Berkeley Springs High School

The Morgan County Board of Education will learn through a special election on May 11 whether it will continue to receive excess or special levy funding to help supplement the county schools. The special levy began 55 years ago and has been approved by voters continually since 1958. The levy funds are used for instructional materials; textbooks; curricular and extracurricular activities, programs and field trips; to provide technology hardware and software; for maintenance of facilities; for facility security and improvements; as a supplement for employee salaries and benefits; and to help financially support community organizations and agencies such as the Morgan County Public Library.

Air National Guard Airman 1st Class Noah J. Williams, son of Doreen and stepson of Todd Peer of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. Williams is a 2006 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. Army National Guard Pvt. Charles E. Hargett, son of Charles and Sheila Hargett of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

Lee Sylvester Fox, 79, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009, at his home. The family will receive friends at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home in Berkeley Springs from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour before the service Saturday. The funeral home will open at 10 a.m. Friday. The service will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Berkeley Springs High School gynmasium.

AUG. 24, 1957-MARCH 16, 2009 BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - Edward Bernard Ray Carbaugh, 51, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, March 16, 2009, at War Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 24, 1957, in Morgan County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Tobias and Violet Hattie Catherine Vanorsdale Carbaugh. He attended Berkeley Springs High School. He worked in construction as a flagman and a lineman. He was a Protestant. He is survived by two sons, Edward T. Carbaugh and Robert C. Carbaugh, both of Berkeley Springs; one sister, Tina Dubel of Inwood, W.Va.

Ronald Lee Clatterbuck, 75, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs, and one hour before the service at Berkeley Springs High School gymnasium on Thursday. The funeral home will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday for the convenience of family and friends. The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the school with Lay Speaker Kenneth James Mason officiating.

Area high school baseball coaches whose teams competed against those coached by Ronald Clatterbuck knew they were often in for a hard-fought battle. Clatterbuck, a former Berkeley Springs, W.Va., High School baseball coach, came at games with “every ounce of energy he had” and the enthusiasm was evident in his players, some of those coaches said Sunday. Clatterbuck, 75, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday afternoon in a boating accident while he and his son, Ross, and grandson, Chasen, were fishing on the Cacapon River, according to Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh.

SEPT. 11, 1922-SEPT. 24, 2009 BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Thelma Estella Grove, age 87, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009, at the Extended Care Facility of Morgan County War Memorial Hospital. Born Sept. 11, 1922, at Spohrs Crossroads, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Emory J. and Maggie Rankin Hovermale. She was a member of Mount Zion United Methodist Church, Spohrs Crossroads, W.Va., and the United Methodist Women. She attended both Spohrs Crossroads School and Berkeley Springs High School.

SEPT. 9, 1949-DEC. 29, 2008 BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - Sylvia Jean "Sal" Ray, 59, of Berkeley Springs, died Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, at Winchester Medical Center. Born Sept. 9, 1949, in Berkeley Springs, she was the daughter of the late Dayton Calvin Michael and Margaret Eliza Kyne Michael Rankin. She was of the Protestant faith. She was a 1968 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. She worked as assistant manager at 7-Eleven convenience store in Berkeley Springs.

Angela Gail Swisher, 43, of Hancock, died Friday, Oct. 28, 2011, at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs, W.Va. Born Oct. 16, 1968, in Berkeley Springs, W.Va., she was the daughter of Fred and Linda Harmon Cooper of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and wife of Cory L. Swisher of Hancock, whom he married May 26, 1988, at the Hancock Assembly of God. She was a 1986 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School and was a member of the USS...

Vera L. Unger, 87 -NOV. 16, 2008 BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - Vera L. Unger, 87, of Berkeley Springs, died Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008, at War Memorial Hospital. She was the daughter of the late George and Maude Harr Young. She was a graduate of Berkeley Springs High School, class of 1940. She retired from Rayloc Industries. She was a member of Berkeley Springs Presbyterian Church, where she had been a Sunday school teacher. She is survived by one son, Philip Unger; one brother, Carroll Young; and one granddaughter, Jennifer Unger.

