Obituaries
Thelma P. Parham
Aug 28, 2009
Thelma P. Parham, age 88, passed away on August 28, 2009, while in Florida with her family. Thelma Pottinger Parham was born May 18, 1921, in New Haven Nelson County, KY, and was the daughter of Varina Vittitow Pottinger and Curtis Millard Pottinger. She grew up in Bardstown, KY, and completed art school at Cincinnati Art Academy. After beginning a...
Joe Fred Johnson
Aug 28, 2009
Joe Fred Johnson, 76, of Kingsport, passed away Friday, August 28, 2009, at his home. He was born in Greene County, TN, and had resided most of his life in Kingsport. Joe was a self-employed auto mechanic and later on he enjoyed buying and selling used cars and trucksa€"especially Cadilllacs.He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe D. and...
Mary N. McGaha
Aug 26, 2009
Mary Nell "Granny" McGaha, 88, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord after an extended illness on August 26, 2009. She enjoyed fishing but loved flowers and shopping.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Lee McGaha; parents, Loudena and George W. Wright; brothers, Johnny, Walter, Dee and Ralph Wright; grandson, Darrell Fugate; and son-in-law, William Bill Fugate.Mrs....
C. L. Evans
Aug 26, 2009
C.L. Evans, a Kingsport resident of more than half a century, died in the Macon County General Hospital on Wednesday. He was born in Butler, Tennessee on May 20, 1921.He was the second child of Clevo Leonard and Gertrude Norris Evans and in 1944 married Ruth Davis of Kingsport, who predeceased him after sixty-two years of marriage.A Technical Sergeant in...
Homer Thomas Bacon
Aug 25, 2009
Homer T. Bacon, 76, of Church Hill, after struggling with his illness with dignity and courage, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 25.Born in Kingsport, Tennessee, Homer was the first of three children born to Samuel Paul and Edna Trivette Bacon. He spent his childhood and youth on the family farm in Harmony Community. As an adult...
Lawrence "Earl" Brown
Aug 24, 2009
Lawrence "Earl" Brown, 77, passed away Monday morning August 24, 2009 at Wexford House in Kingsport, TNHe was born in Ft. Bragg, NC, on May 30, 1932 to the late Arthur E. Brown and Bessie I. Ingalls. He was a graduate of Leon High School and Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL. Earl retired from Eastman Chemical Company in 1995...
Jimmy Wayne Mullins
Aug 24, 2009
Jimmy Wayne Mullins, 65, died unexpectedly at his home. Born in 1944 in Scott County, VA, Wayne spent most of his life in Kingsport. He graduated from Lynn View High School in 1963 and Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville in 1967. For several years, he was a mechanical engineer for the Boeing Company in Seattle, WA, and later he worked...
Jerry Wayne Morgan
Aug 23, 2009
Jerry W. Morgan, 60, of Sevierville, died Sunday, August 23, 2009 at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville. He was a 1967 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School in Kingsport and a graduate of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where he majored in accounting. He was a Certified Public Accountant and long-time owner of the Jerry W. Morgan Accounting...
Rita May Knox
Aug 23, 2009
Rita May Knox, 84, of Kingsport, TN, originally from New Orleans, LA, departed this life on August 23, 2009.She spent her life sharing a generous, loving spirit with others, and was involved in numerous volunteer activities throughout her life. She was an active member of Catholic Daughters of America for decades, and a devoted volunteer to the Travelers Aid Society,...
Louise I. Vaughn Booher
Aug 22, 2009
Louise I. Vaughn Booher, 84, went to be with the Lord Saturday, August 22, 2009. She was born in Surgoinsville on December 3, 1924, to William and Delila Carpenter Vaughn.Louise was a loving wife, mom, and grandmother. She had many special nieces, nephews, and friends, and she will be sorely missed by all who knew her.She was preceded in death...
David "Hal" Akers
Aug 22, 2009
David "Hal" Akers, 55, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully at his home Saturday August 22, 2009.Hal was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother. This man, so kind and generous, was loved by all he knew, and will be missed.He was preceded in death by his mother, Elaine Akers; father, Harold Major Akers; sister, Lori Ann Price; and daughter, Louise...
Mary Nell Derrick
Aug 21, 2009
Mary Nell Derrick, 90, of Kingsport, passed away Friday, August 21, 2009, at Church Hill Health Care and Rehabilitation Center.She was a member of Trinity Church of the Brethren.Ms. Derrick was preceded in death by her parents, DeWolfe Derrick Sr. and Elsie Allen Derrick; eleven brothers, Lynn, Herman, DeWolfe Jr., Andy, Gus, Holly, Marve, Jeptha, Enoch, Wade, and Gene Derrick;...
James Walter Bunting
Aug 19, 2009
James Walter Bunting, 75, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at his residence after a courageous battle with cancer.He was born in Mountain City on December 3, 1933, to the late Ott and Ina Bunting. He served two years in the U.S. Army. Before his retirement in 1988, he was employed in supervision with the Regional Transit Authority in Cleveland,...
Nancy Najla Mire
Aug 19, 2009
Nancy Najla Sangid Mire, 77, died on August 19, 2009, at her home in Knoxville. She was born in Belém, Brazil on April 22, 1932. Mrs. Mire was married in 1952 to Fouzie Mire and moved to Kingsport where she had three sons and a daughter and later moved to Knoxville in 2004. Nancy was a member of St. Dominic...
Alma Lane Ball
Aug 19, 2009
Alma Lane Ball, 89, a longtime resident of Kingsport, TN, died Wednesday the 19th of August 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center from complications of congestive heart failure.Alma was born in 1920 in Knoxville, TN, and later moved to Charlotte, NC with her parents, William "Harry" and Mattie Lane, and three siblings, Leota, Roe, and Carl, where she later...
Maggie Sandidge Fansler
Aug 19, 2009
Maggie Sandidge Fansler, 87, "Mamaw Maggie" to all who knew her, went to be with the Lord on August 19, 2009. Maggie was born in Scott County, VA, but lived most of her life in Kingsport, TN. She was of the Baptist faith.Maggie was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Orpha Sandidge; her brother, George Sandidge; her husband...
Denver Paul Booher
Aug 18, 2009
Denver Paul Booher, 76, of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord Tuesday morning following a brief illness. He had retired from Holliston Mills in 1995. He was a faithful member of Friendship Baptist Church where he served as a Sunday School teacher until his health no long permitted. Prior to that, he served as a preacher at several...
William "Mark" Hyatt
Aug 18, 2009
William "Mark" Hyatt, 45, of the Jearoldstown Community, died Tuesday, August 18, 2009, as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Washington County, Mark resided most of his life in Greene County and was a 1982 graduate of Daniel Boone High School.Mark was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Elbert and Mildred Lucas Milburn; his...
Helen V. Good
Aug 17, 2009
Helen Vetrice Good, 75, Kingsport, died at 9 p.m. Saturday August 15, 2009 at her home.The daughter of Roy and Juanita Paxton Good, she was born in Dayton, OH and came to Tennessee at an early age. She attended Sullivan High School in Kingsport. After completing cosmetology school, she moved back to Dayton, Ohio, where she worked for a few...
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