Claude Roger "Crow" Mellott, 83, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Tuesday, June 12th, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Claude was born in Harrisonville, PA on March 24, 1935, the son of the late Elena V. (Mellott) and Claude L. Mellott.  He was the husband of Janet L. (Truax) Mellott whom he married on February 13, 1957.      Mr. Mellott served in the Air Force, was a member of the...

 John M. Hockensmith, 99, of Harrisonville, PA passed away Friday, June 1st, 2018 at Chambersburg Hospital, Chambersburg, PA      John was born in Harrisonville, PA on September 16, 1918, the son of the late Helen (DeShong) and John  Hockensmith.  He was the husband of Juanita M. (Melius) Hockensmith whom he married on September 12, 1941.      Mr. Hockensmith served two years in England during WWII in the Army Air...

  Helen L. Keefer, 87, of Mercersburg, PA passed away Saturday, May 19th, 2018 at Woodland Retirement Home, Orbisonia, PA.      Helen was born in Emmaville, PA on October 26, 1930, the daughter of the late Dessie (DeShong)  and William C. Welsh.  She was the widow of Clarence Loyd Keefer whom she married on February 12, 1955 and he passed away on January 1, 1981.      Mrs. Keefer graduated from McConnellsburg High...

 Anna M. Sheffield, 89, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Thursday, May 17th, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Anna was born in McConnellsburg, PA on August 2, 1928, the daughter of the late Amy (Black) Wolfe Taylor and Michael  Wolfe.  She was the widow of Norman  Sheffield, Sr. whom she married on February 2, 1978 and he passed away in March of 1997.      Mrs. Sheffield was a member...

Edgar J. Lake, 86, of Harrisonville, PA passed away Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Edgar was born in Saluvia, PA on January 11, 1932, the son of the late Violet (Hann) and George L. Lake.  He was the widower of Gladys B. (Hann) Lake whom he married on March 28, 1958 and she passed away on May 4, 2017.      Mr. Lake was a member of the Calvary Independent Baptist Church in...

Betty J. Christian, 94, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Betty was born in Andover, PA on August 30, 1923, the daughter of the late Olive Myrtle (Fix) DeShong Feight and Harry A. DeShong.      Mrs. Christian worked in housekeeping at the Fulton County Medical Center before retiring at the age of eighty and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Needmore,...

Willis L. "Uncle Dickie" Sipes, 87, of McConnellsburg, PA, passed away Sunday, April 22nd, at the Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Willis was born in Harrisonville, PA on February 17, 1931, a son of the late Fatha Mae (Oakman) and Maurice N. Sipes.  He was the widower of Elizabeth  H. "Betty" (DeShong) Sipes whom he married on December 26, 1951.  She preceded him in death on December 2,...

Charlotte R. Batdorff, 77, of McConnellsburg, PA passed away Sunday, April 22nd, 2018 at Woodland Retirement Home, Orbisonia, PA      Charlotte was born in McConnellsburg, PA on May 26, 1940, the daughter of the late Nora (Ambrose) and Ernest A. Batdorff.      She was a member of the McConnellsburg United Methodist Church and the Knobsville Singles Club. Charlotte had worked at the Sagner Sewing Factory in McConnellsburg, PA, was a...

Rose C. "Ginger" Posthumus, 82, of Warfordsburg, PA and formerly of Maggie Valley, NC passed away Saturday, April 14th, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Rose was born in Media, PA on February 23, 1936, the daughter of the late Rose C. (Wills) and William Theodore Messerschmidt.  She was the widow of Henry Peter Posthumus whom she married on December 3, 1955 and he passed away on December 8,...

Marjorie A. Sexton, 71, of Needmore, PA passed away Friday, March 23rd, 2018 at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.      Marjorie was born in Needmore, PA on September 23, 1946, the daughter of the late Ethel A. (Swope) and Carl W. Mellott.  On February 20, 1965, she married C. Ellwood Sexton to whom she had been married to for fifty-three years.        Mrs. Sexton was a member of the Sideling Hill...