Tuesday, Nov. 27
James C. Adams, 81, Church Hill.
Dale Barnette, 34, Church Hill.
Delores Caudill, 70, Norton, Va.
Betty A. Cooper, 78, Kingsport.
Kenneth Culbertson, 82, Kingsport.
Evelyn Deatherage, Kingsport.
Susie Bash Delph, 90, Rose Hill, Va.
Issac Edwards, 83, Jonesville, Va.
Ross Egan Sr., 74, Nickelsville, Va.
Billy E. Keith, 65, Greeneville.
William E. Manis, Rogersville.
Hoyt McConnell, 96, Ft. Blackmore, Va.
Michael Rutherford, 42, Big Stone Gap, Va.
Bertha Shanks, 94, Rogersville.
L. Raymond Smith, 71, Kingsport.
Robert Turner, 87, Coeburn, Va.
Helen H. Wallen, 61, Mount Holly, N.C.
James
C. Adams, 81, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - Graveside services for James C. (J.C.) Adams, 81, of
1403 Old Union Road, who passed away Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001), will
be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Elm Springs Cemetery.
Johnson Funeral Home, Church Hill, is in charge of the arrangements.
Dale
Barnette, 34, Church Hill.
CHURCH
HILL - Dale Ray Barnette, 34, 250 Christian Bend Road, died
Friday (Nov. 23, 2001) unexpectedly at his residence.
Born in Dayton, Ohio, he moved to Duffield, Va. in 1972 and came to
this area in 1975. Mr. Barnette was disabled.
He was preceded in death by his father, Kelly Barnette, and his
stepfather, Carl Savage.
Surviving are his mother, Georgia Childress Savage, Church Hill; his
daughter, Sylvia Barnette; his son, Oren Ray Barnette, both of
Kingsport; sister, Shelby Giolitto and husband, Norman, Dayton,
Ohio; brothers, Gene Barnette, Surgoinsville, Harold Barnette and
wife, Chris, Church Hill, and Wayne Barnette and special friend,
Diane, Dayton, Ohio; a special nephew, Kelly Barnette; several
nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Carter-Trent Funeral
Home, Church Hill. Friends may also call anytime at the 250
Christian Bend Road residence.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today at the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Joe Monroe and the Rev. Raymond Hammond
officiating.
Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Flag Pond Church
Cemetery in Blackwater, Va.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Delores
Caudill, 70, Norton, Va.
NORTON,
Va. - Delores Rose Caudill, 70, died Saturday (Nov. 24,
2001) at her residence on Thackers Branch Road.
Born in Kentucky, she resided in the Norton area for many years. She
was of the Pentecostal faith.
Surviving are her daughter, Patsy J. Hall, Norton; sons, Daniel
Bowen and Sanford Hamilton, both of Norton; seven grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Hagy & Fawbush
Funeral Home in Norton.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel.
Graveside committal services will be conducted Wednesday in the
Laurel Grove Cemetery.
Betty
A. Cooper, 78, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Betty A. Cooper, 78, died Sunday morning (Nov. 25, 2001)
at Grand Strand Regional Medical Center, Myrtle Beach, S.C., after a
brief illness.
Born in Springfield, Mo., she had resided in Kingsport most of her
life. She was a 1940 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School. Mrs.
Cooper retired in 1990 from the Sullivan County General Sessions
Court where she worked as a deputy clerk.
She was a member of Oakwood Forest Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Homer and Gladys Abbott.
Survivors include her husband, James M. Cooper, Kingsport; a
daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Jim Rochester, Kingsport; a son
and daughter-in-law, John M. and Lynne Cooper, Cambridge, Mass.; a
sister, Pat Wolford, Kingsport; niece, Donna Jones; and nephew, Dr.
David Wolford.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Chapel,
downtown.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with Ed Clevinger, minister, and Hugh Thompson, minister,
officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak
Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to Oakwood Forest Christian
Church, 1713 E. Sevier Ave., Kingsport, Tenn. 37664.
