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photo by: Shelley Hanson

State officials and others survey the mudslide damage at the Mt. Zion Cemetery on Friday in Wheeling.

Gov. Jim Justice will make a stop in Wheeling on Thursday to, among other things, present funds for the repair and restoration of Mt. Zion Cemetery.

Justice will visit the cemetery at 2 p.m. Thursday for the check presentation.

The cemetery was severely damaged by landslides during heavy storms in early April. Nearly 200 tombstones were toppled in the slides. Earlier this month, Charles Yocke, president of the Mt. Zion Cemetery Association, met with Delegates Shawn Fluharty, D-Ohio, and Diana Winzenreid, R-Ohio; Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke; Cody Straley and Jessica Eichlin with the West Virginia Arts & Culture Commission; and Nathan Allison and Craig Arthur of A&A Monument Services of Calhoun County, W.Va. The group toured the damage and discussed what could be done to fix the cemetery.

Justice also will be at Independence Hall in downtown Wheeling at 11 a.m. for an event with the West Virginia Coal Association.