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James Russell

James Albert Russell, 75, died unexpectedly on Nov. 24, 2022, at his home in Alderson, Greenbrier County, with his wife by his side. He had been in excellent health, enjoying his many friendships and golf right up until recent hip replacement surgery. Healing well, he was talking about ...

Peter Lessing

Peter Lessing died peacefully on Nov. 27, 2022, at Mon Health Medical Center. Husband, father, grandfather, geologist, inventor of Post-It Notes, Cold War secret agent, Antarctic explorer*, avid deer hunter, photographer, golfer and poker player, Pete was born in 1938 and grew up in ...

Jill Bianco

R. Jill Bjorkman Bianco, 68, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. passed away Nov. 23, 2022, at home. Jill was born Sept. 14, 1954, in Morgantown. She was the daughter of Richard “Dick” and “Patricia” Joann Bjorkman, both of whom have preceded her in death. Jill was a 1972 graduate of Valley ...

Mary Luci

Mary Jacqueline “Jackie” Luci, 93, died Nov. 29, 2022, at Stonerise Nursing Home in Morgantown.

Opal Pompili

Opal Louise Pompili, 91, of Morgantown, passed away Thursday morning, Dec. 1, 2022 at her home. She was born in Wellsburg, on July 29, 1931, a daughter of the late James and Lillie Mae Leidy Brown. Mrs. Pompili is survived by her five children and daughter-in-law, Kaye Pompili (wife ...

Darwin Johnson

On Dec. 2, 2022, attorney and businessman Darwin Franklin Johnson, 85, passed away. Known to friends as “Snooks,” Darwin was born April 19, 1937, in Detroit City, Mich. to Virginia Lucille Hagedorn and George Darwin Johnson.He grew up in Morgantown and graduated from WVU Law School in ...