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Ruby Brookover

Ruby Helen Brookover, 100, of Jakes Run, died Friday, April 26, 2024, at her home on Jakes Run.  She was born Oct. 18, 1923, at Mooresville, a daughter of the late Arthur and Ossie Cross.  During World War II, she married Donald Ray Brookover. As a wartime bride, she ...

Emma Lose

Emma Lucille Lose, 88, passed away peacefully at home in Ashburn, Ga., on April 23, 2024. She was born March 10, 1936, in Independence, daughter of the late Edgel and Madge Lambert. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lose; daughters, Sheila Lipscomb and Pamela Lose; one ...

Mary Plum

Mary Margaret Plum, 75, of Independence, died at Ruby Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. She was born in Newburg on Nov. 28, 1948. Services will be at the Field Funeral Home in Masontown at noon on Tuesday, April 30.  

John Lako

With his son, John, by his side, John Lako Jr. “Tick”, 96, of Jere, passed away on Monday, April 22, 2024, after a brief illness.  Born in Jere on Aug. 2, 1927, John was a son of the late Mary Gorsky Holepit Lako and John Lako Sr.   In 1949, after being honorably ...

Audrey Ryan

Audrey Estelle Ryan, 98, of Hedgesville, formerly of Westover, passed away peacefully on April 25, 2024.   She was born on Oct. 19, 1925, in Marlington, W.Va., to the late Leo and Jesse Carpenter Shinaberry.   A cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and sister, ...

Anna Thorne

Anna Mae (McMillen) Thorne, 84, of Reedsville, passed away at Mountain Memories Assisted Living Center in Elkins on Thursday, April 25, 2024.  Born March 7, 1940, in Masontown, she was the daughter of the late Alva and Emma (Roby) McMillen.  After graduating from ...