Monongah’s former Trinity Independent Church pastor, Frank Cosco, who attended both East Fairmont and West Fairmont high schools and is married to Monongah High grad Sharon Cosco, is in Monongalia General Hospital after a heart attack.

Frank and brother Joe Cosco, who lives in White Hall on Emerald Lane, in 2014 opened Cosco’s Sandwich Shop at 300 Merchant Street in Fairmont. Frank ran unsuccessfully for Monongah Town Council in 2015 and 2017.

A few years ago Sharon had to deal with the heart attacks of her brother, Gary Phillips.

Gary and Sharon's father was Tilden Phillips, son of E.C. Phillips. After Tilden passed away in 1974, their mother, Virginia Fullen Phillips, remarried.

Former Fairmont radio station WMMN entertainer Sharon married coal miner Chester Parker, who passed away in 1979 at the age of 38, in Winchester, Virginia.

Then she became Frank Cosco's wife.

Sharon and Chester’s children are Roy, Michael, Shawn, Crystal and Christopher. She’s Crystal Parker Towns today.

Sharon and Frank are retired from Fairmont General Hospital. They live on Lyndon Avenue in Monongah.

Gary and Sharon’s grandfather and Ramona Fullen Michalski’s grandfather were Fullen brothers. Ramona is Class of 1949 and lives in Monongah.