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Sally Lee Mayfield

Lifetime Morgantown resident, Sally Lee Mayfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, at age 89. She was born on May 7, 1937, to the late Willowbelle Lee Moore Reed and Ralph Scott Reed. Sally spent her early years growing up with her parents and extended family in the Greenmont neighborhood of South Park. She attended Second Ward, Morgantown Junior High and graduated from Morgantown High. Through a chance meeting, at the soda fountain in the old Moore and Parriott Drug Store on High Street, she met Clifford Daniel Mayfield who had attended University High. They ...

Robert Paul Balderson

Robert Paul Balderson, 79, and recently of Point Marion, Pa, passed peacefully at his home Tuesday, September 8, 2026. “Bob,” as he was known to most, was born Friday, June 13, 1947, to the late John and Evelyn Balderson in Binghamton, N.Y. The eldest child, he was big brother to ...

Sharon Ann Fox

Sharon Ann “Sherry” Fox, 79, of Morgantown, passed away at home on Tuesday, September 8, 2026. She was born on January 18, 1947, in Fairview, West Virginia, to the late Harold Stephen and Edith Forsythe Walters and lived a life marked by devotion to her family, her faith, and the many ...

Rosalie Jean Galloway

Rosalie Jean Galloway, 86, formerly of Wheeling, WV, passed away on Sunday, September 6, 2026, surrounded by her loving family in Morgantown, WV. Rosalie was born on November 9, 1939, in Wheeling, the daughter of the late John M. and Virginia M. (West) Cihy. In addition to her parents, ...

Derley Varner

Derley “Jake” Varner, 88, formerly of Jake’s Run, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2026, at Genesis Healthcare, Tygart Center in Fairmont. Jake was born December 10, 1937, a son of the late Charles and Goldie I. Brewer Varner. Jake is survived by his daughter, Misty; siblings: Ralph Varner, Everett Varner and Ethel “Toots” Varner; and several nieces and nephews. Along with his parents, he was preceded in death by his siblings: Raymond “Skieze” Varner, Charles Varner, Jr., Ruby “Sis” Hemmer, Ira “Buck” Varner, Richard Varner and half-sister, Betty ...

Albert Vavreck

Albert “Babe” Vavreck, 99, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 3, 2026, with his loving family by his side in The Pines of Mount Lebanon, Pittsburgh. Born on March 3, 1927, in Filbert, he was the son of Matthew and Mary Pacak Vavreck. Babe lived a long, full life marked by ...