Obituaries
Patricia Ann Sexton
Nov 8, 2007
Patricia Ann Sexton, 58, Kingsport, died Thursday, November 8, 2007, at home.She was a loving wife and mother and grandmother.Her loving husband, Roger Sexton, preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her mother and father, John and Helen Eads; and sisters, Janette Goins, Mary Lou Samples, Janet Eads, and Mary Eads.Patricia leaves behind three children, Vicki Garner...
Bonnie Ruth McCrary
Nov 7, 2007
Bonnie Ruth McCrary, 77, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at Wexford House.She was of the Baptist faith and had lived in Kingsport for the last 60 years.Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas William McCrary, in 1994; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Winstead; a daughter, Sharon Gail McCrary; and several brothers and sisters.Surviving are...
Haskel M. Shanks
Nov 7, 2007
Haskel M. ShanksGod called and Haskel, 79, answered on Wednesday, November 7, 2007.He was the son of the late John Ober and Bertha Crabtree Shanks of Milburnton Community in Greene County. Haskel attended Chuckey High School and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He retired from Quebecor Book Manufacturing Company in 1993. He was of the...
Robert Thomas Struzenberg
Nov 7, 2007
Robert Bob Thomas Struzenberg, 73, Kingsport, passed on to a better life at 9:00 p.m. Wednesday, November 7, 2007, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness.Bob was born in Chicago and had resided most of his life in Florida until moving to Kingsport in 1990. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and retired...
Jonathan Stewart Metcalf
Nov 7, 2007
Jonathan Jon Stewart Metcalf, 18, of Kingsport died Wednesday morning, November 7, 2007, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Blacksburg, Virginia, but had resided in Kingsport since 1997. Jon was a senior at Dobyns-Bennett High School where he was a Tennessee/Virginia Scholar. He was active in soccer. Jon played for the Dobyns-Bennett Tribe Soccer team and...
Dickey Lee Whitehead
Nov 6, 2007
Dickey Whitehead, 40, Kingsport, died Tuesday morning, November 6, 2007, at his home.He was a mechanic.Preceding him in death were his grandparents, J. D. and Beatrice Fink, Earl and Patsy Whitehead; his father, Dickey ?Tony? Whitehead; a cousin, Mickey Walker; and several aunts and uncles.Surviving are his wife, Nikki Whitehead, Kingsport; six daughters, Michelle Whitehead, Kingsport, Kassie Whitehead, Kingsport, Kelly...
J.B. Whitlock
Nov 6, 2007
?Blessed is the man that fears the Lord . . . a righteous man will be remembered forever.? Psalm 112J. B. Whitlock, 89, Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, November 6, 2007.He was a Member, Sunday School Teacher, and Deacon at First Baptist Church of Fall Branch. J. B. retired from Tennessee Eastman after 41 years of...
Mary Lee Fritschle
Nov 4, 2007
Marylee Fritschle, 90, formerly of Kingsport and lately of Mesa, AZ, and Leadville, CO, went to be with the Lord and her husband, Cliff, on Sunday November 4, 2007.Born in Hays, Kansas, she grew up in Boulder, CO. Marylee was a graduate of the University of Colorado with a Bachelor?s degree in Music. She taught elementary school in Littleton, CO....
Laura Ashworth Conkin
Nov 4, 2007
Laura Ashworth Conkin, 90, of Sulphur Springs community, formerly of Blairs Gap community, passed away peacefully Sunday morning, November 4, 2007, at the home of her niece and caregiver, Mrs. Charlotte Lonnie Horne, after a lengthy illness.Aunt Laura was a member of Ramsey Freewill Baptist Church in Norton, Virginia. She was a homemaker and loved working in her flower gardens.She...
Hester Stallard
Nov 3, 2007
Hester Stallard, 90, Kingsport, went peacefully to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday November 3, 2007 surrounded by her family.She was born the daughter of the late Maude and Riley Hamm in Ashe County, NC. Mrs. Stallard had been a homemaker; residing at Lutheran Home East in Hickory, NC, for several years. She passed away at Pallative Care...
