Obituaries
Virginia Gilbert Mitchell
Dec 23, 2010
Virginia Gilbert Mitchell, 80, formerly of Kingsport, died Thursday morning, December 23, 2010 at NHC Healthcare in Knoxville after an extended illness. Born in Lebanon, VA. she had resided in Kingsport most of her life. Virginia was a long time member of Glenwood Baptist Church. She loved to dance, loved music, and most of all loved her family. She had...
Gary Blaine Shortt
Dec 23, 2010
Gary Blaine Shortt, 53, of Kingsport, son of the late Nat D. and Mildred Thompson Shortt, both of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Thursday, December 23, 2010, at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, following a heart attack.Born in Kingsport, Gary had lived most of his life in Rogersville. After spending four years in the US Air Force, Gary...
Cleo Hughes
Dec 23, 2010
Cleo Atwood Hughes, 78, "Aunt Tie", of Kingsport was called home at 4:00 a.m. Thursday, December 23, 2010 at Wexford House. Born in Hawkins County, she resided in Church Hill until moving to Kingsport in 1966. Miss Hughes had done baby-sitting most of her life. She was of the Baptist faith.Cleo was preceded in death by her parents, Barton J....
George Lee Smith
Dec 22, 2010
George Lee Smith, 88, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday evening, December 22, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after an extended illness with emphysema. Lee was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. He retired from Tennessee Eastman Company after 42 years of service and was an avid farmer. He served in the U.S. Army, South Pacific during World War...
William Smith
Dec 22, 2010
William "Buster" Smith, 66, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, December 22, 2010, at his home.Buster was born in Alhambra, CA, and moved to Kingsport in 1977. He was employed by Eastman and retired from there after 27 years. He was an active member of Sullivan Baptist Church.He was preceded in death by his parents, Leon and Opal Fields Smith, of...
Earl E. Howell, Sr
Dec 21, 2010
Earl E. Howell, Sr., 82, of Kingsport passed away Tuesday, December 21, 2010 after a long illness.He was preceded in death by his parents, Eva and Lonnie Howell; four brothers, Robert Howell, Lonnie Howell, Pee Wee Howell, Speight Howell; and sister, Patsy Howell.Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Pattie Howell; son, Earl Howell, Jr.; three sisters, Lois Turington and...
David Hillhouse
Dec 20, 2010
David Leslie Hillhouse, 86, passed away Monday, December 20, 2010, at his home in Kingsport after a long illness.David was a World War II veteran and graduate of University of Missouri-Rolla with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. He was employed by General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Schenectady, New York, and Huntsville, Alabama, for 15 years, and 22...
Gene Clarkston
Dec 20, 2010
Gene Clarkston, 74, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 20, 2010. Gene was born and raised in Big Stone Gap, VA, and then resided in Kingsport, TN. He served in the U.S. Army for 4 years, stationed in Fort Bliss El Paso, TX. He attended Texas Western College in El Paso, and worked for the...
Hubert Ray Gott
Dec 19, 2010
Hubert Ray Gott, 77, of Kingsport died Sunday morning, December 19, 2010 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol after a brief illness. A lifelong resident of Kingsport, Hubert retired from Rental Uniform in 1992 after 37 years of service. He was a Baptist and an avid golfer.He was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Faye Gott.Survivors include two daughters,...
William C. Childress
Dec 18, 2010
William C. Childress, 56, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 18, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Jeanette Childress and a grandson, Kane Childress.Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Rhonda Renea Childress of Kingsport; daughter, Audrey Stanton of Kingsport; four sons: Travis Childress of...
James William Horne, Jr
Dec 18, 2010
James William Horne, Jr., 82, of Jonesborough, passed away December 18, 2010 at his residence. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War Conflict, drove a milk truck for the Deakins Brothers dairy and was an avid farmer. James will be missed by all who knew him.He was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Marsha Faye Horne,...
Kermit Peters
Dec 17, 2010
Kermit Peters, 72, of the Bloomingdale Community in Kingsport, died Friday morning, December 17, 2010 at Asbury Place in Johnson City after an extended illness. Born in Scott County, VA he had resided in Kingsport most of his life. Kermit was a farmer, school bus driver and retired from Alley s Motor Company. He was a member of Hilltop Mission...
Alfred H. Isner
Dec 17, 2010
Alfred Harold "Red" Isner, born April 22, 1933, in Elkins, West Virginia went home to be with our Lord Jesus Christ after a fight well fought against cancer on Friday, December 17, 2010. Alfred moved from Elkins in 1959 to Canyon Country, California where he was a painter for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He raised his family in...
Patricia Ann "Nano" Poole
Dec 17, 2010
Patricia Ann "Nano" Poole, 82, of Kingsport, passed away Friday December 17, 2010 at Bristol Hospice House.She was born in Toledo, Ohio and has resided in Kingsport since 1953. Mrs. Poole graduated from Bowling Green State University and had served in the U.S. Army as a physical therapist during the Korean Conflict. She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal...
Phillip Clark
Dec 17, 2010
Phillip Clark, 83, of Jonesborough, TN, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010, after a brief illness. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in the European Theater and retired from AFG in Kingsport. It was Phillip's final wish to have his body donated to the Quillen-Dishner College of Medicine.Phillip is preceded in death by his wife, Peggy...
Jean J. Blanz
Dec 16, 2010
Jean J. Blanz, 87, formally of Port St. Lucie, FL., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 16, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Alfred L. Blanz, Sr.Jean is survived by her five children: Nancy G. Reed of Guymon, OK., Alfred L. Blanz, Jr. of Stuart, FL., Katherine M. Mills of Miami,...
Joseph A. Moriarty, Jr
Dec 16, 2010
Joseph Arthur Moriarty, Jr., Joe, 89, of Kingsport died peacefully at his home surrounded by his family late Wednesday night, December 15, 2010. He was born in Knoxville and graduated in 1942 in chemical engineering from the University of Tennessee. Later that year while training in the U.S. Army for World War II, he met his future bride, June Jackson...
George Thomas "Tom" O'Dell
Dec 16, 2010
George Thomas "Tom" O'Dell, 99, died of natural causes at his home at Raphael House Assisted Living in Rockville, MD, on Wednesday, December 16, 2010. He was born on September 23, 1911 along with his twin sister, Martha Cornette, in Bristol, TN, to Andrew O. and Sarah Alice Morton O'Dell. Tom was the last surviving member of his five siblings.Tom...
O'Dell Robinson
Dec 16, 2010
O'Dell Robinson, 82, of 125 Copas Road, Kingsport, went to be with our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was a Christian from a young age and loved the Lord. "Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted." Matthew 5:4. O'Dell was a loving husband to...
Eva H. Jaynes
Dec 15, 2010
Eva H. Jaynes, 55, of Kingsport passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was a member of Colonial Heights Christian Church and was previously employed with Eastman Chemical Company. Eva was a graduate of East Tennessee State University.She was preceded in death by her mother, Wanda Lee Hampton.Survivors include her husband, Paul...
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