Obituaries
Janet "Jan" Meister Donnelly
Aug 16, 2017
Janet "Jan" Meister Donnelly, 77, Kingsport, went HOME on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at Wellmont Hospice House. Jan was an Honor Graduate of Mansfield Senior High School in Mansfield, Ohio. She received her B.S. in Physical Therapy from Ohio State University and was an Honor Graduate of the United States Naval School, Officer, Women. She had worked as a Licensed...

Roger Carl Blevins
Aug 16, 2017
Roger Blevins, 53, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 16, 2017. He was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett and had lived in Kingsport most of his life. He worked at WKPT for 35 years as a programmer.He was preceded in death by his father, Walter Blevins, and sister, Joyce Blevins.Roger is survived by his mother, Dorothy...
Virginia Ruth Cox
Aug 14, 2017
Virginia Ruth Cox, 92, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 14, 2017, at Brookdale Assisted Living in Colonial Heights. She was born on July 20, 1925 to the late Carl and Sallie Gray Cox. She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County, TN.Ruth was hired at Tennessee Eastman Company in 1943 and worked in several departments, including...
Tom "Dick" Barnes
Aug 12, 2017
Tom "Dick" Barnes, 78, of the Ducktown Community, passed away on Saturday, August 12, 2017, following a long battle with cancer. He had retired from the city of Johnson City following 30 years of service. Tom was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He enjoyed watching Nascar and UT Vols Football. Tom also enjoyed amateur radio.He was preceded in death...
Dewey Dewayne Sluder
Aug 12, 2017
Dewey Dewayne Sluder went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 12, 2017. He was born in West Virginia and served in the Army, but lived most of his life in Kingsport. He worked and retired from the Mead Corporation. He was preceded in death by his wife, Beulah Grace Sluder; parents; and 7 siblings. Dewey is survived...
Charles James "Jim" Kiss Jr
Aug 12, 2017
Charles James "Jim" Kiss, Jr., 82, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully on Saturday, August 12, 2017, at his residence. Born in Kingsport on November 18, 1934, a son of the late Charlie and Oneita Kiss, he has resided in this area his entire life. Jim graduated from Lynn View High School and attended ETSU and Northeast State. He was a...
Ronald "Ronnie" Wayne Chapman
Aug 11, 2017
Ronnie Chapman, 55, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 11th, 2017 at his home. He was born in Kingsport on November 17th, 1961 and lived in Kingsport all of his life. Ronnie worked at J.P. Stevens until they closed, then at AFG and most recently he worked for Kingsport City Schools. He loved to hunt...
Dr. Raymond (Ray) Lawrence Laughters
Aug 10, 2017
Dr. Raymond (Ray) Lawrence Laughters, 72, of Kingsport, TN, passed peacefully at his residence and went to his heavenly home on Thursday, August 10, 2017. He was born on March 1, 1945 to Guy and Mary Forgety Laughters in Kingsport, TN.Surviving loving family members are his dear wife of 50 years, Janet Frazier Laughters; their two children, Jeff Laughters of...
Jonathan "Hunter" Carpenter
Aug 9, 2017
Hunter Carpenter, 33, of Kingsport, passed away at home on Wednesday, August 9, 2017. He was a loving husband, father, brother, son, son-in-law, brother-in-law, and nephew. Hunter was considered kind and thoughtful. He was a reader of the Wilbur Smith and Jack Reacher series and a hunter. Hunter worked for TEC Industrial for 4 years and was a graduate of...
Pastor David C. Hale
Aug 7, 2017
Pastor David C. Hale, 63, Jonesborough, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 7, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. David was the pastor at Goshen Valley Freewill Baptist Church where he had ministered for the past 8 years. He had also pastored several local churches in his 42 years of ministry. David loved the Lord, his...
Roy Eugene Lane
Aug 7, 2017
Roy Eugene Lane, 87, of Kingsport, TN, won his battle with cancer on Monday, August 7, 2017.He was born on May 27, 1930, in Charlottesville, VA, to the late Rhea Lane and Cora Haynes Lane. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ.Roy served his country in the military and retired from Holston Defense in 1991. He had...

Ralph Gibson
Aug 7, 2017
Ralph Gibson, 76, of Fort Blackmore went to be with the Lord Monday, August 7, 2017, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Born in Scott County, VA and a lifelong resident, he had retired from Harry McConnell Cab Company. Ralph was a member of Alley Valley Church.He was preceded in death by his parents, 4 sisters and 2 brothers.Ralph is survived by...
Lyric Jade Skye Barnette
Aug 6, 2017
Lyric Jade Skye Barnette, infant daughter of Daniel Barnette and Jillian Laby, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 6, 2017, at her home in Johnson City.In addition to her parents, she is survived by 2 brothers, Jerimiah Barnette and Jace Adams; grandparents, Jerry and Melissa Miller, and Charles and Rhonda Barnette; great-grandparents, Brenda Shaw and Bob and...
Mona Daniels Ray
Aug 6, 2017
Mona Daniels Ray, a long time resident of Kingsport, Tennessee, passed from this life on Sunday, August 6th, 2017 .She was a resident at Holston Manor Healthcare Center.Born in 1930 in Avery County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Glen and Margaret Daniels. Mrs. Ray received her nursing license in Shelby, NC and worked with the hospital...
Jerry W. Olinger
Aug 4, 2017
Jerry Wayne Olinger, age 71, known as "Jerry O" to all, passed away on Friday, August 4, 2017 surrounded by his family and friends. He was born May 9, 1946 in Kingsport, TN to the late Luther Ernest and Beulah (Barker) Olinger and spent most of his adult life in Manchester, OH. He was a 1964 graduate of Lynn View...
Lena Stata Hensley
Aug 4, 2017
Lena Stata Hensley, 90, of Kingsport, passed away on August 4, 2017, at Brookdale Colonial Heights. Born April 4, 1927, she graduated from Blountville High School in 1945. Lena worked at AEP (Kingsport Power) for 43 years. She was a member First Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, James Hensley, Jr. whom passed away...
James Carroll Harrison
Aug 4, 2017
James Carroll Harrison, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 4, 2017. James worked for Wellmont for 32 years. He loved to fish, Westerns, Dallas Cowboys, football, and baseball. James loved his family.He is preceded in death by his foster mother, Alberta Light; foster father, William K. Light; infant son, James Carroll Harrison; and brother, Edward...
Maude Perkins
Aug 2, 2017
Maude Perkins, 81, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was born in Sullivan County and was a lifelong resident. Maude was of the Baptist faith.She was preceded in death by her parents, Bill Taylor and Jeanie Bell Taylor; sister, Marie Hite; and 3 brothers, Frank, Gene...
Hugh Babb
Aug 2, 2017
Hugh L. Babb, 89, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully on August 2, 2017. Born in Greene County, TN in 1928, he received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War. Hugh then married his wife Anne and they celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2013. They...
Thomas Hughes
Aug 2, 2017
Tom Hughes, 82, of Kingsport, passed away on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at Indian Path Hospital. Tom was born on February 20, 1935 to the late Allie C. Hughes and Bonnie Carter Hughes. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Charles Hughes; mother and father-in-law, Lloyd and Stella McMurray; and special fur buddy, PJ.He graduated from Blountville High...