Notice of Administration to Creditors, Distributees & Legatees
Notice is hereby given that the following estate(s) have
been opened for probate in the Wetzel County Clerk’s
Office at PO Box 156 New Martinsville, WV
26155-0156. Any person seeking to impeach or
establish a will must make a complaint in accordance
with the provisions of West Virginia Code 41-5-11
through 13. Any interested person objecting to the
qualifications of the personal representative or the
venue or jurisdiction of the court, shall file written notice
of an objection with the County Commission through
the Wetzel County Clerk’s Office at the address listed
above within 60 days after the date of the first
publication or within 30 days of the service of the notice,
whichever is later. If an objection is not filed timely, the
objection is forever barred. Any person interested in
filing claims against an estate must file them in
accordance with West Virginia Code 44-2 or 44-3A.
Settlement of the estate(s) of the following named
decedent(s) will proceed without reference to a fiduciary
commissioner unless within 60 days from the first
publication of this notice a reference is requested by a
party of interest or an unpaid creditor files a claim and
good cause is shown to support reference to a fiduciary
commissioner.
Publication Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Claim Deadline: Sunday, December 7, 2025
APPOINTMENT DATE 08/14/2025
ESTATE NAME: HELEN M ADKINS
CO EXECUTOR DWANE F ADKINS
1100 5TH STREET
NEW MARTINSVILLE WV 26155-2141
CO EXECUTOR JERRY DADKINS
967 MAYA LAYNE DRIVE
LITTLE RIVER SC 29566-5405
APPOINTMENT DATE 08/14/2025
ESTATE NAME: BETTY JEAN HENRY
EXECUTRIX SANDRA S KLUG
720 JAMES STREET
NEW MARTINSVILLE WV 26155-2420
APPOINTMENT DATE 08/28/2025
ESTATE NAME: JOHN HERBERT MELVIN
ADMINISTRATRIX PAMELA MELVIN
PO BOX 103
SMITHFIELD WV 26437-0103
APPOINTMENT DATE 06/09/2025
ESTATE NAME: JOSEPH BENJAMIN MILLER
EXECUTOR MICHAEL JOSEPH MILLER
1055 GRANDVIEW ROAD
MOUNDSVILLE WV 26041-5112
APPOINTMENT DATE 08/27/2025
ESTATE NAME: ERNEST J OWENS
EXECUTRIX DONNA SMITH
123 BERRY STREET
NEW MARTINSVILLE WV 26155-8320
APPOINTMENT DATE 09/17/2025
ESTATE NAME: CHARLES O PHILLIPS
EXECUTOR BRIAN DOUGLAS PHILLIPS
21082 MOUNTAINEER HWY
WILEYVILLE WV 26581-7806
APPOINTMENT DATE 09/03/2025 Referred
ESTATE NAME: FRANCIS DAVID LESLIE SPRINGER
ADMINISTRATRIX FRANCES DAVIS
5815 MONTAVILLA DRIVE
FORT WAYNE IN 46815-5222
ATTORNEY PHILIP J BOWSER
PO BOX 189
NEW MARTINSVILLE WV 26155-0189
FIDUCIARY
COMMISSIONER GREGORY SHIRAK
15 ORCHARD DRIVE
NEW MARTINSVILLE WV 26155-2817
APPOINTMENT DATE 08/12/2025
ESTATE NAME: MICHAEL BRIAN STACKPOLE
ADMINISTRATRIX KRISTA STACKPOLE
660 RIGHT HAND ROAD
READER WV 26167-8618
APPOINTMENT DATE 05/27/2025
ESTATE NAME: DANIEL WAYNE WRIGHT
ADMINISTRATRIX CATHY SCHULER
110 LIME STONE TRAIL
WARNER ROBINS GA 31093-3809
APPOINTMENT DATE 05/27/2025
ESTATE NAME: MARY KATHERINE WRIGHT
ADMINISTRATRIX CATHY SCHULER
110 LIME STONE TRAIL
WARNER ROBINS GA 31093-3809
APPOINTMENT DATE 06/12/2025
ESTATE NAME: EVELYN M YOHO
EXECUTRIX TINA HARRISON
PO BOX 405
PINE GROVE WV 26419-0405
Subscribed and sworn to before me on 09/30/2025
Jessica L. Davis
County Clerk
Wetzel County
PO Box 156
New Martinsville WV 26155-0156
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