Tuesday, Nov. 20
Jake Aquino, 11, Blountville.
Joe Baines, 75, Johnson City.
Shirley Bethea, Plainfield, N.J.
John Wayne Bush, 66, Dungannon, Va.
Orville Caudill, 84, Kingsport.
James Foy Chatman, 82, Kingsport.
Effie Culbertson, Rogersville.
Horace (Jim) Dolen, 65, Rogersville.
Junior Edwards, 71, Kingsport.
Nell Ferguson, 72, Kingsport.
Hubert Gillenwater, 79, Lebanon, Va.
Dale Hensley Jr., 69, Kingsport.
Virginia Lacy, 83, Morristown.
Dona Lane, 92, Kingsport.
Mary Longworth, 78, Rogersville.
Clyde McDavid, 67, Kingsport.
Jackie Morelock, 56, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Ike Pendleton, 81, Kingsport.
Rebecca Price, 86, Rogersville.
Flora Putnam, 91, Kingsport.
Glen Odell Rains, 73, Newport News, Va.
Inez S. Rhoten, Kingsport.
Lee Sims, 72, Bristol, Va.
Rev. Wayne Smith, 57, Kingsport.
David E. Steele, 39, Blountville.
Vester Lee Steverson, Kingsport.
Bobby Stokes, 60, Surgoinsville.
Reba Willis, 73, Blackwater, Va.
Jake
Aquino, 11, Blountville.
BLOUNTVILLE
- Jake I. Aquino, 11, 267 Sugar Tree Drive, went to be
with his Jesus early Sunday morning (Nov. 18, 2001) after a lengthy
illness.
He was born in Charleston, S.C., and had been a resident of the
Kingsport area for the last nine years. He attended Parkers Chapel
Freewill Baptist Church and Indian Springs Elementary School.
He was a caring child and a living inspiration to all who knew him,
and was not afraid to tell others about Jesus. His smile and
testimony will live in our hearts and to all who knew him.
Surviving are his parents, Penny and Jose Aquino Jr.; maternal
grandparents, Lennis and Phyllis France, Kingsport, James and Sandy
Lane, Hiltons, Va.; paternal grandparents, Violet Cabalar and Jose
Aquino Sr., Hawaii; maternal great-grandmother and husband, D.B. and
Faye Long, Kingsport; maternal great-grandfathers and wife, William
C. and Effie Lane, Hiltons, Va., Orbin C. Lane, Gate City, Va.;
maternal great-great-grandmother, Kate Lane, Ft. Blackmore, Va.;
three brothers, Nathaniel "Nathan", Joseph and Gabriel, all of the
home; godfather, Anthony Dickens, Kingsport; and several aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Parkers Chapel
Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Lennis France and the Rev.
Gary Calhoun officiating.
Burial will follow in East Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Dickens, David Parker, Mathew Thomas,
Greg Wallace, Ralph "Buddy" Dingus and Trevor Cole.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Aquino family.
Joe
Baines, 75, Johnson City.
JOHNSON
CITY - Billy Joe Baines, 75, died Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at
the Johnson City Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Gray
Funeral Home in Gray.
Shirley
Bethea, Plainfield, N.J.
PLAINFIELD,
N.J. - Shirley Bethea, born Feb. 7, 1951, took her place
with the Lord on Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001).
Shirley was a member of the Rose of Sharon Community Church, 825 W.
7th St., Plainfield, N.J.
She was preceded in death by her father, Robert Buford Hampton; two
brothers, James Hampton and Buford Hampton Jr.; grandparents, Samuel
and Edith Hoskins; one aunt, Barbara Jean Squire; and one nephew,
Donnald Hampton.
Surviving are her husband, Willie Bethea; four sons, Willie Jr.,
Eric, Gary and Jody; one daughter, Sherry Bethea; 16 grandchildren,
all of Plainfield, N.J.; mother, Mary E. Hampton; seven sisters,
Ruthie Wells, Plainfield, N.J., Mary Bond, Patricia Stover, Anita
Cox, Peggy Hampton and Brenda Watterson, all of Kingsport, and Doris
Jean Williams of Jenkins, Ky.; four brothers, William Hampton,
Johnny Hampton, both of Kingsport, Robert Hampton, Ronald Hampton,
both of Cincinnati, Ohio; several brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law,
aunts, nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Nov.
