Obituaries
John Parham Chiles, Sr
May 24, 2016
John P. Chiles, 73 of Kingsport, TN passed away on Tuesday, May 24 to join his Lord and Savior and live large the life he gained through grace.John was born and lived his entire life in Kingsport where he worked as a civil servant. Not only did he value the city of Kingsport, he valued the lives of its citizens....
John Allen Compton
May 24, 2016
John Allen Compton, age 71, of Georgetown, KY (formerly of Kingsport, TN) died Tuesday May 24, 2016. Mr. Compton graduated from Ketron High School and East Tennessee University. He was employed by Sullivan County Department of Education for 41 years. He served as a teacher and head football coach at Sullivan West High School from 1975 to 1979 and Sullivan...
Dana Flora Quillen
May 23, 2016
Dana Flora Renfro Quillen, 98, of Kpt, went to be with the Lord (Monday May 23rd, 2016) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Dana was born on August 30th, 1917 in Snowflake, Virginia to the late William Floyd Renfro and Martha Nanny Blankenbeckler Renfro. She moved to Kingsport at an early age, attended city schools, and spent many years taking...
Peggy Ann Boyd
May 23, 2016
Peggy Ann Boyd, 80, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 23, 2016. She was born and raised in Yuma, VA, and attended Cleveland High School.She was preceded in death by her brother, Pete Kinsler.Peggy is survived by her husband, George H. Boyd; three sons, Butch Rhoton and wife, Becky, Skip Rhoton and wife, Terry, and...
Paul David Hooven
May 22, 2016
Paul David Hooven, 56, of Kingsport died on Sunday, May 22, 2016. He was born December 28, 1959, in Fort Monmouth, NJ. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1978. He graduated from Northeast State Technical Community College with two Associate of Applied Science Degrees (Business Management 2000 and Accounting 2005) Cum Laude. David was Student Ambassador 1999-2000; Outstanding Student...
Betty Jean White
May 22, 2016
Betty Jean White, 83, of Athens, Tennessee, formerly of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2016. She was the wife of the late James Paul White of Kingsport, and grandmother of the late Patrick Paul Long of Athens. She was the daughter of the late Frank Owen McAmis and Lena McAmis Trout.She is survived by one daughter, Donna Gail...
Anneliese Ellery
May 21, 2016
Anneliese Lina Ellery, 89, of Kingsport, formerly of Rochester, New York, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 21, 2016.She was preceded in death by her mother, Mina Westheide.Anneliese is survived by her daughters, Sharon Miller and husband Mike, and Susan Rehley; son, Eric Ellery and wife Anne; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.Memorial donations can be made to,...
Mary Lee Harmon
May 21, 2016
Mary Lee Harmon died on Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Tomball, Texas. She was a graduate of Maryville College, with a Bachelor in Christian Education. Mary Lee was the director of Christian Education at Preston Hills Presbyterian Church and Waverly Road Presbyterian Church. After retirement, Mary Lee became a Commissioned Lay Pastor and preached at many churches in the Holston...
Geraldine Kirkhuff
May 21, 2016
Geraldine M. Kirkhuff, 95, of Kingport went home to be with the Lord, Saturday, May 21, 2016 at Church Hill Health Care and Rehab Center following a period of declining health.Born in Tobyhanna, PA on August 19, 1920, a daughter of the late John and Vincetta Pope, she resided there most of her life, moving to Kingsport in 2007.Mrs. Kirkhuff...
William Charles "Bill" Cochran
May 19, 2016
William Charles "Bill" Cochran, 65, of Fall Branch, passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Johnson City Medical Center after an extensive illness. He was born to the late Clyde "China" and Elsie Smith Cochran and lived most of his life in Washington County.Bill was passionate about his life's work. He was a farmer and livestock dealer. He sold...
Voice Dan Crawford
May 18, 2016
Voice C. "Dan" Crawford, 74, Kingsport, TN passed away Wednesday, May 18, 2016 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He is preceded in death by his first wife, Marilyn Morelock Crawford, three siblings, mother, Nora Crawford, and father, John Crawford.Surviving are his wife, Hazel Crawford, daughter, Melissa Taylor and husband Tony, son, Jason Crawford and wife Heather, daughter, Amanda Athey and...
David D. Snodgrass
May 18, 2016
David D. Snodgrass, 50, of Kingsport passed away Wednesday morning, May 18, 2016, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness. Born at Ft. Gordon in Augusta, GA, he had resided in Kingsport most of his life. He was a 1983 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, 1988 graduate of University of Tennessee with a B.S. degree in Industrial...
Sharon Jo Roberts
May 17, 2016
Sharon Jo Roberts, nee Cox, age 62, of Chicago, IL, formerly of Richmond, TX and Kingsport, TN, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016.Beloved wife of Aled; loving mother of Tara (Art) Hernandez; grandmother of Jordan Samuels and Daniel Hernandez; devoted daughter of the late Donald and Betty Jo Cox; fond daughter-in-law of Griff and Meinir Roberts. The family will receive friends...
Robert P. "Bob" Meyerand
May 16, 2016
"The righteous will flourish like the date palm [long-lived, upright and useful]; they will grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic and stable]. Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.[Growing in grace] they will still thrive and bear fruit and prosper in old age; they will flourish and be [a]vital and...
Teresa Bass Halsey
May 16, 2016
Teresa Bass Halsey, 51, of Kingsport, died peacefully Monday evening, May 16, 2016 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Born in Kingsport, where she resided most of her life, Teresa was a 1982 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School. She had worked as a teacher's assistant at Andrew Jackson Elementary School for 27 years. Teresa was a...
Winnie Louise Chase Holder
May 15, 2016
Winnie Louise Chase Holder, 78, of Kingsport, a resident of Madison House, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday May 15, 2016 at Indian Path Medical Center following a period of declining health.Born in Sullivan County, TN on April 10, 1938, a daughter of the late R. C. "Doc" and Bessie Chase, she has resided in this area her...
Mabel Hoover Stokes
May 15, 2016
Mabel Hoover Stokes, 94 of Lexington, VA died Sunday, May 15, 2016 at her home. She was born in Ft. Blackmore, VA, the daughter of Valentine T. & Mattie Ingram Hoover. She was the wife of Martin Luther Stokes, Sr. for 56 years until his death in 2000. Mrs. Stokes had been a member of Lynn Garden and Bethel Presbyterian...
Ricky Shortt
May 14, 2016
Ricky Allen Shortt passed away Saturday, May 14, 2016, from a motorcycle accident while on his way to work in Riverview, Florida.He is preceded in death by his father and mother, Creed and Dorothy Shortt; fraternal grandparents, Arthur and Lucy Shortt; maternal grandparents, Plesant Paul and Polly Sands; uncle, Charles "Bue" Sands; aunt, Virgie Miller; sister, Melissa Anne Shortt Harr;...
Ronnie Bellamy
May 13, 2016
Ronald Ray Bellamy, 62, of Kingsport, died Friday, May 13, 2016. He was preceded in death by his parents, Raymond and Marie Bellamy, and his brother, Rick Bellamy.Ronnie is survived by his sons, Justin McMurray, Hiltons, VA, and George Joe Bellamy, Atlanta, GA; three sisters, Sharon Bellamy, Doris Thompson, and Faye Marshall all of Kingsport; three brothers, Steve Bellamy, David...
David Allen Eastep
May 13, 2016
David Allen Eastep, 64, of Limestone, went to be with the Lord early Friday morning, May 13, 2016, at Indian Path Medical Center, following a brief illness. David was born in Washington County, Tennessee where he had lived his entire life. He was a longtime carpenter. David was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother.He was preceded in death by...
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