Obituaries
Frank H. Kelley
Jan 7, 2009
Frank H. Kelley, 91, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 7, 2009, at Indian Path Medical Center.Mr. Kelley was born in St. Paul, Virginia. He worked for 18 years at Tennessee Eastman Company and then as a salesman for Abernathy-Thomas Engineering. He was an active member and deacon of First Baptist Church in Kingsport. He...
Jeanette Blackburn Tomlinson
Jan 7, 2009
Jeannette Blackburn Tomlinson, 82, went to her heavenly home, Wednesday, January 7, 2009, after an extended illness.She previously resided in Gate City, Virginia, and had lived in the Colonial Heights Community of Kingsport for 35 years.Jeannette loved and was devoted to all her family and friends. Before her illness she was an active member of Colonial Heights United Methodist Church...
Marshall Tredway Watson
Jan 5, 2009
Marshall Tredway Watson of Kingsport, Tennessee, died January 5, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Dr. Watson was born in 1922 in Blacksburg, Virginia, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1943. He served as a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. After the war, he received a Master's and Ph.D. in physical chemistry...
Louise R. Mann
Jan 5, 2009
Louise R. Mann, 92, of Kingsport, went to her heavenly home Monday, January 5, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and a charter member of Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church. Mrs. Mann was the former owner of Mann's Harley-Davidson. She was a wonderful homemaker and enjoyed quilting and sewing.Preceding her in death...
Neil Conkin
Jan 5, 2009
Neil Conkin, 92, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Monday, January 5, 2009, at Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness.He was a lifelong resident of Kingsport. He was also a member and Deacon at Walker's Fork Missionary Baptist Church and a fifty year member of Johnson Masonic Lodge No. 274 F & AM, Fall Branch. Mr....
Nina Kate Moore
Jan 5, 2009
Nina Kate Moore, 76, of Blackley Creek Road, Limestone, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 5, 2009, at Laughlin Memorial in Greeneville following an extended illness.Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her parents, Virgil and Anna Hazelwood; two sisters, Faye Evans and Margarie Mills; and a grandson, Bryan Allen Dickerson.Surviving are her husband of 52 years, Bennie...
James Paul Barker
Jan 5, 2009
James Paul Barker, born March 22, 1934 in Sullivan County, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 5, 2009 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and an employee of Tennessee Eastman as a lab technician retiring in 1993. James was a member of Blessed Hope Baptist Church. He was...
John G. "Jack" Thweatt
Jan 4, 2009
John G. "Jack" Thweatt, age 76, passed away Sunday, January 4th at his home after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Charlotte Goss Thweatt, his daughter Sandra Thweatt Funk and husband Terry of High Point, NC and son Jim Thweatt and wife Nancy of Finksburg, MD. Also surviving are 5 grandchildren, Garrett, Sean and...
Billie Jo Crawford
Jan 4, 2009
Billie Jo Crawford, 72, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Sunday, January 4, 2009, at Church Hill Healthcare & Rehab Center after an extended illness. She was born in Kingsport on January 29, 1936. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charlie and Mary Brickey; three sisters; three brothers; and a great-granddaughterSurvivors include three daughters, Rhonda Crawford...
Alice Faye Whitaker Neece
Jan 4, 2009
Alice Faye Whitaker Neece "Blondie", 59, went to be with The Lord on Sunday, January 4, 2009, after an extended illness.She was born April 18, 1949 in Jonesborough, TN. Mrs. Neece was a loving mother of three children and a devoted wife.Her parents, Charlie and Lenora Sherfey and brothers, John, Everett, and Dennis Sherfey preceded her in death.Surviving are her...
Rev. Glenn Carson Dockery
Jan 3, 2009
Rev. Glenn Carson Dockery, 74, of Brookhaven Manor, Kingsport, was called home by his God on Saturday January 3, 2009 after an extended illness.Surviving are his loving wife of 55 years, Cora Almie Williams Dockery, of Brookhaven Manor; son, Hank Carson Dockery, Fall Branch; daughter, Judy Gail Dockery Shaffer and husband, Tommy Daniel, Kingsport; grandchildren, Hank, Heather, Kelly, and Hope;...
Jean B. Green
Jan 3, 2009
Jean B. Green, 76, of Kingsport, TN, went home Saturday, January 3, 2009, after an extended illness.She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, wife, and friend to all who knew her.Her husband, Johnny Mack Green and parents, Della and Ike McCann preceded her in death.Surviving are two sons, Lynn Green and fiancée Sheila Sims, Kingsport, TN; and Steven Green, Kingsport,...
Martha Frances Wright
Jan 2, 2009
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.Martha Frances Morton Wright, 79, of Kingsport, passed away, Friday January 2, 2009 after a brief illness in Raleigh, North Carolina.Known to family and friends as "Frances", she was born on November 4, 1929 to Rachel G. and...
William Anthony Boyer
Jan 2, 2009
William "Bill" A. Boyer, 93, Kingsport, died Friday, January 2, 2009 at Holston Manor.Born in Erwin, TN, Mr. Boyer had been a resident of Kingsport since 1948. He graduated from East Tennessee State Teachers College in 1942 and later received his Masters Degree from the University of Tennessee in 1950. Prior to coming to Kingsport, Mr. Boyer taught at Unicoi...
Frederick Tom Schneider
Dec 30, 2008
Frederick "Tom" Schneider, 82, Fall Branch, passed away at 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, December 30, 2008, at James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center.He was born in Astoria, New York and was a veteran of the U. S. Navy serving during World War II. Tom retired as a school bus driver on Long Island in New York.Preceding him in death were a...
Henry Edward "Eddie" Harr
Dec 28, 2008
Henry "Eddie" Harr, 67, Kingsport, went to rest on Sunday December 28, 2008.He was a life-long resident of the Tri-Cities area. Mr. Harr served nine years in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam Conflict. He was preceded in death by his father, Ralph Eugene Harr; and daughter-in-law, Melissa Harr. Surviving are his wife, Carolyn Harr, of the home; sons,...
Victor B. Owens, Sr
Dec 27, 2008
Victor B. Owens, Sr., 82, of Colonial Heights, went to be with the Lord at 6:30 p.m. Saturday evening December 27, 2008 following an extended illness.He was a life-long resident of Sullivan County. Victor was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theatre of Operations on the USS Kalinin Bay.Mr. Owens retired from...
D J Riner, Jr
Dec 27, 2008
D J Riner, Jr., 56, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday December 27, 2008 at his home following a lengthy illness.He was a dedicated employee of Eastman for 35 years. DJ served in the U.S. Army Reserves.He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his parents, DJ and Nell Riner; and sister,...
Ben H. Kinkead
Dec 26, 2008
Ben H. Kinkead, Jr., 86, of Kingsport, went home to Jesus on Friday, December 26, 2008.He served three years in the U. S. Air Force during World War II. Ben worked at Tennessee Eastman Company for many years and truly enjoyed all the people and friends he made there. While at TEC he was a member of the Rock &...
Janet Rose Fenyves
Dec 24, 2008
Janet Rose Fenyves, 45 years of age, died peacefully and without pain while surrounded by family and caring nurses at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol on Christmas Eve, after a long struggle with a progressive neurological condition.Janet was born in Greenville, SC. After finishing high school in Charlotte, NC, she completed her undergraduate and nursing degree at the University of...
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