Saturday, December 1
Chaine Eva Bledsoe, 83, Blackwater, Va.
Edgar W. Bowlin Sr., 82, Kingsport.
Ruby Calhoun, Kingsport.
Marie Clark, 86, Kingsport.
Daisy Hamly, Johnson City.
Jessie Alley Jones, 90, Kingsport.
Harry Kinkead, 86, Dungannon, Va.
John R. Lawson, 39, Kingsport.
Gertrude Light, 89, Kingsport.
George Larry McClellan, 57, Kingsport.
Robert M. McKee, 71, Surgoinsville.
William Moffitt, 82, Kingsport.
Beulah M. Mullins, 92, Mount Carmel.
James Mullins, 50, Youngstown, Ohio.
Earl Nelson, 60, Jonesville, Va.
Lottie Page, 89, Weber City, Va.
Rodney Plaster, 40, Coeburn, Va.
Calum Shupe, infant, Kingsport.
John (Jube) Winegar, 74, Kingsport.
Helen Worley, 83, Rogersville.
Chaine
Eva Bledsoe, 83, Blackwater, Va.
BLACKWATER,
Va. - Burial for Mrs. Chaine Eva Bledsoe, 83, of the
Fairview community, who died Thursday morning (Nov. 29, 2001) will
be at 2 p.m. today in the Bledsoe Family Cemetery in Fairview.
Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery for the
committal service.
Duffield Funeral Home at Thomas Village is in charge of the
arrangements.
Edgar
W. Bowlin Sr., 82, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Edgar Wallace Bowlin Sr., 82, 704 Kendrick Creek Road,
died Thursday (Nov. 29, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital.
Mr. Bowlin was born in Hancock County and had resided in Kingsport
most of his life. He served in the Army during World War II, after
which he was a renowned artist and sculptor the remainder of his
life. Some of his most noted works include a hall of presidents
(Washington through Nixon) wax museum in Pennsylvania, statues
including John Sevier in Knoxville, Sen. Kenneth McKellar at
Tri-Cities Airport, Sen. Carroll Reese at ETSU in Johnson City,
Andrew Johnson in Greeneville, Tenn., Helen Kellar at the Alabama
Institute for the Deaf and the Blind, Talladega, Ala., oil portraits
of Dwight Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy, as well as several
liturgical masterpieces in area churches. His paintings and
sculpture works over the past 55 years are located throughout the
United States and 14 countries abroad.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles and Cortelia
Bowlin; one brother, Malcolm Bowlin; and one sister, Nina Dolen.
Surviving are his wife of 56 years, Clara Estep Bowlin; two sons,
Col. Gladwyn Bowlin and wife, Susan Jones Bowlin, Atlanta, Ga.,
Edgar Bowlin Jr. and wife, April Nicholson Bowlin, Kingsport; one
daughter, Mrs. Portia Bowlin Seay and husband, Jonathan Dwight Seay
I, Kingsport; four grandsons, J.D. Seay II, Ben Bowlin, Edgar Bowlin
III and Luke Bowlin; one granddaughter, Heather Seay; and three
great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 12:30 to 2 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson
Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with Pastor Gene Mermilliod officiating.
Interment will follow in the Mount Mitchell Primitive Baptist Church
Cemetery, Mount Carmel with military graveside rites conducted by
the Charles DeWitt Byrd Post No. 3382 of the VFW.
Pallbearers will be Dr. Don Kilday, J.D. Seay, Ben Bowlin, Sam
Jones, Frank Childers, Dennis Byrd and Owen Horton.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Jim Beck, Dr. Dan Culbertson,
Raymond Williams, Dr. Roy Jarvis, Daryl Hyder, Don Hazen and Kenneth
Dillow.
Memorial contributions may be made to: Alabama Institute for the
Deaf and Blind, Helen Kellar School of Alabama, P.O. Box 698,
Talladega, Ala. 35161.
