Wayne County Courthouse News: January 19 through January 25

NOTE: No Marriage Certificates were filed in Wayne County between January 19 and January 25.

The following Death Certificates were filed in Wayne County between January 19 and January 25:

Filed January 20, 2026:

  • Dianna Kay Clay
  • Joseph Franklyn Edwards, Jr.
  • Nancy Ellen Fannin
  • Deloris Avonell Napier
  • Marlena Faye Adams
  • Gregory Dale Myers
  • Carolyn Kaye Davis
  • Joseph Alexander Dross
  • Tammy Holland Rowe
  • Frema Jean Belville
  • Evelyn Kathleen Christenson
  • Aaron Lee Johnson
  • James Paul Meade, Jr.
  • Betty Ann Porter
  • Dorothy Lee Sherwood
  • Virginia Helen Sommerville
  • Roger Leon Weir

Filed January 21, 2026:

  • Diane Fannin

Filed January 23, 2026:

  • Barbara Sue Morris
  • Larry Maynard
  • Dianna Lynn Clay
  • Anthony Lee Marcum
  • Dorcas Tennessee Arrowood
  • James Kent Day

The following Land Transfers were filed in Wayne County between January 19 and January 25:

Filed January 20, 2026:

  • Marley R. Ockerman to James M. Robins and Laurie J. Robins: parcel, Big Lynn Creek, parcel, exc & res R/W, 1.89 acres, Stonewall District.
  • Seneca Trustees Inc., Roger T. Sartin, Sheila Sartin, and Rocket Mortgage LLC to Secretary of VA: 11,285 feet, Village of Stepptown, Lincoln District.
  • Paul Starbird, Sylbia Starbird, and Seneca Trustees Inc. (substitute trustee) to Bravo Residential Funding Trust: 24,801 square feet, Sycamore Branch, Lincoln District.
  • Paul E. Rutherford Jr. to Paul E. Rutherford Jr. and Jennifer L. Rutherford: 1.785 acres, South Westmoreland District.

Filed January 21, 2026:

  • Trevor A. Thompson to Griffin Wilfing: w 40’ lot 14, revised map of Dupont Place, block 12, Ceredo District. 
  • Rylenea Brewer to X Factor Land LLC: 29.6 acres, TOG with R/W, right fork twelve Pole Creek, Lincoln District. 
  • Sandra M. Chapman Irrevocable Trust (by trustee Stanley E. Chapman) to Melanie Romans: parcel Ceredo District. 
  • Ricky A. Stone to William H. Jones and Lisa Jones: 4.62 acres, exc & res 20’ for a road & utility easement, Plymale Branch, Ceredo District.

Filed January 22, 2026:

  • John E. Asbury II and Debra D. Asbury (by Bailey & Slotnick PLLC Trustee) to Fifth Third Bank: 0.24 acres, South side of Jenny’s Creek Road, Lincoln District. 
  • WV Housing Development Fund to Milgus Inc.: part of E 30 feet of lot 17-18, block 3, Tudell Addition, City of Huntington, Huntington Westmoreland District.

Filed January 23, 2026:

  • Tracy Perry and Loren S. Perry to Jason B. Grindle and Evan McMullen: lot 9, Joe Trautwein SD, Trace Fork, Greenbrier Creek, Butler District.