Obituaries
Elton C. "Jack" Dykes
Apr 24, 2021
Elton C. “Jack” Dykes went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Hawkins County, TN, he had resided most of his life in Sullivan County, TN. Jack had retired from the Kingsport Press following 30 years of service. He was a long-time member of Solomon’s Temple...
Allen LeRoy Harmon
Apr 24, 2021
Allen L. Harmon, 94, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, April 24, 2021, following a period of declining health. He was born January 19, 1927, in Newkirk, OK, to Roy and Ida Harmon. Allen later moved to Sullivan Gardens and was a graduate of Sullivan West High School. During World War II, Allen served his country in the...
Lourena "Rena" Bolas
Apr 23, 2021
Lourena “Rena” Bolas, 70, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully to with the Lord Friday, April 23, 2021, at Holston Valley Medical Center following a period of declining health. Born in Dungannon, VA, on September 1, 1950, a daughter of Guy and Helen McConnell, she has resided in this area during her adult life. Rena graduated from Dungannon High School in...
John O. Nottingham
Apr 22, 2021
John O. Nottingham, 88, Kingsport, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at home after a brief illness. He was born on January 11, 1933 in Kingsport, TN and was a lifelong active member of First Baptist Church and was honored to serve the church he loved. John was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School and the School of...
Bo Bellamy
Apr 21, 2021
Bo Bellamy, 48, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Born in Kingsport, he has lived in this area all of his life. A graduate of Dobyns-Bennett, he was a proficient athlete in football, baseball, and wrestling. He then invested into the lives of those behind him by coaching football, basketball, and baseball. Bo loved...
Marteen Thomasson
Apr 20, 2021
Marteen (Crawford) Thomasson, age 97, passed away on Tuesday, April 20, 2021 in Kingsport, TN. Marteen was born on May 19, 1923 near Caneyville in Grayson Co., KY. She resided in Louisville, KY from 1955 until 1979 then moved to Kingsport, TN. She was employed at Krispy Kreme for several years when it was located on Center St. in Kingsport....
R.J. "Bob" Wilson, Jr.
Apr 16, 2021
R.J. “Bob” Wilson, Jr., 78, of Kingsport, TN passed peacefully surrounded by his children on Friday, April 16, 2021. Bob was born on August 6, 1942 in Harrisburg, PA to the late Jack and Ruby L Wilson. Bob served 4 years in the US Air Force as an Aerospace ground equipment repairman. He has retired from Eastman, Flowserve, and...
Peggy Jean Avera
Apr 16, 2021
Peggy Jean Avera, 83, of Blountville, passed away in the comfort of her home following a long journey of declining health. Born in Meridian, Mississippi on July 30, 1937, a daughter of the late William and Loreen Wright White, she returned to this area for the last 10 years to be close to her children.
Living at the beach for...
William "Bill" Byrd
Apr 16, 2021
Bill Byrd, 83, of Gray, TN passed away peacefully on Friday, April 16, 2021 at Lakebridge Nursing Home. Bill was born in Dante, VA on March 28, 1938 to the late Roy and Nancy Kate Byrd. He was a graduate of Lynn View High School. Following high school, Bill joined the Air Force where he served for 4 years, before...
Thomas Moorehouse
Apr 15, 2021
Thomas Moorehouse, 73, of Kingsport, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2021.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. on Monday, April 19, 2021, at East Lawn Memorial Park
Rudy Tyrone Phillips
Apr 15, 2021
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord -2 Corinthians 5:8 KJV
It is with much sorrow we relay the passing of Rudy Tyrone Phillips, 75, to his eternal home. Rudy was born on November 16, 1945, to Jay Phillips and Zella Mowell Johnson in the Blairs...
Terresa Lynn Ward
Apr 15, 2021
Terresa Lynn Ward, 59, of Johnson City passed away April 15, 2021. She was born July 29, 1961 in Kingsport, TN. Terresa retired from Eastman Chemical Company after 31 years of employment. Married to wife, Laura Lanelle for 26 years. She attended North Ridge Community Church.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Jeanette Ward.
Terresa is survived by...
William Clark Cox
Apr 14, 2021
William “Clark” Cox, 89, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 14th, 2021, at home, surrounded by his loving family. Clark was born on July 3rd, 1931 in Sullivan County, Tennessee where he resided all of his life. Clark spent 25 years as the General Manager of Krispy Kreme in the Tri-Cities and retired in 1996. ...
Wendy Carter
Apr 13, 2021
Wendy Carter, 55, of Church Hill, died Tuesday morning, April 13, 2021 at home after a brief illness. Born in Tazewell, TN, she had resided in Church Hill for the past 10 years. Wendy graduated from Sullivan North High School and had worked as a food server in Kingsport for several years. She enjoyed the outdoors and spending time in...
Thomas F. Crawford
Apr 13, 2021
Thomas F. Crawford, 67, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord early Tuesday morning, April 13, 2021, at Vanderbilt Medical Center. Tom was born in Kingsport and was a graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, UT and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He was a member of the Dobyn-Bennett and UT bands. Tom was a Professor of Music at ETSU...
Johnnie Lee Smith Witt
Apr 11, 2021
Johnnie Lee Smith Witt, 89 years old, died April 11, 2021 in Kingsport, Tennessee from metastatic breast cancer, first diagnosed at 80 years of age. Born in Ridgeland, South Carolina, Johnnie Lee was the only child of Senator John Foster Smith and Ida Lee Parler Smith. She was a member of First Families of South Carolina and the...
Colleen Yvonne Malone
Apr 8, 2021
Colleen Y. Malone, age 70, of Kingsport passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Wexford House on Thursday, April 8, 2021 following a period of declining health. Born in Kingsport, TN on December 8, 1950, a daughter of the late Elmer Fleenor and Margaret Morrison Layne, she had resided in this area since 1995, moving from New Port Richey,...
Randall Benjamin Doran
Apr 7, 2021
Randall Benjamin Doran, 76, of Kingsport, TN, peacefully went to be with Jesus at his home on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. He was a graduate of Holston High School. Randall served in the United States Navy on the USS Betelgeuse AK-260. He loved his girls, grandsons and his puppy, Codi, so very much.
He was...
John Robert (Bob) Gibson
Apr 6, 2021
John Robert (Bob) Gibson, 82, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Tuesday April 6, 2021. Bob was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church and attended Jerry Teague’s Sunday School Class. He made his profession of faith at a Billy Graham Crusade in Asheville, NC when he was a teenager.
Bob is survived by the love...
Freeda Garland
Apr 5, 2021
Freeda Garland, 95, Rock Springs Community, passed away Monday morning, April 5, 2021, at her home. Freeda was born in Rock Springs where she had lived her entire life, and was a graduate of Sullivan High School, class of ’44. She was a member of Rock Springs United Methodist Church, taught Sunday school for several years, and was the church...
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