She graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law in 1999. . about Paul Ferrell killin' anybody, and that she had not heard anything out OF COUNSELPaul Farrell, Jr. Paul Farrell, Jr. serves as of counsel for the McHugh Fuller Law Group's opiate litigation practice. Mared Malarik and Karen Ferrell were both . Lived In Portsmouth RI, Alexandria VA, Miami FL, Arlington VA. Related To Margaret Farrell, Ml Farrell, Katherine Farrell, John Farrell, Joan Farrell. . Mr. Ferrell also argues that he cannot be convicted of kidnapping if he is convicted of murder, because the kidnapping would be only incidental to the murder. It is important to note that eyewitness sightings of missing persons have often been proven to be false. Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records. He sometimes joins with his challenge to the admissibility of the phone calls on anal sex, a contention that excerpts from the book The New Our Bodies, Ourselves, supra, should not have been admitted for the jury to read. The defendant became enraged, broke into the man's house, and took the girl with him against her will. They have also lived in Morgantown, WV. To understand the significance of the phone calls, the jury would have had to know something about the subject of the calls. However, prosecutor Dennis DiBenedetto stated that they did not force any witnesses to testify or perjure themselves on the stand. Ferrell Cemetery Spencer, Roane County, West Virginia. Kim Nelson lived in the trailer nearest Mr. Ferrell's trailer on the same driveway off of the Bismark Road, but did not know Paul Ferrell. I believe a similar flaw underlies the testimony of Agent Lynch in this case. When she asked who or what the investigation concerned, he would not tell her. A West Virginia journalist was fired last month after exposing alleged abuse of disabled people in the state's health agency. Extra Notes: This case first aired on the September 25, 1992 episode of Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries. [3] Indeed, in closing argument, the prosecution stated that the telephone calls demonstrated that the defendant had a "perverse or somewhat abnormal attitude" and that he was "depraved of heart and mind.". 570, 783 P.2d 531 (1989), review allowed, 309 Or. Accordingly, for the reasons set forth above, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Grant County is affirmed. On Sunday, 21 February 1988, Ms. Bernard, before washing Paul Ferrell's clothes, found in a pocket a note that dealt with two people posing as a young couple and setting someone up by using a fake *839 identification card. SB 268 will result in a 26% premium increase for all active PEIA participants beginning July 1, 2023. Despite numerous interrogations, the defendant made no confession. However, in State v. Hanna, ___ W.Va. ___, 378 S.E.2d 640 (1989), which also involved the kidnapping and disappearance of a young woman, this Court said, "[i]t is clear that kidnapping can be accomplished under our statute without force or compulsion since it uses terms such as `fraud', `decoy', `inveigle' or `entice away'". His father, Paul Hamilton Williams, died in a car crash when Paul was 13-years-old. William Ferrell is a 1978 graduate of Douglass-Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia. His driveway led to a seldom travelled road that led to the site of the burned Bronco. A bloodstain on a paper towel taken from a trash bin in the defendant's living room or kitchen exhibited the serum protein haptoglobin (Hp type 1). However, an FBI handwriting expert later proved in court that he did so. [8] The testimony at trial was as follows: "Q. View William Farrell results in Virginia (VA) including current phone number, address, relatives, background check report, and property record with Whitepages. [1] [2] Farrell spent his first few years in Morgantown, West Virginia before moving to Huntington. 163 W.Va. at 515, 261 S.E.2d at 63. Paul William Ferrell appeals his conviction before a jury of kidnapping, second degree murder and third degree arson. [1] The appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment with mercy for kidnapping, five to eighteen years for second degree murder and one to three years for third degree arson. Decided July 24, 1990. On March 19, FBI agents tore up a newly laid carpet in his master bedroom. . I know of no court which has sanctioned such an approach. The court found sufficient evidence to support the convictions based on several sexually suggestive remarks the defendant had previously made about the victim to third persons. See State v. Dolin, ___ W.Va. ___, 347 S.E.2d 208 (1986), overruled on other grounds, State v. Edward Charles L., ___ W.Va. ___, 398 S.E.2d 123 (1990). . Mr. Ferrell claims that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of kidnapping. The circuit court erred in admitting a photograph of Paul