Obituaries

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...

Martha E. Vaughn
Jan 26, 2010
Martha E. Vaughn, 75, Kingsport, TN, died Tuesday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., January 26, 2010, at Indian Path Medical Center. Born in Saltville, VA, she lived in Kingsport most of her life.She was preceded in death by her husband, James D. Vaughn; her parents, Harve Collins and Nan Snead Collins; brothers, Jack Collins and Otis Collins; and sisters, Pearl Dickerson,...

Diane Lane Ford
Jan 25, 2010
Diane Lane Ford, 50, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at 11:21 p.m. Monday January 25, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. A lifelong resident of Kingsport, she was a graduate of Sullivan West High School.Diane was a very loving mother who loved her family and enjoyed riding motorcycles and traveling. She was a member of Colonial...

Glenn Rhea Jones
Jan 25, 2010
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Psalm 116:15BLOUNTVILLE: Glenn Rhea Jones, 70, passed away Monday, January 25, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. He was born September 30, 1939, to the late Ernest and Ruth Jones of Kingsport. Glenn was a proud veteran of the United States Army...

Charles Raymond Harris
Jan 25, 2010
Charles Raymond Harris, 86, died Monday night, January 25, 2010, at the VA Center in Johnson City.Arrangement details are incomplete and will be announced later.

Donald C. Fulkerson
Jan 25, 2010
Donald C. Fulkerson, 81, of the Arcadia Community in Kingsport, died early Monday morning, January 25, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Donald was born in Kingsport where he resided his entire life. He was an electrical contractor retiring from King Electric in Johnson City. Don was a member of Arcadia United Methodist Church and a veteran of WWII...

Max Alard Christian
Jan 25, 2010
Max Alard Christian, 70, of Jonesborough, passed away at his home on Monday, January 25, 2010, following a lengthy illness. He was born in Rogersville, and had lived in East Tennessee most of his life. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, and retired from Arcadia Graphics after 40 years of service. He was an avid gardener and...

Charles Harris
Jan 25, 2010
Charles "Raymond" Harris, 86, of Kingsport, TN, passed away Monday evening, January 25, 2010, at the VA Hospital in Johnson City, TN. Raymond was born in Erwin, TN, and lived his entire life in Kingsport. He was a WWII veteran and a Purple Heart recipient. He was in the US Navy and was a machinist on the USS Zeilin in...