Obituaries
Leona Guy Dorton-Lewis
Mar 8, 2014
Leona Guy Dorton-Lewis, 84, of Old Hickory and native of Kingsport, TN, went to be with the Lord on Saturday (March 8, 2014) at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.Born on August 8, 1929, in Kingsport, TN, she was the daughter of the late Levi and Lillian Terry Guy. She graduated from...
Irene Dixon Myers
Mar 8, 2014
"The Lord is my Shepherd. I shall not want."Irene Dixon Myers, 82, of Kingsport, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, March 8, 2014. She was born March 28, 1931, and lived most of her adult life in Big Stone Gap, VA and resided in Kingsport for the past 22 years. Irene was a loving...
Ella Gertrude Sloan Miller
Mar 7, 2014
Ella Gertrude Sloan Miller of Kingsport passed away March 7, 2014, at her home.She was a homemaker and a member of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church.A native of Scott County, VA, Gertrude resided in Kingsport since 1950.She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, William (Bill) Miller in 1998; her parents, Patton and Alice Sloan; and several...
Janet Tritt Lawson
Mar 7, 2014
Janet Tritt Lawson of Blountville died peacefully Friday (March 7, 2014) at her home. Services will be private.
Edna H. Wagner
Mar 6, 2014
Edna H. Wagner died Thursday morning, March 6, 2014, at Asbury Place at Baysmont after a brief illness. Born in Hancock County, she was raised in Church Hill, where she resided most of her life. Edna accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior at an early age and joined Oak Grove Baptist Church in Mount Carmel June 19, 1932,...
Robert E. Cain
Mar 6, 2014
Robert E. Cain, 89, Fall Branch, died Thursday, March 6, 2014, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He worked for Eastman Chemical for 42 years. He loved to camp and traveled all over the United States. He was an avid fisherman.Robert was preceded in death by his wife, Margie Cain; son, Bobby Cain; his parents, Pokey and Mary Cain; great-grandson,...
Charles "Ben" Benjamin DeGreen Sr
Mar 6, 2014
Charles "Ben" Benjamin DeGreen, Sr., 77, of Kingsport, died in Christ on March 6, 2014, surrounded by his family at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Catawissa, Pennsylvania on July 15, 1936, he was the son of the late Truman and Pauline Hollingshead DeGreen.Ben served in the U. S. Army as a member of the 639th Transportation Company and...
William Robert "Bob" Christian
Mar 5, 2014
William Robert "Bob" Christian, 87, Kingsport, passed away comfortably at home surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, March 5, 2014.A farmer in his early adulthood, Bob later worked at Coca Cola Bottling Company, followed by work at Model City Auto Sales and Cox Nissan/Volvo.Bob was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He will be greatly missed by all...
Vincent K. Hubbard
Mar 4, 2014
Vincent K. Hubbard passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 after an extended illness and injury. Vincent attended Dobyns-Bennett High School and received his BA and JD degrees from Vanderbilt University. He was an accomplished attorney, author and lifelong learner. Vincent lived in numerous countries, loving the island of Nevis. He established a number of businesses and lived life to its...
Ronald Guy Williams
Mar 4, 2014
Ronald Guy Williams, 72, of Kingsport, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at the Veteran's Hospital, Mountain Home, TN.He was an Army veteran having served in Germany.Ronald was preceded in death by his parents, Pat and Thelma Hilton Williams; an infant daughter, Raquell Allena Williams; and brother, Jackson Lee Williams.Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Kay Anderson Williams; daughter, Rebecca...
Ruth E. Schumann
Mar 4, 2014
Ruth E. Schumann, 84, went home to her father in heaven on Tuesday, March 4, 2014. She was born in Moorefield, West Virginia on November 9, 1929 to John Hall and Emma B. Hall.She was preceded in death by her first husband of 35 years, Ralph L. DePollo, Jr., and her second husband of 11 years, Glenn H. Schumann; four...
Carolyn Brookshire Hess
Mar 4, 2014
Carolyn Brookshire Hess, 72, of Kingsport, went to her heavenly home to be with Jesus on Tuesday, March 4, 2014.Carolyn taught the Ladies Sunday School at Emmanuel Baptist Church and was a godly woman.She was preceded in death by her parents, C. E. and Dorothy Juanita Brookshire; and niece, Renay Brookshire.She is survived by her husband, Junior M. Hess of...
Fay Bond Gillespie
Mar 4, 2014
Fay Bond Gillespie, 92, passed away Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at the Sevier County Healthcare Center. A native of Virginia, she attended Radford College and the University of Virginia at Wise and was a teacher in the Wise County School System for 31 years. A lifelong Southern Baptist, she was a devoted member of the First Baptist Church in Coeburn,...
Thurman Kenneth "Junior" Sutherland
Mar 4, 2014
Thurman Kenneth "Junior" Sutherland, 71, Kingsport, passed away on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Kingsport and a veteran of the U.S. Army stationed at Camp Drake, Japan (1960-1963). He retired from the United States Postal Service in 1993 after 29 years of service. Junior had a love for fishing,...
Lucile Rush
Mar 3, 2014
Lucile Rush, 93, died peacefully in her sleep at Wexford House on Monday, March 3, 2014. She suffered from a long illness but never complained and maintained a positive attitude. She was a graduate of Auburn University. After years of being a homemaker she worked at Bingham's Furniture Store, and then embarked on a new career with Blue Ridge Properties,...
Frank Brewer
Mar 2, 2014
On March 2, 2014 Frank Brewer passed away at Holston Valley Medical Center after a recent illness. Never willing to be idle a single minute (unless he scheduled that minute) he was still working full-time at age 76. Frank had an insatiable zest for life which he pursued methodically and with an excellence that everyone who knew him both recognized...
Burl Freeman
Mar 2, 2014
Burl Freeman, 86, of Kingsport, died Sunday evening (March 2, 2014) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after an extended illness.Born in Wise County, VA, he had resided in Kingsport since 1948. Burl served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He had worked for Holston Glass for over 20 years before opening Freeman Glass Service in 1973 where...
Barbara Jane Deming Burke
Feb 28, 2014
"Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all." Proverbs 31:29Surrounded by her loved ones, Barbara Jane Deming Burke died Feb. 28, 2014 after a year-long courageous battle against several illnesses.Born Feb. 1, 1935 in Gastonia, North Carolina, she was the youngest child of the late Charlie and Eva Deming. Her family moved to Kingsport when Barbara was 10...
Sadie Speer
Feb 27, 2014
Sadie Templeton Speer, 89, Kingsport, died Thursday, February 27, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Scott County, Virginia, she lived in Kingsport more than 70 years and was a nurse at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center for more than 40 years. Sadie was of the Baptist faith.She was preceded in death by her parents, Emily and Luther...
William A. "Bill" Peavler
Feb 27, 2014
William A. (Bill) Peavler, 84, Kingsport, peacefully left this earthly existence on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Bill was born on March 25, 1929, in Kingsport, Tennessee, and was a life-long resident of this city.Bill graduated from Blountville High School. He then entered the U.S. Navy where he served as offshore support during the Korean War. During his enlistment he travelled...
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