Morgan County

Ward Leo Clark, 91, of Falling Waters, W.Va., died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012, at City Hospital in Martinsburg, W.Va. Family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home. The service will be Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Chuck Donivan officiating. A military graveside service will be Wednesday in Spohr's Crossroads Cemetery in Morgan County.

Ronald Lee Huffman, 64, of Romney, W.Va., died Monday, March 18, 2013, at Western Maryland Health Systems in Cumberland, Md. The family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. The service will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Spohrs Crossroads Cemetery, Morgan County, W.Va.

Mary J. Everhart, 57, of Hedgesville, W.Va., died Monday, March 18, 2013. The family will receive friends Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Brown Funeral Home, Martinsburg, W.Va. The service will be Friday at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Morgan County. W.Va.

Jewelry, coins, cash, electronics and guns have been stolen in a series of daytime burglaries that have occurred since December, according to the Washington County Sheriff's Office, which is investigating the burglaries with the Morgan County, W.Va., Sheriff's Department. Morgan County officials have obtained a warrant for a Hagerstown man in connection with a burglary that occurred in Morgan County on Jan. 18, according to a news release. The man is currently being held in the Washington County Detention Center on unrelated charges, the release said.

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. - Business owners who continue to set up their sandwich board signs that are not directly in front of their storefronts will find them removed. At Tuesday night's Bath council meeting, Mayor Susan J. Webster said she asked Morgan County Sheriff-elect Vince Shambaugh to remove the boards and take them to the business owners. Webster said the signs that are left unattended and away from the businesses are hazardous. - Trish Rudder

The United Way of the Eastern Panhandle recognized its members for their outstanding service to the community on Thursday morning at its annual meeting. United Way campaign volunteers raised close to $1.5 million in 2011, said Paul Espinosa, the incoming chairman of the agency's board of directors. Vicki Shean, director of resource development and marketing, said about $194,000 was raised by the three “high givers” of business members in the Eastern Panhandle. Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races and Slots raised $100,255; City National Bank raised $47,695; and Bank of Charles Town raised $46,287.

MAY 4, 1918-MARCH 10, 2009 BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. -- Eva Marie Cain, 90, of Berkeley Springs, died Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at Winchester (Va.) Medical Center. Born May 4, 1918, in Morgan County, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Irvin and Elsie Youngblood Spring. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Wilbur Sylvester Cain. She attended public schools in Morgan County. Prior to her retirement, she worked at Becky Ruppenthal's Warm Springs Restaurant in Berkeley Springs.

Police are investigating whether the death of a 66-year-old Jefferson County man was related to a Friday night storm that left much of the region without power. The man was found by a neighbor Sunday afternoon in his Blue Ridge Acres home, which was at least 95 degrees inside, according to Sgt. R.L. Fletcher of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. An autopsy will be conducted by the West Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine if the man's death was heat-related, said Fletcher, who declined to release the victim's name.

The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is sponsoring a tour of the Ridge State Fish Hatchery in Morgan County on Saturday, March 26. The tour is free, and anyone is welcome to join in. Participants should plan to meet at 1 p.m. at the hatchery building. Parking is available. After the tour, participants can also hike the 30-acre property that contains various warm-water ponds that might offer opportunities to see turtles and frogs. The hatchery is south of Berkeley Springs off U.S. 522, about 2 miles north of the Virginia state line.

Paul William Largent, 86, of Morgan County, W.Va., died Monday, April 4, 2011, at home while under the care of Hospice of the Panhandle. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 2 to 8 p.m. at Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Berkeley Springs, W.Va., and one hour prior to the service Thursday at Greenwood United Methodist Church, Berkeley Springs. The funeral home will be open Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. The service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at the church with Pastor Jennifer Webber officiating.