Pallbearers will be friends.
Kenneth
Culbertson, 82, Kingsport.
Graveside services for H. Kenneth "Cub" Culbertson, 82, Kingsport,
who died Saturday morning (Nov. 24, 2001), will be conducted at 2
p.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Michael Teague
officiating.
Family will receive friends immediately following the service at the
cemetery, or anytime at 1576 Warpath Drive, Kingsport, Tenn. 37664.
The family will meet at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown
Kingsport, at 1 p.m. today to go in procession to the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Medlin, Del McClean, Billy Osborne, Danny
Lowery, Danny Medlin and Pat Moriarty.
Honorary pallbearers will be Earl Meade, Gib Tunnell, Clifford
Brickey, Herschel Hammonds and Jimmy Dunn.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke United Methodist Church, 2600 E.
Center St., Kingsport, Tenn. 37664, or the Kingsport Animal Shelter
621 W. Industry Drive Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Evelyn
Deatherage, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Evelyn Deatherage went to be with the Lord Sunday (Nov.
25, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center after a lengthy illness.
Born in Greene County, she had resided in Kingsport most of her
life. She retired from Tennessee Eastman Company after 35 years of
service.
She was a member of Oakwood Forest Christian Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Charlie Deatherage;
parents, George W. and Grace Adams; two sisters, Imogene Gilliam and
Lenice Staten; a brother-in-law, Fred Gilliam; and a niece, Sharon
Prescott.
Surviving are two nieces, Pat Osborne, Gray, and Sheila Schwiff, San
Antonio, Texas; nephew, Phillip Gilliam, Gray; brother-in-law,
Gordon Staten, San Antonio, Texas; special cousins, Lizzie and John
Fox; and several other cousins.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Chapel
downtown.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel with Ed Clevinger, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Susie
Bash Delph, 90, Rose Hill, Va.
ROSE
HILL, Va. - Susie Bash Delph, 90, died Monday (Nov. 26, 2001)
at her residence.
A lifelong resident of Lee County, Va., she was of the Baptist
faith.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, Dee Delph; her
parents; six sons; and one daughter.
Surviving are three sons, Douglas and Daw Delph, Rose Hill, and
Jimmy Delph, Jonesville, Va.; one daughter, Ollie Delph, Morristown;
11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one
great-great-granddaughter; four stepgrandchildren; one
stepgreat-grandson; sister-in-law, Ethel Bell, Westminster, Md.,
whom she raised; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Arney-Mullins
Funeral Home in Rose Hill.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Wayne Lawson officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the
Morelock Cemetery in Jonesville, Va.
Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.
Issac
Edwards, 83, Jonesville, Va.
JONESVILLE,
Va. - Issac Sherman Edwards, 83, died Monday (Nov. 26,
2001) at Lee Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Va.
Born in Stickleyville, Va., he had been a resident of Lee County,
Va., his entire life. He was retired from Tennessee Eastman in
Kingsport.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army in World War II, serving as a
Tech. Sergeant during combat in Germany. He was awarded the Purple
Heart, the Bronze Star, Good Conduct Medal and several other honors.
He
was of the Methodist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Eliza and Ben Edwards; two
sisters, Emmer Melton and Mattie Edwards; three brothers, Howard
Edwards, Willard Edwards and Robert Edwards.
Surviving are his wife of 61 years, Josh Edwards, of the home; one
brother, Cliva Lee Edwards and wife Merle, Stickleyville, Va.;
sisters, Ruth Massengill, Kingsport, Nannie Mullins, Elizabethton,
Fern Hart and husband Carl, and Eula Hart, all of South Carolina;
two sisters-in-law, Leona and Lucille Edwards; special
sister-in-law, Golden Musick, Dryden, Va.; several nieces and
nephews and a host of friends.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Province Funeral
Home, Pennington Gap, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the sanctuary of
the funeral home with Dr. Charles D. Ledger officiating.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lee Memorial
Gardens in Woodway, Va.
