Local Resource Directory

Anatomical Donation Boards
Maryland Anatomy Board – Baltimore, MD
(410) 706-3313
West Virginia Human Gift Registry – Morgantown, WV
(304) 293-6300

A.A.R.P. Attorney
Daniel C. Staggers (licensed in Maryland & West Virginia)
(304) 788-5749

Department of Health & Human Resources
(Mineral Co., WV)
Contact: Dan Pyles
(304) 788-5990, x 245

Department of Social Services
(Allegany Co., MD)
Contact: Miss Mary Jane Stakem
(301) 784-7000

Genealogy Research
Allegany College of Maryland – Cumberland, MD
Media Center (ask for Genealogy Room)
(301) 784-5276

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
Library (information is on microfilm, including Cumberland newspapers)
(301) 687-4395

Grief / Bereavement Support Services
Memorial Hospital Office of Pastoral Care
Contact: Gene Gall or Anne DeVaughan
(301) 723-5159

Western Maryland Health Systems Hospice Program Support Group
Contact: Linda Valentine
(301) 723-5000

Hospitals
WMHS Memorial Campus (formerly Memorial)
Cumberland Maryland
(301) 723-4000

WMHS Braddock Campus (formerly Sacred Heart)
Cumberland Maryland
(301) 723-4200

Newspapers
Cumberland Times/News – Cumberland, MD
(301) 722-4600
Mineral Daily News Tribune – Keyser, WV
(304) 788-3333
Hampshire Review – Romney, WV
(304) 822-3871

Organ Donor
Maryland Transplant Resource Center
1-800-641-HERO

Register of Wills
Allegany County – Cumberland, MD
(301) 724-3760
Mineral County – Keyser, WV
(304) 788-3924
Hampshire County – Romney, WV
(304) 822-5112

Retirement Systems
Maryland – located in Baltimore, MD
1-800-492-5909
West Virginia – located in Charleston, WV
(304) 558-3570
1-800-654-4406

Social Security Administration
Cumberland, MD office
(301) 722-4934

Veterans’ Cemetery:
M.S.V.C. – Rocky Gap, MD
Contact: Ron Pratt, Superintendent
(301) 777-2185

Veterans’ Commission Office
Cumberland, MD
(301) 759-5251
Can handle for all veterans, no matter where one resides.