Obituaries
Mary Michelle Trabue Castell
Jul 6, 2013
Michelle "Shelly" Trabue Castell, age 47, of Dawsonville, GA died July 6, 2013 at Emory University Hospital. She was a loving wife and mother who loved to travel, garden and was very enthusiastic and adventurous. She was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, class of 1984 and Agnes Scott College in 1988. Shelly was a Budget Coordinator with Federal Reserve...
Thomas H. Coleman Jr
Jul 6, 2013
Thomas H. Coleman, Jr., 76, a lifelong resident of Kingsport, TN, was born on October 11, 1936, in Statesville, N.C. passed away Saturday evening July 6, 2013, in Clarksville, TN.He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from Raytheon Corporation as a machinist. He was a lifelong railroad enthusiast and model railroader. Thomas was a devoted...
Ira Lynn Overbay
Jul 5, 2013
Ira Lynn Overbay, 62, of Fall Branch passed away Friday, July 5, 2013. Ira was born in Rogersville, TN, July 19, 1950. Ira worked at Parkway Buick for 11 years as a body man. He then went to work at Eastman Chemical Company for 30 years. He truly enjoyed shooting IDPA and the people he met. Ira was a loving...
Richard "Trixie" Parks
Jul 4, 2013
Ricky "Trixie" Parks, 62, of Nickelsville, VA, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a lengthy battle with cancer.He was preceded in death by an infant son, Ricky Parks, Jr.; his father and mother, S.V. and Alice Parks; and two sisters and their husbands, Fern and Arnold Harris and Faye and Bob Slaughter....
Charles Boyer
Jul 4, 2013
Charles Boyer, 89, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 4, 2013 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and graduate of Sullivan High School and East Tennessee State University. Charles was a retired chemist from Eastman Kodak following 35 years of service. He was a member of Cassidy United...
Frances Manis Leedy
Jul 2, 2013
Frances Manis Leedy, 48, Kingsport, was called home to be with the Lord early Tuesday morning at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Kingsport where she had lived her entire life. Frances had worked as a waitress and bartender at various restaurants. She was a graduate of Sullivan South High School. Frances was of the Christian...
Bobbie Jo Coffman
Jul 2, 2013
Bobbie Jo Coffman, 44, of Kingsport, TN, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at her residence after battling with a long illness. She was born in Kingsport on June 17, 1969, a daughter of the late Betty Jo Sharp Crawford and her father Conley Thomas Absher, she had resided in this area her entire life....
Mary Frances Deason
Jul 2, 2013
Mary Frances "Fran" Deason, 78, passed away at her home in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was born in Dora, Alabama on October 29, 1934a€"the younger of two children born to Burgess Ware Johnson and Clifford W. Johnson. After her mother passed away when she was quite young, she was adopted by her aunt and uncle, Myrtle and William Scott Carter...
Michael J. LaGuardia
Jul 1, 2013
Michael J. LaGuardia, 53, of Kingsport, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Monday, July 1, 2013. Michael was a loving father, husband and brother. He was born December 21, 1959 in Kingsport, Tennessee where he resided his entire life. Michael was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church.At the age of 17, Michael graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School....
Nannie Byington Thomas
Jun 30, 2013
Nannie Byington Thomas, 77, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Wexford House. Born in Sullivan County, TN on April 6, 1936, a daughter of the late Elmer and Alpha Nelms Byington, she was a resident of Richmond, VA for 20 years, returning to this area in 1970. She will always...
Willie V. Arnold
Jun 28, 2013
Willie V. Arnold, 88, Mount Carmel went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 28, 2013, at Indian Path Medical Center. She was born in Scott County Virginia and had resided in Hawkins County for the last several years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Church Hill. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and...
Mary Lee Olinger
Jun 28, 2013
Mary Lee Olinger, 73, passed away on June 28, 2013, with her family by her side.She was born in Norton, Virginia, but lived in the Kingsport area most of her life. She was a 1959 graduate of Lynn View High School. She retired from Regions Bank and WalMart, where she was a Department Manager. She loved spending time with her...
Johnny Reed Orfield
Jun 27, 2013
Johnny Reed Orfield, 75, of Kingsport, won his battle with cancer and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, June 27, 2013.Johnny loved to sing and play the guitar. He loved country music and was very knowledgeable about it. He was a loving and gentle father.He was a member of Morrison Chapel United Methodist Church.Johnny was preceded in death...
Mary "Mozelle" Garber
Jun 25, 2013
Mozelle Garber, 76, Old Fordtown Community, died early Tuesday morning following a lengthy illness. She was born in the Fordtown Community where she had resided for most of her life. She was a graduate of ETSU class of '61 where she received BSN degree. Mozelle worked at HVCH and Indian Path Hospital. She returned to HVCH and retired in 1995....
Hazel Geraldine Laster
Jun 24, 2013
Hazel Geraldine "Gerry" Laster, 82, Church Hill, formerly of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord, Monday, June 24th at her daughter's residence surrounded by her loving family.Gerry was born July 10, 1930, in Hawkins County, TN, to the late Sneed Helton and Alpha Pennington Helton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of...
Jessie Gatlin Cox
Jun 24, 2013
Jessie G. Cox, 20, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord as a result of an accident on Monday, June 24, 2013. He was born July 30, 1992 in Kingsport and was a lifelong area resident. Jessie attended Daniel Boone High School.He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Lillian Mae Hite, paternal aunt, Marie Morelock Scott and...
Linda Sue Mowdy
Jun 24, 2013
"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8Linda Sue Mowdy, 68, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Monday, June 24, 2013. She attended Valley View Baptist Church (Blountville) in memory of Zane Sutherland. She was preceded in death by her mother, Zella...
Ray Crawford
Jun 24, 2013
Ray Crawford, 62, Kingsport, passed away June 24, 2013. He was born in Kingsport and was a lifelong area resident. He was a wonderful husband, father, papaw, and loved to spend time with his family.Ray was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph "Trigger" and Orpha "Rovina" Crawford.He is survived by his loving wife of 44 years, Betty "Sue" Crawford;...
Walter P. Bussart
Jun 23, 2013
Walter P. Bussart died on Sunday, June 23, 2013 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Etowah, TN on February 13, 1918, to Christopher P. and Josephine Linette Bussart. He attended schools in Etowah, and graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1942 with a BS Degree in Chemical Engineering. He joined Eastman in Oak Ridge in...
Shannon "Sarge" M. Lunsford Sr
Jun 23, 2013
Shannon "Sarge" M. Lunsford, Sr., 69, of Kingsport, has finally gone home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 23, 2013. He was born in Kingsport and resided in Fremont, Ohio, for twenty years before returning to Kingsport. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving for three tours in the Vietnam War as a sergeant and retired...
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