Obituaries
Robert Lynn Barrett
Apr 3, 2020
Kingsport - Robert Lynn Barrett, 67, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2020, at his home. Lynn was a local resident and was a US Army Veteran.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Elbert Paul Barrett and Tennie V. (Dotson) Barrett, and brother, David W. Barrett.
Survivors include brother; Paul Wesley Barrett, sister; Barbara (Barrett) Dorton; along with...
Winnie Fowler
Apr 2, 2020
Winnie Rhoton Fowler, 86, passed away Thursday, April 2, 2020 at the Wexford House, Kingsport, TN. Winnie was born July 28, 1933 in Scott County, VA, to the late Emmet and Emmer Bowen Rhoton. She was a long time member of Bethany Presbyterian Church. Winnie retired from the Sullivan County School System following 25 years of food service.
In addition...
Michael Fate Russell
Apr 1, 2020
Michael Fate Russell, 72, departed this life on Wednesday, April 1, 2020 at Holston Valley Medical Center. He was of the Baptist faith and a lifelong member of the Fall Branch and Kingsport communities. Mike graduated from Fall Branch High School. He served as a member of the Army National Guard and was also a Mason of Johnson Lodge #274...
Franklin Dell Rector, Jr.
Apr 1, 2020
Franklin D. Rector Jr. or Dell to his friends, passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
Dell was an alumnus of the University of Southern Miss with a degree in Chemistry. He worked for 35 years with Eastman Chemical Company. Dell attended the Southern University of Mississippi and was a member of the TKE fraternity. He was also an avid...
Martha Maddux Walker
Apr 1, 2020
Dearly loved mother, sister, wife, and Na-Na, Martha Maddux Walker, of Kingsport, peacefully went home with the Lord on the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Martha was born in Manassas, Virginia, graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School with her beloved classmates of 1957, and attended East Tennessee State University. Martha worked as a Realtor and certified residential appraiser in Kingsport...
Summer Ella Fay McMillan
Mar 30, 2020
Summer Ella Fay McMillan, 12, Kingsport, TN, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 30, 2020. Summer was in the fifth grade at Washington Elementary and attended First Baptist Church. Summer loved her dog, Bo Williamson McMillan.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Dan McMillan, and papaw, Doug Reynolds.
Summer is survived by her father, Chris McMillan; mother, Lisa Reynolds;...
Moss Eugene "Gene" Chambers
Mar 29, 2020
And this is life eternal, for Gene knows his Heavenly Father,
the only true God, and Jesus Christ, his Savior sure whom God has sent.
Welcome home Gene.
KINGSPORT - Moss Eugene “Gene” Chambers Jr. of Kingsport, beloved husband and father, went home to be with his Lord Jesus on Sunday (March 29, 2020), at Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
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Betty Garrity
Mar 29, 2020
Betty Garrity, 82, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a wife to a U.S. Army Combat Veteran and mother to her son, a U.S. Army Veteran. Betty expressed her unconditional love every day and raised a family in this beauty of family love. She raised two...
Barbara Jean Weatherly
Mar 29, 2020
Barbara Jean Weatherly, 79, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord early Sunday morning, March 29, 2020, following a short illness from diabetes. Barbara was born in Pressmen’s Home, TN, and had lived in Kingsport since early childhood. She was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church of Morrison City. Barbara Jean was a beloved wife, mother, sister and friend...
John Kelly Dillard
Mar 28, 2020
John Kelly Dillard, (62), of Orlando, Florida, formerly of Kingsport, died Saturday, March 28, 2020 in Kingsport after a brief illness. He was born in Kingsport, a son of Robert Gibbs and Sue Dillard, and grew up in the Borden Mill Village, where he attended Calvary Baptist Church. John graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1975, attended ETSU and was...
Joe Gale Russell
Mar 26, 2020
Joe Gale Russell, of Kingsport, passed away Thursday, March 26, 2020. After a hard fought battle with cancer, he is now at peace in the arms of Jesus. Born in Duffield, VA, Joe lived in the Kingsport area most of his life. He was a firm believer and of the Baptist faith. Joe retired from the Kingsport Fire Department, and...
Robert Jackson "Bob" White
Mar 26, 2020
Robert Jackson “Bob” White died on March 26, 2020, following a brief illness. He was born in Kingsport, Tennessee on February 26, 1924, to Louvenia Patton Bruce and Robert Lee White.
Mr. White attended Kingsport City Schools and graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1941. During his high school years, Bob was elected President of both the Junior and Senior...
Bobby J. Booker
Mar 25, 2020
Bobby J. Booker, age 75, of Kingsport can now be at rest after a lifetime of hard work and taking care of the people he loved the most. The youngest child of the late Curtis Lee and Vesta Ellen Booker, with being the only boy on the family farm in Greene County, TN, hard work started early. He graduated high...
Charles Lee Cooper
Mar 25, 2020
Charlie Cooper, 57, of Blountville, passed away on Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at Bristol Regional medical Center. Born in Kingsport, he was a 1981 graduate of Sullivan Central High School and was a graduate of ETSU with a bachelor’s degree in Business Management. Most recently, he was employed with PFG (Performance Food Group) out of Morristown. Charlie was an avid...
Ruth C. Gregory
Mar 24, 2020
Ruth C. Gregory, 92, passed peacefully on March 24, 2020 at The Wexford House. Ruth was born to Roy and Kate (Arnold) Stapleton on December 12, 1927 in Speers Ferry, VA and grew up in Kingsport, TN. She attended Sullivan High School where she played basketball. Ruth worked as a dental assistant in the offices of Dr. Ray K. Burdine,...
Ruth Ramey Woodward
Mar 24, 2020
Ruth Ramey Woodward, 85, of Kingsport passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
Ruth grew up and lived her whole life in Kingsport. She attended Andrew Jackson Elementary School, John Sevier Junior High School, graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1952 and attended Carson Newman College. She was a proud graduate of East Tennessee State University. ...
Karen Irene Hunley Gillespie
Mar 23, 2020
Karen Irene Hunley Gillespie was born November 15, 1950, in Kingsport, Tennessee. She died March 23, 2020, at University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, after a sudden illness. She was raised in the Long Island Community of Kingsport. Karen attended Sullivan High School. She worked in Kingsport before moving to Newport, Tennessee, and working for a number of...
Edell Hawley
Mar 23, 2020
August 18, 1918 – March 23, 2020
Mary Edell Collins Hawley, age 101, of Kingsport entered her heavenly home on Monday, March 23, 2020. Edell was a faithful Christian serving First Baptist Church over the course of her lifetime.
Born in Kingsport, Tennessee, Edell was the first child of the late Pryor Mason Collins and Betty May Royston Collins. She...
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