Obituaries
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...
J.T. Rogers
Mar 23, 2020
J. Talmage “Buck” Rogers, of Kingsport, passed away Monday, March 23rd, 2020. Born in Gastonia, N.C., he has lived the majority of his life in East Tennessee. He received his B.S. from University of N.C. of Chapel Hill. J.T. retired from Holston Defense Corp. with 40 years of service. He was an active member of Ketron Memorial United Methodist Church,...
Gladys Taylor Arnold
Mar 22, 2020
Gladys Taylor Arnold, 89, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Church Hill Healthcare & Rehab Center. Gladys was a member of Victory Baptist Church and a former member of West View Missionary Baptist Church. She loved quilting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Arnold Jr., her parents, 2...
Kim Roberts
Mar 18, 2020
Kimberly Suzette Roberts, 59, of Kingsport, passed away following a lengthy hospital stay on Wednesday, March 18, 2020. A graduate of Central High School, she had lived in Kingsport most of her life. She went on to pursue her education at Tennessee Tech by receiving a B.S. in business. She later received a B.S. in occupation therapy from the University...
Donnie Castle
Mar 18, 2020
Donnie Ray Castle, 81, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at Holston Valley Medical Center.
A private family graveside service will be held.
Joe H. Wood
Mar 17, 2020
Joe H. Wood Sr., 79 years young, went home to be with the Lord surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday morning, March 17, 2020, at Holston Valley Medical Center after a long period of declining health. Joe served his country as an Airman 2nd Class aircraft mechanic from 1959 to 1963. He worked various jobs over the years with his...
Melissa "Mickey" Ketron
Mar 15, 2020
Melissa “Mickey” Ketron, 54, of Kingsport, went to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 15, 2020, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a mother to all nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephew. Mickey had a heart of gold and was a friend to all. She was an avid Tennessee Vols fan. Mickey loved her Tennessee...
Edna Doris Arnold
Mar 14, 2020
Edna Doris Davis Arnold, 89, slipped off in the middle of the night to be with the Lord and her sweetheart on Saturday, March 14, 2020.
Once Edna was in your life, she was in your life forever and those who know her know what an amazing gift that is. She was loved beyond measure and her presence on this...
Chao Nan Lai
Mar 13, 2020
Chao Nan Lai, 74, passed away March 13th, 2020 in Blountville, TN.
Chao has suffered from dementia for many years, his family want to thank the facility at Christian Care in Blountville for helping to care for him in the last couple of years. Surviving are his wife, three kids, seven grandchildren, and five siblings
Chao was born in Taiwan...
Jamie Mildred Qualls Bowen
Mar 11, 2020
Jamie Mildred Qualls Bowen, 92, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 11, 2020. Jamie was born on July 7, 1927, in Clinchport, VA, to the late A.B. and Flora Bell Bishop Qualls. Jamie met the love of her life, John, in Clinchport in 1948, when John came to help his cousin, Carl Williams, build...
Patsy "Pat" Scott
Mar 11, 2020
Patsy “Pat” Scott, 82, of Kingsport, passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at Indian Path Medical Center, after an extended illness surrounded by her family. Pat was a very devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She was born in Sullivan County where she resided most of her life. Pat was an Office Manager at Builder’s First Source, where she...
Patty Salyers
Mar 11, 2020
Patty Reed Salyers, 53, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020. She was born and lived in Kingsport all of her life. Patty attended Dobyns Bennett High School and worked at Alpine Market. She loved horses, spending time outside, and spending time with her daughters.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary Reed; brother, Mark...
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