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Otis Cassie Linville Obituary
Otis Cassie Linville 1936—2022 Otis Cassie Linville, 86, of Kermit, W.Va., passed away at his home Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. He was born July 12, 1936, to the late Lenhart and Hazel Linville. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by five siblings. Survivors include Otis’s his loving wife, Phyllis Linville; two…
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Kermit Buddy League sign-ups
Kermit Buddy League Basketball and Cheerleading sign-ups for ages 4-12 are 4:30-7 p.m. Sept. 26, 27 and 28 and 4:30-7 p.m. Oct. 3, 4 and 5 at the Old Kermit Gym. For more information, call 304-393-3135.
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Nettie Gaye Newsome Obituary
Nettie Gaye Newsome 1950—2022 Nettie Gaye Newsome, 72, of Kermit, W.Va., went home to heaven Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022, at Cabell Huntington Hospital in Huntington, W.Va., after a lingering illness. Nettie was born July 12, 1950, in Mingo County, W.Va., one of eight daughters of the late Floyd and Louise (Rose) Newsome. In addition to…
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Kermit approves $400 million settlement
Tempers flare on dilapidated property BY ROGER SMITH MOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — The Kermit Council approved a participation agreement for the $400 million settlement that West Virginia cities and counties reached in a lawsuit with three major U.S. drug distributors in August. Tish Chafin, legal counsel from Williamson, W.Va., joined the Kermit meeting Monday…
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Kermit Council ready for Fall Festival
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN KERMIT, W.Va. — Council members hammered out details on the upcoming Kermit Fall Festival in a meeting Monday at Town Hall. Councilwoman Tammy Preece Hodge told members that events were in order for the Oct. 1 festival as she passed the clerk an envelope from Councilwoman Anna Mae Sartin Wellman containing…
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Wanda Gail Bowen Obituary
Wanda Gale Bowen 1963—2022 Wanda Gale Bowen. 59, of Cumming, Ga., formerly of Kermit, W.Va., passed away Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022, at the North East Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville, Ga. Born July 8, 1963, in Williamson, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William Bowen and Junie James Bowen. In addition to her…
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Group removes 640 tires from Tug River
BY ROGER SMITHMOUNTAIN CITIZEN WARFIELD-KERMIT — Friends of the Tug Fork River and volunteers pulled 640 tires from the Tug River within a 75-yard stretch that started at the Warfield boat dock Monday. Kermit and Warfield fire departments, city workers, Martin County Code Enforcement Officer Paul McCoy and his jail workers, and several citizens joined…
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Arthur Ward Jr. Obituary
Arthur Ward Jr. 1962—2022 Arthur Ward Jr., 60, of Jennies Creek, Kermit, W.Va., passed away Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, in Kermit. Born March 30, 1962, in West Virginia, he was the son of the later Arthur and Lillie Salmons Ward. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his siblings, Ruby Muncy, Raven…
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Kermit Swift Water Rescue team searching the river for a man in Lovely
BY RACHEL DOVEMOUNTAIN CITIZEN Update 8/20/22 at 9:51 a.m. LOVELY — After eluding police Friday evening by jumping into the Tug River, a Lovely man was taken into custody shortly after 4 a.m. Saturday. Martin County Sheriff John Kirk arrested Jason Fields, 37, of Lovely, at a residence on Route 292 in Lovely. Fields is…
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Edna M. Stepp Obituary
Edna M. Stepp1934—2022 Edna M. Stepp, 87, passed away Aug. 7, 2022, at Emogene Dolin Jones Hospice House in Huntington, W.Va. Born Aug. 9, 1934, on Marrowbone Creek in Kermit, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Boyd and Dicie Brewer. Edna was a lifelong educator and retired school teacher with Mingo County Schools.…