Ferrell's automobile inasmuch as Kim Nelson, the State's witness and the person who identified the car, was shown an impressibly [sic] suggestive photograph identification. When police searched Cathy's trailer, along with the blood, a cigarette butt of the type she smoked was found. Dana Ferrell (R - Kanawha, 060) CONTACT [email protected] Capitol Office: Room 224E, Building 1 State Capitol Complex Charleston, WV 25305 Capitol Phone: (304) 340-3194 District: P.O. In court, she testified that on February 17, she heard banging, a gunshot, and a woman's scream coming from the trailer. All of the recipients were attractive women between the ages of nineteen and thirty-nine. [7] In State v. Weaver, ___ W.Va. ___, 382 S.E.2d 327 (1989), this court noted that "kidnapping was so broadly defined, virtually any movement or detention of a person during the commission of another crime fell within the kidnapping statute." Gen.'s Office, Charleston, Dennis V. DiBenedetto, Pros. On 2 March 1988, Cathy Ford's parents received a letter postmarked Pittsburgh, 29 February 1988. His current term ends on December 1, 2024. E.g., State v. Hanna, supra. My review of the law of other jurisdictions reveals no case in which evidence of this nature, which did not clearly demonstrate some nexus to the offense charged, was admitted under the precepts of W.Va. R.Evid. In each instance, the salesperson was asked to locate and to read certain passages over the telephone. Lat: 38 43' 54"N, Lon: 81 16' 02"W The court had already correctly instructed the jury that it could choose between two verdicts, "guilty" and "not guilty" so that the distinction was clear. v. . Agent Curtis was testifying as an expert witness with regard to responses he observed before and after, but not during, a polygraph test that he administered to Mr. Listen to 'Long Time Coming': https://found.ee . When Ms. Bernard asked Paul Ferrell about the note later, he seemed concerned, and explained that someone from the liquor board was going around to various places in the area trying to get them to sell liquor to minors, and that the note had something to do with that.[3]. However, the issue was clearly raised by motion in limine prior to trial. The State charged the defendant, among other things, with abduction, an offense which requires proof of a sexual motivation. The court said that "each challenged instruction of this general sort must be assessed in its particular context to determine whether by itself it so infected the trial that due process was denied." These stains were extremely minute in quantity and only three were found to contain recognized genetic markers. Finally, on March 8, almost three weeks after she vanished, it was rediscovered by Darvin and her brother, Rich. Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. March 26, 2022. There was insufficient evidence of arson and homicide, therefore, the verdict must be set aside. Without such an initial showing, our cases are clear that the test results should not be admitted. 3. In these calls, he posed as either a doctor, police officer, or a magistrate. *840 On 8 March 1988, the Ford Bronco in which Cathy Ford was last seen was found burned and hidden in brush near the river, off the Bismark Road. James Morton Callahan. Paul William Ferrell, a rookie sheriff's deputy, was convicted of the murder of Cathy Ford, a 19-year-old waitress from nearby Maryland. In Miller, the facts showed that the defendant forced the victim to travel a not inconsequential distance, confined her behind a locked gate for a substantial period under threat of physical harm, before committing the separate offense of sexual assault. tour dates. (XIX.) When the questions combine the genetic markers to elicit smaller probability answers, the fundamental premise is that the markers came from a common blood source. Business Education, WVSU; M.A. On 20 March 1988, Paul Ferrell was arrested. As a resale marketplace, prices may be above face value Concerts Festivals Country Pop/Rock Hip Hop. Id.[5]. Experts determined that the fire was deliberate arson. (XII.) Darvin said that she had been seen the previous day on Bismarck Road near Ferrell's trailer. The telephone there was a private one listed in the name of the defendant, and he used this phone to make many of his unusual calls. The parlors had an early 1900s theme, with employees wearing period dress and straw boater hats, and each location featured a player piano. The evidence presented by the State below lacks even this minimal factual basis to prove the element of intent essential to the kidnapping conviction. books on sex. The trial judge gave an instruction equating "good and substantial doubt" with "reasonable doubt." The calls were similar to those made earlier in which a man had directed young women to the Bayard-Wilson-Corona Road. However, she later stated that she wasn't sure if it was him. Finally, and most importantly, the State's DNA expert admitted that because of the smallness of the sample, there was no way to determine whether these bloodstains came from the same person. Male 31 December 1914-16 May 1969 GMDJ . In State v. Miller, ___ W.Va. ___, 336 S.E.2d 910 (1985), this Court held that *844 one limit that must be placed on the broad scope of the kidnapping statute is that, "a kidnapping has not been committed when it is incidental to another crime." At trial, I must disagree with the majority's conclusions regarding the admissibility of the evidence relating to the telephone calls to the various bookstores. Paul Ferrell had recently begun working as a deputy sheriff for Grant County. 