Obituaries
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...
Herbert Taylor
Jul 31, 2008
Herbert Lee Taylor, 71, of Fall Branch, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord Thursday, July 31, 2008.He was a native of Carter County, but spent most of his life in Greene County, Tennessee. Herbert served in the U. S. Air Force for four years from 1955-1959 and worked for Gulf Oil Distributors for many years of his life. He...
Mark Anthony Young
Jul 30, 2008
Mark Young, 48, of Kingsport passed away July 30, 2008 after a courageous battle with cancer.The family will receive friends Friday from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Friday at the funeral home with Rev. Michael Barrett and Rev. Ricky Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Gunnings Cemetery.
Bobby Ivan Jones
Jul 29, 2008
Bobby "Ivan" Jones, 75, Church Hill, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.Ivan was born June 14, 1933, the third of six children, to Robert S. and Lovely M. Templeton Jones. He was raised in East Carters Valley and proudly served his country in the United States...
Jack Leland Jones
Jul 27, 2008
"The Lord is my shepherd... .and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever." Psalm 23Jack Leland Jones, 80, of Rock Springs, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008 at his home surrounded by his loving family after 13 years of a courageous battle with Parkinson disease.Born April 16, 1928, Jack was a lifelong resident of Kingsport, growing up...
Pearl G. Forbes
Jul 27, 2008
Pearl Gilliam Forbes, 79, of Kingsport, passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City.She had lived in Kingsport for the past 75 years. Pearl formerly worked at Roses Luncheonette, later owned the Fountain Bleu Restaurant, and had been a member of Power Point Ministries for more than 60 years formerly Assembly of the Lord...
Ernest Phillip Keel
Jul 26, 2008
Ernest Phillip Keel, Sr., 80, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Indian Path Hospital in Kingsport, TN. He was born on November 22, 1927 in Alliance, NC to the late Ernest and Leona Hunnings Keel.He was a foreman with Fluor Daniels Construction in Carrollton, GA until he retired after 30 years of service.He...
Jacqueline Rose Ketron Pyle
Jul 26, 2008
BOLD PRINT: JACKIE KETRON PYLEJacqueline "Jackie" Ketron Pyle, 81, Kingsport, passed away Saturday July 26, 2008 at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol.She was a life-long resident of Kingsport. Jackie was retired from Sullivan County Tax Assessor's Office in Kingsport. She was also a member of Cedarview Presbyterian Church, where she served as an elder. She was preceded in death by her...
Hazel Marie Crook Dickens
Jul 26, 2008
BOLD PRINT: HAZEL M. DICKENSHazel M. Crook Dickens, 79, Kingsport, passed away Saturday, July 26, 2008 after a brief illness.Hazel spent most of her life in Kingsport. She was a Treasurer for the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW where she had held many other offices. Hazel was also a member of the M.O.C.A. of the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW.She...
Dr. Alton J Morris
Jul 25, 2008
Dr. Alton J. Morris, 80, of Kingsport, died Friday morning, July 25, 2008 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Born in New Orleans, LA, he had resided and practiced rheumatology in Kingsport for 30 years. Dr. Morris graduated from Tulane University and Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans.His sister, Roberta Kenney and her family preceded him in death.Survivors...
Kelly William Graham
Jul 23, 2008
Kelly "Pop" Graham, 96, of Gate City, VA, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Born in 1911 in Scott County, VA where he lived his entire life, he worked as a sawyer at his sawmill. "Pop" enjoyed farming and riding his four-wheeler with family and friends. He was a loving father,...
Woodrow Smith
Jul 23, 2008
Woodrow "Woody" Smith, 91, Asbury Place of Kingsport Baysmont, died Wednesday morning, July 23, 2008, at his home. He was born in Abingdon, Virginia, on October 30, 1916, and had lived in Kingsport since 1919. Woodrow was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School Class of 1935 and a graduate of Chillicothe Business College in Chillicothe, Missouri. He was a chief...
Martha Meyer
Jul 17, 2008
Martha Meyer died on July 17, 2008, in Atlanta. Born in 1936 in Kingsport, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Cleo and Les Meyer. She was a loving daughter, sister and aunt, devoted to her family and friends. She was an active volunteer and generous supporter of numerous professional, cultural and civic organizations.Following her graduation from Agnes Scott...
Elisabeth Sproles Lauderback
Jul 16, 2008
Madeleine Elisabeth Lauderback, 33, died Wednesday July 16, 2008 in Memphis, Tennessee. Elisabeth, known as Betsy Sproles growing up in Kingsport, was a resident of Sante Fe, New Mexico for many years and recently moved to Memphis. Elisabeth was an honor student at Dobyns-Bennett and graduated in 1993. She received a degree in Art History from the University of Memphis....
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