Joan Mercer, 79, of Pennsboro, WV died Monday, August 27, 2012 at her residence.

She was born November 1, 1932 at Hundred, a daughter of the late Paul Cooke and Marjorie Hennen Cooke.

Mrs. Mercer formerly worked as a seamstress in a clothing factory. She was a methodist by faith.

Joan was a graduate of Clay-Battelle High School.

Violet Grace Yost, 71, of Pentress, died Monday, August 27, 2012 in Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.

She was born November 2, 1940 at Pursglove, a daughter of the late Byrns Pennington and Stella May McCune Pennington.

Mrs. Yost was a homemaker and a protestant by faith.

Wilford Glenden (Rip) DeVine of Daybrook passed away Thursday, August 23, 2012 at his home.

He was born on April 12, 1930 at Mooresville, the eldest son of the late Gilbert Victor DeVine and Gracie Mae Statler DeVine.

Linda K. Koontz, 57, of Littleton, died Wednesday, August 15, 2012 in the Wetzel County Hospital in New Martinsville.

She was born December 11, 1954 at Silver Hill, a daughter of Ruth Lucetta Wade Tedrow Ebert of Littleton, and the late William J. Tedrow.

Mrs. Koontz was a homemaker and a protestant by faith.

Paul S. Delaney, 89, of Burton, WV died Thursday, August 2, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Morgantown.

He was born January 27, 1923 at Fairmont, WV, a son of the late Larney Delaney and Arley Clovis Delaney Bissett.

Hazel Ruth Arnett, 86 of Mooresville died Wednesday, August 1, 2012 in Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.

She was born July 22, 1926 at Core, a daughter of the late Harley Ray Tennant and Bessie O. Wright Tennant.

Steadman Encil Woodruff, 84, a resident of the Tygart Center in Fairmont, formerly of the Crossroads Community near Wadestown, died Friday, July 27, 2012 in the Tygart Center.

He was born April 6, 1928 at Hundred, WV, a son of the late John C. Woodruff and Olive Pearl Garner Woodruff.

Wilbert Dee Simpson, 82, of Wana, WV died Wednesday, July 25, 2012 in the Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown.

He was born September 21, 1929 at Wana, a son of the late Thomas B. Simpson and Minerva Wise Simpson.

Wib was retired from Consolidation Coal Company where he worked for 37 years. At the time of his retirement he was a shift foreman.

Frances Cowne Finnin, age 102, of Hundred, WV died Monday, July 23, 2012. She was born in Midland, Virginia March 16, 1910, the eldest child of Effie (Boteler) and Cameron Cowne. Her parents, brothers Augustine, Cameron, Jr., and John Boteler Cowne, a daughter Frances Anne Deputy, and husbands John William Deputy and Gerald Finnin preceeded her in death.

Asa W. Mercer, Jr.,79, of Pennsboro, WV died Sunday, July 22, 2012 at his residence.

He was born January 6, 1933 at Fairview, WV, a son of the late Asa W. Mercer and Ruby L. Tennant Mercer.

Mr. Mercer was a retired filler operator in the dairy industry while living in New Jersey and he was a methodist by faith.