Donald R. Raber, of Blountville, passed away Saturday, (October 12, 2019) at Hospice House of Bristol. A celebration of Don’s life will be conducted 6:00pm, Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.  The family will receive friends following the service.  Further arrangements and details will follow in Tuesday’s edition.

“Be strong and courageous… For the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.” –Joshua 1-9 Agnes Deakins Alley, 91, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on October 11, 2019.  Born in Chattanooga, TN, on February 28, 1928, a daughter of the late Rev. Moses E. and Leila Barker Alley, she has resided in this area for the last 65 years. Aggie graduated from Hiwassee College and East Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s and Master’s...

David Paul Dalton, 65, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord, unexpectedly, Friday, October 11, 2019 at his residence with his wife by his side. Born in Akron, Ohio on November 4, 1953, son of the late Cecil and Juanita Dalton, he has resided in this area since 1981.  Mr. Dalton graduated from Northeast State Community College in 1993 with a degree in Emergency Medicine. He married Mary Brown on October 16, 1981 in Blountville, TN, and was an honorably discharged veteran in the US...

Daisy Louise Pyle Carter, 76, Mt. Carmel, passed away on Friday, October 11, 2019 at Baysmont House. Daisy graduated from Church Hill High School in 1961 and worked at Eastman Kodak from 1962-1969 when she quit to raise her children. She also worked as a substitute mail carrier at the Church Hill Post Office for 18 years.  She was a member of Grange Hall United Methodist Church and attended Ridgeview Baptist Church.  Daisy was an avid fan of NASCAR, Kyle Busch and tennis. She was...

Elizabeth Bachman Williams, 87, formerly of Kingsport, Tennessee died Tuesday morning surrounded by family at her daughter’s farm in Frederick County, Virginia. She was born October 3, 1932 at Cedar Hill, the Bachman family homeplace in Sullivan County, Tennessee. Elizabeth was the daughter of Clarence Leigh and Alice Elizabeth Crawford Bachman. She was a member of Litz Manor Baptist Church in Kingsport. While living in Winchester, she attended Whitehall United Methodist Church....

Bill Orrick, 82, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 5, 2019.  He was a lifelong resident of Kingsport. Bill was a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was the longest tenured member of Calvary Baptist Church.  He was an avid Dobyns-Bennett and UT Vols Football fan.  Bill retired from TN Eastman. He was preceded in death by his parents, Pete and Eula Orrick; 2 sisters, Pat Simpson and Sharon Bolling; and 2 brothers, Lucian and Jim Orrick. Bill is survived...

Mary Fitzgerald Blackwell, 88, of Kingsport, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2019 after an extended illness. She was born on February 5, 1931, in Montgomery, West Virginia, the daughter of Walter Grant and Mary Hope (Bush) Fitzgerald.  She was the twin sister of Walter "Jack" Fitzgerald  (d. 2017) of Florida. Mary graduated from Gauley Bridge High School in 1949, and West Virginia University in 1953. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She...

Betty Kilgore Watson, formerly of Kingsport, Tennessee, died October 3, 2019, at her home in Franklin, Tennessee after a short illness.  Mrs. Watson was born in 1930 in Norton, Virginia, but spent the majority of her life in Kingsport.  She spent a semester at East Tennessee State University before returning to Kingsport, where she worked for several years at Johnson-Hilliard.  In 1952, she married Marshall T. Watson and soon left Johnson-Hilliard to devote herself to her...

On Tuesday, October 1st, 2019 in Kingsport TN, a kind and gracious southern lady, known for her perpetual smile, departed this earth for her heavenly home after a period of declining health. Susan Bowling Dudney, 92, was born on March 5, 1927 in LaFayette, AL to George Randolph and Sallie Dowdell Bowling. She graduated from LaFayette High School in 1945 and enrolled at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA where she met her future husband, Earl, a student attending Georgia Tech. In 1949, after...

Nella Mae Conley Canter, 89, Kingsport, TN went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 1, 2019) at Wexford House. Nella was born in Greene County, TN and had lived most of her life in Kingsport. Her husband William Canter, parents Rex and Dessie Lane Gass, two sisters Helen Wise and Rachie Hensley, and brother Cecil Gass preceded her in death. Surviving are two sons, Robert Conley and wife Betty, and Wayne Conley, two grandchildren, Tanya Hart and April Voiles; three...