Obituaries

Mark E. Taylor

Mark E. Taylor

Dec 11, 2009

Mark E. Taylor, 45, of Kingsport, passed away suddenly on December 11, 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.Mark was raised in the First Baptist Church. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and also attended Lenore Rhyne University and East Tennessee State University. He was the owner of Marquis Jewelry and later owned Classic Pawn.He was preceded in death by his...

Anna Mae Fair

Anna Mae Fair

Dec 11, 2009

Anna Mae Fair, 75, of Kingsport, passed away December 11, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.Born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, Anna resided in Kingsport the majority of her life. She was a faithful member of Morrison City Free Will Baptist Church. Mrs. Fair was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She will be greatly missed by those...

Elsie Ruth Brown Mowdy

Elsie Ruth Brown Mowdy

Dec 10, 2009

"We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. II Corinthians 5:8"Elsie Ruth Brown Mowdy, 92, of Blountville, went to sleep in the arms of Jesus surrounded by her loving family on December 10, 2009.Mrs. Mowdy was born on January 12, 1917 in Corbin, KY, and resided most...

Sara Jean Grant Mitchell

Sara Jean Grant Mitchell

Dec 10, 2009

Sara Jean Grant Mitchell, 95, of Limestone, died Thursday, December 10, 2009, at Preston Place II.There are no services currently scheduled for Sara Jean Grant Mitchell.

Lowell Thomas Carter

Lowell Thomas Carter

Dec 9, 2009

Lowell Thomas Carter, 48, of Kingsport, died Wednesday evening at the Hospice House in Bristol.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.

Cecile Morritt

Cecile Morritt

Dec 9, 2009

Cecile Morritt, 88, of Kingsport, died at 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at the home of her son, Eric Morritt.She was an elementary school teacher in Sullivan County for a number of years. Mrs. Morritt was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Stanley W. Morritt; brothers Clay Anderson and Paul Anderson; sisters,...

Lowell Thomas Carter

Lowell Thomas Carter

Dec 9, 2009

Lowell Thomas Carter, 48, of Kingsport, died Wednesday evening at the Hospice House in Bristol.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.

Fred Long

Fred Long

Dec 9, 2009

Fred Long, 84, of Kingsport, stepped into Eternity Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Wexford House. Mr. Long served in the U. S. Navy in World War II on the USS Stafford, a destroyer escort. He was a member of Arcadia Presbyterian Church, PCA. Fred was a charter member of Bloomingdale Ruritan Club, where he was active for many years. He...

Lowell Thomas "Tommy" Carter

Lowell Thomas "Tommy" Carter

Dec 9, 2009

Lowell Thomas "Tommy" Carter 64, of Kingsport, died Wednesday afternoon at the Hospice House in Bristol. Born in Scott County, VA, he had resided in Sullivan County most of his life. He was a Pentecostal.Tommy was preceded in death by his wife, Vickie Carter; three sisters; and six brothers.He is survived by a daughter, Anita Cross and husband Darrell of...

Lowell Carter

Lowell Carter

Dec 9, 2009

Lowell Carter, 64, of Kingsport, died Wednesday evening, December 9, 2009, at Bristol Hospice House.Arrangements will be announced later.

Wanda Adrienne Wilson

Wanda Adrienne Wilson

Dec 9, 2009

Wanda Wilson, 82, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on December 9, 2009. She was a wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Mrs. Wilson was a member of Fordtown Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy and Mary Etta Gray.Mrs. Wilson was the loving wife of Earl Wilson of Kingsport for 63 years. Along with...

Dr. Kenneth Freels

Dr. Kenneth Freels

Dec 9, 2009

Dr. Kenneth F. Freels, 74, Kingsport, died at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, he was a graduate of UT School of Dentistry, and retired with the rank of Colonel from the U.S. Army Reserves. He practiced dentistry in Colonial Heights until 2005. Ken was a Baptist. He was...

Lowell Thomas Carter

Lowell Thomas Carter

Dec 9, 2009

Lowell Thomas Carter, 48, of Kingsport, died Wednesday evening at the Hospice House in Bristol.Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.

Mattie Lowell Wardlaw Mettetal

Mattie Lowell Wardlaw Mettetal

Dec 7, 2009

Mattie Lowell Wardlaw Mettetal, wife of the late Dr. Ray Wallace Mettetal, passed away on December 7, 2009. She was born in McComb, MS, the daughter of Mae Magee Wardlaw and Hugh Evins Wardlaw. She attended the Mississippi State University for Women and was graduated from Mississippi State University with a B.S. in business administration. In 1941 she married Dr....

Nancy Anderson Walsh

Nancy Anderson Walsh

Dec 7, 2009

Nancy Anderson Walsh, 92, formerly of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Monday, December 7, 2009, in Johnson City, Tennessee, where she had lived for the past several years. Nancy was born in Lincolnton, North Carolina, and lived most of her adult life in Charlotte. She was active at First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, where she taught weekday kindergarten, served as...

Donnie K. Dykes

Donnie K. Dykes

Dec 6, 2009

Donnie K. "Oberlee" Dykes, 65, of Jonesborough, was called home early Sunday morning, December 6, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. He was born in Greene County, Tennessee on July 6, 1944, the son of the late William and Grace Peters Dykes. Donnie had resided in Washington County, Tennessee for most of his life. Donnie was an employee...

Patrticia Ellen MacNamara Koopman

Patrticia Ellen MacNamara Koopman

Dec 6, 2009

Patricia Ellen MacNamara Koopman, 82, of Limestone, died on Sunday, December 6, 2009. The daughter of the late Thomas MacNamara and Ellen Samuelson MacNamara, she was a devoted mother and wife. Born on September 7, 1927, in Elizabeth, NJ, Mrs. Koopman was a graduate of Benedictine Academy in New Jersey and the Rutgers Business College.Mrs. Koopman was married to the...

Mary Bass Quillen

Mary Bass Quillen

Dec 5, 2009

Mary Bass Quillen of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Saturday, December 05, 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital following a brief illness.She was born in Surgoinsville and had resided in Kingsport most of her life.Mrs. Quillen was a beautician and also a member of Victory Baptist Church where she was a member of the Ladies Sunday School Class...

Georgia Anna Burkhardt Charlton

Georgia Anna Burkhardt Charlton

Dec 5, 2009

Georgia Anna Burkhardt Charlton, 89, Kingsport, passed away at her home Saturday December 5, 2009 following a lengthy illness.Georgia had lived in the Sullivan Gardens area for the past 60 years. She was a Christian and a member of Sullivan Baptist Church. Mrs. Charlton was very active in her Adult Women's Sunday School class and sung in the choir.She enjoyed...

Doris Noel

Doris Noel

Dec 5, 2009

Doris Noel, formerly of Clendenin, WV, went on to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, December 5th at her home in Church Hill, TN. She had been a resident of Church Hill for the last 7 years. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Betty and Kenneth Collier of Church Hill, TN; granddaughters, Rachel Mullins of Kingsport,...

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