23, at the Rose of Sharon Community Church, Plainfield, N.J.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, at the church
with the Rev. Laverne Ball officiating. Psalms 23:4.
John
Wayne Bush, 66, Dungannon, Va.
DUNGANNON,
Va. - John Wayne Bush, 66, of Route 2, entered into rest
Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at Maple Grove Health Care in Lebanon, Va.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Gate
City Funeral Home.
Orville
Caudill, 84, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Orville Caudill, 84, died Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at
Wellington Place.
He was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church and served in the
U.S. Army during World War II, receiving the Purple Heart award.
Mr. Caudill retired from Mead Corp. after many years of service.
He was a devoted husband and father.
His wife, Edna Giles Caudill and a son preceded him in death.
Surviving are a daughter, Jackie Jones and husband Ralph, Frankton,
Ind.; two granddaughters, Kelly Jones and Rhnea Gentry; two
grandsons, Ralph Alan Jones and Brian Clay Jones; six
great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Odus
Caudill and wife Juanita, Big Stone Gap, Va.; several nieces and
nephews; and special friend and caregiver, Gerrie Arnold.
Calling hours are from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at East
Lawn Memorial Park with the Rev. Ronald D. Hicks officiating.
Military rites will be conducted by American Legion Hammond Post No.
3.
James
Foy Chatman, 82, Kingsport.
Services for James Foy Chatman, 82, of Kingsport, who went to be
with the Lord Friday (Nov. 16, 2001), will be conducted at 8 p.m.
today in the the Fall Branch Chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes
with the Rev. Gary Lankford officiating.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home, and
anytime at the home of his son, Richard Chatman, 413 Peery St.,
Kingsport.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Logan's
Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Chatman family.
Effie
Culbertson, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Effie Muriel Culbertson died Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001) at
Baysmont Nursing Home.
Muriel was born in Livingston, Mont., on July 5, 1910. She lived
most of her life in Hawkins County, where she taught school for
several years. She later worked at Oak Ridge for several years until
her retirement from Union Carbide.
Muriel was preceded in death by her parents, Jeptha and Lissie
Barrett Culbertson; three brothers and one sister, Leon Culbertson,
Onzie Culbertson, Don Culbertson and Jeannette Carter.
Surviving are one sister, Lois Haun, Evergreen, Colo.; three
brothers, Kenneth M. Culbertson, Bob A. Culbertson, both of
Kingsport, and Hoke Culbertson, Harriman; and several nieces and
nephews.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Colboch-Price Funeral
Home, Rogersville.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Highland
Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Holt officiating.
Horace
(Jim) Dolen, 65, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Horace N. (Jim) Dolen Jr., 65, of the Beech Creek
community, died at 5:15 a.m. Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at his home of
an apparent heart attack.
Born in Sullivan County, he resided in Indianapolis, Ind., for over
25 years and had been a resident of Beech Creek community since
1986.
He was employed as a crane operator with General Motors Corporation
in Indianapolis, Ind., for 17 years, retiring in 1978 due to ill
health.
He was a son of the late Horace and Bonnie Bragg Dolen.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two
brothers, Robert (Bob) Dolen and John Dolen.
Surviving are his wife, Marlene Hawk Dolen, of the home; two
daughters, Tamara Hampton, Beech Creek community, and Sonya Thomas
and husband, Danny, Indianapolis, Ind.; two granddaughters, Jessica
Hampton and Portia Hampton; three stepgrandchildren, Barb, Donna and
Danny Jr.; one stepgreat-granddaughter, Destiny; three sisters,
Patsy Davis, Rock Springs community, Peggy Blevins and husband,
Jerry, of Kansas, and Phyllis Harrison and husband, J.L., of
Indiana; one brother, Dave Dolen and wife, Judy, Kingsport; niece,
Gail Davis; and six nephews, Rodney, Steven, Joe, Michael, David and
Jason.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7:30 p.m. today in the Fall Branch
Chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, and also anytime at the
home.
Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Fall Branch
Chapel with the Rev. Orville Dolen and the Rev. Keith Williams
officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist
Church Cemetery Memorial Fund, c/o Anna Mae Morelock, 7500 Lone Star
Road, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Junior
Edwards, 71, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Harmon Junior Edwards, 71, entered into rest Saturday
(Nov. 17, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
He was born June 25, 1930 in Blackwater, Va., to the late Alfred J.
and Emmer Vaughn Edwards.
Including his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Joyce
Edwards, June 7, 2000; daughter, Vickie Lynn Edwards; one sister,
Maggie Reed; half sister, Lizzy Pleasant; two brothers, Curtis and
Marion Edwards.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Wayne
Barr, Blountville, Connie and Randell Stacy, Kingsport; one sister,
Grace Henard, Kingsport; grandchildren, Chad Jeffers, Amy Jeffers
Farmer and Justin Stacy; two great-grandchildren, Faith Jeffers,
Hope Farmer; several nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today at Holston View Cemetery,
Weber City, Va.
The family will meet at 12:15 p.m. to go in procession to the
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Chad Jeffers, Chris Farmer, Randall Stacy, Wayne
Barr, Justin Stacy, Buck Tipton and Daniel Larkins.
Gate City Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Nell
Ferguson, 72, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Iva Nell Ferguson Stout, 72, of Telford, passed away
Saturday (Nov. 17, 2001) in Telford.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Mrs. Ferguson retired from Dutch Maid Laundry Service.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Stout; two sisters
and two brothers.
Survivors include her sons, Allen Stout of Kingsport, and Glen Stout
and wife Eva of Ormond Beach, Fla.; daughters, Stella Phillips and
husband Lonnie of Kingsport, and Mary Jane Dunn and husband Nathan
of Telford; five grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren; sisters,
Margaret Ball and Louise Greer, both of Kingsport; and brother, R.B.
Ferguson, Elizabethton.
Services will be conducted at 6 p.m. today in the Carter-Trent
Funeral Home Chapel, downtown, with the Rev. Gene Lasley
officiating.
Friends will be received immediately following the service in the
funeral home chapel, and may also call anytime at the home, 1316
Grant Place, Kingsport.
Family and friends will meet at the Fordtown Baptist Church Cemetery
at 10 a.m. Wednesday for graveside services.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Hubert
Gillenwater, 79, Lebanon, Va.
LEBANON,
Va. - Services for Hubert Lewis Gillenwater, 79, of Maple
Grove Health Care, formerly of Scott County, who departed this life
early Sunday morning (Nov. 18, 2001), will be held at 7 p.m. today
in the chapel of Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., with
the Rev. Layton Bentley officiating.
Music will be provided by the Junior Smith Singers.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Addington Frame Cemetery,
Nickelsville, Va.
The family will meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. to go to the
cemetery.
Friends will serve as pallbearers.
Dale
Hensley Jr., 69, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Dale Hensley Jr., 69, of Belle Hollow Road, passed away
Saturday (Nov. 17, 2001) at the Holston Valley Medical Center
emergency room.
Arrangements are incomplete.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Hensley family.
Virginia
Lacy, 83, Morristown.
MORRISTOWN
- Virginia Harris Lacy, 83, 1230 McFarland St. No. 26,
born Aug. 3, 1918, passed away Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at
Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare.
She was a lifelong member of First Presbyterian Church of
Morristown, Sunday School teacher, member of the Red Cross, Soma
Sala and established the first kindergarten at First Presbyterian
Church of Johnson City, Tenn.
She was former first lady of Morristown and past state president of
the DAR. She was a wonderful and loving mother and grandmother to
lots of people.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Lacy Sr.
Surviving are sons, William E. Lacy Jr. (Cathy), James H. Lacy
(Suzanna), Waukesha, Wis., Robert J. Lacy (Martha Alice),
Morristown, and A. Roger Lacy (Suzette), Knoxville; a daughter, Sara
Lacy Morrison (Jim), Morristown; sister, Sara Harris Moffitt (Dr.
