Obituaries
John A. Slater
Dec 15, 2011
John A. Slater, 68, of Kingsport died Thursday, December 15, 2011 at his home.John was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and moved to Kingsport in 1978. He served five years in the Canadian Navy and retired from Thompson Metal.He was preceded in death by his parents, Amy and Joseph Slater and half sister, Marion Duncan.John is survived by his wife...
Margaret Irene McCoy Slusher
Dec 15, 2011
Margaret Irene McCoy Slusher, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 15, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Wise, VA, she had lived in Kingsport most of her life and attended Mercy Seat Ministries.She was preceded in death by her parents, Worley and Myra McCoy; three brothers, Ernest, Robert and James McCoy; and two nephews,...
Kenneth Light
Dec 14, 2011
Kenneth Light, 67, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at home on December 14, 2011. He was born in Hawkins County and resided in Kingsport, TN, for most of his life. Kenneth retired from Holliston Mills after 29 years and was a member of Mt. Carmel Free Will Baptist Church of Beech Creek where he was known as...
Isabelle Cameron Bacon
Dec 13, 2011
Isabelle Cameron Bacon, 76, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, at her home. Raised in Pulaski, VA, she had resided in Kingsport for the past 12 years. Isabelle retired from Virginia Power.She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie and Sylvia Cameron, two brothers and three sisters.Isabelle is survived by her husband, Richard...
Evelyn Crawford
Dec 13, 2011
Evelyn L. Crawford, 79, of Kingsport, passed away Tuesday morning, December 13, 2011 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born in Sullivan County and had resided in Kingsport for most of her life. Evelyn worked for Kingsport Laundry for several years and later worked for the Laundry Shop. She was a member of Sloan Town Community Church,...
Dorothy Marie Penley
Dec 13, 2011
Dorothy Marie Penley, 66, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at 2:50 p.m. Tuesday, December 13, 2011. Dorothy was born in Hawkins County where she had lived her entire life. She was a member of the Friendship Freewill Baptist Church in Baileyton, TN.Dorothy was preceded in death by her sister, Ann Matthews and brother, Albert David Simpson.She is survived...
Janice Greene Smith
Dec 13, 2011
Janice Greene Smith, 67, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord, Tuesday December 13, 2011. She was a native of Kingsport, graduated from Sullivan High School and received her B.S. in education from ETSU. She taught in Wise County, VA, Gate City, VA and retired from the Sullivan County School District, teaching at Holston Middle School. Janice was a...
Mary Nell Smith
Dec 12, 2011
Mary Nell Smith of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, December 12 at her daughter's residence in Colonial Heights.Mary Nell was born in Newport, Tennessee, to the late Frank and Alice Cornett. She was a member of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church. Mary Nell and her late husband, Clyde, operated the Dutch Boy Grill in Kingsport for many years. They retired...
Ellen Welsh
Dec 11, 2011
Ellen Welsh, 98, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2011. She had lived in East Tennessee her entire life, residing in the Indian Springs Community until 1947, when she moved to the Princeton Road area. Ellen was a member of the Glen Alpine United Methodist Church. She served as an assistant church organist at Cassidy United Methodist Church...
Carl William "Bill" Miller
Dec 11, 2011
Carl William "Bill" Miller, Jr., 65, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a member of Glenwood Baptist Church where he had served as a past deacon, past Sunday School teacher and had served on several committees.Carl was preceded in death by his parents, Judge Carl...
Eloise Harbison Miller
Dec 10, 2011
Eloise Harbison Miller, 87, of the Harmony Community, passed away early Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Life Care Center of Gray.Eloise was born in Dickson County, TN and had lived in Gray, TN for the last 30 years. She worked for many years at B. F. Goodrich in Nashville and worked with her husband as a bookkeeper at McKinnan Bridge....
Catherine Mae Winston
Dec 8, 2011
Catherine Mae Winston, 56, of Jonesborough died Thursday, December 8, 2011.Catherine's family traveled all over while her father was in the military. After high school, she moved to New York and met her late husband, Joseph James Feudi. They honeymooned in the Poconos before moving to Florida. While in Florida Catherine worked as a dental assistant. After eight years her...
Beulah Shipley Bellamy
Dec 6, 2011
Beulah Ruth Shipley Bellamy, 90, of Church Hill passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2011, at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.She was born in Hawkins County and resided in Scott and Hawkins Counties her entire life. Beulah was a homemaker and an active member of Cameron Methodist Church, Way Cross, VA, until the last few years due to declining health. She has...
Bonnie Ruth Bledsoe
Dec 6, 2011
Bonnie Ruth Bledsoe passed away December 6, 2011 at her home in Green County. She was born September 1, 1924 and was preceded in death by her husband, Elmer Bledsoe.She is survived by her children; Judith Persinger, Joyce and Ronald McCamy and Donna Price; grandchildren, Cherie Williams and husband, Robert, Sheilla McMurry and husband, Marty, Donnie McCamy and wife, Penny,...
Juanita Collier
Dec 6, 2011
Juanita Collier, 83, of Kingsport, went to her heavenly home Tuesday, December 6, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Juanita was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister.She was preceded in death by her husband, Dee V. Collier.Juanita is survived by two sons, Covy Collier and wife, Stephanie of Columbia, SC and Phillip L. Collier and fiancé, Dona Chaffin of Church...
Roy Lee Archer
Dec 5, 2011
Roy Lee Archer, 90, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. He was born and had lived in Kingsport all of his life. Roy was a veteran of WWII, having served in the Army Medical Corp in New Guinea. He retired from TEC after 44 years of service and...
Betty Lou Shearer
Dec 5, 2011
Betty Lou Shearer, 80, of Kingsport, passed away Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Asbury Place following a short illness. She was a graduate of Winthrop University. After graduating she came to Kingsport to work for Tennessee Eastman, where she met her husband, Dr. Newton H. Shearer, Jr. in 1953. They were married in 1955 and were fortunate to live...
Ruby Allen Parsons
Dec 5, 2011
Ruby Allen Parsons, 93, went to be with the Lord, Monday, December 5, 2011.Ruby was born April 5, 1918, in Wagoner, North Carolina. She came to Kingsport in 1940 and worked at the Kingsport Press before meeting her future husband, H. Marvin Parsons to whom she was married for 54 years before his death in 1995.She had been a member...
Jackie Crawford
Dec 5, 2011
Jackie Crawford, 66, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on December 5, 2011 at Wellmont Hospice Home in Bristol. Born in Hawkins County, he had lived in this area most of his life. Jackie was self employed as a drywall contractor and attended Cornerstone Fellowship. He loved the mountains, deer and turkey hunting and never met a stranger.He...
Emma Lee Stewart
Dec 2, 2011
Emma Lee Stewart, 76, of Blountville, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 2, 2011 at Wellmont Hospice House.She was born in Kingsport and was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. Mrs. Stewart had worked as a substitute teacher and at Gla-Mar Galleries. She was a loving mother and grandmother.Mrs. Stewart was a member of the Church of...
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