Obituaries
Jack Wesley Mayo
Nov 24, 2011
Jack Wesley Mayo, 88, died Thursday, November 24th, 2011 at Remington House in Kingsport. Born in Pineville, KY, Jack Mayo moved to Kingsport in 1933. After graduating from Dobyns-Bennett High School, where he lettered in baseball, he served in the Army Air Force as a P51 Mustang pilot during World War II. Following the war, he returned to Virginia Polytechic...
James Howard Carroll
Nov 24, 2011
James Howard Carroll, 84, Kingsport, passed away quietly at his home, surrounded by loved ones. He bravely fought lung and brain cancer and died as he lived, honorably and with courage. Howard served his country in both the Air Force and Navy. He was a distinguished builder, and while working side by side with his brother and father, Carroll Brothers...
Mary Elizabeth Betty Starnes
Nov 23, 2011
Mary Elizabeth Betty Starnes, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center. Betty was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority... motto: Life, Learning, and Friendship. She was a graduate of Brookhaven Business School in Brookhaven, MS. Betty served Sullivan County as Purchasing Agent and Assistant Purchasing Agent for 30 years. She was a...
Cathryn McCoy Tranbarger
Nov 23, 2011
Cathryn McCoy Tranbarger, 92, of Kingsport, died Wednesday morning, November 23, 2011 at Asbury Place at Kingsport.Born in Keokee, Virginia, she was a resident of the Kingsport area since 1920. Cathryn was a retired employee of Holston Defense Corporation and a long-time member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church. After retirement, she enjoyed volunteering for Holston Valley Auxiliary, Kingsport...
Eunice Grace Rowe
Nov 22, 2011
Eunice Grace Rowe, 100, of Kingsport, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Wexford House. She is the daughter of the late, W.J. and Mary Hyder. Eunice came to Kingsport in 1937 and settled in Sullivan Gardens. She was an active member of Glen Alpine United Methodist Church for many years and loved her church family as her own. Eunice...
Floyd Phillips
Nov 21, 2011
Floyd Phillips, 77, formerly of Bank Drive, Fall Branch, died at Reed Nursing Home in Limestone on Monday, November 21, 2011. He was the son of the late David and Agnes Holbert Phillips, also of Fall Branch. Mr. Phillips served in the Armed Forces and retired from the former Kingsport Press of Hawkins County.He was preceded in death by his...
Hal M. Miller
Nov 21, 2011
Hal M. Miller, 81, Kingsport, passed away Monday, November 21, 2011, following a short illness.A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, Hal Miller grew up in the Bloomingdale area and attended Dobyns-Bennett High School. At Dobyns-Bennett, Hal earned the honors of All-State, All-Southern, and All-American in football. Also, he was on the D-B football team when no one managed to score against...
Helen Slaughter Jordan
Nov 20, 2011
Helen Virginia Slaughter Jordan, age 86, passed away peacefully on November 20, 2011, at Alive Hospice in Nashville, Tennessee, where she had been a patient for several months.Helen was born February 4, 1925, in Fordtown, Tennessee Sullivan County, to John D. Slaughter and Mary Jane "Mollie" Adams Slaughter. Except for a brief time as a young child in Akron, Ohio,...
Lisa Wagner
Nov 20, 2011
Lisa Wagner, 50, Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, November 20, 2011.Arrangements for Lisa Wagner are currently pending.
J. W. Dennison
Nov 19, 2011
J. W. Dennison, of Gray, was called home to be with the Lord Saturday, November 19, 2011 at his home with his family by his side after an extended illness. He was born in Kingsport July 30, 1924 and lived in Gray since 1952.In 1954, he was saved and baptized in Boone Lake and joined Cedar Creek Baptist Church.J.W. was...
George Wallace Yokley
Nov 16, 2011
George W. Yokley, 85, Kingsport, died Wednesday, November 16, 2011. He was born in Jearoldstown, Greene County and had lived in Kingsport for the past 56 years. George served with the U.S. Army during World War II in the Philippines and Japan. His decorations and citations included the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with one Bronze Battle Star, the Philippine Liberation...
Elburn G. Ferguson
Nov 16, 2011
Elburn G. Ferguson, 82, of Kingsport, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. He was a caring and loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Elburn was a master electrician who wired his first house at the age of 12 and owned an electrical contracting company for 20 years in Dodge City, KS. He was a...
Thelma Jean Barnette
Nov 16, 2011
Thelma Jean Barnette, 73, Kingsport, passed away on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Kingsport and was a graduate of Ketron High School and the University of Tennessee. Jean had retired from Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center where she had worked as a registered nurse.She was preceded...
Martha Elizabeth Davis
Nov 15, 2011
Martha Elizabeth Davis, 90, born on August 28, 1921, passed away November 15, 2011, with family and friends by her side. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy B. Slick Davis; parents, William Bryan Jennings Mayo and Pearl Mayo Moore; sister, Clara Sloan; brothers, Mark V. Bud Mayo and James Moore.Martha is survived by her son, Roy Glenn...
Nancy Steele Ward
Nov 15, 2011
Nancy Steele Ward, of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, passed away just before dawn on Tuesday, November 15, 2011. She was happily retired, a devoted wife, a proud and caring mother and a doting grandmother. She was preceded in death by her infant son, David and her parents, Pete and Nancy Baker of Mooresville, North Carolina.Nancy leaves behind her loving husband and best...
J.R. Hulse
Nov 14, 2011
Rev. J.R. Hulse, 75, born December 14, 1935, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at Johnson City Medical Center.J.R. was a diesel mechanic at Mason & Dixon Shop and shop foreman. He owned his own diesel garage, Jay's Diesel Service and was an expert witness as an accident scene investigator for Hawkins, Moody and Associates, Tom Dossett and several...
Betty T. Massengill
Nov 13, 2011
Betty T. Massengill, 77, of Kingsport, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Ben Hur, Virginia and had resided in Kingsport most of her life. Betty retired from Walmart with over 20 years of service and was of the Baptist faith.She was preceded in death by her husband,...
Worley R. Lane
Nov 12, 2011
Worley R. Lane, 87, of Kingsport, died Saturday morning, November 12, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center.Born April 30, 1924 in Daniel Boone, Virginia, he had lived in Kingsport most of his life. He served with the U. S. Army during World War II. Worley was an artist and sign painter most of his life.Worley attended Orebank Methodist Church. He...
Gwendolyn Brock White
Nov 12, 2011
Gwendolyn Brock White, 88, passed away on November 12, 2011, at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She was born and raised in Indianapolis, IN, and graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in Chemistry. In 1947 she married Harold Keith White of Straughn, IN. They lived in Hanover, Indiana for 54 years where they raised three children.Gwen was...
Donald K. Jones
Nov 11, 2011
Donald K. Jones, 75, Fall Branch died late Friday evening, November 11, 2011 at his home.A lifelong resident of the Kingsport area, Don was retired from Grief Bros. after 42 years of service. He was a cattleman, farmer and co-owner of Betty's Stockyard Café in Kingsport. Don was of the Baptist faith.He was preceded in death by his parents, Roby...
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