Lifetime Members

Life Membership is the highest recognition the membership of the West Virginia Press Association can Bestow on individuals for outstanding service over the years to the newspaper industry and to the West Virginia Press Association.
* Deceased

  • Delbert Benson, Kingwood
  • Linda Benson, Kingwood
  • James S. Buzzerd,* Berkeley Springs
  • Edward Chadwick, Huntington
  • Meade Dorsey,* Shepherdstown
  • Bob Earle,* Weston
  • Phil Fourney,* Ravenswood
  • Harry Hamm,* Wheeling
  • Cecil B. Highland,* Jr., Clarksburg
  • G. Ogden Nutting, Wheeling
  • Roy Owens,* Sistersville
  • Richard Ralston,* Buckhannon
  • Jane Price Sharp, Marlinton
  • Guy Stewart Morgantown
  • Ralph Turner, Huntington
  • George and Mariwyn Smith, Parsons
  • James Hoffman, Elkins
  • W.F. Childress, Charleston