Obituaries
Ricky Monroe Neeley
Mar 18, 2014
Ricky Monroe Neeley, 22, of Kingsport, TN, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014.He was born September 9, 1991, at Holston Valley Hospital to parents Ricky and Terri Neeley. Rick Graduated from Sullivan South High School in May 2009 with an Honors diploma.Rick was one of the most caring and lovable individuals. He enjoyed sports to the fullest, most of all...
John Charles Quirin
Mar 18, 2014
Kingsport - John C. Quirin died March 18, 2014 at his residence, a week before his 92nd birthday.He was born in Altoona, PA to John Joseph and Maria Mary Quirin. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout while in high school and was one of two students to be subsequently recruited by the FBI. Upon graduation he was employed as...
Shirley E. Thornberry
Mar 16, 2014
Shirley E. Thornberry, 86, a lifelong resident of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Holston Manor following a long illness.She was born in Spartanburg, SC, on October 12, 1927, a daughter of the late Charles and Laura Gerrell. She graduated from Science Hill High School. During World War II she worked in a photography...
William F. Thomsen
Mar 14, 2014
William F. (Bill) Thomsen, 91, passed away Friday, March 14, in Kingsport. He was born in the family home in Waco, Texas. After graduating with a chemistry degree from Baylor University, he immediately began work making war-critical chemicals at Kodak in Rochester, NY. He subsequently served in the U.S. Army testing ordnance in Tooele, UT, then earned his master's degree...
Betty Lou Toney Hambrick
Mar 12, 2014
Betty Lou Toney Hambrick passed away March 12, 2014 in her home after a long illness. She had lived in Kingsport for some 87 years, largely within four blocks of her birth place. She was a lifelong member of Old Kingsport Presbyterian Church. Betty landscaped and decorated a beautiful home in which she lived.Betty was preceded in death by her...
Lawrence E. Smith
Mar 12, 2014
Lawrence E. Smith, 86, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully at Brookhaven Manor on Wednesday, March 12, 2014. A native of Scott County, he was the son of the late Edd H. and Margaret Gray Smith. He retired from the Kingsport Foundry after 46 years of service. Lawrence was a 50 year member of the Kingsport Masonic Lodge #688, a Scottish...
Buford L. McAmis
Mar 10, 2014
Buford L. McAmis changed houses on March 10, 2014, at Unicoi Community Hospital in Erwin, TN. He was born February 23, 1928 in Greene County, TN. He was saved March 2, 1972 in a Thursday night prayer meeting at his home church. He began preaching in July 1974. He pastored and helped build Halewood Freewill Baptist Church in North Carolina....
Betty Jo Allgood
Mar 9, 2014
Betty Jo Allgood, Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Brookhaven Manor.She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Mabel McKay.Betty Jo is survived by her husband, Charles Wilburn Allgood; grandson, Hunter Fox; sister, Alice York and husband, Wayne; three brothers, William McKay and wife, Louise, John McKay and wife, Barbara, and Larry McKay; and several...
Carol England
Mar 9, 2014
Carol England, 65, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully, with a smile on her face, to be with the Lord, Sunday (March 9, 2014) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a long illness. Born in Kingsport on August 15, 1948, a daughter of the late Harry and Juanita Duckworth, she has resided in Kingsport most of her life. She was...
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...
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