Obituaries
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...
Gwendolyn Henderson
Apr 5, 2021
On April 5th, 2021 Gwendolyn Henderson passed away at the age of 97 in her home. Born in Hapeville, Georgia, she was the daughter of Jerome Custer Henson and Ethel Annie Gresham. She married the late William Bennett Henderson in Atlanta. After WWII, they relocated to Kingsport where they started their life together.
She was a homemaker who provided infinite...
Donna Davis
Apr 5, 2021
Donna Davis, 61, of Kingsport, passed away peacefully in her sleep Monday, April 5, 2021. Born in Kingsport on October 3, 1959, a daughter of the late Oliver “Poppy” and Lola “Mamaw” Harvey, she had resided in this area her entire life. Donna graduated from Ketron High School. She had been employed as a property manager for 20 years. Donna...
Norma Ellen Walker
Apr 4, 2021
Norma Ellen Walker, 71, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, April 4, 2021, unexpectedly at her residence following a period of declining health. Born in Kingsport on June 22, 1949, a daughter of the late Ballard Collingsworth and Nancy J. Gamble Collingsworth Jones, she had resided in this area her entire life. Norma graduated from Sullivan...
Marilyn Moore Davis
Apr 3, 2021
Marilyn Davis, age 89, passed peacefully with family by her side. She was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Leland A. Davis. The daughter of Shirley Jane Huntoon Moore and Roy Britton Moore, she lived most of her life in Kingsport, TN. She graduated from Salem Academy in Winston-Salem, NC and attended Salem College. She later graduated...
John C. Umberger
Apr 3, 2021
John Crittenden Umberger Jr. passed away at the age of 94 on Saturday, April 3, 2021 in Kingsport, Tennessee. John was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina on October 25, 1926, the son of John C. Umberger Sr, a Methodist pastor and farmer, and Beulah Dwyer Umberger. Following his brother Dwyer, John graduated with a Chemical Engineering degree from North Carolina...
Ricky Allen Strickler
Apr 2, 2021
Rick Strickler, 60, of Gray, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 2, 2021. Rick was a graduate of Sullivan Central High School and East Tennessee State University. He was retired from Nuclear Fuel Services and attended Clear Branch Baptist Church and was a member of Kingsport Antique & Rod Club. Rick was a loving son, brother, uncle,...
Quintin Dunlap
Mar 31, 2021
Psalm 34:19 - Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Quintin Dunlap, of Church Hill, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, March 31, 2021. Born in Greensboro, NC, he was raised in the Clinchport area. He handled obstacles and trials in his life with grace and dignity. Quintin never let...
Mae Hunt
Mar 30, 2021
Mae Hunt, 76, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. Mae was a lifelong resident of Kingsport and a graduate of Sullivan High School. She was a member of Colonial Heights Christian Church and had retired from the Sullivan County School System where she had worked in the cafeteria at Sullivan South High School...
Rhea Newland
Mar 27, 2021
Rhea Newland, age 85, of Kingsport, went home to be with the Lord peacefully on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Holston Valley Medical Center following a brief illness.
Born in Kingsport, Tennessee on August 24, 1935, son of the late Hugh and Clara Thompson Newland, he resided in this area his entire life. Rhea graduated from Lynn View High School...
Jenny Smith
Mar 24, 2021
Virginia “Jenny” “Nana” Faye Smith, 75, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at her home on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Born in Kingsport, she had lived here all her life. She professed faith in Christ at an early age. Jenny worked as a health tech at the dialysis center but her favorite job was as a wife, mother...
Steven Michael Taylor
Mar 23, 2021
Steven “Steve” Michael Taylor, 66, of Greeneville, originally of Kingsport, TN, passed away at Ballad Health Community Hospital following a sudden and unexpected illness. Mr. Taylor is the son of Bobbie Taylor and the late Donald Taylor of Kingsport. He graduated from Lynn View High School where he played first chair trumpet in the high school marching band beginning his...
David Gerald Long
Mar 23, 2021
David Gerald Long, 63, Blountville, TN, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday afternoon, March 23, 2021, after a lengthy illness. David was born in Bristol, VA and resided in Blountville. David was an auto mechanic his entire life. He was a member of APA Pool League, the Greater Tri Cities Darting Association and of the F.O. E. #3274. ...
Mary Elizabeth Ricker
Mar 22, 2021
Mary Elizabeth Ricker, 88, of Fall Branch, TN, passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021, at her home surrounded by family and loved ones. She was cherished by everyone that knew her. Mary retired from Magnavox Greeneville, TN after having worked there for 42 years. She loved to grow big gardens and share with everyone. She also loved spending time...
Richard A. Lawson
Mar 21, 2021
Richard A. Lawson, 59, left this earth on a journey to his eternal home on Sunday, March 21, 2021.
Those left to cherish his memory are his loving wife, Misty Reed, and fur babies, Sydney and Penny. He is also survived by his mother, Ollie Lawson; brothers, David and Joel; sisters, Linda Stanley, Patty Osborne, and Janie Lawson; cousin, Ella...
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