Alvin Lynn Jennings
Nov 3, 2007
Lynn Jennings 74, of Blountville passed away Saturday November 3, 2007 at James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center following a brief illness.He retired from the U.S. Air Force having received the Bronze Star for his time served in Vietnam. Upon retirement from active military service he worked for and retired from the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Jennings attended the First...
Ruby C. Taylor
Nov 1, 2007
BOLD PRINT: Ruby C. TaylorRuby C. Taylor, 85, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 1, 2007, passing quietly in her sleep after a long illness. Born in Sullivan County to Nathaniel Crawford and Callie Mae Hammonds Crawford, she had resided in the Kingsport area all her life until she relocated to Fall Branch in 1999. Mrs. Taylor...
Ray George Quillen
Nov 1, 2007
Ray G. Quillen, 77, known as ?Poppy? to family and ?Bobo? to friends, died unexpectedly, closed his eyes, and went home to Heaven Friday morning, November 2, 2007, at his home. He was born in Kingsport where he lived his entire life. Ray was an employee of Mead Corporation retiring after 40 years of service. He was of the Baptist...
Victor Alonzo Cornell
Nov 1, 2007
Victor Alonzo Cornell, 99, entered Heavenly Rest on Thursday, November 1 at Netherland Healthcare. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He was born on April 13, 1908 on his family?s farm in Mecosta, MI to Benjamin and Mary Ann Cornell. After attending High School in Lansing, MI, Victor began working for Packard Motor Car Company in...
Dorothy Carter
Nov 1, 2007
Dorothy Frazier Carter, 65, Kingsport, TN, died Thursday, November 1, 2007, at SunBridge Care & Rehibilitation-Hillside.She was a member of Community United Methodist Church. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother.Preceding her in death were her parents, Amos and Virginia Frazier; and two brothers, Ralph and Benny Frazier.Surviving are her husband, Elmer Dwight Carter; one son, Terry ?Popeye?...
Margaret Ferguson
Oct 29, 2007
Margaret Maggie Ferguson, 72, Kingsport went to be with the Lord Monday, October 29, 2007, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a lengthy illness. She was born in Mabe, Virginia, but had resided most of her life in Kingsport. Margaret was a member of Spires Chapel Church.Preceding her in death were one son, Teddy Sellers; her parents, Kyle and...
Wanda Marie Sampson
Oct 28, 2007
Marie Shoun Sampson, 84, entered into rest on October 28, 2007 following a lengthy illness. Born in Knoxville, TN on January 5, 1923, she moved to Johnson City at an early age. Mrs. Sampson graduated from Science Hill High School and attended Milligan College. She worked at Holston Ordinance during World War II and served as Postmaster at Fall Branch...
Grace Blackburn
Oct 26, 2007
Beloved lifetime resident of Kingsport, Grace Hickam Blackburn, 94, died peacefully at her home on Friday, October 26. Her quiet faith, love and devotion to family, friends, community, and her church, Arcadia United Methodist, will always be remembered, and greatly missed. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Clyde Blackburn; her parents, Melvin R. and Mary E. Ford...
Mike Evans
Oct 25, 2007
Mike A. ?Mick? Evans, 64, of Kingsport, died Thursday evening, October 25, 2007, at his home in the presence of his family.He was born in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois, but had resided in Kingsport most of his life. Mike graduated from Illinois State University, served in the U. S. Air Force during Vietnam, and worked for First Tennessee Bank for 34 years....
Forrest Franklin Schrum, Jr
Oct 23, 2007
Forrest Franklin Schrum, Jr., died Tuesday evening at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport following a lengthy illness.Frank was born on Nov. 9, 1931, in Newton, NC, the son of the late Forrest F. and Bess Lore Schrum.He was a graduate of Newton-Conover High School and received a Bachelor?s and a Master?s degree in Textile Chemistry at North Carolina State...
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