Obituaries

Ella Mae Britton Harmon

Ella Mae Britton Harmon

Oct 30, 2012

Ella Mae Harmon, affectionately known as "Granny Mae" passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012.She was born in Greene County and lived most of her life in the Kingsport area.Mae was preceded in death by her husband of over fifty years, Lyle Harmon; two infant children; parents, W. R. and Mary Emily Britton; sisters, Sue Brown and Mildred Malone; brothers, Bill...

Eula Mae Phillips

Eula Mae Phillips

Oct 30, 2012

Eula Mae Phillips, 88, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at Brookhaven Manor following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sullivan County and was a lifetime resident. Eula had worked at TEC in her early years. Mrs. Phillips was a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church. She loved her family and also her...

Sandra Surcey Starnes

Sandra Surcey Starnes

Oct 29, 2012

Sandra Surcey Starnes went to be with the Lord Sunday morning at Holston Valley Medical Center after a long illness. She was born January 25, 1954 to Frank and Betty Coates Surcey. Sandra was a long-time member of State Line Baptist Church. She loved serving in AWANA, the Deaf Ministry, the Choir and Vacation Bible School for many years prior...

Dennis Michael Thomas

Dennis Michael Thomas

Oct 29, 2012

Dennis Michael Thomas, 68, of Rogersville, passed away Monday, October 29, 2012 after a brief battle with cancer. A native of Pensacola, FL, he had spent most of his life in Jacksonville. Dennis was a man of many trades over the years but for most of his life he was a truck driver. He moved to this area in 1985...

David Michael Sanders

David Michael Sanders

Oct 28, 2012

David Mike Sanders, 63, of Kingsport, passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He had resided in Kingsport for his entire life. Mike graduated from Ketron High School and had received a certificate from the graduate school of retail bank management University of Virginia. He retired as a senior vice president from Carter County...

Wanda Lockiel Morelock

Wanda Lockiel Morelock

Oct 27, 2012

Wanda Lockiel Morelock, 82, joined her Heavenly Father and a host of family and friends on October 27, 2012, at her home. She was a life long member of Mt. Carmel FWB Church, since her baptism in 1947, where she faithfully sang in the choir and supported the work of the church. She moved from Baltimore, MD, back to Tennessee...

Anna Blanch Dykes

Anna Blanch Dykes

Oct 26, 2012

Anna Blanch Dykes, 88, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 26, 2012 at her home. She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and a member of Long Island Methodist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Luther Dykes; two grandchildren, Tonya Owens and Jeff Dykes; her parents, Asa and Trissie Gilbert and four brothers.Survivors...

Joelle Thomsen

Joelle Thomsen

Oct 26, 2012

Joelle Thomsen, of Kingsport, died October 26, 2012. She grew up in Augusta, GA, and after graduating from Auburn University with a degree in chemistry, she went to work for Tennessee Eastman in 1947 in order to be close to her older brother and his family. Joelle married William "Bill" Thomsen in 1974. After she and Bill retired they found...

Ruby Lee Parsons

Ruby Lee Parsons

Oct 26, 2012

Ruby Parsons, 87, of Cedar St., Kingsport, passed away at her home on October 26, 2012.She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Parsons, a daughter, Linda Parsons, her parents, Charlie and Myrtle Caldwell Rigsby, five sisters and two brothers.Ruby is survived by two sons, Junior Parsons and Kenneth Parsons, both of Kingsport; five grandchildren, Lester Parsons, Melinda Parsons,...

Letitia Taylor

Letitia Taylor

Oct 26, 2012

Letitia Lynch Taylor , 94, died Friday, October 26, 2012, in Lowell, NC.Letitia was born September 14, 1918, in Kingsport, TN, to Robert Lee Lynch and Sarah Jane Lynch.Letitia's life is highlighted by the fact that she was a dedicated mother to her three children, Mary Anne, Robert and Alfred and a hard working professional. She began her professional career...

