHN HAZLETT

John Arbenz Hazlett, 86, formerly of Wheeling, West Virginia, passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 18, 2026, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia. He was born March 21, 1940, in Wheeling, West Virginia, the son of the late Susan (Arbenz) Hazlett and Robert C. Hazlett, Sr. John ...