Ruby
Calhoun, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Ruby Calhoun died Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at Indian Path
Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
Marie
Clark, 86, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Marie Louise "Betty" Clark, 86, 104 Crown Colony, died
Thursday (Nov. 29, 2001) at her residence.
She was a native of Valley Stream, Long Island, New York and had
lived in this area for the last 43 years. She was the daughter of
the late Harry W. and Dorothy Henderson LeBair.
She was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Ridgefields
Country Club.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Paul Mitchell Clark; one daughter, Susan Dorothy Clark; and
one brother, Harry W. LeBair Jr.
Surviving are two sons, Paul Mitchell Clark Jr., Brenham, Texas and
David Dudley Clark, Barrington, R.I.; two nieces Loretta LeBair
Metcalf and Linda LeBair Parnell; eight grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at St. Paul's Episcopal
Church on Ravine Road in Kingsport. The memorial service will follow
at 11 a.m.
The graveside will be held following the memorial service in the
cemetery of the church.
The family will also receive friends at the home, 104 Periwinkle
Place, Kingsport at noon following the graveside.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Ravine Road, Kingsport.
Snyder's Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Daisy
Hamly, Johnson City.
JOHNSON
CITY - Daisy Tipton Hamly, 1121 Antioch Road, went to be
with the Lord Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at Lakebridge Health Care
Center, Johnson City after an extended illness.
She was born in Carter County and spent most of her life in Johnson
City. She was a member of Otterbein United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Hamly was preceded in death by her adoptive parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William W. Flanagan of Church Hill; her birth parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Tipton of Roan Mountain; first husband, Ralph Church; a
brother, Willard Tipton; and nine half-brothers and four
half-sisters.
Surviving are her husband of 48 years, Ralph Edward Hamly, of the
home; daughter and son-in-law, Rebecca (Becky) and Steven Clayman,
Kingsport; son and daughter-in-law, Kermit Wayne and Susan Church,
Honolulu, Hawaii; grandson, Jason M. Clayman, Emory, Va.;
granddaughters, Shannon Church, Alexandria, Va., Mrs. Judy Knowles
and Anita Church, both of Watertown, Tenn.; half-sister, Virginia
Miller; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Morris-Baker Funeral
Home, Johnson City.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Joe-D Dowling Soka officiating.
Committal services will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the
Monte Vista Burial Park, where friends are invited to meet the
family for these services.
Online condolences may be sent to the Hamly family via
www.morrisbaker.com.
Jessie
Alley Jones, 90, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Jessie Alley Jones, 90, went to be with the Lord
Thursday (Nov. 29, 2001) at Wexford House after an extended illness.
Born
in Scott County, Va., she had lived in Kingsport since 1930.
She was of the Baptist faith, having been baptized at an early age.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Herman E. Jones in 1981;
parents, Joseph Monroe and Derinda Alley; sisters, Juanita Horton
and Willie Mae Frye; and brother, James Alley.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Irene and Joseph
Douglas, Pauline and B. W. Winstead; two grandsons, Eddie and Debbie
Winstead and Tony Douglas; a great-grandson, David Winstead and
wife, Jennifer; a great-granddaughter, Heather and Eric Salyer; four
great-great-grandsons, Cody, Tylor and Connor Winstead and Logan
Salyer; a step-granddaughter, Debbie and David Ray; two
step-great-grandsons, Glen and William Ray; one brother-in-law,
Herman Horton; three nieces, Geraldine Easley, Sandra Jepson and
Vivian Strawderman.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown or anytime at the home of a daughter, Pauline and
B.W. Winstead, 459 Hood Road W, Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Lester "Buddy" Lawson officiating.
The Alvin Goins Singers will provide the music.
Entombment services will be conducted at 12:30 p.m. Sunday in East
Lawn Memorial Park.
Harry
Kinkead, 86, Dungannon, Va.
Services for Harry William Kinkead, 86, Dungannon, Va., who entered
into rest Thursday (Nov. 29, 2001) will be conducted at 2 p.m.
