Obituaries
Vivian Rena Droke
May 8, 2022
Vivian Rena (Dors) Droke, 100, died peacefully at her home on May 8, 2022, of complications of dementia.
Vivian was born April 24, 1922, in Great Falls, Montana, oldest of four children. Much of her early childhood and schooling were spent on the ranches located outside of Great Falls, where her father found work – “a real cowboy.” Life was...
Richard A. Cowden
May 7, 2022
Richard A. Cowden, 73, of Kingsport, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022. Born November 12, 1948, he resided in Kingsport, TN and was a 1967 graduate of Lynn View High School. He served as an E6 Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy for 23 years (Vietnam through Desert Storm). Following his time in the Navy, Richard worked as an over...
Brenda Kay Riner
May 7, 2022
Brenda Kay Riner, 68, of Kingsport, died Saturday, May 7, 2022, at St. Thomas West in Nashville after a brief illness. Born in Kingsport where she resided most of her life, Brenda was a 1972 graduate of Lynn View High School. She retired from Brock Services in 2016 after many years of service. Brenda was an active member of the...
Carl Lee Painter
May 5, 2022
Carl Lee Painter, 78, of Kingsport, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 at Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born February 24, 1944 to the late Roy Lee and Mary Addie Carroll Painter. Carl graduated from Sullivan High School in 1963 and worked many years at Lynn Garden Hardware and later at Kingsport True Value Hardware. After retirement, he enjoyed...
Angela "Angie" Blakely Bevins
May 4, 2022
Angela Blakely Bevins, 69, passed away Wednesday, May 4, 2022, in Mt. Pleasant, SC after a brief illness. Angie was born in Greeneville, TN, she resided in Kingsport and was a Sullivan High School graduate, class of 1971. She attended ETSU, earning her BS degree and later she received an online degree from American Military University. For the past 16...
Gerrell Lequieu
May 3, 2022
Gerrell Lequieu, 87, much-beloved wife and mother, passed away unexpectedly May 3, 2022. Gerrell was born on October 2, 1934 to Jess and Martha Honeycutt in Buladean, North Carolina.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her step-mother Emma Honeycutt and her sister, Lorena Webb.
Gerrell is survived by her loving husband, SGM Richard Lequieu,...
Duffer H. Wallen
May 2, 2022
Duffer Hurd Wallen, 76, Kingsport, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, May 2, 2022, following a lengthy illness. Duffer retired from JP Stevens with 35 years of service and from Brock Services with 7 years of service. Duffer honorably served his country during the Vietnam war. He was an avid NASCAR, UT Vols and Yankees...
Brenda Sue Malone
May 1, 2022
Brenda Sue Malone, 74, of Limestone, TN, went to be with the Lord, Sunday morning, May 1, 2022 at her home. Brenda was born in Greenville, SC but resided here for most of her life. Brenda retired from Magnavox in Greeneville, TN and then she worked at Durham Hensley Nursing Home. She was a member of Cherry Hill FWB Church....
Jan L. Skipper
Apr 30, 2022
Jan L. Skipper, 71, left this world on Saturday, April 30, 2022, for his next great adventure. A veteran, he served as President of the Florida Society of Professional Land Surveyors and as Secretary of the Cherokee Rod and Gun Club. Entrepreneur, performer, craftsman, trader: Jan was a true Renaissance man. Known to his friends as "The Wizard," he was...
Diane Flanary Stewart
Apr 29, 2022
Diane Flanary Stewart, 68, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 29, 2022. Born in Dryden, Virginia, she resided most of her life in Kingsport. Diane graduated from Dryden High School and East Tennessee State University. She was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church. Diane and her husband, Bill owned and operated Toohey...
Robert Merrill "Bob" Dorr
Apr 28, 2022
Robert Merrill “Bob” Dorr, 94, of Kingsport, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at Asbury Rehab. Born on June 23, 1927 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Harold Phillips and Lillian Crane Dorr, Bob attended Mount Hermon School in Mt. Hermon Massachusetts and Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Massachusetts.
Robert was a naval aviator in the United States...
Nancy Jane Bragg Manis
Apr 25, 2022
Nancy Jane Bragg Manis, 86 of Kingsport, passed away Monday afternoon, April 25, 2022 following a brief illness. She was born in Hawkins County, TN and lived in Kingsport most of her life. Nancy attended Community United Methodist Church.
Nancy is preceded in death by her parents, George W. and Sudie Bragg, her husband, James E. Manis, Sr., her son,...
Elizabeth Almond Travis
Apr 25, 2022
Elizabeth Ellett Almond “Betty” Travis, 86, passed away on April 25, 2022, after a short but courageous battle with a rare cancer. Betty was born in Dallas, Texas and moved to Atlanta, Georgia during the middle of World War II. She graduated from the first graduating class of The Westminster Schools in Atlanta, where she was Secretary – Treasurer of...
Sherry Cole
Apr 24, 2022
Jessie Allen, 7 and Sherry Cole, 59 both of Limestone, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Jessie attended Fall Branch Elementary School where he was in the 1st grade. He loved and was so proud of his school. He loved the outdoors and loved going to work with his Papaw at M & M Farm...
Sheena Nikki Collins
Apr 24, 2022
Sheena Nicole “Nikki” Collins, 35, of Blairs Gap Community, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Born in Kingsport on September 10, 1986, a daughter of Junior Collins and Diane Bays, she has resided in this area her entire life. She will be remembered as a loving and devoted daughter, mother, sister, and wife who loved helping her friends,...
Jessie Allen
Apr 24, 2022
Jessie Allen, 7 and Sherry Cole, 59 both of Limestone, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Jessie attended Fall Branch Elementary School where he was in the 1st grade. He loved and was so proud of his school. He loved the outdoors and loved going to work with his Papaw at M & M Farm...
Vernon Wilson Goodlett
Apr 23, 2022
Wilson Goodlett, 87, of Kingsport passed away at his home, Saturday, April 23, 2022. He was born in Travelers Rest, SC on May 16, 1934, the son of Claude and Mildred Goodlett, Sr.
He attended Wofford College where he majored in chemistry and math. Wilson was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and Blue Key and was a Distinguished Military...
Barbara "Bobbie" Jean Donald
Apr 23, 2022
Barbara “Bobbie” Jean Donald, 84, of Kingsport, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, April 23, 2022 at her home. Born on December 4, 1937 to Chester B. and Georgia Eugenia Daniel Dykes, Barbara resided her entire life in Kingsport. She graduated from Dobyns Bennet High School and attended Greenville General Hospital School of Nursing (affiliated with Furman University) in 1959 where...
Nancy Oxley Warren
Apr 21, 2022
June 28,1933-April 21, 2022
Nancy Oxley Warren, 88, of Kingsport, Tennessee, went peacefully home to be with her beloved Jesus at Johnson City Medical Center on Thursday, April 21, 2022. She was born in Athens, West Virginia, and graduated from Sullivan High School in Tennessee. She was a homemaker who took care of her husband and three daughters with joy...
Ella Frances Faulk Lane
Apr 20, 2022
Ella Frances Faulk Lane, 90, entered her heavenly home on Wednesday, April 20, 2022. She was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. Ella was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 67 years, Hugh W. Lane, Jr.; her parents, George Reuben and Mattie Bell Myers Faulk; and special daughter-in-law, Pam Lane.
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