Wednesday, Nov. 28
Walter Barker, 71, Hiltons, Va.
Dale Barnette, 34, Church Hill.
Betty A. Cooper, 78, Kingsport.
Evelyn Deatherage, Kingsport.
Ross Egan Sr., 74, Nickelsville, Va.
Willard Fields, 82, Castlewood, Va.
Hoyt McConnell, 96, Ft. Blackmore, Va.
Alice McCoy, 60, Eidson, Tenn.
Michael Rutherford, 42, Big Stone Gap, Va.
Jennifer Sexton, 31, Coeburn, Va.
Bertha Shanks, 94, Rogersville.
Doyle Shelton, 42, Pennington Gap, Va.
L. Raymond Smith, 71, Kingsport.
Leona Craft Wright, 93, Jenkins, Ky.
Walter
Barker, 71, Hiltons, Va.
HILTONS,
Va. - Walter Scott Barker, 71, Route 1, departed this life
late Saturday (Nov. 24, 2001) at his residence.
He was a native of Scott County, Va., a veteran of the U.S. Army and
a retired farmer. His property was always open for people who loved
to hunt.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Barker and Hazel
Larkey Barker.
Surviving are his son, James Barker, Duffield, Va.; his uncle,
Thurman Barker, Kingsport; several cousins and a host of friends.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Mt.
Vernon United Methodist Church Cemetery, Hiltons, Va., with Preacher
Nat Baker officiating.
Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Dale
Barnette, 34, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - Graveside services for Dale Ray Barnette, 34, 250
Christian Bend Road, who died Friday (Nov. 23, 2001), will be at 1
p.m. today at Flag Pond Church Cemetery in Blackwater, Va.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Church Hill, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Betty
A. Cooper, 78, Kingsport.
Graveside services for Betty A. Cooper, 78, Kingsport, who died
Sunday morning (Nov. 25, 2001), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today
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.
Hamlett-Dobson Chapel, downtown, is in charge of the arrangements.
Evelyn
Deatherage, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Services for Evelyn Deatherage, who went to be with the
Lord Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001), will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in
the Hamlett-Dobson Chapel, downtown, with Ed Clevinger, minister,
officiating.
Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Ross
Egan Sr., 74, Nickelsville, Va.
Services for Ross Robert Egan Sr., 74, of Nickelsville, Va., who
went to be with the Lord on Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001), will be
conducted at 1 p.m. today in the chapel of Colonial Funeral Home,
Weber City, Va., 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.
Willard
Fields, 82, Castlewood, Va.
CASTLEWOOD,
Va. - Willard B. Fields, 82, died Tuesday (Nov. 27,
2001) in the Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon, Va.
A lifelong resident of Russell County, he was a son of the late
Robert E. Lee Fields and Rhoda Salyers Fields. A carpenter, he was a
member of the Grassy Creek Union Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Cleo Fields; one grandson,
Tony Ring; and several brothers and sisters.
Surviving are four daughters and sons-in-law, Nina and Charles Ring,
Castlewood, Va., Dorothy and Gene Jessee, Lebanon, Va., Janice and
Bobby Horne, Nickelsville, Va., and Joyce and Wayne Osborne,
Castlewood, Va.; 10 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two
great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Maxie Steadman, Kingsport,
and Rosie Mae Couch, Dante, Va.; and a special friend, Elizabeth
Clark, Lebanon, Va.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Combs Funeral Service in
Lebanon, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Tom Edwards officiating.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Grassy Creek Community
Cemetery. Those wishing to go in procession to the cemetery are
requested to be at the funeral home by 10:15 a.m. Thursday.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Hoyt
McConnell, 96, Ft. Blackmore, Va.
FT.
BLACKMORE, Va. - Services for Mr. Hoyt Kent "Cuz" McConnell, 96,
who entered into eternal rest on Saturday, (Nov. 24, 2001), will be
conducted at 2 p.m. today at Ft. Blackmore United Methodist Church
with the Rev. Dean Tibbs officiating.
Music will be provided by the Ft. Blackmore United Methodist Church
Choir.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the
church.
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.
Alice
McCoy, 60, Eidson, Tenn.
EIDSON,
Tenn. - Alice Jean McCoy, 60, born July 6, 1941, departed
this life Monday (Nov. 26, 2001).
She was a member of Compromise Baptist Church until death.
She was preceded in death by her father, Dewey McCoy Sr., Kingsport,
Reatha Hurst, West Carrollton, Ohio; grandparents, Della Green McCoy
and Charlie McCoy, Viola and Russell Mason of West Carrollton, Ohio;
aunts, Ann Smith McCoy, Nashville, Christine (Mrs. J.E.) Mills,
Concord, Tenn., Grace McKinney, Miamisburg, Ohio; uncle, Donald
McCoy, Mount Carmel.
