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Nellie Marie Perry Obituary
Nellie Marie Perry 1978—2023 Nellie Marie Perry, 45, of Lovely, passed away Oct. 29, 2023, at the Community Hospice House in Ashland. Born May 31, 1978, in South Williamson, she was the daughter of Maggie Davis Marcum and the Late Colbert Marcum. Nellie was a housewife. Survivors include her husband, Harvey Lee Lowry of Toledo,…
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Doris Evelyn Copley Obituary
Doris Evelyn Copley 1946—2023 Doris Evelyn Copley, 77, of Beauty, passed away Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, surrounded by her loving sons at Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. Born March 23, 1946, in Martin County, she was the daughter of the late Jay and Gladys (Pinson) Osborne. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death…
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Deanna (Horn) Jennings Obituary
Deanna (Horn) Jennings 1951—2023 Deanna (Horn) Jennings, 72, of Tomahawk, passed away Oct. 30, 2023, at Highlands Appalachian Regional Hospital in Prestonsburg. Born Feb. 11, 1951, in Martin County, she was the daughter of Ruth Horn of Inez and the late Frank Horn. In addition to her father, she is preceded in death by one…
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Charles Edward ‘Eddie’ Johnson Obituary
Charles Edward ‘Eddie’ Johnson 1940—2023 Charles Edward “Eddie” Johnson, of Columbus, Ohio, passed away Nov. 3, 2023, surrounded by his daughters. Born July 25, 1940, in Martin County, he was the son of the late Watson Harrison and Hazel Marie Muncey Johnson. Eddie loved tinkering with computers and learning different ways of fixing them. He will be…
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Earsel Glen Maynard Obituary
Earsel Glen Maynard 1933—2023 After suffering from COPD for years, Earsel Glen Maynard, age 90, of McArthur, Ohio, passed peacefully in his sleep at Fairfield Medical Center on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. Glen served in the Korean War from 1953-55 for the US Army ranked PFC(T). After retiring from Owens, Illinois in Columbus, Ohio, in…
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Inez ends prohibition
City voters say ‘yes’ to alcoholic beverage sales BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — Inez voters said “yes” to the sale of alcoholic beverages Tuesday by a slim 71-64 vote. Previously Inez was dry. The last time the alcoholic beverage option was put to the voters was Dec. 16, 2016, when voters rejected it 71-45.…
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Solar for students in Martin County
Developers donate $100,000 to support solar installation at high school BY ARIEL FUGATE INEZ — Solar on abandoned coal mines: the juxtaposition of these two energy forms has been a popular topic of conversation in recent years. The Martin County Solar Project, to be built on approximately 1,400 acres once occupied by the Martiki mine…
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Bodies of trapped workers recovered from Pontiki coal tipple collapse
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN PILGRIM — Martin County Judge Executive, Lon Lafferty, announced late Friday afternoon that the body of Alvin Nees, 57, had been successfully recovered from beneath tons of steel and concrete that resulted from a coal tipple collapse at the former Pontiki preparation plant on Wolf Creek in Pilgrim Oct. 31.…
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Help is on the way for Saltwell sewer lift station
Lafferty announces concrete plan for repair BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN INEZ — After enduring more than a year of sewer odor and environmental concerns, residents can look forward to a resolution to the beleaguered Saltwell sewer lift station. Martin County Judge/Executive Lon Lafferty has announced a concrete plan to repair the station responsible for leakage…
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Forest fires shut down Hatfield-McCoy Trail System
BY RACHEL DOVE MOUNTAIN CITIZEN WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — As the West Virginia Forestry Division and volunteer firefighters from across Mingo County fight to extinguish the flames and curtail spreading, active fires on Buffalo Mountain near the community of Chattaroy have forced a temporary closure of portions of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System. “Safety is and will…
