Obituaries
Ernesto Castro Hernandez
Aug 23, 2008
Ernesto "Chalan" Castro Hernandez, 48, Kingsport, died at 9:25 p.m. Saturday August 23, 2008 at Northside Hospital.While Ernesto didn't have family in blood here, he had plenty of family in heart. He was a caring man who cherished his friends. He had lived in Kingsport most of his life and never knew a stranger. He had many friends at the...
Warren McLain
Aug 22, 2008
Warren C. McLain, 88, of Kingsport, died peacefully at home surrounded by familyon August 22, 2008.Born in Decatur, Georgia in 1920, Mr. McLain graduated from the Georgia Instituteof Technology in 1942. Following school, he served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy in the South Pacific theater from 1943-1945. He retired after 38 years as chemical engineer from Tennessee...
Iris Mae Hensley
Aug 21, 2008
Iris M. Hensley, 95, of Kingsport, TN, went to be with the Lord Friday, August 22, 2008.She was a member of Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church.Mrs. Hensley was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years Ingle E. Hensley, parents, James M. and Harriett Taylor Gardner, grandson, Darrell G. Jackson, sisters, Nellie Shivley and Ada Crain, and a brother,...
Franklin Maynard HIll
Aug 21, 2008
Franklin Maynard F.M. Hill, 89, died Thursday, August 21, 2008, during a short stay at Indian Path Medical Center. Born in Brighton, TN on January 4, 1919, Maynard was the beloved husband of his wife of 60 years, Annie Irene Ann Wells Hill.Maynard graduated Cum Laude from Erskine College with a Masters of Science Degree and a Major in Mathematics....
Shirley Jean Page
Aug 19, 2008
Shirley Boyd Page, 73, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.She was a lifelong resident of Kingsport, a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, attended Mars Hill College, and graduated from Carson Newman College. She retired from the Kingsport City School System where she taught for 41 years. Her teaching career...
Rachel Wade Simpson
Aug 18, 2008
Jesus called, Rachel answered, on Monday, August 18, 2008, at her home. She was born March 4, 1930, to Palmer and Annis Wade who are now deceased. Rachel was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.She was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Simpson; one son, Steve Simpson; one daughter, Sandra Gail Simpson; brothers-in-law, J. P. Sauceman, Fred Simpson,...
Richard Lowe
Aug 18, 2008
BOLD PRINT: Richard "Dick" LoweRichard "Dick" Lowe, 61, 112 Scotland Road, Kingsport, died early Monday afternoon, August 18, 2008, at his home.Born in Chattaroy, West Virginia, he was a graduate of Williamson High School in Williamson, West Virginia. Dick was a graduate of Capital City Business College in Charleston, West Virginia and completed his Masters Degree in Divinity at Liberty...
Patrick Gene Smith
Aug 17, 2008
Patrick Gene Smith, 51, Athens, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, August 17, 2008, at his home of an apparent heart attack. He was born in Kingsport and had resided in Athens for the past 26 years. Patrick was of the Presbyterian faith.Preceding him in death were his father, Rondal Allen Smith; a sister, Elizabeth Ann Smith; maternal grandparents, Luster and Andrell...
Harry Ray Murray
Aug 16, 2008
Harry Murray, 57, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday August 16, 2008 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol. He was a life-long resident of Kingsport and attended Sunrise Baptist Church. Mr. Murray was an avid golfer and a member of Silver Lake Golf Club. He was preceded in death by his infant son, Christopher Murray; parents, Herb and...
Burl Garland
Aug 16, 2008
Burl Garland, 81, Fall Branch, died at his home Saturday August 16, 2008 following a brief illness.Born in Relief, NC, raised in Johnson City, he had resided in Fall Branch for the last 22 years. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Garland retired from Rainbow Baking Company in 1985 after 33 years service. He was...
Elizabeth Wright Bussart
Aug 14, 2008
Elizabeth "Libby" Wright Bussart, died Thursday, August 14, 2008.She was born July 2, 1916, in Cross Plains, Tennessee, to General Frank and Pearl Culbreath Wright. At an early age she moved with her parents to Nashville, Tennessee, and was a graduate of Hume-Fogg High School, where one of her classmates was Dinah Shore.She married Walter P. Bussart in 1957 and...
Henry James Brown, M.D.
Aug 14, 2008
Henry James Brown, M.D., 87, Kingsport, died Thursday evening, August 14, 2008, at Preston Place Suites.A native of Iuka, Mississippi, he completed his Pre-Medical studies at Ole Miss in 1941 and graduated from UT Memphis Medical School in 1944 where he was a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Honorary Medical Fraternity. He interned in UT Memphis at John Gaston Charity...
Jane Billingsley Davidson
Aug 14, 2008
Jane Billingsley Davidson, 82, went to be with the Lord Thursday, August 14, 2008, in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born March 3, 1926, in Daisy, Tennessee, to the late Carroll Brittain Billingsley and Madge Billingsley Huffman. Mrs. Davidson was a lifelong member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church.She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Davidson.Surviving are...
Daniel Bruce Sensibaugh
Aug 14, 2008
Daniel Bruce Sensibaugh, 49, Kingsport, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008, at his home following an apparent heart attack. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dan was employed by Avaya Global Services as a Systems Integrator.Preceding him in death were his father, Hugh F. Sensibaugh, and a sister, Sandra.Surviving are his mother, Betty Sensibaugh, Cincinnati Ohio; one sister, Sybil Atkinson,...
Dorothy L. Frazier
Aug 13, 2008
Dorothy L. "Big Mom" Frazier, 86, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 13, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Norton, Virginia, and had resided most of her life in Kingsport. Dorothy attended Friendship Chapel Church.Preceding her in death were her parents, George L. and Rhoda Collier; two...
Janie Brown
Aug 13, 2008
Janie Ruth Brown, 86, Kingsport, died at 1:00 a.m. Wednesday at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following an apparent heart attack.She was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, lived in Indiana several years, resided in Florida for more than 13 years, and returned to Kingsport where she had resided for the past 30 years.Janie was employed with Eastman for 10 years as...
Edna Marsh Dotson
Aug 10, 2008
BOLD PRINT: EDNA MARSH DOTSONEdna Marsh Dotson, 91, Kingsport, went to meet her heavenly father and all her dear loved ones Sunday August 10, 2008.Edna was a wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and a dear friend to all those that knew her. Edna was a faithful church member of Oak Grove Baptist Church for over 50 years. She loved to...
Ona Nell Cox Long
Aug 8, 2008
BOLD PRINT: ONA N. COX LONGOna N. Cox Long, 90, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully Friday evening, August 8, 2008 at Wexford House.Ona was born in Greene County on February 19, 1918. After her marriage to Bill Long, they moved to California where she enjoyed a career of 28 years with Chubb & Son Insurance Company. She and Bill returned...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
