Obituaries
Virgil Collins Chew
Dec 19, 2020
Virgil Collins Chew passed away on December 19, 2020. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Virgil and Addie Chew. He earned a degree in Chemical Engineering from Georgia Tech and an MBA from UT. After serving two years as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he worked at Eastman Chemical Company until his retirement.
Collins married Charlotte Parker in...
Gary Smith
Dec 19, 2020
Gary Eugene Smith, 82, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 19, 2020. He was born in SW Virginia and lived most of his life in Kingsport. Gary was retired from Kingsport City Schools. He was also a broadcast engineer and worked for several stations in the area, including WKPT. Gary was an ardent HAM radio operator (K4VZZ)...
Margaret Jones Mahaffey
Dec 17, 2020
Margaret Jones Mahaffey, 86, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020. She was a long time member and worker at First Broad Street United Methodist Church, a lady of faith, who enjoyed the many jobs she had in her church. Margaret was a Sunday school teacher, played in Bell Choir, Chairman, and Officer of her UMW circle. She was a founding...
Vicki Royston
Dec 16, 2020
Vicki S. Royston, 67 of Kingsport went to be with her Lord Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at Johnson City Medical Center after a very brief illness.
Vicki was an individual who loved her family, and enjoyed spending time with them. She has been blessed with a family 0that have followed the same Christian values that she practiced throughout her lifetime.
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Rosie Lee Hicks
Dec 15, 2020
Rosie Lee Hicks, 82, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at Four Oaks Healthcare in Jonesborough. She has lived in the Blackley Creek community all of her life. Rosie Lee worked at Magnavox for several years. She was a member of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church. Rosie Lee was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.
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Patty Golda Babb
Dec 15, 2020
Patty Golda Babb passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, with her husband and daughter by her side.
During her early years, Patty was a member of Golda Memorial Methodist Church in Hillcrest near her family home. Since 1968, she was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Kingsport and was an honorary life...
Becca Dixon
Dec 14, 2020
Becca Dixon, 40, of Eidson, TN, passed away peacefully on December 14, 2020. She was a bright light everywhere she went. Becca loved her family and friends more than anything and she will be dearly missed. From the time of her birth to the moment of her passing, Becca was a “firecracker” with a personality matched only by her husband...
Jewell Brooks
Dec 12, 2020
Jewell Brooks, 93, of Kingsport, TN formerly of Wise, VA passed away Saturday morning, December 12, 2020 at her home. Jewell was a member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church and was active in the church. She loved to travel encompassing trips overseas, cruises and had enjoyed most of all spending time with her family and friends. Jewell will...
Carole Mac Dougall
Dec 11, 2020
Carole Mac Dougall, (87), of Asbury Place, Kingsport, TN, formerly of Dallas and Beaumont, PA, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020. She was born in December 1932 in West Pittston, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late Frank and Anna (Magno) Shard. Her husband was the late Carl Mac Dougall who passed away December 2000. Carole is survived by her...
Jean S. Morton
Dec 11, 2020
Mrs. Jean S. Morton passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home in Clemmons, N.C. She was born in Bristol, VA. She was a graduate of Virginia Intermont College and worked at Tennessee Eastman Company in Kingsport, TN and also at the Dean of Students Office at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She lived in Kingsport from...
Patricia Quinn-Germagian
Dec 10, 2020
Patricia passed away 12/10/20 at Holston Valley Hospital after a brief struggle with congestive heart failure at the age of 87. She was the daughter of Samuel (Gene) McAmis and Elizabeth McAmis.
Pat was born and raised in Kingsport, TN, a graduate of Dobyns-Bennet High School and Transylvania College in Kentucky. After college, she moved to NYC where she met...
Rita Fay Brown
Dec 10, 2020
Rita Brown, 73, of Kingsport, TN went to be with the Lord unexpectedly on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Rita was a member of the Parkers Chapel Freewill Baptist Church for more than 20 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Sammie Dale...
Marvin Lee Morelock
Dec 10, 2020
Marvin Lee Morelock, 75, of Church Hill, went to be with the Lord and his loved ones on December 10, 2020.
He was preceded in death by his father, Dexter Earl Morelock; mother, Linda Ethel Morelock; brothers, Dexter Carl Morelock, L.B. Morelock; sisters, Betty Sue Morelock; and Wanda Lou Morelock.
Marvin is survived by his wife, Lois Marlene Morelock of...
Jack Barton Bales
Dec 9, 2020
Jack Barton Bales was born in Kingsport on December 15, 1941, and passed into the arms of Jesus Wednesday, December 9, at home in his favorite chair, beside his beloved wife. He was preceded in death by his parents John Barton and Grace Johnson Bales as well as his father and mother-in-law Roy and Iva Hensley McAmis, his younger brother...
William "Kenneth" Light
Dec 7, 2020
William “Kenneth” Light 73, died on December 7, 2020 in his Nashville home with his family by his side.
Mr. Light was born on January 31, 1947 in Kingsport, TN and then moved to Nashville in 1974.
He enjoyed music, spending time with family and his great grandchildren, going with his wife to yard sales, and being a jokester.
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Jim Hall
Dec 7, 2020
Jim Hall, of Kingsport, TN passed away peacefully on Monday, December 7, 2020. He proudly volunteered to fly for his country, serving with the Air Force during the Korean War. Upon his discharge, he married his high school sweetheart, Louise Gardner. They enjoyed 62 years together prior to her passing in 2017.
Jim retired from Eastman Kodak in 1992, leaving...
Glenna Wright Fletcher
Dec 5, 2020
Glenna Wright Fletcher, 82, our beloved Mom and Granny went home to spend eternity with our Lord Jesus Christ on December 5, 2020. Born in Grayson County, Virginia, she had lived in Kingsport since her childhood. Glenna graduated from Sullivan High School, Class of 56’ and retired from North Electric/ITT.
She was of the Methodist faith and had attended Grange...
Margaret Huddle Umberger
Dec 5, 2020
Margaret Huddle Umberger, 81, of Kingsport went to be with her Heavenly Father peacefully on December 5, 2020, at her home with her husband and children by her side. Margaret was born in Indian Springs and was a graduate of Dobyns Bennett High School (Class of 1957), and East Tennessee State University (Class of 1961). Margaret had an enthusiastic passion...
Wanda Jean (Street) Horn
Dec 4, 2020
Wanda Jean (Street) Horn, 88, our beloved Mother and Grandmother went home to her Heavenly Father on December 4, 2020. Jean, as she was known, was born in Drill, VA on November 29, 1932. Jean was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and aunt. Jean worked at the Jackson County Health Department and Western District Guidance Clinic. Her favorite job was being a wife...
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