Fund-raiser organizer, Maggie Brown, welcomes guests to the event By Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate Ever wonder what’s up with the next generation? You often hear how the digital age youth are self-absorbed and lack the desire toward service organizations and volunteerism that previous generations so readily took place in....
Front Row L-R: Pamela Hoskins, Tracy Chenoweth, Amy Moore. Back Row L-R: Kimberly Falls, Teresa Betler, Heather Lantz, Michael Consla, Teresa Brusak, Tracy Harlan. Not pictured: Brittany Taylor The new school year has seen the addition of many new faces. Each of the county’s three schools welcome new teacher and...
PARSONS, WEST VIRGINIA—Mountain State Honey Company, a Tucker County business owned and operated by Alisa and Paul Poling, was featured in the August issue of American Bee Journal, a monthly magazine dedicated to the beekeeping industry. The six-page article written by Mary and Bill Weaver examines the history and growth...
In a special meeting held on Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, Parsons City Council voted to look into purchasing the former Tucker County Logging building for $175,000. This building, located along US219, outside of the city limits, would be used to store all city owned equipment and would replace the current...
Childhood friends James Vance and Chip Nelson enjoying some time together before the ride. Chip Nelson has been riding dirt bikes, ATVs and motorcycles since he was a child, but, recently he took the ride of his life. At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Sept. 11, Nelson climbed aboard...
Janie and Evan Hedrick with Pastors John Callaway by Penny Ellison The Parsons Advocate Some angels don’t have wings, in fact some angels are even homegrown. Janie Hedrick of Davis can attest to that. Janie’s angel came in the form of her own son, Evan, who recently donated a kidney...
The 2013 Little Mr. and Miss Mountain Lion was crowned on Friday, Sept. 6, at halftime of the Tucker County High School vs. Tygarts Valley football game. For one month, 14 contestants and their TCHS cheerleaders collected pennies for votes and the little boy and girl with the most votes...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Tucker County and visiting veterans were honored at the rededication ceremony for The Veterans’ Memorial. A beautiful Saturday afternoon greeted a large crowd of spectators for the rededication of the Veteran’s Memorial on the Tucker County Courthouse square Saturday, Sept. 7. The day was...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Daphne Watkins, along with her family, has reopened the former Stumpy’s Restaurant with a new flair. The newly named Stumpy’s Country Creole Café is located on First Street in Parsons. With Watkins background in the seafood industry and her upbringing in Mobile, Ala., it...
Children visiting the Fair this year got to play in an entire inflatable bouncy playground.jpg It’s that time of year again; folks from around the county came together outside Parsons at Camp Kidd to celebrate the 2013 Tucker County Fair. This year’s fair was held from Tuesday, August 20 through...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate Norma Channel, Dr. Moore and Nikki Keeler at the goodbye get together. Channel and Keeler will also be missed from DirectCare. Keeler will be working in a physician’s office in Elkins while Channel will be taking some time off before searching for a...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II announced that a Federal Grand Jury, sitting in Elkins, returned a 39-count indictment charging six Tucker County residents with drug charges related to the manufacture of methamphetamine. · Destry Seth Poling, 26, of Parsons, faces a total...
By Lois Lambert The Parsons Advocate The Tucker County Commission received representatives of two emergency services providers, Tucker County Ambulance Authority and Parsons Volunteer Fire Department, at their regular meeting. Bobby Phillips, President of the Tucker County Ambulance Authority read into the record a letter from the authority asking for...
Previous Funding Questions Revisited Steven Cousins demonstrates some of the assets and resources of the Parsons Volunteer Fire Department. The racks along the wall holds the reserve hoses. Loaded on the truck is 1,200 feet of supply hose, hanging on the hook on the back of the truck is a...
By Ellis Boury The Parsons Advocate 2013’s Tucker County Fair Queens; Savannah Ambrose, Jenna White, and Alyssa Hackney On Wednesday evening, the Tucker County Fair held its annual Queen’s beauty pageant. Nine young ladies joined in to compete for three titles, Little Miss Tucker County, Jr. Miss Tucker County, and...
By Lois Lambert The Parsons Advoate Roxanne Tuesing, the executive director of the Tucker County Senior Center asked the Tucker County Commission to write a letter approving the construction of a new Veteran’s Administration building on commission property. The Tucker County Senior Center has been working with the Veterans Administration...
Over 150 people recently attended the Tucker County Senior Citizens’ annual picnic held at Hendricks Park. Plenty of delicious food was served as the senior center cooking staff provided the hot dogs, hamburgers, pasta salad and many more wonderful dishes. Participants brought an assortment of tasty covered dishes. Rev. Harley...
Bobby Phillips, representing the Tucker County Veterans Association, presented a check to Rev. Phil Dent, of the Parsons Ministerial Association, for the food pantry. By Lois Lambert The Parsons Advocate The Tucker County Veterans Association spent Friday, August 2, 2013 collecting funds for two county food Pantries. The local veterans...
By Teri Cayton The Parsons Advocate The Tucker County Sheriff’s office recently received a donation from the Parsons Ministerial Association to purchase new bullet-proof vests for all its officers. Sheriff Brian K. Wilfong is pictured with one of the new vests. The donation of $2,340 purchased four vests, each costing...
Rich Ford (L) Director of F&H Station III, Mt. Storm Power Station issued a $1,500 Dominion Foundation grant to Davis VFD Chief John Callaway (center) and Lt. Philip Crossland (R) for the fire departments generator project. The 48KW Natural Gas Generac Generator was installed this spring. According to Callaway “A...