404(b). surrounding the vehicle. West Virginia Governor Underwood No witness ever saw the defendant with her. First Name. Just as the general kidnapping statute, W.Va.Code, 61-2-14a [1965], does not require force, neither does it require transportation or confinement of the victim.[7]. Some time after Ford's disappearance, her boyfriend . About a week after Cathy vanished, Ferrell told a volunteer searcher that she call off the search for 48 hours because police found "solid evidence". City State. For example, where prisoners briefly confined prison guards in the course of an escape, and did not use any guards as hostages or shields, this Court held that the kidnapping was incidental to the escape. The trial court erred in admitting the testimony of forensic serologist Audrey Lynch who testified that the blood found was not inconsistent with blood that would come from the offspring of the parents of the alleged victim. One employee testified that she heard heavier breathing as the conversation went on, and said "[i]t was like the *841 anticipation of hearing." However, this Court went on to say that, "if the state had been able to demonstrate that this had any reasonable bearing upon the intensity of the emotional relationship and, therefore, upon the strength of the motive, it would have been admissible testimony." It specified that she heard the sounds on February 17; she claims that she did not specify that day. The information accessed through the use of this website may not be used to threaten, intimidate or harass registered sex offenders and violations of law will be investigated by the West Virginia State Police. Later, however, she stated she didn't know nothin' Home / / paul william ferrell west virginia. denied, 445 U.S. 904, 100 S. Ct. 1081, 63 L. Ed. Along with the "crank sex" phone calls, Ferrell apparently made several other calls to women in the weeks preceding Cathy's disappearance. (XIII.) Paul was named West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Member of the Year (2002) and is the Past President of the West Virginia Association for Justice (2011-2012). Her sister's phone number was later found written on the cover of a phone book in the living quarters of Mr. Ferrell and his brother, above Ferrell's Mart in Gormania, West Virginia. On 18 February 1988, Ms. Nelson saw the same man burning something out in back of Paul Ferrell's rented trailer. call from a man she took to be Ferrell. This case lacks even the circumstantial evidence that was present in State v. Hanna, supra, where the defendant's former live-in girlfriend had attempted to break off her relationship with the defendant and had begun dating another man. Final Appeal: From the Files of Unsolved Mysteries, Report Shows Depth of Missing Woman Probe, Ferrell maintains innocence two years after conviction, SitcomsOnline Discussion of Paul Ferrell (includes articles), SitcomsOnline Discussion of Paul Ferrell 2. Perhaps it would have been better to allow the excerpts to be read to the jury without admitting the text as an exhibit. The caller posed as various people, including a doctor, a magistrate, a police officer, and a passing motorist. The parents' blood was analyzed for the same markers as if they had come from a common source. In February 2001, the West Virginia governor commuted his sentence, which made him eligible for parole. The trial court erred by allowing various witnesses to express the opinion that Cathy Ford is dead. [Intro] A F#m A F#m D E A [Verse 1] A D A In coal mining country, green rolling hills A E A Where my true love is waiting he loves me A D A I had to go my rambling ways A E A I'm always thinking of him, the sweet love we made [Chorus] F#m The last time I saw him A F#m We did the West Virginia Waltz A F#m The West Virginia Waltz D E A No . Here's an overview: SB 268 is a comprehensive bill that affects 230,000 plan participants of PEIA in many different ways. There was absolutely no evidence that Cathy Ford had been sexually assaulted or abused following her disappearance. She has a 1995 bachelor's degree in Journalism from West Virginia University. Mr. Ferrell claims that the prosecution failed to show that he used force on the victim, transported the victim, or confined her. While the young woman was filling in, a man telephoned Viola Knotts, an elderly woman who lived across the street from the post office, and asked her to tell Rose Bosley to come and get her mail carrier whose car had broken down between Bismark and Cherry Ridge Road. the found blood look like that of Ford's. His parole was granted in May 2004. Mr. Ferrell contends that evidence of over 206 phone calls to various bookstores and libraries across the country should have been excluded, because it was more prejudicial than probative. Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour was started at NW 21st Avenue in Portland, Oregon, by Bob Farrell and Ken McCarthy in 1963. [1] The defendant did admit making several calls from a different phone. SB 268 places a "marriage . Gen., Atty. His parents owned a general store; after serving in the military, he came home to help run it. Ms. Ford drove her Ford Bronco on route 50 into Grant County, and turned off at the Bismark Road. When asked to explain Ms. Bernard's testimony that he had asked her to make calls claiming she was Cathy Ford, Paul Ferrell told police that on 20 February 1988, (three days after Cathy Ford disappeared), he asked Ms. Bernard to call someone saying Cathy Ford was alright, because he wanted to slow down the investigation so that his telephone calls might not be discovered. When she went to talk to the waitress that looked like Cathy, she ran back into the kitchen. Private investigator and author Martin Yant helped expose the case by The only evidence introduced by the State in this regard was a series of telephone calls to bookstores, placed from the defendant's telephone, in which a male caller asked the salesperson to read selected portions of a book describing anal sex practices. He also said that he frequently posed as a doctor during these calls because he found it was very easy to get the information he wanted that way. The court had also instructed the jury that the State must overcome the presumption of innocence by proof beyond a reasonable doubt, so the standard of proof was clear. Even the majority begins its opinion by acknowledging that this is a "difficult circumstantial evidence case." Research genealogy for William Ferrell of Augusta, Virginia, United States, as well as other members of the Ferrell family, on Ancestry. WMOT 89.5 - Nashville. Paul A Ferrell of Fayette County, West Virginia United States was born c. 1928. We therefore agree with the circuit court that the evidence is more probative than prejudicial; it tends to prove that Paul Ferrell enticed Ms. Ford to the area near his mobile home for the purpose of obtaining some concession or advantage from her. In addition, a cigarette butt of the brand smoked by Cathy Ford found in a corner of the defendant's living room was tested. State v. Woodall, supra; State v. Barker, ___ W.Va. ___, 366 S.E.2d 642 (1988); State v. Clawson, 165 W.Va. 588, 270 S.E.2d 659 (1980). Carolyn Ferrell in West Virginia 27 people named Carolyn Ferrell found in Charleston, Huntington-Ashland and 6 other cities. Id., at 395, 242 S.E.2d at 471. Journalist Martin Yant looked into this case and was able to locate two witnesses who claimed to have seen Cathy over a year after she vanished. Witnesses placed him at a phone booth outside of the magistrates' office at the Mount Storm Fire Hall on the day Cathy vanished. The State offered this evidence to prove that the kidnapping of Cathy Ford was sexually motivated. The prosecution offered evidence that the defendant had previously been convicted of the rape and sodomy of another thirteen-year-old girl whom he had approached in the same manner. denied, 474 U.S. 857, 106 S. Ct. 165, 88 L. Ed. 19401. Blood was also found on a piece of material in a waste basket. Ferrell Cemetery Roane Co. WV Located Vicars - approximately 1/2 mile west of Vicars Post Office, off of Flat Fork, just below Harmony - Harper District Source ---- Roane County, West Virginia Cemeteries - 1983 Read by -- Carol Fouty -- 08 Nov 1980 Anderson, Judy Ann 1951-1967 Asbury, Clifford "Jake" 1926-1962 s/o Ella Asbury Cunningham Booth . Unsolved Mysteries, History of West Virginia, Old and New, James Morton Callahan. History of West Virginia, Old and New, Volume 2. Ferrell located Cathy's burned-out car less than two hundred yards away from his trailer. Her body Agent Lynch, therefore, was given samples of blood from Cathy Ford's parents. 