Obituaries

Harry Ray Patterson

Harry Ray Patterson

Mar 10, 2013

Harry Patterson, 71, Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at his home. He was born in Dallas and raised in Longview, TX. Harry graduated from the University of Texas with a BBA in Accounting in 1964. He worked for Citi Group in Johnson City as an accounting manager until his retirement and was a member of TN...

Evelyn Haynes

Evelyn Haynes

Mar 9, 2013

Evelyn went home to be with her husband Tom in their heavenly home Saturday March 9th surrounded by her loving family. She was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Evelyn enjoyed going to Piccadilly with her son Larry everyday visiting with their friends. Thanks to the wonderful ladies at Piccadilly for always being so kind to her. She...

Reece Collins

Reece Collins

Mar 9, 2013

Hubert Reece Collins, 75, of Fall Branch, TN, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, and went home to be with the Lord on Saturday evening, March 9, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Hawkins County, TN on October 21, 1937, a son of the late Guy Barrett and Eula Ethel Collins. Reece resided in this area his...

Helen Martin

Helen Martin

Mar 8, 2013

Helen L. Franklin Martin, 80, Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Friday morning March 8, 2013 at Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness.She was born in Washington County, TN on September 15, 1932, a daughter of the late Arthur and Eliza Baldwin Franklin and has resided in this area her entire life. Helen was a...

Palmer Raymond "Ray" Johnson

Palmer Raymond "Ray" Johnson

Mar 7, 2013

Palmer Raymond "Ray" Johnson, 71, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 7, 2013, at his home following a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Kingsport and had retired from Tennessee Eastman.He was preceded in death by an infant son, Tony Wayne Johnson, parents, Floyd and Mary Johnson, three brothers and one sister.Ray is survived...

Edith Marie Whitehead

Edith Marie Whitehead

Mar 7, 2013

Edith Marie Whitehead, 72, Kingsport, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. She was a loving mother and grandmother and had numerous friends. Marie will be missed by many.She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie Moore, Sr. and Rita Moore.Marie is survived by her daughter, Paige Fraysier and husband, Donnie of Kingsport; grandchildren, Lauren...

Anthony "Tony" Vaughn

Anthony "Tony" Vaughn

Mar 6, 2013

Tony Vaughn, 51, Zebulon, NC, passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at his home in Zebulon, NC.He was born October 2, 1961 in Kingsport and moved to North Carolina in 1984.Tony enjoyed riding motorcycles and loved to talk on his CB radio.He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Emery and Bernice Vaughn and maternal grandparents, Kermel and Vonda...

Edlois McCrary

Edlois McCrary

Mar 6, 2013

Edlois McCrary, 83, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 6, 2013 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was born in North Carolina on February 13, 1930, a daughter of the late Dock and Della Burleson, and had resided in this area since the age of 13. Edlois was a member of Pleasant View...

Thomas M. Haga

Thomas M. Haga

Mar 5, 2013

Thomas M. Haga, 98, passed away at his home Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Tom was born May 30, 1914, on Hickory Ridge, near Burton Chapel in Grayson County, VA, the son of Noah M. and Margaret M. Walls Haga. His family moved to Marion, VA in 1916 where he lived for 25 years. Tom moved to Kingsport in 1935 and...

Mavis S. Light

Mavis S. Light

Mar 5, 2013

Mavis S. Light, Kingsport, was born in Wise County, VA on May 18, 1926 and died March 5, 2013 in Kingsport, TN.She was the daughter of the late C. Fred Snodgrass and Pearl Frazier Snodgrass. Mavis lived most of her life in Kingsport, TN. She worked in the dental field, in the orthodontic branch, for over 40 years. She was...

Cena Baines Ferguson

Cena Baines Ferguson

Mar 5, 2013

Cena Baines Ferguson, 78, Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 5, 2013 in Lexington, Kentucky. She was born on February 28, 1935 in Fall Branch. Cena was a 1953 graduate of Fall Branch High School where she was class president and valedictorian. She was a member of the all-county basketball team and was a Girl's...

Bill Eugene Perry

Bill Eugene Perry

Mar 4, 2013

2 Timothy 4:7-8"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the Righteous Judge will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing."Bill Eugene Perry, 75, of...

Wanda Sanders

Wanda Sanders

Mar 2, 2013

Wanda Sanders, 88, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was a longtime member of Pleasant View Baptist Church.Wanda is preceded in death by her husband N.J. Sanders; parents Mary and A.E. Estep; sister Eva Faye Cress; and brothers John and Jim Estep.She is survived by her sons Rev. Bob Sanders and...

Orville Monroe Sherfey

Orville Monroe Sherfey

Mar 2, 2013

Orville Monroe Sherfey, 66, of Kendleworth Drive, Kingsport, went home to be with his Heavenly Father Saturday morning, March 2, 2013, after a courageous battle with cancer.Orville was born in Blountville, TN. He was raised in Church Hill and later moved to Kingsport where he resided for the past 40 years. Orville was the owner of Remodel by Orville where...

Bonnie H. Tilson

Bonnie H. Tilson

Mar 1, 2013

Bonnie Tilson, 91, of Kingsport, went home March 1, 2013, after a brief illness. She worked as an LPN at Holston Valley Medical Center until her retirement. Bonnie was a long-time member of Glen Alpine United Methodist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Tilson; daughter, Brenda L. Tilson-Cox; grandson, John Homer Tilson; parents, Minnie and Frank Howard;...

Samuel Isaac Howard

Samuel Isaac Howard

Mar 1, 2013

Samuel "Sam" Isaac Howard, 81, Fall Branch, went to sleep Friday, March 1, 2013 at Indian Path Medical Center. He was born February 11, 1932 in Washington County, TN and a lifelong area resident.Sam was a retired farmer and avid outdoorsman.He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Pauline Howard; a sister, Anna Lee Kolarsky; and...

Donald Edward Morrison

Donald Edward Morrison

Mar 1, 2013

Donald Edward Morrison Donald The Great, 88, passed away peacefully Friday afternoon on March 1, 2013 at Wellmont Hospice Hospital. He is now in his Heavenly Father's arms with the Heavenly Choir announcing his arrival. Amen.He received a honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps on October 4th 1945. He was wounded in action on October 2, 1944. He...

Joy Whittington

Joy Whittington

Feb 28, 2013

Joy Whittington died of natural causes on February 28, 2013. Born August 8, 1930 in the San Fernando Valley, California, Joy met Gorley in the Mojave Desert and they were married on January 29, 1952. She was a member of Colonial Heights Christian Church, where she was a pianist for many years. Joy was known for her generosity, sense of...

Kathy Hinkle

Kathy Hinkle

Feb 27, 2013

Kathy Hinkle, Kingsport, went to be with her true love on Wednesday afternoon, February 27, 2013, following a brief illness. Kathy was born in Sullivan County and had resided in Kingsport for most of her life.She was preceded in death by her father, Steward Light, and her first husband, Robert Phillips.Kathy is survived by her daughter, Becky Oquinn and husband,...

Frances Jane Mooney

Frances Jane Mooney

Feb 27, 2013

Frances Jane Mooney, 84, of Kingsport, died on Wednesday, February 27th at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a graduate of Sullivan High School and received a B.S. Degree in Music from East Tennessee State University.She was a teacher in the Sullivan County School system for 6 years, having taught at Long Island Elementary School, then at Lynn Garden...