Donnie Byers

Donnie Gene Byers, 68, Kingsport, passed away on Wednesday, April 6, 2016. He graduated from Ketron High School in 1966, worked for Kingsport AFG for many years and later had his own business in HVAC. Donnie was a vintage car enthusiast and loved camping, having camped across the United States twice. He enjoyed carpentry work in his spare time and loved to travel. Donnie was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Hazel and James Byers, brother, Jimmy, and sister, Peggy Ann Bell.

Donnie is survived by his wife, Linda Tate Byers; daughters, Susan Byers, Betsy Thompson Byers, Donna Byers, Sarah Ann McCoy and husband, Travis Stallard, and Breanna Byers; grandchildren, Justin Byers, Dylan Byers, Jamie Byers, Nicholas McCoy, Christopher Stallard and Hunter Grindstaff; great-granddaughter, Abby Rowland; sister, Mary Florence Manis and husband, Johnny; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

There will be a Celebration of Life held on Sunday at 2:00 pm at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.