Day: February 10, 2023

Elmer Moody “Jake” Palmer, 81 of Kilgore, died Feb. 10, 2023, in his home surrounded by his family. Born Nov. 18, 1941, in Lee Twp., Carroll County, he was the son of the late Wallace George and Laura Jane (Shepherd) Palmer. He was a 1959 graduate of Carrollton High School and attended welding school at Weirton Steel. Elmer chose to return to the family farm in Loudon Twp. where he

Robert L. “Bob” Eckley, 91, passed from this life on Feb. 8, 2023.  Bob was born on the family farm on Aug. 11, 1931, and was a lifelong resident of Carroll County, spending the majority of his life farming the family farm, which his grandfather purchased in 1905.  On March 18, 1959, he married Sandra Capper.  Bob is survived by one son, Russell Eckley of the home, who is the