Charles); grandchildren, San Butler, Dixon, Tenn., Ginny Lacy,
Charleston, S.C., Todd Lacy, White Pine, Tenn., Matt Lacy,
Morristown, Bo Morrison, Morristown, Will Morrison, Morristown,
Laura Lacy, Knoxville, Tish Truell and Amanda Truell, Atlanta, Ga.,
Stefanie Hopson, Knoxville, and Chelsea Corbett, Knoxville;
great-grandchildren, Quinlan Lacy, White Pine, Tenn., Bailey Pettit,
Atlanta, Ga.
Memorial services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First
Presbyterian Church with Dr. Charles Moffitt of Gallatin, Tenn.,
officiating.
The family will receive friends at the church following the service.
Donations
may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of
Morristown.
Mayes Mortuary, Morristown, is in charge of the arrangements.
Dona
Lane, 92, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Sally Dona Templeton Lane, 92, formerly of 109 Ferguson
St., passed away Saturday (Nov. 17, 2001) at Greystone Healthcare
following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Lane was born July 27, 1909 in Scott County, Va., and was the
daughter of the late Hiram Benton Templeton and Nancy Irvin
Templeton of Scott County, Va., where she was raised. She had
resided in Kingsport for the last 35 years.
She was an elementary school teacher at Lanes School, when she was
19 years old. Later, she became an LPN through Holston Valley
Community Hospital.
She was also very active with the church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Thomas Jackson Lane of Kingsport; and one son, Douglas
Templeton Lane of Scott County, Va.
Surviving are two daughters and one son-in-law, Betty L. Williams,
Manassas, Va., and Nancy H. and John M. Calhoun, Church Hill; one
son, James Howard Lane, Kingsport; nine grandchildren; 12
great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
The family of Mrs. Lane will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today
at Oak Hill Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Cecil Hood and the Rev. Claude Lane
officiating.
Interment will follow in the Holston View Cemetery in Weber City,
Va.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com
Mary
Longworth, 78, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Services for Mary Alice Longworth, 78, who went to be
with the Lord on Friday (Nov. 16, 2001) will be held at 2 p.m. today
in the chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, with the
Rev. Neal Drinnon and the Rev. Hassel Carpenter officiating.
Interment will follow in Highland Cemetery.
Clyde
McDavid, 67, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Clyde Edward McDavid, 67, 1457 Ridgecrest Drive, passed
away Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001) at the James H. Quillen DVAMC, Mountain
Home, Tenn.
Born on Oct. 7, 1934, he was a native of the Daniel Boone community
in Scott County, Va. He was a son of the late Clyde and Janie Byrd
McDavid. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving his country from
1953 to Dec. 9, 1955.
Mr. McDavid was a retired automobile body and fender repairman and
painter of the area car dealerships.
Surviving are three sons, Tony McDavid, Kingsport, Tim McDavid,
Ogden, Utah, and Danny McDavid, Duffield, Va.; five grandchildren,
Clint and Colton McDavid, Kingsport, Breanna and Lorin McDavid,
Ogden, Utah, and Emily McDavid, Duffield, Va.; one brother, Alfred
McDavid, Myrtle Beach, S.C.; one niece and one nephew.
The family will hold a private memorial service for Clyde Edward
McDavid.
E-mail condolences may be sent to the family at [email protected]
Snyder Funeral Home, Gray, is serving the McDavid family.
Jackie
Morelock, 56, Rancho Mirage, Calif.
RANCHO
MIRAGE, Calif. - Jackie Eugene Morelock, 56, died Friday
(Nov. 9, 2001) in Rancho Mirage.
Born on June 24, 1945 in Kingsport, he was the son of Wesley Kelly
Morelock and Alaine Laura Dickson Morelock. He was married to Pamela
Suzanne Mitchell on April 8, 1999 in Las Vegas, Nev.
He was a regional sales manager for AFG Industries in Kingsport for
23 years.
Surviving are his wife, Pamela Morelock, Rancho Mirage; son,
Mitchell Dodds, Rancho Mirage; and sister, Charma Powell, of
Tennessee.
