Ann "Nanny" Christian

Ann "Nanny" Christian, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 14, 2016.
She was a graduate of Powell Valley High School but had lived in Kingsport most of her life. She attended Orebank Missionary Baptist Church.
She loved volunteering in the Cardiac Cath Lab/HVMC and all of her friends. She loved helping the people that were coming in for defibrillators. She felt she could help calm their fears.
She loved playing with her grandkids and collecting her ceramic cardinals. She never knew a stranger, and everyone called her their "Nanny."
She was preceded in death by her husband of 41 years, Everett Christian; and parents, Rev. Glenn and Betty Williams.
Ann is survived by two daughters and "sons," Donna and Randy Cleek, Glynnis and James Necessary; the "lights of her life," her grandchildren, Julia Rupley and her husband, Sean, Jesse Cleek and fiancée, Tori Blevins, and David, Catherine, and Hannah Necessary, all of Kingsport; great-grandson, Sawyer Rupley and two on the way, Eliza Rupley and Dawson Cleek; several nieces and nephews; friends in Big Stone Gap; special friends, Harry and Mary Ann Walsh, Gaye and Joe Neeley, and Rosa Thomas; and special "son," Andy Miller.
The family will receive friends from 2 until 4 pm Sunday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.
A service will follow at 4 pm with Bro. Randy Cleek and Bro. James Necessary.
A graveside service will be conducted at 10:45 am Monday at Mountain Home National Cemetery where she will be laid to rest with Everett. Those planning to attend are asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:30.

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