Marie Rose Kay

Marie Rose Kay

Oct 26, 2012

Kingsport - Marie Rose Kay died at her home and went to heaven on Friday October 26. Marie was born on January 18, 1952 in Butare, Rwanda. Along with her family, she came to the United States in June 1997 and moved to Kingsport shortly thereafter. Marie-Rose was a gracious hostess and loving wife and mother. She spent free time...

Connie L. Qualls

Connie L. Qualls

Oct 25, 2012

Connie L. Qualls, 64, Church Hill, went to be with her Lord, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a member of St. Anne Catholic Church in Bristol, VA and had retired from the Kingsport Times News. Connie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, daughter and sister.She was preceded in death...

John London Crawford

John London Crawford

Oct 24, 2012

John London Crawford, 78, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012.He was preceded in death by his parents and several brothers and sisters.John is survived by his wife, Ruby S. Crawford, Kingsport; daughter, Loretta Jackson, Hamilton, Ohio; two grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, Myrtle Gulley, Kingsport; and several nieces and nephews.Family and friends will meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at...

De Swenson

De Swenson

Oct 24, 2012

Dorothy B. Swenson, age 88, of Lincoln, California passed away Wednesday October 24, 2012 following a brief illness. A native of Kingsport, she moved to California in her twenties. She was self employed. She was preceded in death by her parents, Marvin Clayton and Hazel Hensley.Surviving are her son, Steven Swenson of Sunnyvale, California, granddaughter, Stephanie Swenson-Rasmussen, two great grandchildren,...

Ora E. Donaldson

Ora E. Donaldson

Oct 24, 2012

Ora Elizabeth Anderson Donaldson, 92, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2012. Her passing was peaceful and at her home.Ora was born to Claude Cecil and Estelle Wheeler Anderson in Kite, Georgia on February 14, 1920, where she, sister Louise, and brother Claude Jr. Buddy were raised.During World War II, Ora worked as a civilian employee for IBM as...

Charlene Cloyd

Charlene Cloyd

Oct 24, 2012

Charlene Forrest Cloyd, 79, of Fall Branch, passed away on Wednesday, October 24th at Four Oaks Health Care in Jonesborough. Born in Washington County, she had lived in this area all of her life. She attended Oak Hill Baptist Church and was a talented seamstress. Charlene enjoyed southern gospel music and making crafts.She was preceded in death by her parents,...

Edith Overbey

Edith Overbey

Oct 23, 2012

Edith Russell Overbey, 87, of Kingsport, joined her husband of 64 years, David B. Overbey, for a reunion celebration in heaven on Tuesday afternoon. She leaves behind her two sons and their families, a brother, several nieces and nephews, a host of friends and neighbors and fellow members of Litz Manor Baptist Church.Edith was born in Hawkins County and attended...

Herbert F. Kuhfuss

Herbert F. Kuhfuss

Oct 22, 2012

Herbert F. Kuhfuss, 88, Kingsport, passed to his heavenly home on October 22, 2012 at Asbury Nursing Home. Herb was raised in New Jersey and graduated from Tusculum College, retiring from Eastman Kodak in 1984. He served in the U.S. Air Force in WWII.He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Frieda Kuhfuss, sister, Ruth Roberts, and his...

Paige Pippin Corley

Paige Pippin Corley

Oct 21, 2012

The loving son of Virginia Ginger Pippin Corley and the late Fredie Corley, passed away Sunday, October 21, 2012 due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Paige was born in Kingsport on June 12, 1965.He was a former CAD operator with a local engineering firm. Paige enjoyed NASCAR racing, listening to all types of music and TN Lady Vols...

Ginger Larkey

Ginger Larkey

Oct 20, 2012

Ps. 116:9 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.Virginia Elizabeth "Ginger" Larkey, 50, died October 20, 2012, of pancreatic cancer. Born in Kingsport, she lived five early years in Pittsburgh, PA, and was raised in Marietta, GA. She moved with her family back to southwest Virginia in 1997. She was a graduate of George Walton...