Sunday in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of the Gate City Funeral
Home with Rev. Dean Smith and Rev. Keith McNew officiating.
Music will be provided by Pine Grove Harmony.
Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Gate City Funeral Home.
Burial will be at Holston View Cemetery with military graveside
rites conducted by the Charles DeWitt Byrd Post #3382 of the VFW.
Mark Owen, Phillip Lane, Jim Gibson, Donnie Brickey, Sammy Brickey
and Larry Dockery will serve as pallbearers.
Elmer Kinkead, John Brickey, Sr., Harvey Thacker, John Brickey, Jr.,
Bobby Ray Wolfe, Gary Wolfe, Raymond Summey and Lonnie Kinkead, Jr.
will serve as honorary pallbearers.
John
R. Lawson, 39, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- John R. Lawson, 39, 1525 Kings Road, died Friday (Nov.
30, 2001) after a brief illness.
He was preceded in death by maternal grandparents, Reece and Addie
Hurd; paternal grandparents, Guy and Nora Lawson.
Surviving are his mother, Ruth Lawson, Kingsport; father, Curtis
Lawson, Johnson City; one sister and brother-in-law, Laura Christian
and husband, Mike, Church Hill; one step-niece, Megan Christian,
Church Hill; an uncle, Steve Hurd and wife, Sharon; an aunt, Mary Jo
Davis, Kingsport; several cousins.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Rock Heritage Baptist
Church, c/o: building fund, 4800 Fort Henry Drive, Kingsport, Tenn.
37663 or Oakwood Forest Christian Church, 1713 E. Sevier Ave.,
Kingsport, Tenn. 37664.
Arrangements are incomplete.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, is serving the
Lawson family.
Gertrude
Light, 89, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Gertrude M. Light, 89, 1924 Bowater Lane, died at 2:10
p.m. Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at Wexford House.
She had lived in Kingsport for many years.
Mrs. Light was a Baptist.
Surviving are a daughter, Peggy Light, Kingsport; two sons, Robert
Light Sr. and Gary Light and wife, Patsy, both of Kingsport; several
grandchildren and great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruby Light and
Eula Phillips, both of Kingsport; and one brother, Fred Hudson,
Kingsport.
Arrangements are incomplete. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is serving
the family of Mrs. Light.
George
Larry McClellan, 57, Kingsport.
Graveside services for George Larry McClellan, 57, Kingsport, who
passed away Wednesday (Nov. 28, 2001) will be conducted at 1 p.m.
today in the East Lawn Memorial Park Garden of Love.
Pallbearers will be Allen Castle, Joey Tribble, Ryan Sanders, Doug
Adkins, Paul Perry, Andy Jennings, Jeff Jennings, Mike Perry, Tony
Webb and Carl Houseright.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the McClellan family.
Robert
M. McKee, 71, Surgoinsville.
SURGOINSVILLE
- Robert M. McKee Sr., 71, 630 Williams Road, died
Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center after an
extended illness.
Mr. McKee was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Germany
during the Korean Conflict. He was a board member of the Hawkins
County School System for 16 years.
He retired from Holliston Mills, Church Hill and was a member of the
Surgoinsville First Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edd M. and Reba Russell
McKee.
Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Jimmie Reynolds McKee, of the
home; one daughter, Linda Thurman and husband Johnny of
Surgoinsville; two sons, Mitchell McKee and wife, Teresa of
Surgoinsville and Steven McKee and wife, Evie of Durham, N.C.;
grandchildren, Jennifer McKee of Kingsport, Christopher and Kaitlyn
McKee of Surgoinsville, Justin and Makala Thurman of Surgoinsville;
two step-grandchildren; four step great-grandchildren; three
sisters, Elaine King and husband, Tom of Radford, Va., Louise Rahm
and husband, Richard of Tucker, Ga., Shirley Budlong and husband,
Don of Richmond, Va.; two brothers, Ralph McKee and wife, Myrtle of
Johnson City and Gene McKee of Kingsport; and several nieces and
nephews.