The Morgan County Board of Education will learn through a special election on May 11 whether it will continue to receive excess or special levy funding to help supplement the county schools. The special levy began 55 years ago and has been approved by voters continually since 1958. The levy funds are used for instructional materials; textbooks; curricular and extracurricular activities, programs and field trips; to provide technology hardware and software; for maintenance of facilities; for facility security and improvements; as a supplement for employee salaries and benefits; and to help financially support community organizations and agencies such as the Morgan County Public Library.

Ronald Lee Clatterbuck, 75, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs, and one hour before the service at Berkeley Springs High School gymnasium on Thursday. The funeral home will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday for the convenience of family and friends. The service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the school with Lay Speaker Kenneth James Mason officiating.

Area high school baseball coaches whose teams competed against those coached by Ronald Clatterbuck knew they were often in for a hard-fought battle. Clatterbuck, a former Berkeley Springs, W.Va., High School baseball coach, came at games with “every ounce of energy he had” and the enthusiasm was evident in his players, some of those coaches said Sunday. Clatterbuck, 75, of Berkeley Springs, died Saturday afternoon in a boating accident while he and his son, Ross, and grandson, Chasen, were fishing on the Cacapon River, according to Morgan County Sheriff Vince Shambaugh.

Dorothy Ann Tritapoe Smith, age 48, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2013, at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va. Born Jan. 29, 1964, in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Emory and Carol Ann Poole Tritapoe. She was a member of Highland United Methodist Church in Berkeley Springs. She was a 1982 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School, and a 1982 graduate from James Rumsey Technical Institute, as a nursing assistant. She worked as an administrative associate for 25 years at Winchester Medical Center.

Kim Rene "Hop" Hovermale, 54, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012, at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Born Nov. 22, 1958, in Bay Shore, Long Island, N.Y., he was the son of Roy Bobby and Betty Lou McCoy Hovermale of Berkeley Springs. He was of the Protestant faith. He was a 1976 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. Hop was co-owner of Roy's Service Center and Grocery Inc. in Berkeley Springs. He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1483 and Deford Lodge 88 A.F. & A.M., both of Berkeley Springs.

Celebrating together is a tradition for many families that attended Saturday's 39th annual Apple Butter Festival. Kathryn Eppinger, who has lived in Berkeley Springs for 81 years, said she attends the festival every year with her family. Eppinger was at the festival with her daughter, Carol Suker, a Berkeley Springs High School graduate who lives in Maryland “We always watch the parade, listen to the music, look at the crafts, visit with friends and eat festival food,” Suker said.

Gary Leo Duckwall Sr., age 70, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital. Born Aug. 17, 1942, in Berkeley Springs, he was the son of the late Emerson Leo and Violet Fern Michael Duckwall. He was a member of Berkeley Springs Church of Christ. He was a 1960 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. Gary served with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He had worked as an aviation mechanic with Fairchild-Hiller Aircraft in Hagerstown, Md., and retired in 2004 as an electrician with Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pa. He was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 4433 and Loyal Order of Moose Lodge 1483 in Berkeley Springs.

For the first time in its 123-year history, a Berkeley Springs High School graduate was appointed to theU.S. MilitaryAcademy in West Point, N.Y. West Point-bound Loguen McKee, 17, is one of the top 10 graduates from the 2012 class of 181 seniors who received a diploma at Thursday night's graduation ceremony. In addition to being accepted by West Point academically, Loguen was nominated by U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller, and Joe Manchin, both D-W.Va., and by U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.)

Donald Franklin Davisson, age 74, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 at Morgan County War Memorial Hospital in Berkeley Springs. Born July 23, 1937, in Harrison County, W.Va., he was the son of the late Birchie Lester and Lena Jane Hannah Davisson. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Berkeley Springs. Don was a graduate of Bristol High School in Bristol, W.Va., and earned his bachelor's degree in physical education and social studies from Salem College in Salem, W.Va.

Joan Elizabeth Potter, 80, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., died Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Md. Born Jan. 9, 1931, in Sleepy Creek, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Renzie Dowl and Thelma Elizabeth Householder McBee. She was a member of Johnsontown Bible Church and attended Snyder's Bible Chapel in Hedgesville, W.Va. She was a children's Sunday school teacher for many years. She was a 1948 graduate of Berkeley Springs High School. Joan had worked as a clerk with Berkeley Springs Pharmacy and also worked seasonally at local tomato- canning factories.