Obituaries
Harry Ray Murray
Aug 16, 2008
Harry Murray, 57, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday August 16, 2008 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol. He was a life-long resident of Kingsport and attended Sunrise Baptist Church. Mr. Murray was an avid golfer and a member of Silver Lake Golf Club. He was preceded in death by his infant son, Christopher Murray; parents, Herb and...
Burl Garland
Aug 16, 2008
Burl Garland, 81, Fall Branch, died at his home Saturday August 16, 2008 following a brief illness.Born in Relief, NC, raised in Johnson City, he had resided in Fall Branch for the last 22 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Garland retired from Rainbow Baking Company in 1985 after 33 years service. He was...
Elizabeth Wright Bussart
Aug 14, 2008
Elizabeth "Libby" Wright Bussart, died Thursday, August 14, 2008.She was born July 2, 1916, in Cross Plains, Tennessee, to General Frank and Pearl Culbreath Wright. At an early age she moved with her parents to Nashville, Tennessee, and was a graduate of Hume-Fogg High School, where one of her classmates was Dinah Shore.She married Walter P. Bussart in 1957 and...
Henry James Brown, M.D.
Aug 14, 2008
Henry James Brown, M.D., 87, Kingsport, died Thursday evening, August 14, 2008, at Preston Place Suites.A native of Iuka, Mississippi, he completed his Pre-Medical studies at Ole Miss in 1941 and graduated from UT Memphis Medical School in 1944 where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Fraternity. He interned in UT Memphis at John Gaston Charity...
Jane Billingsley Davidson
Aug 14, 2008
Jane Billingsley Davidson, 82, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 14, 2008, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born March 3, 1926, in Daisy, Tennessee, to the late Carroll Brittain Billingsley and Madge Billingsley Huffman. Mrs. Davidson was a lifelong member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Davidson.Surviving are...
Daniel Bruce Sensibaugh
Aug 14, 2008
Daniel Bruce Sensibaugh, 49, Kingsport, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008, at his home following an apparent heart attack. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dan was employed by Avaya Global Services as a Systems Integrator.Preceding him in death were his father, Hugh F. Sensibaugh, and a sister, Sandra.Surviving are his mother, Betty Sensibaugh, Cincinnati Ohio; one sister, Sybil Atkinson,...
Dorothy L. Frazier
Aug 13, 2008
Dorothy L. "Big Mom" Frazier, 86, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Norton, Virginia, and had resided most of her life in Kingsport. Dorothy attended Friendship Chapel Church.Preceding her in death were her parents, George L. and Rhoda Collier; two...
Janie Brown
Aug 13, 2008
Janie Ruth Brown, 86, Kingsport, died at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following an apparent heart attack.She was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, lived in Indiana several years, resided in Florida for more than 13 years, and returned to Kingsport where she had resided for the past 30 years.Janie was employed with Eastman for 10 years as...
Edna Marsh Dotson
Aug 10, 2008
BOLD PRINT: EDNA MARSH DOTSONEdna Marsh Dotson, 91, Kingsport, went to meet her heavenly father and all her dear loved ones Sunday August 10, 2008.Edna was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and a dear friend to all those that knew her. Edna was a faithful church member of Oak Grove Baptist Church for over 50 years. She loved to...
Ona Nell Cox Long
Aug 8, 2008
BOLD PRINT: ONA N. COX LONGOna N. Cox Long, 90, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully Friday evening, August 8, 2008 at Wexford House.Ona was born in Greene County on February 19, 1918. After her marriage to Bill Long, they moved to California where she enjoyed a career of 28 years with Chubb & Son Insurance Company. She and Bill returned...
Gale Kenneth Webb
Aug 8, 2008
BOLD PRINT: GALE KENNETH WEBB, SR."We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." II Corinthians 5:8 Gale Kenneth Webb Sr., 74, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Friday, August 8, 2008 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.Mr. Webb proudly served in...
Francis Lamar Jordan
Aug 7, 2008
F. L "Lucky" JordanFrancis Lamar "Lucky" Jordan, age 92, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 7, in Tullahoma, Tennessee.Mr. Jordan was born July 27, 1916 in Jefferson County, Florida to James Marvin Jordan and Janie Faglie Jordan. He grew up in the Jefferson County and Madison County areas of north Florida. As a young man, he traveled the south doing...
Jimmy Ray Sturgill
Aug 5, 2008
Jimmy Ray Sturgill, 76, 217 Shipley Road, Church Hill, TN, went to be with the Lord at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.He was born in Dorchester, Virginia, and was a 1952 graduate of Wise High School, Wise, VA. Jimmy retired from the U. S. Navy after 20 years of...
Elizabeth Vavlides Drakos
Aug 5, 2008
Elizabeth Vavalides Drakos, 83, 1441 Valley Street, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.She was a lifelong resident of Kingsport, a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, and a retiree of Eastman Chemical Company after 23 years of service 1958-1981. Mrs. Drakos was a member of Holy...
Georgia Ruth Ford Owens
Aug 5, 2008
Ruth Ford Owens, 94, of Surgoinsville, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 5, 2008, and joined her beloved son and husband in Heaven. She was born in Kingsport on April 24, 1914, to R. W. Ford, Sr. and Kate Calhoun Ford, the third of five children. Ruth attended Dobyns-Bennett High School, went to work at Kingsport Laundry in...
Ruthann Imogene Myers
Aug 5, 2008
Ruthann "Imogene" Whittemore Myers, 71, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 5, 2008, at Church Hill Healthcare and Rehab Center after an extended illness.She lived in West View area of Kingsport all her life, was a 1955 graduate of Lynn View High School, and graduated from ETSU receiving a degree in nursing. Throughout the years she...
Ruth Kitzmiller Booher
Aug 3, 2008
Ruth Jeanette Kitzmiller Booher, 77, Kingsport, began her new life with her Lord Sunday August 3, 2008.She is enjoying the fellowship of her parents, Zed and Chessie McCray Kitzmiller. Beginning with her brother, Orville "Dick" Kitzmiller, who was killed in Guam in World War II, she was preceded in death by all six of her brothers and sisters. She is...
Mary Alice Farris
Aug 3, 2008
Mary Hawkins Farris, 96, of Kingsport, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2008.Born in Hawkins County, Tennessee, she had lived in Bristol until 1929 when she moved to Kingsport. Mrs. Farris was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Liberty Chapter #198 Order of Eastern Star.She was preceded in death by her husband, George Farris; one son, George Pete Farris; six...
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