Calling hours are from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday at Surgoinsville
First Baptist Church.
Services will be conducted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the church with
the Rev. Steve Holt officiating.
Burial will be in the Hawkins County Memorial Gardens.
Broome Funeral Home, Rogersville is in charge of arrangements.
William
Moffitt, 82, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- William Wallace Moffitt, 82, 2016 John B. Dennis Hwy.,
died Tuesday (Nov. 27, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital
after an extended illness.
Mr. Moffitt lived in Kingsport all of his life and had been a
resident of Wexford House for the last seven years. He retired from
Tennessee Eastman Co. in 1981 after 41 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Clara Allen Moffitt; parents,
D.W. and Etta Moffitt; a brother, Thomas Moffitt; and a sister,
Mabel Moffitt.
Surviving are two daughters, Brenda Moffitt and Dreena Roache, both
of Kingsport; three sons, Phillip Moffitt, Belvedere, Calif., David
Moffitt and Andrew Moffitt, both of Knoxville; a sister, Margaret
Peters; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
Private graveside services will be conducted today at Oak Hill
Cemetery with Pastor Mike Stout officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Kingsport Animal
Shelter, 621 W. Industry Drive, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com
Oak Hill Funeral Home is serving the Moffitt Family.
Beulah
M. Mullins, 92, Mount Carmel.
MOUNT
CARMEL - Graveside services for Beulah M. Mullins, 92, who
went to be with the Lord Wednesday (Nov. 28, 2001), will be
conducted at 11 a.m. today at Highland Cemetery, Rogersville.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, is in charge of the
arrangements.
James
Mullins, 50, Youngstown, Ohio.
YOUNGSTOWN,
Ohio - James Edward (Eddie) Mullins, 50, Youngstown,
Ohio, passed away on Wednesday (Nov. 28, 2001) in Bradenton, Fla.
Mr. Mullins was born and raised in Kingsport and lived there until
moving to Florida in 1980. He moved to Youngstown in 2000. Mr.
Mullins worked formerly as a truck driver with the U.S. Postal
Service in Florida for 20 years. He also played bass with the Smokey
Joe Band in Florida for several years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur (Bill) and Phyllis
(Red) Mullins; stepson, Ernest Timothy Marshall; brother, Bobby
Mullins; cousin, James Edward (Skinny Eddie) Mullins, Youngstown,
Ohio; and uncle, Hillery M. (Bug) Mullins.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 21 years, Cynthia Mullins of
Youngstown; son and daughter-in-law, James Edward (Little Eddie) and
Jodie (Belle) Mullins Jr. of Sarasota, Fla.; daughter and
son-in-law, Shanoa Michelle Mullins Berg and Timothy C. (Timmy)
Berg, Jr. of Youngstown; stepdaughter, Tonya E. Hamilton of Holiday,
Fla.; brother, Billy Mullins of Kingsport; five grandchildren, Jesse
James Mullins, Ashley Danielle Mullins, Shanoa Lachelle Berg,
Cynthia Michelle Berg, Kody James Berg; and four stepgrandchildren.
Calling hours are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday at the Shannon
Funeral Home Town Chapel, 1015 14th St. W., Bradenton, Fla.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home
chapel.
Earl
Nelson, 60, Jonesville, Va.
JONESVILLE,
Va. - Earl Thomas Nelson, 60, died Friday (Nov. 30,
2001) at his residence.
A resident of Lee County, Va., for most of his life, he was a
disabled coal miner.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James Wesley and Alice
Nelson.
