Judy J. Sartain

Judy J. Sartain, 78, of Kingsport, passed away on November 9, 2024 at Holston Valley Medical Center. A 1965 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, Judy retired from Kingsport City Schools in 2008 as Secretary to the Superintendent of Schools and Kingsport Board of Education. She was a member of Celebration Church, Blountville, TN.

Judy was preceded in death by her parents, E.C. and Helen Johnson; mother and father-in-law, Louis and Pauline Sartain; and brother-in-law, Jim Stamper.

Survivors include her husband, Tom Sartain; daughters, Laura Gilliam and husband, Billy, Emily Epling and husband, Dean, Amy Conner and husband, Mike; grandchildren, Carson Gilliam and wife, Taylor, Brandon Gilliam and wife, Sarah, Drew Epling and wife, Kati, Anna Sandy and husband, Garrett, Emma Epling, Ryan Conner and Brody Conner; great-grandchildren, Adeline Epling, Dale Epling and Hazel Sandy; sister, Janice Stamper.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, November 14, 2024 from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Robert Russell officiating. 

Burial will follow at East Lawn Memorial Park. 

Pallbearers will be Billy Gilliam, Dean Epling, Mike Conner, Carson Gilliam, Brandon Gilliam and Drew Epling.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Celebration Church, 429 Shipley Ferry Rd., Blountville, TN 37617.