Visitation was held on Thursday (Nov. 15, 2001) in Palm Springs
Mortuary, Cathedral City, Calif.
Services were conducted on Friday (Nov. 16, 2001) in the Ramon
Chapel of the mortuary.
Burial was in Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, Calif.
Ike
Pendleton, 81, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Isaac (Ike) L. Pendleton, 81, passed away Monday (Nov.
19, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center.
He was born in the Manville community of Scott County, Va., on April
11, 1920. He was the son of the late Robert Patton Pendleton and
Sarah Ervin Pendleton.
Mr. Pendleton was owner of Pendleton's Grocery.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife,
Dorothy June Williams Pendleton; sisters, Myrtle P. Pierson, Edith
P. Grimm, Margaret Pendleton, Madge Pendleton; brothers, Sol,
Hayden, Bill and Lloyd Pendleton.
Surviving are his daughter and son-in-law, Barbara Phyllis and Bill
Quillen, of Kingsport; sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Steve and
Lois Pendleton, of Gray, Keith Ike Pendleton, Kenneth Mike and
Barbara Pendleton, all of Kingsport (Bloomingdale community);
grandchildren, Jason, Matt, Kevin, Kristy, Brian and Tiffany
Pendleton; great-grandchildren, Lauren and Jason Pendleton; several
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral Home,
Weber City, Va., and anytime at the residence of a son, Mike
Pendleton, 3348 Grandview Dr., Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at the funeral home chapel at 8 p.m.
today with the Rev. Raymond Amos officiating.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill
Cemetery.
The family will meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. to go in
procession to the cemetery.
Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Ken Russell, Ralph King and
Ray Henard.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Kingsley United
Methodist Church, 2828 Bloomingdale Rd., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Rebecca
Price, 86, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Rebecca Johnson Price, 86, formerly of Mooresburg,
went to be with the Lord Monday morning (Nov. 19, 2001) at Hawkins
County Memorial Hospital following an extended illness.
She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Bean Station.
She
was preceded in death by her husband, Bascom Price Sr.; parents,
Clyde and Lucy Johnson; two brothers, Mack Johnson and William
Johnson; and sister, Joy Miner.
Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, William Bascom Price Jr.
and Darlene Price of Rogersville; daughter, Mary Jo Henderson of
Rogersville; one grandson, William Eugene Price of Kingsport;
several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Colboch-Price
Funeral Home, Rogersville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of the
funeral home with the Rev. Floyd Ward officiating.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Meadow Branch
Cemetery in Bean Station.
Flora
Putnam, 91, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Flora Dell Johnston Putnam, 91, Oak Street, died at 4:45
p.m. Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001) at Brookhaven Health Care.
Born in Scott County, Va. (Gate City), she came to Kingsport at an
early age. She was of the Methodist faith.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac Herron and Hannah
Smith Herron; three sisters, Clara East, Mary Litton and Nell
Clayton; and two brothers, Erritt Herron and Cecil Herron.
Surviving are a son and daughter-in-law, Tommy J. Johnston and wife,
Barbara, Kingsport; a daughter and son-in-law, Mrs. Sam (Ruth)
Hicks, Kingsport; grandchildren, Debra Lawson and husband, Gary,
Linda McGill, Terry Johnston and wife, Pat, Michael Johnston, Dawn
Way and husband, Jack, Pamala Ferguson and husband, Darrell, and
Cheyrl Williams and husband, Gary; 12 grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill
Cemetery with the Rev. Katye Fox officiating.
The family will receive friends immediately following the graveside
services.
Friends will serve as pallbearers.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown, is serving the Putnam family.
Glen
Odell Rains, 73, Newport News, Va.
NEWPORT
NEWS, Va. - Glen Odell Rains, 73, passed away Friday (Nov.
9, 2001) at Riverside Hospital in Newport News, Va.
A native of Lee County, Va., he served in the U.S. Navy in VF-82 on
board the USS Randolph, retired from 39 years of Civil Service at
Fort Eustis, Va., as deputy adjutant general, and was co-founder and
last surviving partner of the W.T. Glen Tax & Accounting Co.