Surviving are his wife, Reba Ely Nelson, Jonesville, Va.; two sons,
Wesley Earl Nelson, Jonesville, Va., and Rick Nelson and wife,
Wanda, Pennington Gap, Va.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Kelley
Stewart and Blake, Richmond, Va., and Sharlene Fannon and Barry,
Hiltons, Va.; one granddaughter, April Collins; one half brother,
Elbert Gilbert and wife, Grace, Carleton, Mich.; one sister, Irene
Anderson, Jonesville, Va.; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Earl and
Ruby Jean Ely, Jonesville, Va.; several nieces, nephews and a host
of family and friends.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Arney-Mullins Funeral
Home, Jonesville, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Raymond Baird and Chuck Cress officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Monday in Lee
Memorial Gardens in Woodway, Va. Family and friends are asked to
meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. Monday to go to the cemetery
in procession.
Lottie
Page, 89, Weber City, Va.
WEBER
CITY, Va. - Lottie Kathleen Page, 89, formerly of Gate City,
departed this life Thursday morning (Nov. 29, 2001) at the Brian
Center Health and Rehabilitation Center in Weber City, Va.
She was a charter member of Speers Ferry Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac Page and Cordellia
Barnette Page; three sisters, Mobie Falin (September 2001) and Lydia
Rhoton and Lula Williams; a brother, Jay Page.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 5:30 to 7 p.m. today at Scott County Funeral
Home, Weber City, Va.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with Pastor Johnny Duncan officiating.
Music will be provided by the Speers Ferry Church Singers.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at Holston View Cemetery.
Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Rodney
Plaster, 40, Coeburn, Va.
COEBURN,
Va. - Rodney "Hot Rod" Plaster, 40, died Thursday (Nov. 29,
2001) at St. Mary's Hospital in Norton, Va.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Orville King and Flora A.
Moore Plaster and other family members.
Surviving are four sisters, Shirley McElyea, Sherry Shepherd and
Geraldine Duty, all of Coeburn, Va., and Virginia Franklin,
Castlewood, Va.; three brothers, Orville Plaster, Walter Plaster and
Joe Plaster, all of Coeburn, Va.; several nieces, nephews, aunts,
uncles, cousins and friends; a host of special friends from Mountain
Empire Dialysis.
Calling hours are after 6 p.m. today at Estes Funeral Home, Coeburn,
Va. Friends may call at the residence at anytime.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Harold Shortridge officiating.
Burial will follow in the Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Coeburn, Va.
Calum
Shupe, infant, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Calum Roland Shupe, infant son of Joel and Christy
Johnson Shupe, went to be with God Nov. 28, 2001.
Calum was born in Kingsport on Nov. 28, 2001 at Holston Valley
Medical Center.
In addition to his parents, Joel and Christy Johnson Shupe,
surviving are his paternal grandparents, Barbara and Billy Shupe,
Hiltons, Va.; paternal great-grandparents, Fancler and Lokeel
Mutter, Kingsport; paternal great-grandmother, Lucy Barnette,
Kingsport; maternal grandparents, Terry and Randall VanDerAa,
Rogersville and Danna Johnson, Blountville; maternal
great-grandmother, Esta Evans, Knoxville; aunt, Andrea Johnson,
Blountville; uncles, Mike Johnson, Kingsport and Darren Johnson,
Blountville.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the East
Lawn Memorial Park in the Garden of Babyland with the Rev. Rye
Fleenor officiating.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Johnson/Shupe family.
John
(Jube) Winegar, 74, Kingsport.
Military graveside services for John (Jube) M. Winegar Jr., 74,
Nassau Drive, Kingsport, who went to be with the Lord Wednesday
(Nov. 28, 2001) will be conducted at 11:30 a.m. today at Oak Hill
Cemetery with military rites conducted by the American Legion
Hammond Post #3.
Memorials may be made to the church of your choice.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com.
Oak Hill Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Helen
Worley, 83, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Services for Helen Ruth Worley, 83, Kentucky, formerly
of Rogersville, who passed away Wednesday (Nov. 28, 2001) will be
conducted at 7 p.m. today in the chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral
Home, Rogersville, with the Rev. Dee Hicks officiating.
Calling hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Sunday at Highland
Cemetery.
Published November 30, 2001
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