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- Archie Edgell was born on 5 June 1933 in Reader, West Virginia, USA. He died on 26 March 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- George Shaw was born on 18 October 1936 in Wallace, West Virginia, USA. He died on 10 April 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- American writer Melville Davisson Post was born in Romine Mills, WV, in 1871. His father was a farmer, and Melville worked on his family's farm while attending local schools. He received his B.A. from West Virginia University in 1891, and his law degree the next year. He practiced criminal defense and corporate law in West Virginia for several years, but in 1896 he began his writing career. He used his experience as a lawyer as background for "The Strange Schemes of Randolph Mason" (1896), a volume of short stories about a crooked lawyer. The stories were received favorably by both critics and readers, and though Post later tried writing novels, he found his greatest success in writing short stories. He wrote another series of short stories centered around Uncle Abner, a Virginia squire in colonial times whose duty to protect his mountain community resulted in his turning detective. Originally published in various magazines, the stories were so successful they were ultimately published in book form in a collection called "Uncle Abner: Master of Mysteries" (1918).
Post's knack for detective fiction resulted in a series of short stories featuring at least five other detectives, and although successful, they didn't meet with the success of his Uncle Abner series. Several reviewers compared Post's talents as a short-story writer to that of Edgar Allan Poe,
Post died in Clarksburg, West Virginia, in 1930 from injuries he received when he was thrown from a horse. - Russell Posey was born on 28 September 1925 in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. He died on 3 July 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- Robert Kozul was born on 16 January 1929. He died on 30 January 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- Felix McDermott was born on 16 November 1935 in Braddock, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 9 April 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- William Holloway was born on 19 March 1922 in Roxboro Township, North Carolina, USA. He died on 8 April 2018 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- Jack Deloplaine was born on 21 April 1954 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA. He was married to Kathy. He died on 3 August 2022 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.
- Harry Whisner was born on 15 April 1903 in Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for Johnny Staccato (1959), The Dick Powell Theatre (1961) and The Rebel (1959). He was married to Norma Randolph. He died on 7 April 1963 in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA.