Monday, Dec. 3
Joseph (Joe) Arnott, 90, Mount Carmel.
Cora Chase, 93, Gray.
Chadwick Clark, 25, Pennington Gap, Va.
Hazel Moles Cody, 94, Kingsport.
Betty R. Dockery, 67, Fall Branch.
Eva Gulley, Kingsport.
Grace Jones, 92, Kingsport.
John R. Lawson, 39, Kingsport.
Gertrude M. Light, 89, Kingsport.
Odis Maddux, 83, Kingsport.
Virgie McDavid, 94, Gate City, Va.
Roy Miller, Kingsport.
Edith Marie Moore, 81, Norton, Va.
Vincent C. Roberts, 47, Kingsport.
Annis Ruth Smith, 75, Keokee, Va.
Roy Cecil Statzer, 67, Duffield, Va.
Elmo Thacker, Norton, Va.
Pearl Vaughan, 89, Kingsport.
Sylvia Wolfenbarger, 78, Ewing, Va.
Joseph
(Joe) Arnott, 90, Mount Carmel.
MOUNT
CARMEL - Joseph (Joe) Arnott, 90, went to be with the Lord
Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
He was a veteran of World War II and retired from Tennessee Eastman
after 42 years of service. Joe was a member of Oak Grove Baptist
Church, and was an avid sports fan.
He was preceded in death by his father and mother, John James and
Helen Mandola Arnott; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Afton C. and
Nell Arnott, Julian M. and Edith Arnott; great-niece, Debbie Monroe.
Surviving are his wife, Lois Arnott, Mount Carmel; daughter and
son-in-law, Elaine and Jerry Cox, Mount Carmel; son and
daughter-in-law, Dennis and Donna Arnott, Maryville, Tenn.; three
grandchildren, Melanie Arnott, Sherry Cox Burchette and husband
Steven, and Ben Arnott; sister and brother-in-law, Athalee and O.M.
Chase, Gray; three nieces and one nephew; several great-nieces and
great-nephews; and good friend, George Morrison.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Hamlett-Dobson
Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Richard Harris and the Rev. Bruse Hullette
officiating.
Burial will follow at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Mount Carmel.
Memorials may be made to Oak Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 311
Cypress Street, Mount Carmel, Tenn. 37645.
Cora
Chase, 93, Gray.
GRAY
- Cora Ethel Wheelock Chase, 93, passed away Sunday (Dec. 2,
2001) at Wexford House.
Born in Jonesborough on Oct. 25, 1908, she was the daughter of the
late Grover Cleveland Wheelock and Bertie Elizabeth Combs Wheelock.
Mrs. Chase was a homemaker and attended West Colonial Hills Baptist
Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Haskel Lee Chase, in 1969; sister, Rosie Strickler;
brothers, Willie Wheelock and Virgil Wheelock.
Surviving are four sons and daughters-in-law, J.D. and June Chase
and Dennis and Pat Chase, of Kingsport, Ornie and Charlotte Chase
and Leonard and Peggy Chase, of Gray; three grandchildren, Les
Chase, Steve Chase and Brian Chase; two great-grandchildren, Matt
Chase and Leah Chase; one sister and brother-in-law, Ann and Vincent
Murray, of Gray; several nieces, nephews and friends.
Calling hours will be from 12 to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Hamlett-Dobson
Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel with Pastor Paul Sheaffer and Pastor Bob Yates officiating.
Burial will be in Eastern Star Cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Memorials may be given to West Colonial Hills Baptist Church
Building Fund, 1202 Kendrick Creek Road, Kingsport, Tenn. 37663.
Chadwick
Clark, 25, Pennington Gap, Va.
PENNINGTON
GAP, Va. - Chadwick (Chad) Bruce Clark, 25, passed away
early Saturday (Dec. 1, 2001) as a result of an automobile accident.
He
graduated from Lee High School in 1994. He was presently employed
by Cumberland Resources of Norton, Va.
Surviving are two sons, Joshua Clark and Chris Jones; and his
fianceé of 10 years, Paula Twombly, all of Woodway, Va.; his
parents, Rufus and Cathy Clark, of Woodway, Va.; two sisters,
Heather Clark and Brandy Osborne, both of Woodway, Va.; two half
brothers, Anthony Rash and Dana Wilder, both of Jonesville, Va.;
paternal grandmother, Ann Clark, of Duffield, Va.; one niece,
Makayla Ward, of Duffield, Va.; several aunts, uncles, cousins and
friends.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Sturgill Funeral
Home, Pennington Gap.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the
funeral home with the Rev. Bob Clark officiating.
Music will be provided by the Robinette Chapel Church Singers.
Interment will follow in the Lee Memorial Gardens, Woodway, Va.
Pallbearers will be Steve Fritz, Leonard Fritz, Ronnie Miles, Rick
Head, Billy Castle and Kevin Young.
Hazel
Moles Cody, 94, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Hazel Moles Cody, 94, died at 5 p.m. Saturday (Dec. 1,
2001) at Wexford House.
Mrs. Cody was born in Hancock County and had resided in Kingsport
since 1945. Hazel was a licensed practitioner nurse at Holston
Valley Medical Center, retiring in 1973.
Mrs. Cody was a member of First Baptist Church where she was a
member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Cody in 1971;
daughter, Mrs. Alice Burdge; and son, Bruce Cody.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Carl (Patsy) Trent, Kingsport; sons,
Joe Kenneth Cody, Kingsport, Ben Cody and wife Chassie, Kingsport;
daughter-in-law, Ruby Cody, Kingsport; 14 grandchildren; several
great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Haskel (Lola) Mathis, Rogersville.
Calling
hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel with Dr. Ronald L. Davis officiating.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Betty
R. Dockery, 67, Fall Branch.
FALL BRANCH - Graveside services for Betty Ruth Dockery, 67, 319
Church Road South, who went to be with the Lord at 2:24 p.m. Friday
(Nov. 30, 2001), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the Poplar
Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery.
Family and friends will meet at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m.
Nephews and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be given to Poplar Grove Primitive
Baptist Church, c/o Jean Wallen, 744 Poplar Grove Road, Kingsport,
Tenn. 37664.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Eva
Gulley, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Eva Gulley passed away Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001) in the
Hillside Health Care Center after a period of declining health.
Arrangements are incomplete.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Gulley family.
Grace
Jones, 92, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Grace Fay Tate Jones, 92, died Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001) at
Brookhaven Health Care.
Born in Sullivan County (Arcadia), she had spent most of her life in
Hawkins County (Ross Camp Grounds). Mrs. Jones was a homemaker and a
member of Lewis Lane Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, W. Clay Jones; parents,
Charlie Tate and Sarah Jane Monroe Tate; half sister, Mable Moore;
and half brother, James Harmon Tate.
Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Oliver G. Jones and
wife Betty, Rockville, Md.; daughters, Ms. Imogene Bailey,
Kingsport, and Ms. Lennis Meade, Church Hill; four grandchildren,
John F. Bailey, Randall Bailey, Terry Lynn Jones Turner, and a
special granddaughter, Kim Prater; two great-grandchildren; sister,
Mrs. Nannie Mae Young, Johnson City; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling
hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Carter-Trent
Funeral Home, downtown.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Gary Gerhardt officiating.
Music will be provided by the Darrell Birchett Trio.
Graveside services will be held at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday at Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Family and friends are to meet at the cemetery by 9:40 a.m.
Wednesday.
John
R. Lawson, 39, Kingsport.
Services for John R. Lawson, 39, of 1525 Kings Road, Kingsport, who
died Friday (Nov. 30, 2001), will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in
the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, with Ed
Clevinger and Hugh Thompson, ministers officiating.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Entombment services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Oak Hill
Mausoleum.
Memorial contributions may be given 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.
Gertrude
M. Light, 89, Kingsport.
Services for Gertrude Maude Light, 89, 1924 Bowater Lane, Kingsport,
who went to be with the Lord Friday (Nov. 30, 2001), will be
conducted at 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown,
with Pastor Stanley Sims officiating.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Odis
Maddux, 83, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Odis Matilda Harris Maddux, 83, of Konnarock Road,
departed this life Friday evening (Nov. 30, 2001) at Wellmont
Holston Valley Medical Center.