Mr. Rains was preceded in death by his father, E.T. Rains, formerly
of Church Hill.
Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Dorothy Proffitt Rains, Newport
News, Va.; three sons, Steve Rains, Clearwater, Fla., Dave Rains,
Brownstown, Mich., Joe Rains, Newport News, Va.; one daughter,
Deborah Rains Brown, Newport News, Va.; 11 grandchildren; his
mother, Lillie Mae Rains, Church Hill; three brothers, James Rains,
Columbus, Ohio, Herbert Rains, Kingsport, and Carl Rains, Church
Hill; and one sister, Patsy Rains Bledsoe, Jonesville, Va.
Services were conducted on Monday at Menchville Baptist Church with
interment in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, Va.
Courtesy of Arney-Mullins Funeral Home, Jonesville, Va.
Inez
S. Rhoten, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Inez S. Rhoten passed away Monday (Nov. 19, 2001) at
Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
Lee
Sims, 72, Bristol, Va.
BRISTOL, Va. - Services for Oscar Lee Sims, 72, of 6047 Walker
Mountain Road, who died at Bristol Nursing Home, Bristol, Tenn., on
Saturday (Nov. 17, 2001), will be conducted today at 1 p.m. in the
chapel of Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown, with the Rev. Lester
Ketron and the Rev. Robert Brewer officiating.
Graveside services will follow at Herman United Methodist Church
Cemetery in East Carter's Valley.
Grandsons and nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Rev.
Wayne Smith, 57, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Military graveside services for the Rev. Wayne Grafton
Smith, 57, who passed away Friday (Nov. 16, 2001), will be held
today at 10 a.m. at the Mountain Home VA Cemetery.
Smith's sons will serve as pallbearers.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown, is in charge of the
arrangements.
David
E. Steele, 39, Blountville.
BLOUNTVILLE
- David Earl Steele, 39, 1872 Hwy. 75, passed away due
to an untimely death of an accidental gunshot wound Friday evening
(Nov. 16, 2001).
David was born June 22, 1962 in Sullivan County, a son of the late
Earl Steele and Rebecca Gay Honaker Smith, of Bristol. David was a
self-employed painter and worked for Quad Cities Cellular Link in
Bristol. He was an outdoorsman and was with the U.S. Army Reserve.
He attended the Walnut Hill Presbyterian Church.
David was very talented and able to do many things well. He was a
very charismatic person with a heart of gold, never failed to help a
friend and never met a stranger. He lived his life to the fullest
and will be dearly missed by many.
In addition to his father, David was preceded in death by his
maternal grandfather, Dale Honaker and paternal grandmother,
Florence Steele; a great aunt, Sarah Cameron.
David is survived by his mother and stepfather, Mrs. Bill (Rebecca
Gay Honaker) Steele Smith, Bristol; his children, Rebekah Elizabeth
Steele, Steven Earl Steele and their mother, Kimberly Monk Steele,
all of Kingsport; two sisters and brother-in-law, Lisa Steele Lohoff
and her husband, Steve, Piney Flats, Donna Steele Walden, Bristol;
one brother and sister-in-law, Michael Daniel Steele and his wife,
Eula, Blountville; maternal grandmother, Ella Mae "Jackie" Honaker;
special nephews, Justin, Josh, Chance and Ronald; paternal uncle,
Paul Steele; maternal aunts and uncles, J.B. and Alice White, Martha
and Bob Carpenter, Belle Grubb, Louella Eden; special father-in-law,
James Monk and mother-in-law, Maxine Monk.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at the Blountville
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Stan Anderson officiating.
Interment will follow in the Tri-Cities Memory Garden.
Pallbearers will be Cary Young, Steve Lohoff, Justin Monk, Mike
Mann, Darrell Neece, Chad Rowlett.
Honorary pallbearers will be J.B. White, Jerry White, John Pat
Staples, Bill Smith, James Monk, Clifford Smith, David Smith, Kenny
Ford, Randy Kimberlin and Willie Mallary.