2. While the majority relies on the harmless error rule set out in Syllabus Point 2 of State v. Atkins, 163 W.Va. 502, 261 S.E.2d 55 (1979), cert. The record shows that Paul Ferrell made numerous phone calls to bookstores and libraries, and that he regularly received sexual gratification from interaction with persons who were not voluntary providers of sexual gratification. Paul Farrell 7/15/12. In Syllabus point 3 of State v. Starkey, supra, this Court said: *846 Like the instruction in that case, the instruction to which Paul Ferrell objects does not change the burden of proof. The best result we found for your search is Paul William Ferrell age 60s in Bridgeport, WV. Initially, he denied writing the letter. [5] I believe resolution of this question demonstrates further the majority's *850 disregard of the law in order to reach a desired result. Home; Trees; Search; DNA; Explore; Help; . Cases Without a Body. In addition, defendant did not object to the charge when given. William Ferrell, who landed in Washington County . Rehearing Denied Nov. 8, 1990. After giving specific instructions that went on for twenty-three pages of trial transcript, the court began to give its "standard" or "general" charge to the jury. Certified copies of these records are available only from the issuing county or the West Virginia Vital Registration Office. He grew up here, went off to college, and returned home. He was born exactly one day before his Phantom of the Paradise (1974) co-star William Finley . Meaning of Ferrell. States in the 20th Century. convictions are not supported by the presence of the alleged victim's body, Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.. The trial record is completely barren of any effort on the part of the State to make the threshold demonstration that the interpretation of body language has become recognized in the scientific community. She later recanted her testimony, Blood had also dripped through the crack between two sections of plyboard to a floor joist underneath. Paul William Ferrell, a rookie sheriff's deputy, was convicted of the murder of Cathy Ford, a 19-year-old waitress from nearby Maryland. In sum, then, I do not believe that this evidence was admissible as an exception to the general rule prohibiting the introduction of evidence of other crimes or wrongs. FRE 404(b) has since been amended so that it is gender neutral, but no substantive changes were intended. There was no known blood sample from Cathy Ford which could be used for comparison. Agent Audrey Lynch, a forensic serologist, testified that her analysis of these samples demonstrated that one contained human protein, but could not be confirmed as containing blood, five contained blood which could not be confirmed as human, and the remainder contained human blood. I believe this evidence was not relevant to the crimes charged and was, therefore, inadmissible. ___ W.Va. at ___, 399 S.E.2d at 841. "Q What percent of the population has a combination of PGM 1 + 2 + and BA, or EAP of BA? It is apparent that at any point along the way the salesperson could have terminated these voluntary activities by hanging up or by advising the caller that it was not customary to read books over the telephone. STATE of West Virginia v. Paul William FERRELL. There are situations where an offense that would technically constitute kidnapping under our broadly worded statute cannot be considered a separate offense. From 1 February 1988 to 17 February 1988, several young women in the area received strange calls in which a man purporting to be someone other than Paul Ferrell directed them to the area near Mr. Ferrell's trailer along the Bismark Road. The trial court erred in not properly advising the petitioner in accordance with the Neuman instructions. See also, U.S. v. Merryman, 630 F.2d 780 (10th Cir.1980) (evidence of other bad acts was admissible to rebut defendant's claim of mistake or lack of knowledge or intent); U.S. v. Thomas, 632 F.2d 837 (10th Cir.1980) (evidence that one defendant made a death threat growing out of a theft of narcotics was admissible to prove that he was a leader of the drug conspiracy). claiming that the prosecution convinced her to testify by telling her that She also claimed that prior to the trial she signed a statement typed up by prosecutors without reading it. at ___, 382 S.E.2d at 331. An FBI agent testified that while giving Ferrell a hypothetical scenario He attended Marshall College and was a member of the US Army Reserve from 1958 through 1964. However, Bernard and his landlady both claimed that they had not seen stains or noticed a foul odor coming from the carpet. The man wanted Ms. Ford to meet him at his office at 3:00 p.m. the same day, to discuss some checks. Volume 2 of History of West Virginia, Old and New: In One Volume, James Morton Callahan. 2d 828 (1984), the Fourth Circuit addressed a similar problem, in a case involving a West Virginia prisoner. William Jesse Ferrell. "The only real debate here is the number," Farrell said, noting that earlier in the trial, a witness for the defense had evaluated that . Consequently, I conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in allowing the jury to hear the evidence of the telephone calls to the bookstores. However, when a test is novel or not generally accepted, that circumstance alone meets the threshold requirement of rebutting any presumption of admissibility under Rule 702 and, therefore, with regard to tests that are not generally accepted the burden of proof that the test is reliable remains on the proponent.". What percent of the population has a genetic marker of PGM 1 + 2 +? On February 4, 1989, he was convicted of kidnapping, murder, and arson. 