Obituaries

James Anthony Hicks
Feb 22, 2008
BOLD PRINT: James A. HicksJames A. Hicks of Kingsport, Tennessee, passed away Friday, February 22, 2008, after an extended illness. He was born May 19, 1935, in Arcadia, Tennessee, and resided most of his life in this area. James served four years in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict in South Korea and worked with the Office...

Arthur A.J. Junior Casteel
Feb 22, 2008
BOLD PRINT: A. J. CasteelA. J. "Junior" Casteel, 81, Kingsport, TN, entered into the arms of Jesus on Friday, February 22, 2008, at the James H. Quillen Veterans Administration Nursing Facility after a long battle with cancer.He served in the Western Pacific while in the Army during World War II and was employed as a Brakeman/Conductor for 33 years for...

Bruce Franklin Reed
Feb 21, 2008
BOLD PRINT: BRUCE REEDBruce Reed, 62, of Fall Branch passed on Thursday, February 21, 2008 at his home after a short battle with cancer.Bruce was a member of Gray United Methodist Church. He retired after 42 years of service from Quebecor. He was an avid golfer and a member of the Crossing Golf Course.He was a loving father, grandfather, and...

Earl Goins
Feb 19, 2008
Earl Goins, 83, Kingsport passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2008.He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the "CBI" with the Army Air Corp. He retired from the Kingsport Post Office and the City of Kingsport.Mr. Goins was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kingsport.He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Golden...
Robert Shipley
Feb 19, 2008
Robert Shipley was born June 24, 1936 and passed away Tuesday, February 20, 2008 at his home after a battle with lung cancer.Robert retired from Wal-Mart Lawn & Garden Center 11 years ago. He was a leader of Shipley's Brothers Bluegrass Band, playing years across Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Robert was a self-taught musician, playing the fiddle, mandolin, banjo,...

Earl Perkins
Feb 18, 2008
Earl Perkins, 84, of Kingsport, died early Monday morning, February 18, 2008, at his home. He was born in Butler, TN, and had resided in Harrisonburg, VA, for 43 years before moving to Kingsport 17 years ago. He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Army. He had retired in 1982 from the Teamsters Joint Council #83, and...
Michael Lynn Musser
Feb 18, 2008
Michael "Mike" Lynn Musser, 50, Bluff City, TN, passed away Monday, February 18, 2008, at his home. He drove a special education school bus for Sullivan County School System and liked to do wood crafts. Mike said if he couldn't fix it, it wasn't broken. He was involved in the relay for life walk for the American Cancer Society. Mike...

Lydia Mullins
Feb 16, 2008
Lydia Morelock Mullins, 94, of Blairs Gap community entered into eternal rest on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at Brookhaven Manor.Born in Hawkins County, TN on April 9, 1913, Lydia was the daughter of the late John Harvey and Mary Ellen Morelock. She was a member of Beech Creek Missionary Baptist Church. After moving to Kingsport in 1988, she lived at...
Patricia Daley
Feb 15, 2008
Patricia A. Clemmons Daley, 67, of Blountville, went to meet the Lord Friday, February 15, 2008, following an extended illness.She was born in Whitesburg, Tennessee, and had resided in Blountville since 1990. A 1958 graduate of Sullivan High School, she had worked in the Emergency Room at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center for many years. Patricia was a loving wife,...
Iona M. Salyer
Feb 14, 2008
Iona M. Salyer of Kingsport passed away Thursday, February 14, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was born in West Dante, Virginia on March 20, 1921, to Robert C. Lambert, Sr. and Nannie B. Marshall Lambert, both now deceased.Iona accepted Jesus Christ as her savior in 1952 while living in Clinchco, Virginia and joined the Clinchco Union Church. After...
Gerald William Pafford
Feb 13, 2008
Gerald William "Bill" Pafford of Kingsport passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2008, in Knoxville, TN.Born December 31, 1941, in Ontario, Canada, Bill proudly served the Bloomingdale Volunteer Fire Department for several years as a volunteer firefighter and EMT.He is survived by his wife, Sheila Pafford as well as his daughters, Leanna, Melissa, and Christa and their families; and his mother,...
Clydie Pearl Coffie
Feb 12, 2008
Clydie Pearl "Sissy" Coffie, 64, of Limestone passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2008, after an extended illness.She worked as a nurse at Greene Valley Developmental Center for 30 years and retired from there in 1990.Sissy was a loving person and will be missed by those who loved her. Preceding her in death were her parents, Robert and Lorina Holland; an...
Stella Wanda Calhoun
Feb 11, 2008
Stella Wanda Calhoun, born January 9, 1917, in Gate City, Virginia, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her bedside Monday, February 11, 2008, at 4:50 a.m. She was a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother and worked hard all her life raising her children.Mrs. Calhoun was a member of Cowans Branch Baptist Church where she attended until her...
Ruby Florence Fletcher
Feb 10, 2008
Ruby Florence Harville Fletcher, 85, of Mt. Carmel died Sunday, February 10, 2008, at her home after an extended illness.Born in Washington County, Virginia, she had resided in Kingsport most of her life. She was retired from the Housekeeping Department at Indian Path Medical Center. Ruby was preceded in death by her first husband, Clarence Harville in 1980; her second...
Robert Brown Price, Sr
Feb 10, 2008
BOLD PRINT: ROBERT BROWN PRICE, SR.Robert Brown Price, Sr., 85, Kingsport, left his earthly home on Sunday February 10, 2008.He was born in Roanoke, VA, and had moved to Kingsport in 1933. Mr. Price worked at Tennessee Eastman Co for 43-1/2 years, retiring on March 30, 1983, from Eastman Kodak. He was a charter member of Mafair United Methodist Church...
Helen J. Holmes
Feb 9, 2008
Helen J. Fanis Holmes "Tootsie", 72, of Kingsport, died Saturday, February 9, 2008 at Indian Path Medical Center due to cardiac arrest.Born in Wilder, VA, she had resided in Church Hill from 1973 to 1998 and had resided in Kingsport since 1998. Tootsie worked at Oakwood Super Markets for several years.She was preceded in death by her brothers, Budge, Jim,...

Roger Dean Pope
Feb 8, 2008
OBITUARY INFORMATION BOLD PRINT: ROGER POPERoger Dean Pope, of Rogersville, left this earth on Friday February 8, 2008.He was an avid fisherman and loved the game of golf. He was preceded in death by his mother, Ellen Pearl Pope. Surviving are four sons, Bradley Pope, Wake Forest, NC, Jonathan, Ryan, and Eric Pope, all of Gate City, VA; his father,...
William E. Smith
Feb 7, 2008
Bill Smith, 52, Kingsport, passed away Thursday, February, 7, 2008 at his home. Born in West Palm Beach, Florida he had resided in Kingsport for the past 20 years.He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy and Betty Smith.Surviving are his life companion, Cindy Robinson, Kingsport; one brother, Steve Smith, West Palm Beach, Florida; two special friends, Greg Jennings,...
Clay Rodefer
Feb 7, 2008
Clay E. Rodefer, 84, Kingsport, TN, died Thursday morning, February 7, 2008, at Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN after injuries sustained in a welding accident on January 12, 2008.He was a life long resident of Sullivan County and served in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was owner and operator of Rodefer's Garage for twenty-eight years. Mr....

John Henry Hawn
Feb 6, 2008
John Henry Hawn, 86, of Kingsport, Tennessee, died Wednesday, February 6, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after an extended illness.He was born May 21, 1921, in Catawba County, North Carolina, and lived most of his life in Hickory before moving to Kingsport in 1996. John was a World War II veteran and worked as a welder doing ornamental...