Viola Virginia Payne 1934-2021 Viola Virginia Payne, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Monday, September 27, 2021 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born January 18, 1934 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Raymond McKinley and Mamie Estella Peck Steiner. She was a member of Wesleyan Chapel in […]

Oscar Emmert Payne 1926-2021 Oscar Emmert Payne, age 94, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at The Berkeley Springs Center LLC. Born November 11, 1926 in Cherry Run, W.Va., he was the son of the late John Harrison and Victoria Potter Payne. He attended Wesleyan Chapel in Berkeley Springs. He attended […]

by Jamie Harris Morgan Field was jammed packed this past Friday night, September 24, as the Berkeley Springs Indians football team hosted the Tucker County Mountain Lions. Prior to the game the BSHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2020 was introduced before the home crowd. Berkeley Springs jumped out to 7-0 lead in the […]

Moral victory? by Jim Buzzerd Looking at some of the online discussion following the West Virginia University’s 16-13 football loss to Oklahoma Saturday night one could see that some tried to paint the loss as a moral victory. Then there were the hardline types gruffly rebuffing anyone who tried to claim a moral victory. I […]

Ethel Mae Francis 1933-2021 Ethel Mae Francis, age 88, passed away on September 22, 2021, at Valley Health War Memorial Hospital, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born September 22, 1933, in Phelps, Ky., she was the daughter of the late Ralph L. Miller and Lola M. (Hurley) Miller Cordukes; and the widow of Russell Francis, who […]

Eddie Lee Palmer 1953-2021 Eddie Lee Palmer, age 67, of Great Cacapon, W.Va., died on Sunday, September 26, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center. Born December 7, 1953 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., he was the son of the late Dewey Barney and Effie Mae Beddow Palmer. He was a Christian. Eddie attended public schools in Martinsburg […]

Melody Ann Holliday 1959-2021 Melody Ann Holliday, age 62, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at her home. Born March 1, 1959 in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Samuel Jefferson and Eileen Marie Stotler Swink. She was a Christian. She was a graduate of Berkeley Springs […]

Thomas G. Regnere 1933-2021 Thomas “Buddy” G. Regnere, 87, of Berkeley Springs, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021, at the Willow Tree Manor. Born December 17, 1933, in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Albert Regnere and Hazel Margaret Gardner McHugh. Buddy was a member of the “KnitWit” Club, where he made […]

Nellie L. Ricewick 1947-2021 Nellie L. “Scootie” Ricewick, 74, of Paw Paw, W.Va., passed away Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, W.Va. Born February 22, 1947 at Baltimore, Md., she was the daughter of the late Howard Hayes and Edith Turner Hayes King. Nellie lived in Paw Paw most […]

Linda Mae Schlicht 1949-2021 Linda Mae Schlicht, age 71, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born December 9, 1949 in Baltimore, Md., to the late Werner and Ellanora Struewe Geisler; wife to her loving husband, Otto and mother to their son, Otto […]