Obituaries
Dutt Wagers Jr
Aug 25, 2007
BOLD PRINT: DUTT WAGERS, JR.?For now I am ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.? II Timothy 4:6-7Dutt Wagers, Jr., 58, a lifelong resident of Kingsport, passed away Saturday August 25, 2007 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center...

Lynn Clipse
Aug 25, 2007
BOLD PRINT: LYNN CLIPSEDoris Linville ?Lynn? Clipse, 61, was born in Sullivan County where she lived before moving to Apex, NC, where she went to be with the Lord Saturday August 25, 2007 at Wake Med Cary in Cary, NC after brief illness.She was preceded in death by her son, Michael Clipse; and her parents, Leonard and Ruby Moody.Surviving are...
Dennis Hubert Ayers
Aug 23, 2007
BOLD PRINT: DENNIS H. AYERSDennis H. Ayers, 70, of Kingsport passed away unexpectedly August 23, 2007 at Indian Path Hospital.Born in Lee County, Virginia, he served with the U.S. Army before coming to Kingsport.Dennis was employed with Eastman Chemical Company for thirty-two years in the Acid Concentration Department of the Cellulose Esters Division retiring in 1999.He was a member of...
Richard Bailey
Aug 23, 2007
Richard F. ?Dick? Bailey, 94, Kingsport, died early Thursday morning August 23, 2007, at Wellington Place of Colonial Heights. Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, he was a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and came to work with Tennessee Eastman Company in 1935. Following his move to Kingsport with Tennessee Eastman Company, he joined Dent K. Burk Associates as accountant where...

Rosie Perry
Aug 22, 2007
Rosie Olivet Hilton Perry, 89, of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007, at her home.Born in Grainger County, she had lived most of her life in Kingsport and was a member of Living Praise Assembly of God Church.Preceding her in death were her first husband, Cassel Cat Hilton; her second husband, Paul W. Perry; and three sons, Joe Snooks...
Shelby Hartsock
Aug 21, 2007
Shelby Jean Ketron Hartsock, 67, Kingsport, finished her race on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 at Indian Path Medical Center. She is now singing with Daddy and dancing with the angels.A lifelong resident of Kingsport, she touched many lives and was dearly loved as a mother, grandmother, sister, and friend to many.Her husband, John Henry Hartsock; and parents, Charlie and Crota...
David Larkin
Aug 21, 2007
David Anthony ?Little Arch? Larkin, 51, Jonesborough, TN, was called home by the Lord Tuesday evening at his home.He was born in Kingsport, grew up in Church Hill, and was a graduate of Church Hill High School Class of ?74. David was an employee of Eastman where he worked as a lab technician retiring after 33 years of service. He...
Mary Ellen Morelock
Aug 20, 2007
BOLD PRINT: Mary E. MorelockMary E. Morelock, 87, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord and be reunited with her husband, Howard, on Monday, August 20, 2007, at SunBridge Care & Rehibilitation-Hillside with her family by her side. Born in Scott County, Virginia, she had resided most of her life in Kingsport. Mrs. Morelock attended Horse Creek Freewill Baptist Church...
Leslie Leon Stallard Sr
Aug 20, 2007
Leslie Leon Stallard, Sr., 50, Kingsport, passed away Monday, August 20, 2007, at his home.He was born January 16, 1957, in Kingsport to the late Macel and Beatrice Stallard, where he had lived most of his life. Leslie was a self-employed insulator and paint contractor.Preceding him in death were his mother and father, Macel and Beatrice Richie Stallard; a sister,...
Paul Byrd
Aug 20, 2007
BOLD PRINT: Paul Ingle ByrdPaul Ingle Byrd, 79, of Kingsport passed away Monday morning, August 20, 2007, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.Born in Scott County, Virginia, he had resided in Kingsport most of his life and was a veteran of the U. S. Army serving in the Korean Conflict. Paul retired from Mead Corporation after...
Eddie L. White
Aug 19, 2007
BOLD PRINT: Eddie L. WhiteEddie L. White of Kingsport went to be with his Lord Sunday, August 19, 2007, after a brief illness.He retired from Eastman Chemical Company, was a member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church, and was a veteran of the Tennessee National Guard.Eddie loved bluegrass music and westerns.Preceding him in death were his parents; a brother,...

Roy Anderson
Aug 19, 2007
Roy L. ?Jabo? Anderson, 79, Church Hill, went to be with the Lord Sunday August 19, 2007.He served in the U.S. Army and worked at Speed Clip Manufacturing for 30 years before retiring. Roy attended Freedom Baptist Church. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was preceded in death by his mother; father; and step-father.Surviving are his wife...

Ottie McGuire
Aug 18, 2007
BOLD PRINT: OTTIE McGUIREOttie ?Keith? McGuire, 76, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Saturday August 18, 2007 at his home.He was preceded in death by his parents; seven brothers; and four sisters.Surviving are two daughters, Linda Cox and husband, Densil, Kingsport, and Laura McGuire, Kingsport; two sons, Ottie McGuire II and wife, Diane, Kingsport, and Myron McGuire and wife,...
Helen McKee
Aug 18, 2007
Mary Helen McConnell Copenhaver McKee, 94, Kingsport, died Saturday August 18, 2007 at Asbury-Steadman Hill Assisted Living Campus.Helen was born February 28, 1913, in Scott County, Virginia to Dr. Hiram K. McConnell and Mary L. Gray McConnell. She spent her childhood in Scott County, graduating from Shoemaker High School in 1931. Helen graduated from Virginia Intermont College in 1933 and...
Emma Grace Joyner
Aug 17, 2007
Emma Grace Joyner, 20 months old, Kingsport, went to be with the Lord Friday, August 17, 2007 in Knoxville at the East Tennessee Children?s Hospital.She is survived by her parents, Brad and Lori Joyner of the home; maternal grandparents, Don and Janet Clayman, Kingsport; paternal grandparents, Jerry and Donna Joyner, Church Hill; maternal great-grandparents, Don and Cathy Blair, Spartanburg, SC;...

Anna Mae Bible
Aug 16, 2007
Anna Mae Bible, 83, went to be with the Lord at 6 a.m. Thursday, August 16, 2007 at Erwin Health Care Center in Erwin, TN.Anna was born in Washington County, TN and had resided in Kingsport for most of her life. She was an employee of the Kingsport Press, retiring after 35 years service.She was of the Baptist faith. Anna...

Robert "Bob" Ellison
Aug 15, 2007
Robert L. ?Bob? Ellison, Sr., 58, of Kingsport, passed away August 15, 2007, at his home. He was a loving husband, father, and grandfather, devoted to all of his family. Bob was a loving Christian, working in missions. He was a 34-year military veteran, and retired from Eastman Chemical Company. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn Hall Ellison, Kingsport;...

Donna M. Crouse
Aug 15, 2007
Donna M. Crouse, 64, of Kingsport passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.Born and raised in Lafayette, Indiana, she had lived in southwest Virginia and northeast Tennessee since 1984.Donna attended First Assembly of God in Kingsport.She is survived by her son, David Crouse and wife Christy, Knoxville; daughter, Delisa Dawson and husband Kent, Houston, Texas;...
Julia Estella Dykes
Aug 15, 2007
Julia E. Dykes, 93, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord August 15, 2007, from Wexford House following a brief illness. Born in Rogersville to the late Robert and Bertha Lipe, she resided in Kingsport most of her life. A long-standing member of Hilltop Mission Church, she was a loving wife and devoted mother and grandmother.She was preceded in...