Obituaries

Lorene Horne Crawford
Feb 12, 2010
Iola Lorene Horne Crawford, 80, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 12, 2010, in Kingsport.She was born on February 15, 1929, in Castlewood, VA, and was retired from Nettie Lee's Ladies Shop in Kingsport. She was also employed by Mead Paper and Mason Dixon during her career, but spent the majority of her life...

Whitney Nichole Ramey
Feb 11, 2010
Whitney Nichole Ramey, 17, of Yuma, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 11, 2010.A junior at Gate City High School, she was a three-year letter cheerleader having made captain this year. She was a member of the National Honor Society as well as a TN/VA AIMS Scholar. Among her other activities, Whitney played in the wind section...

Charles Garnet Fleming
Feb 11, 2010
Charles Garnet Fleming, 77, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Thursday evening, February 11, 2010. He died unexpectedly due to an apparent heart attack. Charles was born in Jenkins KY, the son of Butler and Lillie Fleming and was of the Baptist faith. During his teen years he came to Kingsport where he resided for the rest of his...

Carl "Mousey" Phillips
Feb 11, 2010
Carl "Mousey" Phillips, 83, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 11, 2010. The owner of Mousey's Antiques, he was retired from Eastman Kodak and had served in the U.S. Navy. He was also a Charter Member and a former President of the Bloomingdale Ruritan, Governor of the Tennessee Ruritan, and on the Board of Directors...

Bill Moody
Feb 10, 2010
Bill Moody, 82, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at Johnson City Medical Center. Bill was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. He retired from the Treasurer's Division of Eastman Kodak in 1986 and was a member of Gunnings Baptist Church.Bill was preceded in death by his parents, Ed and Ollie Moody; and...

Richard W. "Wedge" Ayers
Feb 10, 2010
Richard W. "Wedge" Ayers, 82, of Chuckey, formerly of Kingsport, passed away February 10, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. R.W. was a member of Asbury United Methodist Church where he served as an usher. He was also a 50 year-member of the Masonic Lodge #688 of Kingsport.Mr. Ayers attended Tusculum College and graduated from ETSU. He served...

Howard "Mack" Moore
Feb 7, 2010
Mack Moore passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010. While the loss of Mack seems unbearable to all who knew and loved him, we will now begin to focus on the joy and happiness that Mack brought to the world.To know Mack was to love Mack. He exuded a zeal for life that few people do. He had a way of...

Elsie Clonce
Feb 5, 2010
Elsie Blackard Clonce, 102, of Weber City, died Friday, February 5, 2010, at her home. Born in Hiltons, VA, she was a lifelong resident of Scott County. She was a founding charter member of Holston View United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School to an untold number of children. A practicing Christian, she lived the exemplary life by helping...

Elsie Smith Caldwell
Feb 5, 2010
Elsie Smith Caldwell went to rest in the arms of her Lord on Friday, February 5, 2010.She was the daughter of the late Verdie Ann Simpson Smith and Jessie Smith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carson Caldwell; and five brothers, Billy T. Smith, Calvin Smith, Earl Smith, Raymond Smith, and Hughie Smith.She...

Opal Neill
Feb 3, 2010
Mamaw Bebe, age 88, went to rest in the arms of the angels on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. She was granted her wish of being at home surrounded by her loving family and friends singing and comforting her till the end. After a battle with cancer, Mamaw Bebe is now finally able to join her beloved husband, Robert Neill, daughter,...

Janice Whitlock Steadman
Feb 2, 2010
Janice Whitlock Steadman, 78, Church Hill, died at midnight, February 1, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Janice grew up in Church Hill, and was a graduate of Church Hill High School. She lived in Whitesburg, TN, from 1961 until 1990, when she moved to Greeneville. Janice returned to the Church Hill area in 2005. She was a member...

Ralph Hood
Feb 2, 2010
Ralph Hood, 80, of Kingsport, died Tuesday morning at Indian Path Medical Center after an apparent heart attack. He was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. Ralph was a 1949 graduate of Sullivan High School. He had worked for the Army Store, Bowers Department Store, Anderson Ford and was a Mac Tool Distributor at the time of his retirement. Ralph...

Crystal Michele Miller
Feb 1, 2010
Crystal M. Miller, 32, of Mt. Carmel, TN, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 1, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was born in Portsmouth, VA, and grew up in Virginia, moving to Mt. Carmel one year ago. She was a graduate of Deep Creek High School in Chesapeake, VA. She was a past Honor...

J. Knox Pannill, Jr
Feb 1, 2010
J. Knox Pannill, Jr., 86 of Billings, died on February 1, 2010, at Hansen Cottage on the campus of St. John's Lutheran Ministries. Knox was born on July 12, 1923 in Roanoke, VA, the son of J. Knox and Virgie Vaughn Pannill. Knox graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering. Following his graduation, he...

Davina Lyn Maltsburger
Jan 31, 2010
Davina Lyn Maltsburger, 37, of Chuckey, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 31, 2010. Davina worked at Free Will Baptist Family Ministries, Inc., in Greeneville. She held a Bachelors degree from ETSU, a Masters degree from Tusculum, and was pursuing a Doctorate at ETSU. She was a loving mother, daughter, sister, and aunt, and she will be...

Mildred Douglas Armstrong
Jan 30, 2010
Mildred Douglas Armstrong, 81, of Brookhaven Manor and Maple Oak Apartments, went to be with the Lord on Saturday evening January 30, 2010 at Holston Valley Medical Center.Born in Waycross, VA, her family moved to Tennessee when she was a toddler. She lived in the Pine Grove Community for some years, but spent most of her life in Sullivan Gardens...

John O. Forester
Jan 30, 2010
John O. Forester, 83, of Fall Branch, died on January 30, 2010. John was born August 7, 1926, in Jonesborough. He attended Jonesborough High School. He had lived in Butchertown of the Oak Hill Communities of Fall Branch for the past 60 years.John was a veteran of World War II serving in the Infantry Division in France. He was a...

Emogene Mildred Cox Sneed
Jan 29, 2010
Emogene Mildred Cox Sneed, 80, passed away January 29, 2010, at Holston Manor following an extended illness.She was born on November 6, 1929, to the late Orgie and Ida King Cox. She retired from Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center as a registered nurse after 44 years of service. Mrs. Sneed was of the Baptist faith and a member of Litz...