Vester
Lee Steverson, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Vester Lee Steverson, 1456 Carolina Avenue, was born on
Jan. 15, 1915 in Lebanon, Tenn., to the late Archie and Mrs. Betty
Robertson Steverson, He departed this life on Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001)
at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Vester touched a number of lives with his quiet yet perceptive
persona. He will be missed by all of those who knew him.
He leaves to cherish his memory a very loving and devoted wife of 51
years, Mrs. Virginia Steverson; stepson, Robert Lee (Bessie) Ramsey,
Folsom, Calif.; one aunt, Mrs. Ann Lou Haynes, Nashville; three
brothers-in-law, Wade Franklin (Josephine) Ramsey, Los Angeles,
Calif., Harry Dewitt Ramsey, Los Angeles, Calif., and Dr. Harold
Edward (Elizabeth) Ramsey, Baltimore, Md.; one stepgrandson, Bryan
Ramsey, Los Angeles, Calif.; and a host of nieces, nephews and
devoted friends.
Calling hours are from 11 a.m. to 12 noon Wednesday at St. Marks
United Methodist Church.
Services will be conducted at 12 noon Wednesday at the church with
Pastor Douglass Tweed officiating.
Burial will be on Saturday in Lebanon, Tenn.
Condolences to the family may be sent via e-mail at
[email protected]
Robinson Funeral Services, Kingsport, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Bobby
Stokes, 60, Surgoinsville.
SURGOINSVILLE
- Bobby Danford Stokes, 60, of 1741 Caney Valley Loop,
went home to be with the Lord Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001).
Mr. Stokes was born in Scott County, Va., and had spent most of his
life in Hawkins County. He was employed by the A & L Company, and
was a member of the Pink Hill Primitive Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Willie B. and Katherine
Slagle Stokes; one brother, William Tom Stokes; and very special
father-in-law, Frank Winegar.
Survivors include his loving wife of 39 years, Mrs. Verna Winegr
Stokes of the home; daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Mike Higgins
of Church Hill; very special grandson, Bobby James (B.J.) Higgins;
brothers, Lewis Stokes and Robert Stokes, both of Kingsport;
sisters, Shirly Winegar of Surgoinsville, and Marie McClellan of
Kingsport; very special mother-in-law, Mavis Winegar of
Surgoinsville; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Johnson Funeral
Home, Church Hill, and anytime at the residence of his
mother-in-law, Mavis Winegar, 1765 Caney Valley Loop, Surgoinsville,
and at his daughter's residence, Brenda Higgins, 794 Okalona Rd.,
Church Hill.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Jerry Scalf and the Rev, Richard Watts
officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Winegar Family Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Ricky Winegar, David Winegar, Wayne Winegar,
William Winegar, Jody Winegar and D.J. Winegar.
Honorary pallbearers are Tony Fansler and Greg Fansler.
Reba
Willis, 73, Blackwater, Va.
BLACKWATER,
Va. - Reba Willis, 73, went to be with the Lord on
Sunday (Nov. 18, 2001) at the Lee Regional Medical Center in
Pennington Gap, Va.
Born in Scott County, Va., on Nov. 15, 1928, she was the daughter of
the late Dan and Easter Vanzant Fisher.
She was a member of the Osborne Chapel Primitive Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Hagan Willis; one grandson; and one brother, Ronnie Fisher.
Surviving
are three sons, the Rev. Harmon Willis, James Willis and
wife Shirley, all of White Pine, Tenn., and Johnny Willis of
Blackwater; two daughters, Mae Gilliam and husband Paul, Norma
Willis, all of Blackwater; six grandchildren and seven
great-grandchildren; one sister, Rosa Gilreath of Blackwater; one
brother, Elmer Fisher and wife Mary of Blackwater; one niece, Joyce
Neeley and husband Everette Donald of Blackwater; a special friend,
Deanna Osborne.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Robinette
Funeral Home in Blackwater, or anytime at the home of her daughter,
Mae Gilliam.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today from the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Howard Sybert and the Rev. Kenneth Neeley
officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the
Austin Bledsoe Cemetery in Blackwater.
Published November 19, 2001
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