Family and friends are asked to meet at the funeral home at 1:30
Thursday to go to the cemetery.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Ross
Egan Sr., 74, Nickelsville, Va.
NICKELSVILLE,
Va. - Ross Robert Egan Sr., 74, went to be with the
Lord on Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center
after a brief illness.
He was born on Oct. 5, 1927 at Fort Blackmore, Va., to Patton Egan
and Dora Ashworth Egan.
Ross served in the Navy from 1946 to 1948, then moved to Cleveland,
Ohio, where he worked for LTV Steel for 40 years. After retiring in
1989, he moved back home to Virginia where he enjoyed working on his
farm.
Mr. Egan was of the Methodist faith.
He will be greatly missed by all who knew him, and was loved by all
his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and four brothers, Fred,
Glen, Eckel and Earnest Egan.
Surviving are his wife, Lena Egan; daughter, Rebecca Lucinda Egan,
both of the home; one son, Ross Robert Egan Jr., and grandson,
William J. Egan, both of Nickelsville, Va.; two sisters, Myrtle
Chapman and husband Don, Hiltons, Va., and Virginia Lark and husband
Fred, Chardon, Ohio; many nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Colonial Funeral home,
Weber City, Va., and anytime at the residence.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Charles Rhoton officiating.
Music will be provided by The Way of the Cross Singers.
Burial will be at Holston View Cemetery with military graveside
services conducted by the Charles DeWitt Byrd VFW Post No. 3382.
Pallbearers will be Ronnie Dye, Steve Lovelace, Josh Skeens, Chris
Skeens, Josh Goad and Bob Ford.
Billy
E. Keith, 65, Greeneville.
GREENEVILLE
- Billy E. Keith, 65, 477 New Hope Road, Tusculum
community, died Sunday morning (Nov. 25, 2001) at the home of his
son, Bobby Keith.
He retired from Hurd Lock and served in the U.S. Army. He was a
member of Doak Ruritan Club and the AARP.
He formerly attended Oak Grove Baptist Church.
He was the son of the late Will and Mary Hensley Keith, and was
preceded in death by a brother, Harold Keith.
Bill had a heart transplant in July 1989 and was a very active
person until 1998. The past four years he had fought a long, hard
battle to live for his family but when God knew he'd suffered all he
could bear, He called him home.
Surviving are his son, Bobby Keith; daughter and son-in-law, Kim and
Pete Hensley, Greeneville; two grandchildren, Chris Keith and spouse
Lora, Greeneville, and Emily Keith, of the home; one
great-grandchild, Winter Keith; three brothers and four
sisters-in-law, Claude and Thelma Keith, Bruce and Gay Keith, Earl
and Lillian Keith, Greeneville, and Kay Keith, Huntsville, Ala.; two
sisters, Betty Lamb and Norma Smith, Kingsport; several nieces and
nephews; and a special friend, Gwen Fox.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Kiser Funeral Home,
Greeneville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Rex Brown officiating.
Interment will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Grove Cemetery,
Tusculum. It is requested that family and friends meet at the
funeral home at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday to go in procession to the
cemetery.
It is requested by family that consideration be given to the Gift of
Life Organ Donation.
Active pallbearers will be Bobby Keith, Chris Keith, Alton Bradley,
Harold Ricker, Mike Lamb, Jimmy Dean Coffey, Phil Peters and Pete
Hensley.
Honorary pallbearers will be Donald Gunter, Buck Gunter, Gwen Fox,
doctors and staff at the University of Alabama Birmingham Hospital
Transplant Unit.
William
E. Manis, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Services for William E. Manis, born March 14, 1959,
who passed away Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001), will be conducted at 2
p.m. today in the chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville,
with the Rev. Bill Belvins officiating.
Interment will follow in the Sizemore Cemetery.
Hoyt
McConnell, 96, Ft. Blackmore, Va.
FT.
BLACKMORE, Va. - Mr. Hoyt Kent "Cuz" McConnell, 96, entered into
eternal rest on Saturday, (Nov. 24, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical
Center.
