Obituaries

Juanita D. Spivey
Nov 6, 2008
Juanita D. Spivey, 75 of Kingsport, was called home by the Lord on Thursday, November 6, 2008. Juanita was born July 14, 1933 to Velvo and Jess Davis in Rogersville, TN. She worked at Eastman for 35 years and married Cecil Spivey. She was preceded in death by her husband, Cecil Spivey; parents, Velvo and Jess Davis; and a brother,...

John E. Cituk, Sr
Nov 6, 2008
John E. Cituk, Sr., 62, of Kingsport, passed away at 11 p.m. Thursday, November 6, 2008 at Indian Path Medical Center.Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he had resided in Kingsport for the past two years. John was a veteran of the U. S. Army having served during the Vietnam Conflict as an Army Ranger.He was preceded in death by his mother,...

Wilson Patton
Nov 5, 2008
Hugh Wilson Patton, 86, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 in Alpharetta, GA. He was a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and Vanderbilt University. He was a former Director of Research at Tennessee Eastman Co. Most recently Dr. Patton was a member of Northminster Presbyterian Church in Roswell, GA with his three daughters and families. He was a former member...

George Belk Peters, Sr
Nov 4, 2008
George Belk Peters, Sr., a native and lifelong resident of Kingsport, TN passed away Tuesday, November 4, 2008 after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Robert Lynn Peters, Sr. and Mary Belk Peters.George graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and Davidson College, Davidson, NC, where he was president of the senior class. He was an outstanding athlete...

Mary Elizabeth Murphy
Nov 4, 2008
Mary Singleton Murphy of Kingsport passed away peacefully Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, at Indian Path Medical Center.She was born in Louisville, Kentucky, where she lived until 1962 when she moved to Kingsport. Mary was a member of St. Dominic Catholic Church and served as secretary/bookkeeper for the church until her retirement.Her husband, Eddie Murphy, preceded her in death.Surviving are...

Eugene V Ward
Nov 4, 2008
Eugene V. Ward, 91, Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday morning, November 4, 2008.Eugene was born and resided in Wise County, VA where he was a miner prior to leaving for the military. He retired after 20 years service with the U. S. Air Force. He was a member of Rock Springs United Methodist Church. Eugene loved...

Thomas Coughenour
Nov 3, 2008
Thomas Francis Coughenour, aka Coach, 66 of Kingsport TN, passed away peacefully Monday morning at home surrounded by his family. Born in Charlotte, NC to Catherine and Tom Coughenour, the family moved to Kingsport in 1946. It was in his Freshman English class where he met the love of his life, Barbara Williams, whom he married in 1962. A graduate...

Nannie Kate Patrick Cutshall
Nov 3, 2008
Nannie K. Cutshall, 94, died Monday, November 3, in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Nan was born in Scott County, Virginia, on July 7, 1914, to John Wesley and Sarah Elizabeth Patrick. She moved to Kingsport as a young child and was a lifelong resident of Kingsport until moving to Fredericksurg in 2006. She will always be remembered as a strong, loving, and...

Alma Wolfenbarger
Nov 1, 2008
Alma Wolfenbarger of Kingsport, passed away Saturday November 1, 2008 at her home.It was Alma's wishes to be cremated. There are no services at this time.

Darrella Kay Crawford
Oct 29, 2008
Darrella Kay Crawford, 44, of the Blairs Gap Community, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 28, 2008.She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Mable Minnie Thorpe and grandfather, Allen Thorpe.Surviving are her husband, Jerry Crawford; mother, Karren Edwards and Bill Roland; father, Darrell Williams; daughters, Tammy Williams Goodwin and husband Jonathan, and Jessa Kelly; grandchildren, Desray Goodwin, Isaac Goodwin, and...

Fred Winston Ketron
Oct 28, 2008
BOLD PRINT: FRED WINSTON KETRONFred Winston Ketron, 83, of Kingsport, passed away into the loving arms of his Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday night, October 28, 2008 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.Born in Sullivan County, TN on December 8, 1924, Fred was the son of the late Andrew E. Ketron and Anna Blanche Ketron.Mr. Ketron was...

Howard Gordon Hamblen
Oct 28, 2008
Howard G. Hamblen, age 83, passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at Asubry Place, Maryville. He was a World War II Veteran serving in the U.S. Army and retired from Tennessee Eastman with 40 years service.Mr. Hamblen was a member of Glen Alpine United Methodist Church, Kingsport. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Ruth...

Mary Stewart
Oct 23, 2008
Mary Elizabeth Stewart, 72, of 3808 Woodfield Drive, Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, October 23, 2008, at her home following a brief illness.She was born in Hillsville, Virginia and had resided most of her life in Kingsport. Mary was a 1954 graduate of Sullivan High School. She was a former employee of Mason Dixon, Sears, and...

Charles Meade
Oct 23, 2008
Charles "Chuck" Meade, 39, of Kingsport, went to be with his family and the Lord unexpectedly Thursday, October 23, 2008.He was a 1988 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School and served in the U. S. Navy from 1989 to 1993 aboard the USS Hunley AS-31 as an A Bosen Mate 3. Chuck was employed by White Foods and had worked at...

William Rowland
Oct 22, 2008
Ed Rowland, 80, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at Life Care Center of Gray. He was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County having retired from the Mead following 42 years of service. Ed was a Sergeant in U. S. Army serving during the Korean Conflict. He was of the Baptist faith and a...

Howard Jackson Wolfe
Oct 22, 2008
Howard Jackson Wolfe, 87, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on October 22, 2008, after a long illness. He was born on October 19, 1921, to Nannie Jane Love and Ballard Jackson Wolfe in Clinchport, VA, where he grew up and married Verna Lawson. Howard served in the U. S. Army during World War II. When he returned...

Joyce Wagner
Oct 22, 2008
Joyce Wagner, 74, 1071 Muddy Creek Road, Blountville, TN, died at 5 a.m. Wednesday October 22, 2008 at Indian Path Medical Center. Born in Kingsport, she lived in the Holston Community practically all of her life and was a graduate of Holston High School.Joyce and her husband formerly owned and operated school buses in the Sullivan County School System. She...

Raymond Mick Dunkin
Oct 18, 2008
Mick Don't grieve for me, for I am Home. I have gone to be with the Lord. I was called to be by his side Saturday, October 18, 2008. I was surrounded in love by those that I cherished the most - my family and friends - those dearest to me as I fought my battle. Born February 11, 1942,...

Lucille Hammonds May
Oct 17, 2008
Lucille Hammonds May, 77, of Kingsport, died Friday morning, October 17, 2008, at her daughter's home after an extended illness.Arrangements will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.