Obituaries

Randall Hicks
Nov 25, 2009
Randall Steele Hicks, 55, beloved father of Brittany and Lorie Hicks, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday November 25, 2009 at his home. A lifelong resident of Blountville he was a graduate of Sullivan Central High School where he was a member of the basketball team. He attended Hiwassee College where he received his associates degree. He retired from S&ME Inc. Randy...

Sherman Littleton
Nov 23, 2009
Sherman Littleton, 66, of the Blair?s Gap Community, rode the wagon home to Glory, November 23, 2009 at his home surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with cancer.He was an avid mule enthusiast who loved to break and ride mules and horses. He enjoyed working the mules and wagon riding. He was a member of the Outdoorsman Club...

Blanche Adaline Robinson
Nov 20, 2009
Blanche Adaline Robinson, 84, Kingsport, TN, passed away Friday, November 20, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Born in Blackwater, VA, she had resided in Kingsport since the early 1940's. She retired from J. P. Stevens after more than 40 years of employment.Blanche was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her parents, Jack and...

Letty L. Lewis
Nov 19, 2009
Letty Lois Lewis, 82, died Thursday morning November 19, 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was the daughter of the late John and Lettie Saylor. She grew up in Durham, NC, and graduated from Duke University. Letty worked in the Research Labs at the Tennessee Eastman Company before raising her family.She was a charter member of Ridgefields Garden Club...

Janie Ilean Ferguson
Nov 18, 2009
Janie Ilean Ferguson went home to be with the Lord November 18, 2009, following a lengthy illness. She was an active member of Sunrise Baptist Church, where she was saved and baptized on December 20, 2007. She was a loving wife, sister, aunt, and friend.Preceding her in death were her parents, Annie Florence Dezarn and Kyle English Morelock, Sr.; brothers,...

Billy Paul Littleton
Nov 17, 2009
Billy P. Littleton, 70, Jonesborough, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a life-long resident of Washington County and was of the Baptist faith.Mr. Littleton was retired from Textile Industries in Gray. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend to many. Preceding him in death...

Henry J. Coates
Nov 17, 2009
KINGSPORT ? Henry Junior Coates, 82, of Kingsport, passed away to his Heavenly Father early on Tuesday morning, November 17, 2009. Born June 18, 1927, in Morristown, TN, he resided most of his life in Kingsport. He was of the Christian faith and a member of the Worldwide Church of God. He worked in the C.E. Division at Eastman Chemical...

Mary Alice Browder
Nov 17, 2009
Mary Alice Browder, 83, of Kingsport, died Tuesday morning November 17, 2009 at Asbury Center at Baysmont after a brief illness. She was born in Sullivan County where she resided most of her life. Mary Alice retired from the Sullivan County School System in 1992 after over 30 years of service as a math teacher. She taught at Holston High...

Pearlie Summie
Nov 17, 2009
Pearlie E. Summie, 92, of Gray, went to be with the Lord and loved ones that had gone on before her on Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Pearlie was the oldest member of Greenvale Baptist Church.She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend to many. The most important thing to her was having her family together...

Opal Workman Ball
Nov 16, 2009
. . . be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. II Corinthians 13:11Opal Mae Workman Ball was born January 14, 1924, in Johnson City, TN, and passed away on Monday night, November 16, 2009, at Indian Path Medical Center. She was a former resident of...

Mary Lou Strickler
Nov 15, 2009
KINGSPORT Mary Lou Strickler, passed away peacefully Sunday morning Nov. 15, 2009 at her home following an extended illness.She was born Sept. 21, 1930 in Newport, Tenn., moving to Kingsport in 1935. Mary Lou had an active career in the insurance industry and served as the president and treasurer of the Kingsport Association of Insurance Women. She was a member...

Mabel Dingus Vicars
Nov 15, 2009
Mabel Dingus Vicars, 88, Kingsport, died at 6:45 p.m. Sunday November 15, 2009 at The Wexford House.Born in Fort Blackmore, VA, Mabel attended school there and later moved to Detroit, MI, where she lived for about 20 years while managing a department store. Mabel later retired from Rental Uniform and then resided in Blackwater, VA for many years.She was preceded...

Sandra Leigh Ellis
Nov 15, 2009
Miss Sandra Leigh Ellis, 58, Kingsport, entered into rest Sunday November 15, 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was born March 5, 1951, and lived her entire life in Kingsport. She was a graduate of both Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1969 and of Whitney Business College. She worked in numerous medical offices as a medical transcriptionist. Sandra was a...

Sandra Leigh Ellis
Nov 15, 2009
Miss Sandra Leigh Ellis, 58, Kingsport, entered into rest Sunday November 15, 2009 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was born March 5, 1951, and lived her entire life in Kingsport. She was a graduate of both Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1969 and of Whitney Business College. She worked in numerous medical offices as a medical transcriptionist. Sandra was a...

Abbie Gilliam Meade
Nov 14, 2009
Abbie Gilliam Meade, 81, Kingsport, passed away Saturday November 14, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born June 23, 1928 in Lee County, VA. She graduated from Pennington Gap High School and came to Kingsport to reside shortly thereafter. She worked at the Mead in her early years and later in life, she was employed at Woolworth,...

Herman Lee Clark
Nov 13, 2009
Herman Lee Clark, 66, Kingsport, TN, departed this life on Thursday, November 12, 2009.He retired from Flour as an iron worker after many years. Herman was an avid outdoor sportsman especially hunting and fishing.His parents, Charlie and Juanita Clark, and brother, Mack Clark preceded him in death.Surviving are his sons, John Clark and Zack Clark, Kingsport, TN; two grandchildren, Karen...

Herman Clark
Nov 12, 2009
Herman Lee Clark, 66, Kingsport, TN, departed this life on Thursday, November 12, 2009.He retired from Flour as an iron worker after many years. Herman was an avid outdoor sportsman especially hunting and fishing.His parents, Charlie and Juanita Clark, and brother, Mack Clark preceded him in death.Surviving are his sons, John Clark and Zack Clark, Kingsport, TN; two grandchildren, Karen...

Barbara Gruich
Nov 12, 2009
GRAY -- Barbara Gruich, 83, died Thursday evening, November 12, 2009, at Life Care of Gray.

Joseph Edward Cate
Nov 11, 2009
Joseph Cate, 62, of Kingsport, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born August 6, 1947 in Johnson City, and grew up in Fall Branch. He graduated from Hixson High School in Chattanooga in 1968, and was drafted into the U.S. Army the same year. He remained in the military from 1968 until 1980...

Mollie Frances Dingus
Nov 10, 2009
Mollie Frances Dingus, 83, went to be with her Heavenly Father onNovember 10, 2009, surrounded by family at Baysmont. Mollie was born in Russell County, VA, on March 24, 1926. She was a 1943 graduate of Lebanon High School. She attended Tennessee Wesleyan College in Athens, TN. She married her devoted husband Victor W. in 1946. Upon moving to Kingsport,...