Obituaries
Anna Lee Coates Kolarsky
Sep 4, 2010
Anna Lee Coates Kolarsky, 86, of Fall Branch, was called home at 6:15pm Saturday, September 4, 2010, after a five and a half year courageous battle with cancer.Anna was born in Fall Branch where she lived for most of her life. She was a sales representative for Avon for many years. She was a member of The Church of Jesus...
Eugene Cole, Sr
Sep 3, 2010
Eugene Cole, Sr., 71, of Kingsport, died after a short battle with cancer on September 3, 2010, at his home.He was preceded in death by his parents, Gatha and Daisey Cole, and his son, Eugene Cole, Jr.He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Barbara Cole, of Kingsport; a daughter, Debbie Holt and husband, Dudley, also of Kingsport; daughter-in-law,...
Jean Goodwin Atkins
Sep 2, 2010
Jean Atkins, 89, died September 2, 2010, in Tallahassee, Florida.Jean was born on June 16, 1921, in Bristol, Tennessee, and grew up in Butler, Tennessee. She spent most of her adulthood in Bristol and Kingsport, Tennessee. As a young adult, she was the wife of Dr. Al Oxford and mother of Linda and Brantley Oxford.A lifelong learner, Jean was the...
Granville Ray Grizzle
Sep 2, 2010
Granville Ray Grizzle, age 60, of East Carter s Valley, passed away Thursday morning, September 2, 2010. Ray was born August 19th, 1950 in Scott County to Thurman and Etta Grizzle. He graduated from Gate City High School and worked many years at Kingsport Press and later worked for the City of Kingsport where he retired. In addition to his...
David Onsby Baker
Sep 1, 2010
David Onsby Baker, 62, of Church Hill, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2010, after a motorcycle accident. David was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was a long-time member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. David served in the U.S. Air Force from 1969 1973 as an aircraft mechanic and spent 3 months overseas during the Vietnam Conflict. While in...
Charles King "C.K." Harvey, Jr
Aug 31, 2010
Charles King "C.K." Harvey, Jr., 94, of Kingsport, died Tuesday, August 31, 2010, at Indian Path Medical Center after an extended illness. Born in Bluefield, Virginia, he had resided in Kingsport since 1927. C. K. was a 1937 graduate of Sullivan High School. He served in the U.S. Army as a Captain during WWII and the Korean Conflict. C.K. retired...
James Mack Carter
Aug 31, 2010
James McAuthur "Mack" Carter, 68, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday morning, August 31, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born and had lived his entire life in Kingsport. He served honorably in the U.S. Army, and retired from AFG Industries, Kingsport, in 1997 after over 30 years of service.Mack was co-founder and...
Frank M. "Scroochie" Felts
Aug 30, 2010
Frank Meredith Scroochie Felts, 87, of Chuckey, went home to be with his Lord and Savior at his residence early Monday morning, August 30, 2010, following a brief illness.He was born on December 6, 1922, in Johnson City, Tennessee, the son of the late James Felts and Sallie Lowery Felts. He was employed for 32 years by Eastman Kodak Company,...
Timothy Wayne Cassidy
Aug 29, 2010
Timothy Wayne Cassidy, 51, of Kingsport, after a long illness, left this world to begin his new life with God on Sunday morning, August 29, 2010 at Bristol Hospice House.He was born in Kingsport and was a lifelong resident. He graduated from Dobyns Bennett in the class of 1978. He was a former Employee of A&L and later, Brock Limited...
Mary Elizabeth Combs
Aug 26, 2010
Mary "Betty" Combs, 69, 500 Fleetwood #7, Kingsport, passed away early Thursday morning at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Betty was born in Johnson City and came to Kingsport during her childhood, and was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett in the class of '59. Betty was a loving mother and grandmother.She was preceded in death by her parents, Al W. and...
Albert Glen Inscore
Aug 25, 2010
Albert Glen Inscore, Jr., 70, of Fall Branch, passed away peacefully at his home on August 25, 2010.Glen was a loving husband, son, papaw, and uncle. And, as anyone who knew him knows, he was a trucker for 46 years. While his passing leaves us with sadness, his life leaves us with more special memories of love, laughter, and coffee...
Jackie Taylor
Aug 25, 2010
"The Lord is my light and my Salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?" Psalm 27:1"Jackie R. Taylor, 59, Kingsport, TN, formerly of Duffield, VA, passed away Wednesday August 25, 2010 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after an extended illness.He was born in Sullivan County, TN on November...
Robert Leland Bingham
Aug 24, 2010
Robert Bob L. Bingham, Sr., died at Holston Valley Medical Center Tuesday morning August 24, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Bob was born on October 1, 1929 in Kingsport to the late Sam and Jennie Mae Bingham and was married to Ann Harkins on September 15, 1950. Bob along with his son, Jeff and Norman Hensley, owned and operated Bingham...
Nancy Jewel Parr
Aug 24, 2010
Nancy Jewel Parr, 74, of Piney Flats, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, August 24, 2010, at her sister's home. She was born in Burke County, NC, and had resided in Piney Flats for the last 20 years. She attended Orebank Chapel Central Baptist Church.Ms. Parr was preceded in death by her parents, Byrl and Bessie Murray,...
Mary Ida Sweet
Aug 23, 2010
Mary Ida Sweet, 81, of Kingsport, TN died peacefully in her residence on August 23, 2010. Survivors include her daughter, Vickie Marie Baxter and husband David; son, Charles Glen Sweet and wife Veronica; granddaughter, Candice Leigh Sweet; and grandsons, Jeffrey David Baxter and Christopher Charles Sweet.The family is honoring Mary's wishes to be cremated and that there be no formal...
Harold Clinton Pearson
Aug 23, 2010
Harold Clinton "Clint" Pearson passed away Monday afternoon, August 23, 2010, at the James A. Quillen V.A. Medical Center at Mountain Home, after an extended illness.Clint was a life-long resident of Fall Branch, and the son of the late Clarence and Edna Pearson. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, owned and operated a service station...
Luther H. Bruner
Aug 22, 2010
Luther H. "Smokey" Bruner, 87, of Baileyton, TN, formally of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, August 22, 2010 at Holston Valley Medical Center.Smokey was born in Scott County, Virginia and resided in Speers Ferry until moving to Fall Branch in 1955. He had lived in Baileyton since 1996. He enjoyed whittling cedar wood and...
Romless Paul "Hinkle" Johnson
Aug 22, 2010
Romless Paul "Hinkle" Johnson, 66, of Kingsport, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, August 22, 2010.He was born on December 9, 1943, in Kingsport. He served in the U.S. Army. He was very much a "people person", having never met a stranger, and was loved by all who knew him.Hinkle was a carpenter...
Paul Franklin Bragg
Aug 20, 2010
Paul Franklin Bragg, 79, of Kingsport, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Paul was born in Scott County, VA on March 3, 1931 and grew up in Greene County. He lived his adult life in Kingsport and was a graduate of Fall Branch High School and East Tennessee State University. Paul was a veteran...
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Baird Graves
Aug 17, 2010
Mary Elizabeth Betty Baird Graves, 93, of Kingsport, passed from this life on August 17, 2010. She was a great lover of all things beautiful: flowers, friendships, fashion, nature, and her church.Born in 1917 in Prince George, Virginia, she later married Bruce Quentin Graves 1908-2006 in 1937. As a couple of nearly seventy years, they were active in church and...
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