Obituaries
William Franklin Short
Sep 9, 2011
"It's Never Good Bye; Just So Long"W.F. "Frank" Short, 99, son of David and Dolly Short, went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 9, 2011 at his home after a brief illness.Mr. Short was born in Letcher Co., Kentucky, on December 24, 1911. After moving to Kingsport, Tennessee, he and his wife, Draxie, operated Short's Grocery and Coal...
Emmett Kimberling Jr
Sep 9, 2011
Emmett Kimberling Jr., 88, of Kingsport passed away Friday, September 9, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a lengthy illness.Born in Lee County, Virginia, he had resided most of his life in Kingsport. Mr. Kimberling was a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during World War II. He retired as a truck driver from Air Products in...
Ruth Eileen Hartgrove Bowling
Sep 9, 2011
Ruth Eileen Hartgrove Bowling was reunited with the love of her life, Jesse Bowling, on Friday, September 9, 2011, at Asbury Place in Kingsport.Ruth was born in Kingsport on December 1, 1924. She attended Sullivan High School and Kingsport High School, where she was in the marching bands, playing the drums. Ruth loved music, especially dancing and singing; she once...
Beulah E. Collett
Sep 6, 2011
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want"Beaulah Elizabeth Amos Clark Collett passed peacefully into the arms of her loving heavenly shepherd on Tuesday, September 06, 2011. She was born March 19, 1927 in Castlewood, Virginia, the ninth of twelve children. Her father got a job at a "new" Kingsport plant, called Eastman. He moved his family from Castlewood...
Avery C. Moore
Sep 5, 2011
Avery C. Moore, 91, of Kingsport, passed away Monday morning, Sept. 5, 2011 at her home.She was born in Mendota, Va. and had resided in Kingsport most of her life. She had worked for Piggly Wiggly and Speed-Chek and was a "Rosie the Riveter" during WWII.She was preceded in death by her parents David and Ollie Wood; sisters, Leo Wood...
Dr. Lyle Richardson Smith
Sep 3, 2011
Lyle Richardson Smith, M.D. 1923 - 2011Dr. Lyle Richardson Smith of Kingsport, TN passed away early Saturday morning, September 3, 2011 at his home.Dr. Smith wished to be remembered for his service to the people of this area. He delivered approximately 3, 000 babies in his practice. The practice of medicine was a joy to Dr. Smith and he was...
Manley L. Mitchell
Sep 2, 2011
Manley L. Mitchell, 79, Kingsport, passed away on Friday, September 02, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Manley was born in Amory, Mississippi and moved to Kingsport in 1980. He was a manager for J.C. Penney, retiring in 1992 after 40 years of service. Manley was a member of First Baptist Church of Kingsport and a member of the...
Leo J. Fix
Aug 30, 2011
Leo J. Fix, age 81, passed away peacefully with her family in attendance after a brief illness on August, 30, 2011 at Middle Tennessee Medical Center, Murfreesboro, TN. She was born on April 1, 1930 in Marion, N.C. the daughter of W.G. and Mary Jane Jarrett. She attended Peace College in Raleigh, North Carolina. On May 31, 1952 she married...
Mary Jo Ann Wyatt Edens
Aug 29, 2011
Mary Jo Ann Wyatt Edens passed away courageously on Monday August 29, 2011 after battling cancer. Mary Jo was born September 12, 1937 in Spartanburg County, SC. She graduated from Boiling Springs High School and Cecil's Business College. She served the USAF during the Korean War, monitoring positions of aircraft at the Air Defense Command in Colorado Springs.Mary Jo married...
Marie Elizabeth Chance
Aug 28, 2011
Marie Elizabeth Chance, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord at her home on 9:56 p.m. Sunday, August 28th, 2011.Born in New Brunswick, Canada, she moved to Houlton, Maine early in her life. She was a graduate of Russell Sage School of Nursing and then went on to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota where she received her...
Dale Donald
Aug 28, 2011
Dale Donald, 37, of Kingsport died Sunday morning at 2:15 a.m. at the Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol after an extended illness with brain cancer.He was a life-long resident of Kingsport. Dale was a 1993 graduate of Sullivan North High School. He owned and operated Golf Carts-To-Go in Kingsport for many years. He was of the Baptist faith. The family...
James Jim Cecil Lay
Aug 27, 2011
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2James Jim Cecil Lay, Sr., 85, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday, August 27, 2011. He was a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather, who was very compassionate and humble. Jim loved...
Eugene R. Shelton
Aug 27, 2011
Eugene R. Shelton, 87, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.Born in Scott County, VA, he had resided in Kingsport since 1941. Gene served in the U. S. Army during World War II from 1942 to 1946 in the Third Army under General George...
Clanthe V. Dykes
Aug 26, 2011
Clanthe V. Dykes, 80, died Friday, August 26, 2011 at home in Kingsport. She was born in Kingsport, graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, and attended Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe, MO. Clanthe was employed for several years with Tennessee Valley Authority TVA in Chattanooga and Johnson City, retiring in 1994.She was preceded in death by her parents, Kent and Sue...
James Howard "Jim" Trent
Aug 26, 2011
James Howard "Jim" Trent departed this life to be with Jesus on Friday, August 26, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He was born in Rogersville, TN on November 6, 1938, the oldest son of the late Bill and Nadine Trent. Jim was saved and baptized during a revival at Henards Chapel Baptist Church in June of 1949. He joined...
Cody Alan Rector Miller
Aug 26, 2011
Cody Allen Rector Miller, aged 23, of Limestone, passed away unexpectedly Friday, August 26, 2011 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Miller and grandmother, Wilma Rector.Cody is survived by his mother, Mavis Guthrie of Jonesborough; grandfather, Harlan Rector of Jonesborough; grandfather and grandmother, Robert and Mitzi...
Mark Clark
Aug 25, 2011
Mark William Clark, age 42, of Kingsport, passed away with his father at his side on August 25th. He was born September 13, 1968 at U.S. Air Force Base Hospital, RAF Lakenheath, England.He was a graduate of Sullivan South High School and attended Northeast State. Mark worked at Fingerhut and was a member of Colonial Heights United Methodist Church. Mark...
Zane Lamar Dawson
Aug 25, 2011
Zane Lamar Dawson, 84, of Fall Branch, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at his home. Born in Morgantown, W. VA November 3, 1926, living his early years in Homecamp, Pa and Kingsport, TN and moving to Fall Branch, TN in 1936, living there the remainder of his life. Zane was a WW II Navy veteran serving in the Pacific...
Mildred Shirley Davis
Aug 25, 2011
Shirley Davis, 73, Kingsport, passed away on Thursday, August 25, 2011.A lifelong resident of Kingsport, she was a homemaker and also worked at A&L, having retired after 14 years of service.Shirley was preceded in death by her parents, Guy and Juanita Johnson and her sister, Jean Horton.She is survived by: her two daughters, Kathy Williams and husband Danny and Kristi...
Dana Olivine Poston Larkey
Aug 25, 2011
Dana Olivine Poston Larkey, 95, of Orlando, Florida, died Thursday, August 25, 2011 in Orlando, Florida after an extended illness. Born January 16, 1916 in Washington County, Virginia, Dana lived most of her adult life in Kingsport. She attended Mary Dalton Secretarial School and during World War II she worked for the U. S. Postal Service. Later she worked a...
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