Obituaries
Alvin Bunel Copas
Dec 19, 2011
Alvin Bunel Copas, of Kingsport, passed away on Monday, December 19, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a battle with cancer. He was a Christian and of the Baptist faith. Mr. Copas was an Army Veteran holding rank E-5.He was preceded in death by his mother, Willo Dean Copas and father, Asberth Cloud Copas.Bunel is survived by his...
Douglas Wayne Ketron
Dec 18, 2011
Douglas "Wayne" Ketron, Sr., 75, Jonesborough, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at his home. Wayne was retired from Holston Defense and a member and choir director at Logans Chapel United Methodist Church. He had a songfest every summer to benefit the choir at the church. Wayne had a great love for people and music.Wayne...
Bobby Paul Shelton
Dec 16, 2011
Bobby Paul Shelton, 57, was born September 17, 1954 and died Friday, December 16, 2011 in Kingsport.He was preceded in death by his father, Bob Shelton; paternal grandparents, William McKinley Shelton and Roxie Shelton Wilkerson; maternal grandparents, Paul Miller and Irene Miller Hunt; uncle, Don Miller; and aunt, Robena Shelton Lane.Survivors include his mother, Ann Miller Shelton; son, Bobby Paul...
Ezra Lewis Laughlin
Dec 16, 2011
Ezra Lewis Laughlin, 81, of Kingsport, passed away on Friday, December 16, 2011, at Bristol Wellmont Hospice House.He was a loving husband, dad, and grandpa who will be greatly missed and will be remembered for his great sense of humor and for his love of golfing, hunting, and fishing. Ezra was a veteran of the United States Air Force, having...
Margaret Louise "Peggy" Douglas Durnin
Dec 16, 2011
A former resident of Chambersburg and Irwin Pennsylvania, Peggy Durnin of Kingsport passed away on Friday, December 16, at her home in Kingsport, surrounded by her loving family. She made her home and raised her family in Kingsport for the past 50 years, where she also worked for Nettie Lee Boy and Girl Shop for many years. Peggy leaves behind...
John A. Slater
Dec 15, 2011
John A. Slater, 68, of Kingsport died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at his home.John was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and moved to Kingsport in 1978. He served five years in the Canadian Navy and retired from Thompson Metal.He was preceded in death by his parents, Amy and Joseph Slater and half sister, Marion Duncan.John is survived by his wife...
Margaret Irene McCoy Slusher
Dec 15, 2011
Margaret Irene McCoy Slusher, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Wise, VA, she had lived in Kingsport most of her life and attended Mercy Seat Ministries.She was preceded in death by her parents, Worley and Myra McCoy; three brothers, Ernest, Robert and James McCoy; and two nephews,...
Kenneth Light
Dec 14, 2011
Kenneth Light, 67, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at home on December 14, 2011. He was born in Hawkins County and resided in Kingsport, TN, for most of his life. Kenneth retired from Holliston Mills after 29 years and was a member of Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church of Beech Creek where he was known as...
Isabelle Cameron Bacon
Dec 13, 2011
Isabelle Cameron Bacon, 76, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at her home. Raised in Pulaski, VA, she had resided in Kingsport for the past 12 years. Isabelle retired from Virginia Power.She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Sylvia Cameron, two brothers and three sisters.Isabelle is survived by her husband, Richard...
Evelyn Crawford
Dec 13, 2011
Evelyn L. Crawford, 79, of Kingsport, passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2011 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sullivan County and had resided in Kingsport for most of her life. Evelyn worked for Kingsport Laundry for several years and later worked for the Laundry Shop. She was a member of Sloan Town Community Church,...
Dorothy Marie Penley
Dec 13, 2011
Dorothy Marie Penley, 66, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Dorothy was born in Hawkins County where she had lived her entire life. She was a member of the Friendship Freewill Baptist Church in Baileyton, TN.Dorothy was preceded in death by her sister, Ann Matthews and brother, Albert David Simpson.She is survived...
Janice Greene Smith
Dec 13, 2011
Janice Greene Smith, 67, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord, Tuesday December 13, 2011. She was a native of Kingsport, graduated from Sullivan High School and received her B.S. in education from ETSU. She taught in Wise County, VA, Gate City, VA and retired from the Sullivan County School District, teaching at Holston Middle School. Janice was a...
Mary Nell Smith
Dec 12, 2011
Mary Nell Smith of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, December 12 at her daughter's residence in Colonial Heights.Mary Nell was born in Newport, Tennessee, to the late Frank and Alice Cornett. She was a member of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church. Mary Nell and her late husband, Clyde, operated the Dutch Boy Grill in Kingsport for many years. They retired...
Ellen Welsh
Dec 11, 2011
Ellen Welsh, 98, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2011. She had lived in East Tennessee her entire life, residing in the Indian Springs Community until 1947, when she moved to the Princeton Road area. Ellen was a member of the Glen Alpine United Methodist Church. She served as an assistant church organist at Cassidy United Methodist Church...
Carl William "Bill" Miller
Dec 11, 2011
Carl William "Bill" Miller, Jr., 65, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church where he had served as a past deacon, past Sunday School teacher and had served on several committees.Carl was preceded in death by his parents, Judge Carl...
Eloise Harbison Miller
Dec 10, 2011
Eloise Harbison Miller, 87, of the Harmony Community, passed away early Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Life Care Center of Gray.Eloise was born in Dickson County, TN and had lived in Gray, TN for the last 30 years. She worked for many years at B. F. Goodrich in Nashville and worked with her husband as a bookkeeper at McKinnan Bridge....
Catherine Mae Winston
Dec 8, 2011
Catherine Mae Winston, 56, of Jonesborough died Thursday, December 8, 2011.Catherine's family traveled all over while her father was in the military. After high school, she moved to New York and met her late husband, Joseph James Feudi. They honeymooned in the Poconos before moving to Florida. While in Florida Catherine worked as a dental assistant. After eight years her...
Beulah Shipley Bellamy
Dec 6, 2011
Beulah Ruth Shipley Bellamy, 90, of Church Hill passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.She was born in Hawkins County and resided in Scott and Hawkins Counties her entire life. Beulah was a homemaker and an active member of Cameron Methodist Church, Way Cross, VA, until the last few years due to declining health. She has...
Bonnie Ruth Bledsoe
Dec 6, 2011
Bonnie Ruth Bledsoe passed away December 6, 2011 at her home in Green County. She was born September 1, 1924 and was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Bledsoe.She is survived by her children; Judith Persinger, Joyce and Ronald McCamy and Donna Price; grandchildren, Cherie Williams and husband, Robert, Sheilla McMurry and husband, Marty, Donnie McCamy and wife, Penny,...
Juanita Collier
Dec 6, 2011
Juanita Collier, 83, of Kingsport, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, December 6, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Juanita was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.She was preceded in death by her husband, Dee V. Collier.Juanita is survived by two sons, Covy Collier and wife, Stephanie of Columbia, SC and Phillip L. Collier and fiancé, Dona Chaffin of Church...
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