Craig A. Burnett Craig Alan Burnett, 66, of Hagerstown, Md., died May 31, 2019 at his home. A celebration of life gathering will be held Saturday, June 29, from 2-4 p.m., at Hancock United Methodist Church. Arrangements were made by J.L. Davis Funeral Home, Smithsburg, Md.

David N. Darling 1942-2019 David Nathan Darling, 76, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Berkeley Springs Center and Rehabilitation. He was born in 1942 in Haverill, Mass. Dave grew up in Danbury, Conn., graduated from Danbury High School and attended Longwood College, Pa. He was the son of the late Katherine and Warren […]

Helen M. O’Brien 1944-2019 Helen Marie O’Brien, 74, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019. She was born on December 23, 1944 in Baltimore, Md., the daughter of the late William Joseph O’Brien and Mary Estella Woolfenden O’Brien. She is survived by her friend Rick Sanphilipo; one daughter, Shawn Kaminkow; two grandsons, Daniel Kaminkow III […]

Gerald E. Sloan 1946-2019 Gerald Edward Sloan, 72, of Berkeley Springs, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. He was born September 25, 1946 in St. Louis, Mo., the son of the late Ralph Edward and Virginia May Avery Sloan. He was a Christian. […]

Bernice (Lipsic) Kantrowitz 1923-2019 Bernice (Lipsic) Kantrowitz died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her family on June 6, 2019, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She was 95 years old. Bernice was born June 17, 1923, in Berkeley Springs to Max and Elizabeth (Miller) Lipsic, owners of a clothing store in town. After graduating from high school […]

Larry C. Seville 1946-2019 Larry Colin Seville, 72, of Berkeley Springs, died on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 at his home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. He was born August 12, 1946 at home in Hancock, the son of the late William Gilmore and Mildred Elizabeth Culp Seville. He attended Independent Bible […]

by Jamie Harris & Bill Sterner This past fall the sports writers from the Morgan Messenger and Hancock News have partnered up with the athletic directors and head coaches from Berkeley Springs High School, Hancock High School and Paw Paw High School to select an All Area Team for the fall, winter and spring varsity […]

by Jim Buzzerd Spieth Anyone catch Jordan Spieth raking his caddie, Michael Greller, over the coals during the first round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach last Thursday? Spieth was playing the eighth hole when he hit his tee shot too far and it rolled off a cliff and presumably into the ocean. He […]

Shirley M. Rowzee 1936-2019 Shirley Mae Rowzee, 83, of Paw Paw, died Thursday, June 6, 2019 at J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown. She was born May 21, 1936 at Paw Paw, she was the daughter of the late William T. Jamison and Mary L. Hutson Jamison. She graduated from Old Town High School and […]

Kenneth C. Hovermale 1936-2019 Kenneth Christopher Hovermale, 83, of Berkeley Springs, died Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Care Haven Center in Martinsburg. Born March 27, 1936 in Morgan County, he was the son of the late Harry Christian and Cecelia Ellen Michael Hovermale. He was a Christian. He attended the Mt. Vernon School. He first worked cutting pulp […]