Mr. McConnell was born in Scott County, Va., on July 7, 1905, son of
the late Robert Watson McConnell, M.D., and Annie Stallard
McConnell.
He was a member of Ft. Blackmore United Methodist Church.
He retired from the Tennessee Eastman Shops and Maintenance
Department in 1970 after 34 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Lakie Pierson McConnell;
sisters, Lois Benton, Ruth Trent and Evelyn Smith; and brother, Sam
McConnell.
He is survived by a sister, Clyde Irene Addington, Kingsport; and
brother, Robert Rhea McConnell, Kingsport; four nieces, Christine
Barker, Shirley Palmer, Helen House and Ruth Coley, all of
Kingsport; six nephews, Walton McConnell, Kingsport, John Fred
Trent, Cocoa, Fla., Dr. Joe Trent, Stamford, Conn., Dr. Bill
McConnell, Greenville, N.C., Douglas Benton, Biloxi, Miss., and Bill
Benton, Miami, Fla.; several great-nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the
Ft. Blackmore United Methodist Church.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church with
the Rev. Dean Tibbs officiating. Music will be provided by the Ft.
Blackmore United Methodist Church Choir.
Burial will follow the services at the McConnell Cemetery, Ft.
Blackmore.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Online condolences may be made to the family at [email protected]
Gate City Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Michael
Rutherford, 42, Big Stone Gap, Va.
BIG
STONE GAP, Va. - Michael David Rutherford, 42, passed away
Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001) at Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap.
He had lived in Big Stone Gap and Keokee, Va., most of his life. He
was a maintenance foreman for the Town of Wise.
He was a Boy Scout leader and a minor league baseball coach in Big
Stone Gap. He was a past member of the UMWA.
He was a deacon at Beach Grove Freewill Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Georgia Rutherford, Big Stone Gap; father
and mother, Roy Eugene Rutherford and Gladys Rutherford, Big Stone
Gap; sons, Craig Rutherford, Corey Rutherford and Brent Rutherford,
all of the home; brothers, Roger Rutherford, Wise, Va., Eddie
Rutherford, Jonesville, Va., Larry Rutherford, Jimmy Rutherford and
Doug Rutherford, all of Keokee, Va., Johnny Rutherford, Ben Hur,
Va., and Ricky Rutherford, Keokee, Va.; sisters, Glenda Rowe,
Stickleyville, Va., Nancy Garrett, Big Stone Gap, Sandra Johnson,
Pennington Gap, Va., and Catherine Garrett, Fowlerville, Mich.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Gilliam Funeral Home,
Big Stone Gap.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home.
Roger Rowe will be ministering.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the American
Legion Cemetery, Big Stone Gap.
Family and friends are asked to assemble at Gilliam Funeral Home at
10:15 a.m. to go in procession to the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Gary Bledsoe, Robert Daughtery, Sam Jessee,
Brian Dorton, Freddie Dorton, Shawn Hampton and Jim Collier.
Donations may be made to the family at 1316C Bum Hollow Road, Big
Stone Gap, Va. 24219.
Bertha
Shanks, 94, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Bertha Grace Horne Shanks, 94, Heritage Manor Nursing
Home, went to be with the Lord at 7:20 p.m. Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001)
with her family by her side after a brief illness.
She was a member of Kincaid United Methodist Church for many years.
She and her late husband, Andy, were owners and operators of Shanks'
Store and Andrew Shanks' Milling Co. in Stanley Valley. She was also
a homemaker and a loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Andrew Jackson Shanks;
parents, John "Jake" Horne and Ethel Herndon Horne; son, Robert L.
(Bob) Shanks; one sister, Mary Estella Horne McPeek; three brothers,
Ralph L. Horne, George W. Horne and Robert Amit Horne; one
son-in-law, Raymond McCoy.
