Obituaries
James Jay Cantley
Feb 22, 2022
James (Jay) B. Cantley, Jr. , age 61, of Kingsport, TN passed away February 22, 2022 from a vehicle accident. Jay was a 1978 graduate of Dobyns Bennett High School. At an early age he began working in the family business, Cantley-Ellis Manufacturing, a pallet business his grandfather started. Jay worked in every aspect of the business, from truck driver...
Eddie Jennings
Feb 22, 2022
Eddie K. Jennings, 66 of Kingsport passed away February 22, 2022 following an extended illness. Eddie had lived in Kingsport for most of his life. He was an electrician working throughout the Tri-Cities area. Eddie was a member of Tri-City Motorcyclist Club and enjoyed life and making people happy.
Eddie was preceded in death by his parents, Nelson and Lillian...
Kristy McGill
Feb 22, 2022
Kristy M. McGill, 52, of Kingsport, died Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at Holston Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in South Carolina, Kristy had lived in Kingsport since her early childhood. Kristy loved to read all types of books.
She was preceded in death by her parents, James Edgar Norris, Jr. and Joann Norris; grandmother, Beatrice Norris; and...
Kenneth Reed
Feb 21, 2022
Kenneth Reed, 65, of Kingsport, passed away Monday, February 21, 2022. Born in Spokane, WA, he was raised in Northern California. He has been a paramedic and in EMS for 48 years. He started his career in Northern California, over the years he worked in many states. Kenneth moved to Northeast Tennessee in 1989, where he worked with the Washington...
Jerry Price
Feb 21, 2022
Jerry Price, 78, of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 21, 2022, at his home. Jerry was a 1961 graduate of Fall Branch High School and was a lifelong resident of the area. He was a car salesman for over 50 years and loved driving and showing his 1957 Chevy Bel Air. Jerry was a...
Melissa Phillips Painter
Feb 20, 2022
Melissa Phillips Painter, 55 of Fall Branch, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 20, 2022 at Holston Valley Medical Center. Melissa was a graduate of Daniel Boone High School. She loved caring for her family and others.
Melissa is survived by her son, Lee Painter and wife Melody; three grandchildren, Mia, Hudson, and Letty; her fiancé, Blake...
Carl Morris Drinnon
Feb 20, 2022
Carl Morris Drinnon, 82 of Kingsport died early Sunday morning, February 20, 2022 following a brief period of poor health. He graduated from Sullivan High School, class of ’58, where he played football. Morris was an employee of Eastman where he worked for several years and retired as a maintenance contractor.
Morris was preceded in death by his parents, the...
William Charles "Charlie" Weaver
Feb 18, 2022
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith
William Charles “Charlie” Weaver died Friday, February 18, 2022, after a hard fought battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Charlie was born on July 30, 1941 in Sullivan County, TN and was the son of the late William Jake...
Buster "FaFa" Fogle
Feb 18, 2022
Buster “FaFa” Fogle, 93, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, February 18, 2022 at Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness. Born in Kingsport, where he resided all of his life, Buster was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict. He was an avid Volunteer’s...
Elijah "Jay" McCray, Jr.
Feb 18, 2022
On Friday afternoon, February 18, 2022, our precious Husband/Dad/Pappy went home after a lengthy illness to be with his loving Savior. His family’s heartbreaking loss here is Heaven’s glorious gain. He is healed and will experience no more pain and suffering.
Elijah McCray, Jr. was born on September 30, 1939, in Letcher County, KY, to Elijah McCray, Sr. and Callie...
James Keith Fowler
Feb 17, 2022
James Keith Fowler passed away February 17, 2022, after a brief illness. Born in Greenville, SC July 31, 1951, to Evelyn Blanchard Fowler and the late James Fitzgerald Fowler. Keith spent his childhood in Salisbury, NC. He always had fond memories of days spent on his bike, boating on High Rock Lake, AAU swimming and becoming an Eagle Scout. After...
James "Lynn" Overbey
Feb 16, 2022
James “Lynn” Overbey, age 67 of Kingsport, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022 at his home after a brief illness.
Lynn was a veteran of the United States Army, having served in Germany. He will be greatly missed by all who loved him.
Lynn was preceded in death by his parents, James “Buddy” and Betty Overbey; grandparents, Paul and Ethel...
Walter Dale Moore
Feb 16, 2022
Dale Moore, 68 of Kingsport passed away on Monday, February 14, 2022.
A graveside service will be held on Saturday, February 19th at 3:00pm at Gunnings Cemetery.
A full obituary will be published in the Friday edition of the Kingsport Times News.
Gardner Hammond
Feb 16, 2022
Kermit Gardner Hammond, 87, of Kingsport, died peacefully on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Gardner was born in Kingsport on January 26, 1935, the son of the late Emma Belle Gardner Hammond and Glen Kermit Hammond. Other than the 6 years he was away at college, he lived happily in Kingsport all of his life. Gardner graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School, Class...
William L. Harris
Feb 16, 2022
William “Bill” L. Harris, 75, of Kingsport, TN went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 16, 2022, and is laid to rest at Mountain Home National Cemetery. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He retired from refrigeration operations at Eastman Chemical Co.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Patsy Harris.
He...
Lonnie E. Bailey
Feb 15, 2022
Lonnie E. Bailey, 73, of Kingsport, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at his loving home surrounded by his family. Born in Kingsport on January 26, 1949, a son of the late Taylor and Beatrice Bailey, he had resided in this area his entire life. He graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1968. He married Karen Davis on October...
Thomas Wright
Feb 15, 2022
Thomas Glenn Wright 64, of Kingsport, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Holston Valley Medical Center, from complications of Covid. He was born in Freeport, IL on April 17, 1957 to the late Ralph Glenn Wright, Jr. and Pauline LaRose Norvell Wright. Thomas graduated from Freeport Senior High School in 1975 and received his BS degree in Accounting...
Jane Stewart Shivell King
Feb 14, 2022
After a cherished day of sharing memories and stories, talking to loved ones with much humor and laughter, Jane Stewart Shivell King, died peacefully on Monday, February 14, 2022 in Kingsport Tennessee. She was just shy of her 98th birthday.
She was born on March 28, 1924 in Kingsport, Tennessee and was delivered at home by the only nurse...
Eddie E. Hicks
Feb 14, 2022
Eddie E. Hicks, born on April 19, 1943, passed away February 14, 2022 in Kingsport TN after a brief illness. Eddie graduated from Sullivan West High School and went to work for Eastman (Kodak) Chemical Company where he met the love of his life, Scheryl McMillan Hicks. After marriage, birth of a daughter and 35 years of employment, he retired...
Linda L. Osborne
Feb 14, 2022
Mrs. Linda Adams Osborne, 75, passed away with her family by her side, on February 14, 2022 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, Tennessee. Linda was born May 27, 1946 in the small town of Bonny Blue, St. Charles, Virginia, the 6th of 9 children born to J.T. and Lillian Gibbs Adams. Linda was a graduate of St. Charles...
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