Obituaries

James Lacy Lunsford
Dec 14, 2010
James Lacy Lunsford, 24, of Kingsport died on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at his home. James was born in Kingsport where he resided all of his life. He was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School. He was self-employed and operated L.A. Production in Kingsport. James was a member of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church. He was an avid camper, hiker, and...

Coba H. Horton
Dec 13, 2010
Coba H. Horton, 93, of Kingsport passed away late Monday evening, December 13, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Hancock County, TN. and resided in Kingsport most of his life. He retired from Tennessee Eastman Company. Mr. Horton was a member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church and Kingsport Masonic Lodge No. 688, F.&A.M.Preceding him in...

Linda Bradley Smith
Dec 11, 2010
Linda Bradley Smith, 61, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Saturday December 11, 2010. She was a member of Gardner's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church.Linda was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, sister and friend to all who knew her.Preceding her in death are her daughter, Sabra Faye Egan and father, J.W. Bradley.Surviors include her daughter, Sandy Smith and husband...

Connie Blakely Pendleton
Dec 11, 2010
Connie Blakely Pendleton, 91, of Double Springs Community died Saturday afternoon, December 11, 2010 at home following an extended illness. She was born in Greene County and lived in Double Springs Community for most of her life. She was a seamstress retiring in the early 90's from J.C. Penney. Connie was a member of Mill Creek Missionary Baptist Church. She...

Alfred Luther Blanz, Sr
Dec 10, 2010
Msgt. Alfred L. Blanz Sr., 85, retired U.S. Air Force and U.S. Postal Service, formally of Port St. Lucie, FL., went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 10, 2010. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Jean J. Blanz; five children: Nancy G. Reed of Guymon, OK., Alfred L. Blanz, Jr. of Stuart, FL., Katherine...

Alfred L. Blanz
Dec 10, 2010
Msgt. Alfred L. Blanz Sr., 85, retired U.S. Air Force and U.S. Postal Service, formally of Port St. Lucie, FL., went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 10, 2010. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Jean J. Blanz; five children: Nancy G. Reed of Guymon, OK., Alfred L. Blanz, Jr. of Stuart, FL., Katherine...

Don Stoneham
Dec 8, 2010
Don Stoneham, 75, of Kingsport, passed away on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Born in Los Angeles, CA, he had resided most of his life in Kingsport. He was a graduate of the University of Southern California. Don retired from TN Eastman, where he had been employed as a cost accountant. He was loved by...

Ruth H. Burke
Dec 8, 2010
Ruth H. Burke, 81, died Wednesday afternoon, December 8, 2010 at Indian Path Medical Center after an extended illness. Ruth was born in Kingsport where she had lived her entire life. She attended Depew Chapel United Methodist Church.Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, W. Clay Burke; parents, John E. and Nola Archer Hood; and her brother, Glen Hood.Survivors...

Ellen Carl
Dec 8, 2010
Ellen Carl, 84, of Kingsport, passed away December 8, 2010, at Indian Path Medical Center.Ellen was born in Arkansas and raised in Marion, Indiana. She moved to Tennessee in 1997. She attended Sunnyside Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Carl; a son, Tommy Carl; a brother, Vernon Reed; and two sisters, Oma Hutchinson and Sarah Courtney.Ellen...

Evie Hubbard
Dec 8, 2010
Evie Hubbard, 95, of the Eastern Star community, went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, December 8, 2010, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a member of Eastern Star Freewill Baptist Church, and a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister.Evie was preceded in death by her husband, Worley Hubbard, a brother, Bruce Bledsoe, and two sisters, Della...

Russell G. Trimble
Dec 7, 2010
Russell G. Trimble, 87, died Tuesday afternoon December 7, 2010, at Indian Path Medical Center.Born in Kingsport, he served with the U.S. Army during World War II. Russell was formerly employed with Eastman Chemical for thirty-four years. He was a member of Kingsport Community Church.Surviving are his wife, Christene Horton Trimble, Kingsport, TN; a son Russell Harold Trimble and wife...

Hisel Hensley
Dec 7, 2010
Hisel Hensley, 77, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 7, 2010, at his home after an extended illness.Hisel was born in Scott County, VA, and resided in the Bloomingdale community most of his life. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having been stationed in Germany from 1954...

Alfred E. Specks Kennedy
Dec 7, 2010
Alfred E. "Specks" Kennedy, 74, of Kingsport, died Tuesday night, December 7, 2010, at his home surrounded by his family. Born in Jenkins, KY, he had resided in the Long Island community of Kingsport most of his life. Specks retired from J. P. Stevens after 34 years as a forklift operator. He was a Baptist.He was preceded in death by...

Ruby Price Onkotz
Dec 5, 2010
Ruby Price Onkotz, 90, of Kingsport, died at her home Sunday, December 5, 2010 surrounded by her family and friends. She was a charter member of the Women of the Moose, Ladies Auxiliary VFW, St. Dominic Guild and St. Dominic Catholic Church. Ruby also volunteered at the Red Cross and was an office manager for Doctors Vermillion, Brookshire & Slocum,...

Barbara K. Lewis
Dec 5, 2010
Barbara K. Lewis, 72, of Bristol, TN., passed away Sunday evening, December 5, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents Sam and Olive Lewis. Survivors include her brother, Richard Lewis and wife, Vickie of Wicomico Church, VA.; two nieces, Tashia Vaughan of Rock Hill, SC., Ashley Cauthorn of Ashland, VA.; a nephew, D. Samuel Lewis of Glen Allen,...

Brenda Blair
Dec 4, 2010
Brenda Blair, 62, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010. Arrangements for Brenda Blair are currently pending and will be announced at a later date.

Margaret Marge Sherwin
Dec 3, 2010
Margaret Marge Sherwin passed away peacefully Dec. 3 at her home. Born April 1, 1930 in Canton, IL to the late Henry Grover and Tempie Morris Minnick, Marge grew up and was educated in Chicago. She earned a Bachelor's Degree, with honors, from Roosevelt University. Marge and E. Richard Dick Sherwin were married and moved to Kingsport in1954. They joined...

Barbara Blackburn Richardson
Dec 3, 2010
Barbara Blackburn Richardson, 87, of Kingsport, passed away early Friday morning, December 3, 2010 following a very brief illness. A native of Scott County, she grew up in the Nottingham Community. She went to work for Tennessee Eastman Company at age 18 where she worked full-time for 44 years. She then worked another 21 years part-time having retired in November...

Perry Lee Hutchins
Dec 1, 2010
Perry Lee Hutchins, 78, of Gray, TN., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. He was a member of Orebank Chapel Central Baptist Church in Kingsport, TN. and served 39 years in the United States Army.Survivors include his wife, Leta Hutchins of the home; one daughter, Karen Moore and husband Harry of Gray; three sons, Danny...

George W. Childers
Dec 1, 2010
George W. Childers, 93, of 1520 Highpoint Avenue, Kingsport went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.He had resided in Kingsport all of his life. George was a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Marine Corp. and had retired from Eastman Chemical Company. He...