Gerrardstown

Students across West Virginia danced and moved for one minute Thursday in an effort to improve their physical health. The JAM minute is part of the Let's Move West Virginia Active Schools campaign and first lady Michelle Obama's national Let's Move campaign. West Virginia currently has more than 100,000 participants. Mountain Ridge is part of Berkeley County (W.Va.) Schools.

Kimberly Knight and Cletus Stotler of Gerrardstown, W.Va., announce the birth of a daughter, Serenity Elizabeth Jean Stotler , Feb. 28, 2011. Maternal grandparents are Jeffery Knight Sr., Bonnie Hodgson and Robert Hodgson. Maternal great-grandmother is Gail Smith of Gerrardstown.

Michael Eric Brown, 57, of Gerrardstown, W.Va., died Friday, March 16, 2012, at his residence. A graveside service will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Mount Pleasant Cemetery near Gerrardstown, with the Rev. Charles W. Townsend and the Rev. Kathleen A. Work officiating. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home in Martinsburg, W.Va.  

Albert E. Stroop, 82, of Gerrardstown, W.Va., died Friday, Dec. 30, 2011. The family will receive friends Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Berkeley Funeral Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. The service will be Monday at 1 p.m. at the funeral chapel. A military graveside service will be in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Gerrardstown.

Evans Andrew Tennant, formerly of Baltimore, died Friday, July 31, 2009, in Berkeley County, W.Va. A memorial service will be Saturday at noon at Gerrardstown (W.Va.) United Methodist Church. Arrangements are by Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va.

Pearilee L. Greenfield, 90, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., died Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at her home. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Berkeley Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. The sevice will be Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Sharon Kay Cushwa, 62, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Thursday, July 9, 2009, at City Hospital in Martinsburg. The family will receive friends Sunday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg. Services will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Full Gospel Pentecostal Church. Burial will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Cemetery.

A fire was reported at 6:30 a.m. Monday at a house in the 200 block of Atwood Drive north of Gerrardstown, a Berkeley County Emergency Services supervisor said. The supervisor said no one was inside the house when the fire occurred.  

Gary L. Johnson Sr., 54, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at City Hospital in Martinsburg. The family will receive friends Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. at South Berkeley Funeral Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. Services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Church Cemetery.

Donna M. Ennis, 59, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at her residence. The family will receive friends Friday from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to services at Brown Funeral Home South Berkeley Chapel in Inwood, W.Va. The service will be held Friday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Cemetery.

Stephen J. Vigh Jr., 75, of Gerrardstown, W.Va., passed away Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at his residence. Born Nov. 25, 1937, in Hatboro, Pa., he was the son of the late Stephen J. Vigh Sr. and Addie Roberts Vigh. He retired from Mack Trucks and was a part-time farmer. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Romig Vigh; children, Stephen James Vigh III,  Regina A. Nischan and Gerald C. Vigh; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a brother, Gerald Short.

Arnold "Buck" Hess, 80, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at his home while under hospice care. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at South Berkeley Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. The service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Faith Tabernacle Assembly of God. Burial with military graveside honors will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Cemetery.

Vicki L. Rogers, 61, of Gerrardstown, W.Va., died Thursday, April 18, 2013, at City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va. The family will receive friends Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at South Berkeley Funeral Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. The service will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Pleasant View Memory Gardens.

A woman who died Wednesday the after vehicle she was riding in crashed on Apple Harvest Drive southwest of Martinsburg was identified as Charm Marie Edwards of Gerrardstown, W.Va., West Virginia State Police said Thursday. Edwards, 70, was a passenger in a 2000 Ford Explorer that her husband, Bobby Adams, was driving when the crash occurred in the 8000 block of Apple Harvest Drive, troopers said. The accident was reported at 5:11 p.m., emergency officials had said. Edwards, who was thrown from the vehicle, was pronounced dead at 5:45 p.m., troopers said.

A circuit judge ruled Thursday that the state Surface Mine Board did not abuse its discretion and did not make an arbitrary decision when it affirmed the issue of a mining permit for a 100-acre quarry site in Gerrardstown, W.Va. Substantial evidence supports the Surface Mine Board's “rational” decision to affirm the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's issuance of the permit to North Mountain Shale LLC, 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge John C. Yoder concluded in a 11-page order.

A fire was reported at 6:30 a.m. Monday at a house in the 200 block of Atwood Drive north of Gerrardstown, a Berkeley County Emergency Services supervisor said. The supervisor said no one was inside the house when the fire occurred.  

Attorneys engaged in a legal battle over a proposed shale quarry in Gerrardstown, W.Va. were given until Dec. 1 to submit proposed orders to resolve an appeal pending in Berkeley County Circuit Court. Potomac Riverkeeper Inc., Washington Heritage Trail Inc. and Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Church filed in Berkeley County Circuit Court an appeal of a West Virginia Surface Mine Board decision that affirmed the state-issued permit for the operation. After hearing arguments Tuesday from an attorneys for the quarry opponents, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and North Mountain Shale LLC, 23rd Judicial Circuit Judge John C. Yoder gave no indication on how he would rule on the appeal.

Students across West Virginia danced and moved for one minute Thursday in an effort to improve their physical health. The JAM minute is part of the Let's Move West Virginia Active Schools campaign and first lady Michelle Obama's national Let's Move campaign. West Virginia currently has more than 100,000 participants. Mountain Ridge is part of Berkeley County (W.Va.) Schools.

An early morning fire that destroyed a Berkeley County home off Buck Hill Road early Thursday was under investigation, Assistant State Fire Marshal Patrick Barker said Friday. The two-story structure at 26 Solarwood Court in Deerwood subdivision was destroyed by the fire, which was reported just before 3 a.m. Thursday, according to Barker. The Gerrardstown, W.Va., area residence was vacant, but had been a nice home that might have only been built in the last 20 to 30 years, according to Barker.  Due to the amount of damage, Barker said the cause of the fire was not immediately determined.

Dorothy V. Hess, 78, of Martinsburg, W.Va., died Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at her home. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at South Berkeley Funeral Chapel, Inwood, W.Va. The service will be Saturday at 1 p.m. at the funeral chapel. Burial will be in Gerrardstown (W.Va.) Presbyterian Cemetery.