Surviving are sons and daughters, Ralph Hugh (Abner) Shanks and
Lois, Rogersville, Andrew (Jack) and Jean Shanks, Surgoinsville, Ann
McCoy, Surgoinsville, Dorothy and Chuck Johnson, Surgoinsville, and
Mary and J.C. Ferrell, Rogersville; 17 grandchildren; 31
great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; one brother, Jake
Horne, Surgoinsville; three sisters, Kate Britton, Greeneville, Mae
Laster, Rogersville, and Bell Johnson, Mooresburg; one special
friend and roommate, Roxie Davis; and several nieces, nephews and a
host of friends.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Colboch-Price Funeral
Home, Rogersville, and anytime at the residence of her daughter, Ann
McCoy, 1524 Stanley Valley Road, Surgoinsville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Warren Wattenbarger and the Rev. John Parrott
Sr. officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
Highland Cemetery.
L.
Raymond Smith, 71, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Loyed Raymond Smith, 71, went home to be with the Lord
Sunday evening (Nov. 25, 2001) at the Indian Path Medical Center
after an extended illness.
He was a native and lifelong resident of Hawkins County and had
lived in the Kingsport area for the past year.
He was a veteran of the Korean War, serving with the U.S. Army as
Cpl.
Raymond attended Christians Bend Freewill Baptist Church in Church
Hill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Jessie and Verdie Simpson
Smith; brothers, Billy Tilman Smith and Calvin Smith.
Survivors include his wife, Ella Marie Smith, Kingsport; two sons
and daughter-in-law, Lloyd and Tonia Smith, Church Hill, and Rece
Smith, of Virginia; a daughter, Robin Smith, Church Hill; four
grandchildren, Brittany Smith, Ashley Cowen, Allen Michael Bowman
and Anthony Smith; one great-grandchild-to-be; five brothers, D.L.
Smith, Kingsport, Junior Smith, Hughie Smith, Earl Smith, all of
Church Hill, and Rosavelt Smith, Rogersville; two sisters, Elsie
Caldwell and Lotus Arnold, Church Hill; and several nieces and
nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the East Lawn Funeral
Home, and anytime at his residence.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Arnold officiating.
Graveside services with full military honors conducted by the VFW
Charles DeWitt Byrd Post No. 3382 of Kingsport will follow in the
East Lawn Memorial Park in the Garden of Memories. Taps will be
played by Brian Rick.
Pallbearers will be his son, Lloyd Smith, and friends, Clifford
Boggs, Tracy Arnold, Kevin Arnold, Tony Fields and Rocky Carey.
Robert
Turner, 87, Coeburn, Va.
COEBURN,
Va. - Robert Franklin Turner, 87, died Sunday (Nov. 25,
2001) at St. Mary's Hospital in Norton, Va.
Mr. Turner was a retired coal miner, a member and past president of
the Coeburn Lions Club. He was a U.S. Marine veteran of World War
II, and a member of Blackman Chapel AME Zion Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Alexander "Sandy''
and Emma Pierce Turner; two sisters and four brothers.
Surviving are his wife, Celestine F. Turner; a son Chris Edward
Turner, Coeburn; a brother, John Henry Turner, Los Angeles, Calif.;
three sisters, Annie Ruth Watermann and Mary Elizabeth Turner, both
of Coeburn, and Clara B. Jackson, Kingsport; and a host of nephews
and nieces.
Calling hours are after 6 p.m. Wednesday at Estes Funeral Home,
Coeburn.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Sandra L. Jones officiating.
Burial will be in the Temple Hill Memorial Park in Castlewood with
military graveside services furnished by the Pound VFW Post No.
9600.
Helen
H. Wallen, 61, Mount Holly, N.C.
MOUNT
HOLLY, N.C. - Services for Helen H. Wallen, 61, who went home
to be with the Lord at 10 a.m. Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001), will be
conducted at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown Kingsport, with the Rev. Claude Babb officiating.
Burial will follow at Poplar Grove Church Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Wellmont Hospice Program, P.O. Box 238,
Kingsport, Tenn. 37662.
Published November 26, 2001
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