Obituaries
Roscoe Horton
Sep 4, 2007
R. Rod Horton, 73, Kingsport, went to be with his precious Lord on Tuesday, September 4, 2007, at Indian Path Medical Center following an extended illness.Our sweet husband, father, and grandfather was born in Pennington Gap, Virginia, but resided most of his life in Kingsport. He graduated from Lynn View High School and retired from Eastman Kodak following 35 years...
Alma Webb
Sep 2, 2007
Alma P. Webb, 86, formerly of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Sunday night, September 2, 2007, at St. Mary?s Hospital in Knoxville after a lengthy illness.Born in Scott County, Virginia, she had resided most of her life in Kingsport; but had lived in Knoxville for the last five years.Mrs. Webb was a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church. Among...
John Baxter
Sep 2, 2007
John William Baxter, 92, of Fall Branch went home to be with the Lord Sunday, September 2, 2007, at Indian Path Medical Center after an extended illness.He was born and raised in Fall Branch, Tennessee, and graduated from Fall Branch High School in 1936. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, B Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Division...

Gary Jeffers
Sep 2, 2007
Gary L. Jeffers, 52, of Kingsport, passed away Sunday morning September 2, 2007.Gary was of the Baptist faith. He was a retired commercial painter and carpet installer. He was preceded in death by his father, Cleveland ?Hack? Jeffers. Surviving are his wife, Deborah Jeffers; two sons, Jeremie Jeffers and Justin Jeffers; mother, Kathleen Jeffers; sisters, Diane Kindle and Darleen Jeffers;...

Betty Jacobs
Sep 2, 2007
Atlanta, Georgia - Betty Ketron Jacobs, 79, passed away on Sunday, September, 2, 2007, at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly a resident of Kingsport, she had lived in Atlanta for the past year.Mrs. Jacobs was born in Kingsport to the late Joseph Henry and Grace Bradley Ketron. She graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and attended Brenau and Tusculum Colleges....

Joe Weatherly
Sep 1, 2007
Joe Curtis Weatherly, 85, of Kingsport, passed away Saturday September 1, 2007 at Wexford House. He was born on April 27, 1922 in Hiltons, Virginia. Joe had been a resident of Kingsport since 1952, with the exception of 15 years spent at his farm in Hiltons. Joe was a veteran of World War II with one year and three months...
Jackson Wade Arnold
Aug 31, 2007
Jackson Wade Condry-Arnold, age two weeks, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly Friday, August 31, 2007.He was preceded in death by a maternal uncle, Bobby Wade Condry.Surviving are his mother, Stormy Condry and father, Lee Arnold; maternal grandparents, Debbie and Steve Condry; paternal grandparents, Tommy and Tina Arnold and Tony and Kim Wiggins, all of Kingsport; aunts, Sarah...

Jean Balmer
Aug 31, 2007
Jean M. Balmer, 87, Kingsport, TN, passed away Friday, August 31, 2007, at home with her family by her side.Her parents, Andy and Laura Monday, sisters, Mavis Monday and Lila Rich preceded her in death.She was a loving and devoted wife of sixty-one years to Thomas A. Balmer, Kingsport, TN; wonderful and loving mother to three children, Dr. Thomas A....

Jean St. Martin
Aug 31, 2007
Jean Quillen St.Martin 79 died at Indian Path Hospital on Thursday, August 30, 2007 from complications of chronic kidney disease and heart failure. She was born in Scott County, Virginia on October 20, 1927. She was the Daughter of Amna Flanary Quillen and Osta Audley Quillen of Slant, Virginia. Jean graduated from Dungannan High School and received a Bachelor of...

Barbara Dalton
Aug 30, 2007
Muriel Barbara Dalton, 67, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully Wednesday, August 29, 2007, at her home surrounded by her family.Born in Brooklyn, New York, she and her husband, Jack, raised their family on Long Island, New York. Barbara moved to several parts of the country eventually making Kingsport her home. She fell in love with Kingsport and considered it to...

Wallace Bales
Aug 28, 2007
W. T. ?Dude? Bales, 81, Kingsport, passed away Tuesday, August 28, 2007 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He was a naval veteran of World War II and retired from the Naval Reserve. Born in Jefferson County, he moved to Kingsport in 1955. He was appointed a Tennessee State Trooper in 1948 and resigned in 1959. Mr. Bales retired from Tennessee...

James Sims
Aug 28, 2007
James Ward Sims, died Tuesday, August 28, 2007, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He was born in Gadsden, Alabama on April 20, 1934, to James O. and Sarah Campbell Sims of Tuscaloosa and Ft. Payne, Alabama. Jim was a graduate of Tuscaloosa High School, served in the U.S. Army with the 82nd Airborne Division, received a B.S. degree from Millsaps...
Bonnie Marie Larkin
Aug 26, 2007
Bonnie Larkin, 93, Kingsport, TN, died early Sunday August 26, 2007 at Indian Path Medical Center.Born in Scott County, VA, she lived in Kingsport most of her life.She and her husband owned and operated East Tennessee Bonding Company for many years.Mrs. Larkin was a member of Higher Ground Baptist Church.Her husband, Charles B. Larkin, a daughter, Judith Ann Larkin and...

Virginia Rhodes
Aug 25, 2007
BOLD PRINT: VIRGINIA RHODESVirginia Bryant Rhodes, 92, Kingsport, died early Saturday morning August 25, 2007.Born in Mitchell County, North Carolina, she had lived in Kingsport for the past 33 years. Virginia and her husband, Jess Rhodes, owned and operated Rhodes Cloth Shop in Weber City for a number of years.She was a Baptist and loved gardening.Her husband, Jess Rhodes preceded...
Dutt Wagers Jr
Aug 25, 2007
BOLD PRINT: DUTT WAGERS, JR.?For now I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.? II Timothy 4:6-7Dutt Wagers, Jr., 58, a lifelong resident of Kingsport, passed away Saturday August 25, 2007 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center...

Lynn Clipse
Aug 25, 2007
BOLD PRINT: LYNN CLIPSEDoris Linville ?Lynn? Clipse, 61, was born in Sullivan County where she lived before moving to Apex, NC, where she went to be with the Lord Saturday August 25, 2007 at Wake Med Cary in Cary, NC after brief illness.She was preceded in death by her son, Michael Clipse; and her parents, Leonard and Ruby Moody.Surviving are...
Dennis Hubert Ayers
Aug 23, 2007
BOLD PRINT: DENNIS H. AYERSDennis H. Ayers, 70, of Kingsport passed away unexpectedly August 23, 2007 at Indian Path Hospital.Born in Lee County, Virginia, he served with the U.S. Army before coming to Kingsport.Dennis was employed with Eastman Chemical Company for thirty-two years in the Acid Concentration Department of the Cellulose Esters Division retiring in 1999.He was a member of...
Richard Bailey
Aug 23, 2007
Richard F. ?Dick? Bailey, 94, Kingsport, died early Thursday morning August 23, 2007, at Wellington Place of Colonial Heights. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and came to work with Tennessee Eastman Company in 1935. Following his move to Kingsport with Tennessee Eastman Company, he joined Dent K. Burk Associates as accountant where...

Rosie Perry
Aug 22, 2007
Rosie Olivet Hilton Perry, 89, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at her home.Born in Grainger County, she had lived most of her life in Kingsport and was a member of Living Praise Assembly of God Church.Preceding her in death were her first husband, Cassel Cat Hilton; her second husband, Paul W. Perry; and three sons, Joe Snooks...