Obituaries

John G. Hubmann
Apr 1, 2010
John G. Hubmann, 85, of Kingsport, died early Thursday morning, April 1, 2010, at Asbury Place at Baysmont.John was born on a dairy farm in Alexander, Arkansas. He served during WW II in the Pacific Theater with the 4th Marine Division. He was involved in action on Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian, and Iwo Jima. He returned to Tennessee with his wife,...

Mary Lane Gardner
Mar 31, 2010
Mary Luverne Lane Gardner, 75, of Afton, TN, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. She was a great wife, mother, and grandmother and a devoted Christian. She was a member of the Fall Branch Full Gospel Church.Mrs. Gardner was preceded in death by her brothers, Bill Lane, Earl Lane, and Harvey Lane; and sisters, Opal...

Larry Lynn Dougherty
Mar 31, 2010
Larry Dougherty, 58, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully in the arms of his wife on March 31, 2010, following a four-year battle with cancer.Larry was born and raised in Kingsport. He retired after thirty years of service from Quebecor Hawkins County/Kingsport Press. He loved woodworking and electrical work. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, and competitive archery. He was a member of...

Everston Eugene Gene Webb, Jr
Mar 30, 2010
Everston Eugene Gene Webb, Jr., 42, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on March 29, 2010. Gene loved the outdoors, and was an avid fisherman.He was a lifelong roofer, and worked for A & K Home Improvement for several years.Gene was preceded in death by his father, Everston Eugene Webb, Sr., and his grandmother, Lucille Persinger.He is survived...

Billy Crawford
Mar 30, 2010
Billy G. Crawford, 68, of Kingsport, passed away Tuesday morning, March 30, 2010, following an extended illness. Billy was born in Sullivan county where he resided for most of his life.Billy was a graduate of Sullivan High School, class of 1960. He retired from Eastman, where he was a mechanic at Building 125 Shop. He was a veteran of the...

Edith Goins
Mar 30, 2010
Edith R. Goins, 81, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 30, 2010, at her home. She was a member of the First Baptist Church and was a homemaker.Mrs. Goins was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Goins, and a son, David Goins.She is survived by a son, Steve Goins, and wife Colleen, of Kingsport,...

Odell Edna Mowell
Mar 30, 2010
Odell Edna Mowell, 73, Kingsport, TN, went to her heavenly home surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 after a brief but courageous battle with cancer.Odell was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend and was loved by all who knew her. She was a member of Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist Church.Her parents, Rev. Gilbert Morelock...

Thomas Bragg
Mar 28, 2010
Thomas E. Bragg, 78, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Holston Manor following a brief illness. He was born in Hawkins County, TN, and had resided in Sullivan County most of his life. He was a farmer.He was preceded in death by his parents, George W. Bragg, Sr., and Sudie Davis Bragg; two...

April Dyer
Mar 28, 2010
April M. Dyer, 64, of Abingdon, VA, passed away Sunday March 28, 2010 at Select Specialty Hospital of Bristol. Born in Iowa, she lived in the Kingsport area for most of her life. Her father and mother were Richard and Ann Dyer. Mr. Dyer passed away in 1972 and Mrs. Dyer passed away in 1982. April was a saleslady for...

Gene Christian
Mar 27, 2010
Gene Christian, 62, Sulphur Springs, went home to be with the Lord Saturday March 27, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a sudden illness. Gene enjoyed all types of fishing and being with family and friends. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Sam Christian, Jr. and Newman "Tiny" Christian; half-sister, Mary Lester; and half-brother, James Christian....

Camilla Bowyer Hoard
Mar 27, 2010
Camilla Bowyer Hoard of Kingsport passed away unexpectedly Saturday March 27th, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend to so many, Camilla's gentle example of kindness and unconditional love will not be forgotten. She graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, received a BA in education from ETSU, and taught elementary school in the Kingsport...

Fern Bellamy
Mar 27, 2010
Fern Bellamy, Nola Fern Clark, 80, of Kingsport died March 27, 2010 after courageously endeavoring to live life to the fullest! Born in Port Clinton, Ohio, Fern was the daughter of Marion Sydney Clark and Ottie Myrtle Love Clark. Fern was a member of Crossroads United Methodist Church and had been actively involved in the Silver Sounds Choir and the...

Carrie McClure
Mar 26, 2010
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness. II Timothy 4: 7-8Carrie McClure, of Rogersville, died Friday morning, March 26, 2010. She was a lifelong resident of Hawkins County. She enjoyed feeding and watching birds in her front yard, and gardening,...

Dorothy "Dot" Price Acrin
Mar 25, 2010
Dorothy "Dot" Price Acrin, 81, of Kingsport, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2010, at Indian Path Medical Center. Dot retired from The Tennessee Eastman Corporation in 1986 after 38 years, seven months of service. She was a wonderful, kind and loving mother and friend to all who knew her.Dot was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Iva Cox;...

Kat Bellamy
Mar 23, 2010
Kat ?Big?n? Bellamy, 50, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Tuesday March 23, 2010.She worked as a CNA at several area nursing homes as well as in home care. Kat was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. She loved her children and grandchildren more than anything else in the world. She enjoyed spending her time doing...

Luther Clyde Greene
Mar 22, 2010
Luther Clyde Greene, 74, of Dearborn, MI, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at Oakwood Hospital in Dearborn.The family will receive friends at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport, on Friday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Services will be conducted on Saturday at 1:00 at the funeral home, with interment at Depew's Chapel Church Cemetery following.

Thelma Eloise Lapp Baker
Mar 21, 2010
Thelma L. Baker, 90, of 100 Netherland Lane died on March 21, 2010, after a brief illness. She was a native of Pittsfield, MA. As her husband Wesley H. Baker pursued a military career in the Air Force, she spent her adult life as a devoted wife, mother, and homemaker. She also worked many years as an executive secretary. She...

Daniel Wayne McGhee
Mar 21, 2010
Daniel Wayne McGhee, 61, Fall Branch, died Sunday morning March 21, 2010 at Wellmont HVMC.Wayne was a lifelong resident of the Fall Branch area. He worked with Charter Communications for a number of years. He was preceded in death by his father, Herman Frank McGhee. Surviving are his wife, Janet McGhee, Fall Branch; son, Brandon McGhee and wife Amy, Fall...

Lucille L. Grills
Mar 21, 2010
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 14:2Lucille L. Grills, 85, Kingsport, died Sunday, March 21, 2010.Lucille was born in Maryland. Prior to coming to Kingsport in 1943 she had lived in York, PA. She was an employee of Mason...

Douglas Troy Anders
Mar 21, 2010
Doug Anders, 44, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 21, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family and friends following a brief illness. Mr. Anders was a graduate of Sullivan South High School, class of 1983, and had worked at American Water Heaters in Johnson City for the past 16 years. He was a...