2d 319, 66 Cal. (XVIII.) This Court held that because there was ample evidence of the sexual relationship, the evidence concerning oral sex had no probative value whatsoever on the issue of whether defendant had plotted with his mistress to murder his wife. The court then laid out the test, "[i]n deciding whether the acts that technically constitute kidnapping were incidental to another crime, courts examine the length of time the victim was held or moved, the distance the victim was forced to move, the location and environment of the place the victim was detained, and the exposure of the victim to an increased risk of harm." The prosecution wanted to show that he had a split personality. ___ W.Va. at ___, 399 S.E.2d at 841. The appeals court noted that the sentence to which objection was made was "not intended as a complete statement in itself of all the elements of the crime charged," and that other parts of the court's charge resolved any possible ambiguity. (XI.) E.g., Ballweg v. State, 158 Ga.App. Huntington, West Virginia, is the capital of America's opioid epidemic. Roger W. Tompkins, Atty. this kind of evidence has been allowed to go to a jury. Paul Farrell knows all about it. Ferrell's trial started on January 25, 1989. Updated: September 26, 2013 Farrell, who died in 1989, is one of . Agent Curtis testified that as he was verbally presenting the scenario, Mr. Ferrell was nodding. (emphasis added), (VIII.) Results: Unresolved. The trial court erred in admitting into evidence hearsay testimony as to what the alleged victim said prior to her departure from her family owned restaurant. I believe, however, that the evidence of the telephone calls to the bookstores does not have a sufficient connection to the victim of the alleged crime to render it admissible under Rule 404(b). The same distortion occurred in the statistical probability questions which are set out in note 8, supra. See also State v. Miller, ___ W.Va. at ___ n. 3, 336 S.E.2d at 914 n. 3. Includes Address (11) Phone (9) Email (7) See Results. A witness described the robbers as a white woman and a black man who left the scene in a yellow car. You can explore additional available newsletters here. Stevens Institute of Technology, +3 more . The court found that the challenged expressions were more accurate when viewed in context than when viewed in "artificial isolation," and were not likely to "mislead the jury into finding no reasonable doubt when there was some." History. She also claimed that Maryland prosecutors pressured her to testify to what was written in the statement. The region's first coal miners primarily were African Americans, both enslaved and free. The trial court erred in refusing to grant a new trial due to juror bias extrinsic to the deliberative process. She left work, went home, and took a shower. See State v. Weaver, ___ W.Va. ___, 382 S.E.2d 327 (1989); Bennett v. 3 C Coal Co., ___ W.Va. ___, 379 S.E.2d 388 (1989). Based on the evidence, investigators believed that Cathy was dead and that she had been killed during a violent act. Mr. Farrell is co-lead of MDL2804, National Prescription Opiate Litigation, and represents 700+ communities across the United States in the largest and most complex case in history. Delbarton . Id., at ___, 378 S.E.2d at 646 n. 7. of the ordinary on the day in question. Id., at 394, 242 S.E.2d at 471. Mr. Ferrell argues that the testimony of Special Agent Curtis concerning Mr. Ferrell's body movement during a polygraph test should not have been admitted at trial. The Gormania route, however, would not take the carrier to those roads. Title. Paul William Johnson. "Q. After the game, the two took a walk through the WVU College of Law . was a common name in the American regions of Virginia and North Carolina by the 1730s. On 21 January 1988, Paul Ferrell rented a mobile home off of the Bismark Road. A man then drove out in a light blue car. Two Co-eds go Missing January 18th, 1970. Paul Ferrell manifested an obsession with Cathy Ford's disappearance. The defendant was not seen with Cathy Ford on or near the date of her disappearance, and her body had not been found at the time of trial. William M Ferrell Birth 12 Oct 1837. "A. The most that could be said was that the blood was not inconsistent with that of Cathy's parents. Search West Virginia Death Records West Virginia Newspapers, Full Search (1791-1904), 35 titles West Virginia Obituary Search - (1999-current) West Virginia Funeral Notices .