Obituaries
Richard Davis
Aug 19, 2018
Richard Davis, 80, of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Richard was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He had retired from the Kingsport Press and was a member of Bethesda Cumberland Presbyterian Church.He is survived by his wife, Gladys Davis; son, Micky Davis; sister, Judy; brother, Carl; and several nieces and nephews.Graveside...
Robert Schmidt
Aug 19, 2018
Robert Godfrey Schmidt, 92, of Kingsport, TN, and formerly of Amherst, OH, passed away peacefully with family at his side on Sunday, August 19, 2018. He was born on July 5, 1926 in Dayton, Ohio. With an early interest in flying "Bob" sought the life of a pilot but would eventually serve his country as a Naval Corpsman during World...
Ralph Murphy Nelson
Aug 17, 2018
Ralph Murphy Nelson, Sr., went Home to be with the Lord Friday, August 17, 2018. Born in Kingsport, he proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and then also in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was an avid fisherman and football fan. He loved his family and spending time with them, he loved his country,...
Lydia Brielle Gentry
Aug 16, 2018
Lydia Brielle Gentry, 14 months young, gained her angel wings, Thursday, August 16, 2018. Lydia was born on May 31, 2017, at Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, Tennessee. She was born a fighter who never quit. She had a personality bigger than life itself. Her little smirky mischievous grin always lit up everyone's world. She loved lying in the big...
Virginia Kiser Fletcher
Aug 16, 2018
Virginia Kiser Fletcher, 99, of Kingsport, died Thursday, August 16, 2018, at Wexford House. The daughter of the late John Arch and Retha Grigsby Kiser, she was born October 12, 1918 in Russell County, Virginia. She had lived in Kingsport since 1943. Educated at Milligan College and James Madison University, she was a classroom teacher, having taught in the Russell...
Carol Barnes
Aug 16, 2018
Carol Barnes, 78, of Fall Branch, went home to Heaven on August 16, 2018. Carol was a loving and much loved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, cousin, aunt and friend to many. She opened her heart and her life to so many people and will be truly missed by all who knew and loved her.She was a housewife most of...
Kieffer Martin Vaughn
Aug 15, 2018
January 23, 1941 - August 15, 2018Kingsport -- Kieffer Martin Vaughn, 77, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Kieffer was born and raised in Thorn Hill, Tennessee, and resided the past fifty years in Kingsport. He served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves. Kieffer retired from Wal-Mart, following twenty years of service. He was...
George Boyd
Aug 15, 2018
George Boyd, 88, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 15, 2018. He attended Calvary Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy.He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy Boyd.George is survived by his step-daughter, Laura Hamilton; three step-sons, Butch Rhoton and wife Becky, Skip Rhoton and wife Terry, and Howard Hamilton...
Rufus Lemuel Vanover
Aug 14, 2018
Rufus Lemuel Vanover, 90, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 14, 2018. He proudly served in the US Navy and retired from Holston Defense after 28 years of service. Rufus was a member of Bloomingdale Baptist Church and Bloomingdale Ruritan. He enjoyed carpentry and masonry work, gardening, reading the Bible, and spending time with his family....
Clarence Shelton Sr
Aug 14, 2018
Clarence Shelton, Sr., 78, of Gray, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 50 years, Virginia Shelton. He is survived by his son, JR Shelton, Johnson City; daughter, Sheila Shelton, Kingsport; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; several nieces, nephews and cousins; many, many children that were thought of as grandchildren; and other...
Candy Huckaby
Aug 12, 2018
Candy Huckaby, 67, Kingsport, passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. She was a lifelong resident of Kingsport.She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William "Chick" Pierce, and one step son, Randy Huckaby.Candy is survived by her husband of 29 years, Billy Huckaby; one daughter,...
LaWanda Curtis Baskette
Aug 12, 2018
LaWanda Curtis Baskette, 91, of Kingsport, Tennessee went to her heavenly home on August 12, 2018 in Kingsport at Preston Place Assisted Living Facility.A native of Greene County, LaWanda was the daughter of the late Hobart and Crissie Baxter Curtis. She was a graduate of Doak High School in Greene County, Tennessee. Education was important to her and valued her...
Phyllis Kilday Rector
Aug 12, 2018
Phyllis Kilday Rector, 82, Kingsport, TN passed away Sunday, August 12, 2018 at her home following an extended illness.She was born in Greene County, TN and resided in Kingsport most of her life.Phyllis was a member of Sullivan Baptist Church.Her parents Luke and Elizabeth Kilday and her husband Dale Rector preceded her in death.Surviving are her daughter Teresa (Teri) Jarrell...
Betty Ruth (Aunt Ruth) Massengill
Aug 11, 2018
Betty Ruth Massengill, age 92, of Kingsport, TN was born March 2, 1926 and died August 11, 2018 at Ridgecrest Manor, Duffield, VA, where she lived the last five years. She worked for over 40 years for J P Stevens in Kingsport, TN. She attended Lovelace Baptist Church in Greene County. Betty Ruth was a trophy winning bowler and an...
Joyce Ann Mason
Aug 8, 2018
Joyce Ann Mason, 81 passed away peacefully on August 8th, 2018.She was formally of Cincinnati, Ohio and had moved to Florida after retirement. She was born on June 18th, 1937 to her parents Ray and Helen Elizabeth Morgan. She was a great seamstress, Wife, Mom, Nana and loved her children dearly, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She enjoyed making...
Edith M. (Duncan) Conkin
Aug 8, 2018
Edith M. (Duncan) Conkin, 82, of Indianapolis, Indiana passed away Thursday, August 8, 2018 at her residence.Edith was born on February 21, 1936 in Rogersville, TN, a daughter of the late Oscar and Elsie Fields Duncan.She was retired from Diamond Chain Company in Indianapolis, IN.In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Thomas "Bud" Conkin...
Betty Ruth Thacker
Aug 7, 2018
Betty Ruth Thacker, 89, St. Louis, MO, formerly of Kingsport, TN, went to be with the Lord on August 7, 2018.She was preceded in death by her husband, Marshall Harvey Thacker; son, Dennis Thacker; and many siblings.Betty is survived by her son, Randall Harvey Thacker; grandchildren, Brenda, Joe, and Morgan Thacker; and her sister, Vivian Cox. The family will receive...
Margaret Nell "Margo" Hoard Benton
Aug 7, 2018
Margaret Nell "Margo" Hoard Benton, 92, of Kingsport died August 7, 2018. She was born in Rogersville, TN on July 11, 1926; the daughter of the late Nelson Roseberry Hoard and Fannie Kyle Hoard. She lived in Philadelphia, Pa and Chicago, IL for many years before returning to Kingsport in 1985. While in Chicago she worked as a wire technician...
Guerney "Gus" Freeman
Aug 6, 2018
Guerney "Gus" Freeman, 95, a native of Kingsport and resident of Colonial Heights, TN passed away peacefully on August 6, 2018, at Shannondale Health Care Center in Knoxville, TN. He attended Dobyns-Bennet High School and played all sports. His hometown team of Borden Mill Village won the 1941 National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress tournament in Wichita, Kansas. Guerney went on to...
Iva Ruth (Williams) Winebarger
Aug 5, 2018
Iva Ruth (Williams) Winebarger, 89, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, August 5, 2018 at The Wexford House.She was born in Cosby, TN. Iva attended Warren Wilson High School and Warren Wilson Junior College in Swannanoa, NC. She came to Kingsport in 1949 as the Christian Education Director of Grace Presbyterian Church, a new church at that time, located on...
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