Surviving are a brother, Dewey Roger (Sonny) McCoy and wife, Rita,
West Carrollton, Ohio; stepmother, Ruth McCoy, Kingsport; brother,
Donald Wayne Chism, Venice, Fla.; aunts, Mrs. Gerald (Betty) Lawson,
Anderson, Ind., Pauline Molton and husband, Charles (Chuck),
Knoxville, Edith Bear and husband, Jay, Jonesborough, Donald McCoy's
wife, Hazel; sister, Deborah Ann Bedell, Miamisburg, Ohio; uncles,
Charles McCoy Sr. and wife, Mildred, Blackwater, Va., David McCoy,
Elizabethtown, Pa.; several cousins, other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at the
McCoy Cemetery in the Chinquipin community of Hancock County, Tenn.,
with the Rev. J.C. Lawson and the Rev. Chuck McCoy officiating.
The Compromise Church Group will sing.
McNeil Funeral Home, Sneedville, 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.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. today 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 his brothers.
Honorary 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.
Gilliam Funeral Home, Big Stone Gap, Va., is in charge of the
arrangements.
Jennifer
Sexton, 31, Coeburn, Va.
COEBURN,
Va. - Jennifer Lynn Sexton, 31, passed away Monday (Nov.
26, 2001) at the Fort Washington Hospital, Fort Washington, Md.
Surviving are her parents, Ellis and Erma Gibson Sexton; her
paternal grandmother, Dorothy Sexton, Coeburn, Va.; a special aunt,
Geneva Sexton, Coeburn, Va.; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Calling hours are after 6 p.m. today at Sturgill Funeral Home,
Coeburn, Va.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Joe Dearry officiating.
Burial will follow in the Sexton Cemetery, Coeburn, Va.
Bertha
Shanks, 94, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Graveside services for Bertha Grace Horne Shanks, 94,
Heritage Manor Nursing Home, who went to be with the Lord at 7:20
p.m. Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at
Highland Cemetery.
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Doyle
Shelton, 42, Pennington Gap, Va.
PENNINGTON
GAP, Va. - Doyle Shelton, 42, died Sunday (Nov. 25, 2001)
at his home.
Born in Harlan, Ky., on Feb. 19, 1959, he had been a resident of Lee
County, Va., most of his life. He was a carpenter for Old Virginia
Log Homes in Pennington Gap, Va., and was of the Methodist belief.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Buford Perry and Eula
Tonker Shelton.
Surviving are one daughter, Brandy Fleenor, Jonesville, Va.; three
granddaughters, Sasshena, Brittany and Cathrine Fleenor; two
brothers, David Shelton, Jonesville, Va., and Rick Shelton,
Yadkinsville, N.C.; one sister, Jane Ely, Yadkinsville, N.C.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Province Funeral Home
Sanctuary, Pennington Gap, Va., with the Rev. J.D. Owens
officiating.
Burial will follow at Millers Chapel Cemetery in Jonesville, Va.
L.
Raymond Smith, 71, Kingsport.
Services for Loyed Raymond Smith, 71, of Kingsport, who went home to
be with the Lord Sunday evening (Nov. 25, 2001), will be conducted
at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of East Lawn Funeral Home 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.
Leona
Craft Wright, 93, Jenkins, Ky.
JENKINS,
Ky. - Leona Craft Wright, 93 years, 10 months and 6 days,
died Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) at Whitesburg Appalachian Regional
Hospital in Whitesburg, Ky.
Mrs. Wright taught in the Letcher County School System for 24 years.
She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, member of the
Letcher County Senior Citizens Club, and a Kentucky Colonel.
She was a member of the McRoberts Old Regular Baptist Church.
Mrs. Wright was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Elder
James Lewis Wright; her parents, John H. Craft and Lydia Margaret
Kincer Craft; two sisters, Arlena Adams and Arminta Craft; two
brothers, Charlie Craft and Bill Craft.
Surviving are her daughters, Jimmie Kathleen (Ray) Adkins, Kent,
Ohio, Margaret Jocelyn (Ben) Adams, Quartzsite, Ariz., Polly Arlene
(Joseph) Bittrich, Burdine, Ky., Glenna Theresa (Bob) Matney,
Jenkins, Ky., Lura Jane (preceded in death by Jim) Bright, Jenkins,
Ky., Shelia Faye (Pat) Whitaker, Pikeville, Ky.; sons, Thomas Gene
(Norma) Wright, Cromona, Ky., John Andrew (Dallas) Wright, Jenkins,
Ky., Jesse Wayne (Esther) Wright, Jenkins, Ky.; sisters, Arzona
Kincer, Mayking, Ky.; brother, Dave L. Craft, Mayking, Ky.; 23
grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren and expecting one additional
great-grandchild; one great-great-grandchild; and, for their loving
dedication, compassion and care, we have adopted two new members
into our family, Elaine Mullins and Starlene Yeary, as mother called
them, her angels.
Calling hours will be from 2 to 9 p.m. today at McRoberts Old
Regular Baptist Church and from 2 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Thornton
Union Church in Mayking.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday at Thornton Union Church
with Elder Jim T. Caudill and Elder Clayton Montgomery officiating.
Burial will be in Payne Gap Memorial Gardens in Payne Gap, Ky.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Baker Funeral Home, Pound, Va., is in charge of the arrangements.
Published November 27, 2001
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