All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Terry E. Gould

Terry E. Gould, age 82, of Buckhannon, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Mansfield Place in Philippi following a brief illness. He was born October 16, 1942, a son of the late Wilson Curtis and Delcie Chewning Gould. He was the last and youngest of six children.

He is survived by his devoted wife Susan Gould; two daughters: Lori Gould and Terry Szolis; two sons: Samuel Mark Gould and Richard Gould; four grandsons: Mark, Scott and Sean Gould and Henry Paas; one granddaughter Tori Scharff; nieces and nephews: Carolyn Shell, Michelle Wilkison and Franklin Gould.

Mr. Gould worked at Corhart Refractories, Barbour Coal, owned a sign shop and retired from the FBI. He was an Elder at The Living Word Church of God in Buckhannon.

Friends will be received at the Heavner and Cutright Funeral Chapel on Friday, January 17, 2025, from 12:30-1:00 PM, the funeral hour with Rev. Frank Spears officiating. Interment will follow in the Heavner Cemetery.

Online condolences may be extended to the Gould family at http://www.heavnerandcutright.com.

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