Joan Gragg

Joan Gragg, 75, of Kingsport, died Wednesday, October 10, 2007, at SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation-Hillside after a courageous fight with cancer.

She was born in Highpoint, North Carolina; but had resided in Kingsport most of her life.
Joan was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, animals, and sports. She was a member of New Covenant Free Pentecostal Church.

Joan was preceded in death by her parents, George and Roxie Nelms; her first husband, Jessie James Hensley; and a grandson, Chad Lawson.

Surviving are her husband, Harold Gragg, of the home; four daughters, Linda Calton, Church Hill, Jean Calton, Church Hill, Kathie Hensley-Green, Kingsport, Patty Hensley Hobbs, Kingsport; two sons, Jessie Hensley, Laurel, Maryland, Pete Hensley, Kingsport; twelve grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; three sisters, Lou Lowe, Nashville, Imogene Hartsock, Kingsport, Mary Jane Shipley, Church Hill; and three nephews.

The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport or any time at the home of a daughter, Patty Hensley Hobbs.

Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Tri-Cities Memory Gardens with Pastor John B. Walters officiating. Family members and friends will meet at the cemetery.

The family would like to give special thanks to the staff of SunBridge Care & Rehabilitation-Hillside for their compassion and love.