Obituaries
Lang S. Eddins Jr
Oct 31, 2016
On November 25, 1925, Lang Eddins, Jr. was born to the late Annie Olive Eddins and Lang Sidney Eddins. He died on Monday, October 31, 2016, at the age of 90.Born and raised in Durham, NC, he graduated from Durham High as a member of the War Class of 1943. Upon graduation at age 17, he enlisted in the Navy....
Tom Fansler
Oct 31, 2016
Tom Fansler, 64, Kingsport, passed away on Monday, October 31,2016, at Church Hill Healthcare and Rehab Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Earl and Maggie Fansler, and his sister, Linda McGhee.Tom is survived by several family members and a host of friends.Special thanks to the staff at Church Hill Healthcare and Rehab and also Perry Taylor for...
Nell Guthrie
Oct 28, 2016
Nell Guthrie, 87, of Kingsport, joined her husband on Friday, October 28, 2016, twenty days after he went to Heaven. Nell was born in Hiltons, Virginia.She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold; son, Danny; and daughter, Lesa Ann.Nell is survived by her daughter, Teresa and husband Rev. Dewayne Chappell; grandchildren, Michele and husband Rev. Roddie Nelson, Charnell Addison,...
Major Haynes Franklin Pendergrass
Oct 28, 2016
Major Haynes Franklin Pendergrass, 78, was rewarded with his heavenly home on October 28, 2016, after a courageous six month battle with brain cancer.Mr. Pendergrass was raised in the Holston Community in Sullivan County and graduated from Holston High School in 1955. He was a member of Cassidy United Methodist Church for 52 years, taught the Jr. High Sunday School...
Faye Bullis
Oct 27, 2016
Faye Bullis, 81, of Church Hill, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 27, 2016. Faye was a member of Higher Ground for several years. She loved singing in the choir. Faye worked in the insurance department at the Kingsport Press/Quebecor for 36 years. She loved to travel with her husband Bill, going all over the world, but...
Mary Schuttler Pierce
Oct 26, 2016
Mary Schuttler Pierce, 75, entered Heaven's Gate on Wednesday, October 26, 2016, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.She was born to Herbert and Mary Schuttler in New York City. First and foremost Mary was a wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a Cub Scout leader in both Brewster, NY and Kingsport. She worked in insurance for...
Larry M. Addair Jr
Oct 26, 2016
Larry M. Adair, Jr., 41, Bristol, TN, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, October 26, 2016. Born in Norton, VA, a son of the late Larry Melvin, Sr. and Goldie Ellen Busti Addair, he had resided in Bristol for the last 2 years.In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister, Tina Addair in 2015.Larry is survived...
Roy Junior Gibson
Oct 26, 2016
Roy Junior Gibson, 66, Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2016, while in transit to Nashville Burn Center. Junior had been sick for several months. He had served as a referee throughout the area. He was a caring father and grandfather.He was preceded in death by his parents, Ezra and Annie Mae Gibson; and one sister, Carolyn Hall.Junior is survived...
Karen Lee Ware
Oct 25, 2016
Karen Lee Ware, 62, of Blountville, passed away Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at her home.She is survived by her husband, Lonnie Hoke Ware; parents, Howard and Salley Charbonneau of Florida; children, David and wife Misty of Florida, Damien and wife Carrie of Ohio, Robert and wife Linda of Fall Branch, Tennessee, and Lisa Balser of Orlando; eight grandchildren; eleven great-...
Johnny Skaggs
Oct 25, 2016
Johnny Skaggs, 84, of Kingsport, TN, died October 25, 2016. Johnny was born in Pennington Gap, VA, on Skaggs Hill on September 7, 1932.He was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War. He retired from AFG after 28 years of service. Mr. Skaggs was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Helen Liddle Skaggs; an...
Gary Trusty
Oct 25, 2016
Gary E. Trusty, 75, of Kingsport went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday October 25, 2016.Born in Garrett, Kentucky on April 14, 1941, a son of the late Richard Milton and Rissie Deskins Trusty, he moved to Kingsport in the early 1980's.Gary served with the U.S. Army and lived in Chicago, Illinois and Dayton, Ohio for a number of...
Jimmy L. Dunham
Oct 24, 2016
Jimmy L. Dunham, 86, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on October 24, 2016. Born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Jimmy lived most of his life in Kingsport. He retired from Eastman Kodak Company and he was a third generation meat-cutter. Jimmy was a charter member of Higher Ground Baptist Church. He loved attending church, southern gospel music, gardening,...
Jimmy L. Dunham
Oct 24, 2016
Jimmy L. Dunham, 86, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on October 24, 2016. Born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, Jimmy lived most of his life in Kingsport. He retired from Eastman Kodak Company and he was a third generation meat-cutter. Jimmy was a charter member of Higher Ground Baptist Church. He loved attending church, southern gospel music, gardening, and...
Jack Harold Kilday
Oct 23, 2016
Jack Harold Kilday, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 23rd, 2016. He was born in Greene County on September 15, 1924. He was the son of Thomas (Jack) Haskell Kilday and Eula Lee Weems Kilday. He graduated from Baileyton High School where his southpaw first baseman skills earned him quite the reputation until he entered the United States Navy...
Helen Long
Oct 22, 2016
Helen Elizabeth Long, 84, of Kingsport passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016 at her residence. Born in Glade Springs, VA, on February 6, 1932, a daughter of the late Arthur G. and Rauzzie W. Cooper Olterman, she moved to Kingsport as a child.Helen was preceded in death by her sisters, Estelene Olterman and Hilda Kabool; brothers, Bill, Howard, Bobby,...
Keith Chandler Hamilton Gregory
Oct 22, 2016
Keith Chandler Hamilton Gregory, 97, a long-time resident of Kingsport, died on October 22, 2016 at Baysmont Healthcare Center. The youngest of eight children, Keith was born on December 7, 1918 in Greer, SC to Leroy L. Chandler and Beulah Burley Chandler. In 1928 the family moved to Kingsport where she resided until her death. She was a graduate of...
Leroy Hudson
Oct 22, 2016
Leroy Hudson, 80, of Mount Carmel, went to be with his heavenly father on Saturday, October 22, 2016, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Kingsport, he had resided most of his life in Mount Carmel. Leroy was a veteran of the U.S. Army.He was preceded in death by his son, Rick Hudson; parents, Walter and Thelma Hudson; sister,...
James Wiley Dobyns
Oct 21, 2016
James Wiley Dobyns, of Kingsport, Tennessee, died on Friday, October 21, 2016. Jim was born February 2, 1936, to Howe and Helen Ring Dobyns. He was the grandson and namesake of Kingsport's first Mayor, James Wiley Dobyns. Jim felt he grew in the best of times, attending Kingsport City Schools and graduating from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1954. He played...
Sara K. Collins
Oct 20, 2016
Sara Collins, 58, Kingsport, died on Thursday, October 20, 2016. She was a native of Kingsport and of the Christian faith. She was a quiet, soft-spoken, independent and unassuming kind soul who always cared about others before herself.Sara was preceded in death by her parents, Robert L. and Bobbie Minton Collins and her brother, Roy Lee Collins.She is survived by...
Patricia Ann Osborne
Oct 18, 2016
Patricia Ann Osborne passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2016. Born in Wise County, she has lived in this area most of her life. She has been an entrepreneur in many areas over her life, having owned a gas station, tax office, lavender farm, and funnel cakes. She loved to travel all over the country and world, but it didn't exceed...
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