Obituaries
Andrew Jay Hurd
Jul 5, 2008
Andrew Jay Hurd, 85, of Kingsport went home to be with the Lord Saturday July 5, 2008 at Brookhaven Healthcare.Born in Hawkins County, he had resided in Kingsport most of his life. Mr. Hurd was an avid gardener.Preceding him in death are his parents, William and Elizabeth Perry Hurd; two sisters, Pearl Ferguson and Jane Hamilton.He is survived by six...
Betty Stapleton Coats
Jul 4, 2008
Betty Stapleton Coats, 78, of the Bloomingdale Community, passed away Friday, July 4, 2008, at her home following an extended illness.She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County and a member of Kingsley United Methodist Church for over 50 years.Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Coats; her parents, Roy and Kate Stapleton; and an infant brother, Roy...
Joe L. Barnette
Jul 3, 2008
Joe L. "Pop" Barnette, 95, of Kingsport, died Thursday evening, July 3, 2008, at Lakeridge Health Care Center in Johnson City. Born November 1, 1912 in a log cabin in Fairview, VA, he came to Kingsport in 1942 and was employed in Power and Services at Eastman Kodak for 35 years, retiring in 1976.Joe was an avid story teller and...
Dennis Ray "Baldy" Sherfey
Jul 1, 2008
Dennis "Baldy" Sherfey, 61, Jonesborough, Tennessee, died Tuesday morning, July 1, 2008, at his home following an extended illness.He was born in Washington County, TN, where he resided most of his life. Dennis was an employee of Washington County and worked at the Locust Mount Convenience Center.He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.Surviving are his wife,...
Irene Palmer Coates
Jun 30, 2008
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. Psalm 116:15Irene Palmer Coates, 98, went to be with the Lord Monday, June 30, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center surrounded by her family.She was born February 14, 1910, in Kingsport to Sam and Allie Peltier Palmer. She was orphaned at the age of eight and...
Ralph H. Waters
Jun 30, 2008
Ralph H. Waters, 86, of Kingsport passed away Monday, June 30, 2008, after a lengthy battle with cancer.He was a resident of Kingsport all his life and served in the U. S. Army during World War II where he was wounded in combat. Ralph was a retiree of Eastman Kodak and enjoyed fishing, gardening, and Bible study.He was preceded in...
Jacqueline Mutaba Tatchi
Jun 30, 2008
Jacqueline Tatchi, 45, of Kingsport, died Monday morning, June 30, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.She was born in D. R. Congo, Africa, and had resided in Kingsport since June 9, 1994. Jacqueline and her family had been political refugees in Zambia four years prior to coming to Kingsport. In January of 2000 she became...
Jeffrey Lynn Crawford
Jun 29, 2008
Jeffery Lynn "Jeff" Crawford, 21, of Kingsport passed away Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center in Sevierville.Jeff graduated from Sullivan North High School. He played football while at Ketron Middle School and for the Bloomingdale Ruritan.He was loved by all his family and friends and will be greatly missed.His father, Glenn France, and twin brother, Joseph...
Juanita Barbara Avery
Jun 28, 2008
BOLD PRINT: Juanita AveryJuanita Barbara Avery, 93, of Fall Branch and The Place at Kingsport, passed away June 28, 2008, at Indian Path Medical Center following complications resulting from a fall.Juanita worked to achieve a master's degree in education. Following her graduation, she taught at an Indian reservation in Spokane, Washington. She then alternated teaching in Tennessee and Georgia where...
Betty Frances Hagood
Jun 28, 2008
BOLD PRINT: Betty Hagood Proverbs 31:28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.Betty Hagood of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Saturday June 28, 2008 At Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Betty was a lifelong resident of Kingsport and a member of Temple Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother,...
Mary Helen Sanders
Jun 25, 2008
Mary W. Sanders, of Kingsport died at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, at her home.She was born in Decatur, Georgia, raised in Opelika, Alabama, and resided in Kingsport since 1946. Mary attended Auburn University where she met her husband. She was a long-time supporter of Auburn University and Lees-McRae College Banner Elk, NC, was a member of First Presbyterian...
Paul M. Roberts
Jun 24, 2008
Pine Grove Community, Chuckey, TNPsalm 23 "... Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever."Paul Monroe Roberts, 89, of the Pine Grove Community, Chuckey, TN, went to be with his Heavenly Father on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at his home, surrounded by his...
Steve Allen Blakley
Jun 23, 2008
Steve A. Blakley, 51, of Scott County, Virginia, passed away Monday, June 23, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.He was raised in Fall Branch, Tennessee, and resided in Scott County, Virginia, for a number of years. Steve was owner and operator of J. L. Distributor in Weber City, VA. He was a loving friend and...
Emma Jean Bell
Jun 22, 2008
Jean Bell, 74, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Sunday, June 22, 2008, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.She was a former resident of Hollywood, Florida, but had made her home in Kingsport for the past seven years. Jean attended Pleasant View Baptist Church, was a loyal Atlanta Braves fan, and was a homemaker.Preceding her in death were her husband,...
David Grant Ford
Jun 21, 2008
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love His appearing. -- II Timothy 4: 7-8David G. Ford,...
Herman Bill Carroll
Jun 18, 2008
Herman Bill Carroll, 71, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Sunday, June 15, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.He was born in Sullivan County where he had been a resident his entire life. Bill retired after 40 years of service as a brick mason. He attended Maple Oaks Gospel Mission.Preceding him in death...
Larry Anthony Arnold
Jun 17, 2008
Romans 8:38-39 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.Larry "Hotdog" Anthony Arnold, 61, Gray, Tennessee, left his earthly body...
Wilma Jolene Napier
Jun 16, 2008
Wilma J. Napier, 73, of Kingsport went to be with the Lord Monday, June 16, 2008, at Indian Path Medical Center after an acute illness. She was born in Pennington Gap, Virginia, where she lived most of her life before moving to Kingsport in 2002. Mrs. Napier was a homemaker and a member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church.Her husband, Steve...
Audrey Odell Light
Jun 16, 2008
Audrey Light, 72, Rogersville, went to be with the Lord Monday, June 16, 2008, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Surviving are her husband of 49 years, Grady Light of the home; daughters, Kathleen Light of Georgia, Lisa Hall of Rogersville, Judy Pena and husband Dave of Rogersville, Annie Cierniak and husband Michael of Kingsport; a special daughter, Carolyn Calton of...
Jerry A. Ketron
Jun 16, 2008
Jerry A. Ketron, 61, of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord Sunday evening, June 15, 2008, at James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center.He was born in Kingsport and had resided most of his life in Fall Branch. Jerry was a U. S. Navy veteran. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marce and Eloise Ketron, Sr; grandmother,...
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