Obituaries
Ralph Morelock
Jan 21, 2009
Ralph Morelock, 81, Old Blairs Gap Road, went home to be with the Lord at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.He was born in Hawkins County and had lived in Sullivan County most of his life. Ralph was a farmer and an avid gardener.Preceding him in death were a grandson, Ronnie L. Allen Dickerson;...
Walter Blevins
Jan 21, 2009
Walter Blevins, 81, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 21, 2009.Mr. Blevins served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and brother.Preceding him in death were his father and mother, Felix and Bertha Blevins; and daughter, Joyce Blevins.Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Dorothy...
Thomas Franklin Chilcote Jr
Jan 20, 2009
Thomas Franklin Chilcote, Jr., 90, of Kingsport, died Tuesday, January 20, 2009 at his home, Preston Place II, surrounded by his family and friends.He was born in Dayton, PA on May 25, 1918, the son of Thomas F. Chilcote, Sr., a Methodist minister, and Emma Jane Chilcote. Tom spent his early days in Pennsylvania where he met the precious love...
Louise Faye Sisk Ebsary
Jan 20, 2009
Louise Faye Sisk Ebsary passed away Tuesday, January 20, 2009, at her home in Sulphur Springs.She was born March 7, 1932, in Miami, Florida; and worked in the Dade County, Florida, school system until retiring in 1989, when she moved to Boone, North Carolina. Louise moved to the Sulphur Springs community of Kingsport in 2001.Preceding her in death were her...
Nelson Foster
Jan 19, 2009
Nelson Foster, 84, of Kingsport, and went home to be with God on Monday, January 19, 2009 at Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol.He was born March 30, 1924 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, spent his youth in Nashville, and came to Kingsport in 1941 where he spent most of his life. After retiring from TVA as a truck driver, Nelson worked for...
Edgar Sensabaugh
Jan 19, 2009
Edgar J. Sensabaugh, 92, of Kingsport passed away Monday, January 19, 2009, at Indian Path Medical Center.He retired in 1976 from Tennessee Eastman Company after 38 years of service. Edgar was a member of Wheeler United Methodist Church and Kingsport Masonic Lodge #688.Preceding him in death were his wife, Hope F. Sensabaugh; a brother, Preston Sensabaugh; and a sister, Josephine...
Bill Tilley
Jan 18, 2009
Kingsport, TN - William P. Tilley, Jr., 82, of Kingsport, died Sunday, January 18, 2009, at his home.He was born in Andover, VA, served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He was employed by Eastman Chemicals Division of Kodak for 36 years, retiring as Personnel Manager in 1987.Bill was a member of...
Teresa Gail Cole
Jan 18, 2009
Teresa Gail Cole, 48, of Kingsport died Sunday afternoon, January 18, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after an apparent heart attack.She was born in Kingsport where she had resided all her life. Teresa was a 1978 graduate of Sullivan Central High School and received her Associates Degree from East Tennessee State University. She was a licensed insurance agent...
Charlotte Townsend
Jan 17, 2009
Charlotte Townsend, 91, of Sullivan Gardens went home to be with the Lord at 7:36 p.m. Saturday, January 17, 2009.Mrs. Townsend was born in Avery County, North Carolina, and had resided in Kingsport since 1948. Charlotte was a retired employee of the Sullivan County School System. She was of the Baptist faith and attended Oak Glen Baptist Church.Preceding her in...
Donald 'Donnie' Ward
Jan 16, 2009
Donald "Donnie" Ward, 56, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Friday, January 16, 2009.Preceding him in death were his father, Paul Ward; grandmother, Grace Holder; a nephew, Josh Calhoun; and his stepfather, Fred Ellis.Surviving are one daughter, Tricinia Overbay of Johnson City, TN; one son, Donald Paul Ward of Kingsport; five grandchildren; his mother, Marion Ellis; two...
Pansy Gillenwater Johnson
Jan 16, 2009
Pansy Gillenwater Johnson, age 82, of Kingsport, passed away Friday, January 16, 2009, at Wexford House. The daughter of Logan and Nancy Gillenwater, she grew up in Scott County, VA, and graduated from Dungannon High School. She left the next day for Washington, D.C., where she worked for Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. until her marriage to S. O. Johnson,...
James Taylor Barham, Jr
Jan 15, 2009
James Barham, Jr., 67, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 15, 2009. Born in Greene County, he lived most of his life in Kingsport. He retired from Tennessee Eastman after 29 years, working in the former Kodel Division. He was the owner of Rainbow Motors for 13 years. He was a wonderful father, pops, and...
Cecil Herron
Jan 14, 2009
Cecil Herron, 74 of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at his home after an extended illness.He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, and friend. Cecil was employed by Eastman Kodak until he retired in 1992 after 26 years of service.Preceding him in death were his parents, Elijah and Rosa Herron; a sister, Thelma Herron;...
Gladys Eastep Shipley
Jan 14, 2009
Gladys Eastep Shipley, 79, of Limestone, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, January 14, 2009, at her home.She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Gladys loved the Lord and was a born again Christian- saved when she was around 12 years old. She had a great love and concern for her family, friends, neighbors, and stray...
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Dale
Jan 13, 2009
Elizabeth A. "Betty" Dale, 78, of Kingsport passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2009.She was born in Sherrill, Iowa and raised in Dubuque Iowa; attended St. Anthony's Grade School and St. Joseph's Academy in Dubuque, Iowa; and earned her RN Degree at St. Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa.Betty met and married Jack J. Dale in Dubuque Thanksgiving Day in 1954. Together...
Adele Cody Williams
Jan 12, 2009
Adele Cody Williams, 82, of Kingsport, died at 8:10 p.m. Sunday January 11, 2009 at Wexford House.Born in Hancock County, she lived in Kingsport most of her life.Adele was employed with Kingsport Electric Power Company more than forty years.She was a member of Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Nicholas A....
Robert "R.C." Cannoy
Jan 11, 2009
Robert "R.C." Cannoy, 96, a lifetime resident of Kingsport died Sunday, January 11, 2009, at Netherland HealthCare after a period of declining health.He was born June 4, 1913, graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, and honorably served in the United States Army 96th Signal Corps during World War II. He retired from Tennessee Eastman Company after 40 years of service in...
Charles B. Miller
Jan 11, 2009
Charles B. Miller, 89, of Kingsport, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2009, at Brookhaven Manor.He was born in Watauga County, North Carolina, and later moved to Kingsport where he resided most of his life. Mr. Miller was a machinist for Vulcan Materials Company and was of the Baptist faith.He was preceded in death by his wife, Hallie Mae Miller; a...
John Raymond Morse, Jr
Jan 11, 2009
"As we love you, so we will miss you. In our memory you are near, loved, remembered, and always longed for until we meet again in our Father's presence."John Raymond Morse Jr., 62, of Kingsport, went to be with his heavenly Father Sunday, January 11, 2009, at his home surrounded by his family following a lengthy battle with cancer. He...
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