A native of Washington County, Va., she was a homemaker and a member
of First Baptist Church of Kingsport. Mrs. Maddux was a member of
Fidelis Sunday School Class.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Henry Harris and
Otra Litton Harris; sisters, Mable Drusk, Gladys Crawford, Myrtle
Hurt and Ardis Faust; and brother, Ted Harris.
Odis was a loving wife of Robert Leonard Maddux for 66 years.
November 30 was their anniversary. Also surviving are her daughters
and sons-in-law, Barbara and Edsel Craft, of Memphis, Betty and
Michael Basham, of Wise, Va., and Carolyn and Jack Osteen, of Banner
Elk, N.C.; grandchildren, Dr. Robert Craft, of Knoxville, Jacqueline
Mikuleza, of Huntersville, N.C., Dr. Christopher Basham, of Bristol,
Va., Jonathan Osteen, of Brooklyn, N.Y., Michelle Wells, of Emory,
Va., Jill Moseley, of Virginia Beach, Va., Joshua Osteen and
Jennifer Osteen, both of Pensacola, Fla.; great-grandchildren,
Jennifer and Kris Montsinger, Marie, Thomas and Matthew Makuleza,
Luke and Samuel Basham, and Kaitlyn Osteen; sister and
brother-in-law, Audaleen and Elmer McNutt, Bristol, Va.;
sisters-in-law, Mrs. Scott (Clara Faye) Woods, Mrs. F.M. (Juanita)
Bays, Elsie Derting and Wilma Sue Wilson.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. today in Holston View Cemetery.
Family and friends will meet at the funeral home at 10 a.m. to go to
the cemetery.
Pallbearers will be grandsons and nephews.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Big Brothers Sunday School
class and Dr. Locke Carter.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the First Baptist
Church of Kingsport.
Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of the
arrangements.
Virgie
McDavid, 94, Gate City, Va.
GATE CITY, Va. - Services for Virginia "Virgie" Lou Helbert McDavid,
94, who entered into rest at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation
Hillside on Saturday (Dec. 1, 2001), will be conducted 1 p.m.
Tuesday in the Gene Falin Memorial Chapel of Gate City Funeral Home
with the Rev. R.D. Stallard officiating.
Music will be provided by Junior Smith and Family Tradition.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Burial will follow the services in the Holston View Cemetery, Weber
City, Va.
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Roy
Miller, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Roy Miller passed away Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001).
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
Edith
Marie Moore, 81, Norton, Va.
NORTON,
Va. - Edith Marie Lovell Moore, 81, died Saturday (Dec. 1,
2001) at Bristol Nursing Home, Bristol, Tenn.
She was the daughter of the late William M. and Lillie Mae Lovell.
She spent most of her life in the Wise County area. The last 15
years were spent in Lee County near Jonesville, Va.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ted Virgil Moore; two
sisters, Thelma Huff and Edna M. Couch; three brothers, Curtis L.
Lovell, William Clarence Lovell and Johnny E. Lovell.
Surviving are several nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
Family and friends will be received at 10 a.m. today at the Hagy &
Fawbush Funeral Home in Norton.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at the Laurel
Grove Cemetery in Norton.
Vincent
C. Roberts, 47, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Services for Vincent C. Roberts, 47, who died Saturday
(Dec. 1, 2001), will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the chapel of
Oak Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Richard Harris officiating.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Oak Hill
Cemetery.
Family and friends will meet at the cemetery.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com.
Annis
Ruth Smith, 75, Keokee, Va.
KEOKEE,
Va. - Annis Ruth Smith, 75, of Route 1, died Saturday (Dec.
2, 2001) at Lee Regional Medical Center in Pennington Gap, Va.
Born in Keokee, Va., she had been a resident of Lee County (Keokee)
her entire life. She was a homemaker and member of Raw Hide
Missionary Baptist Church, Route 1, Keokee.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Fannie Smith;
and several brothers and sisters.
Surviving are her son and daughter-in-law, Earl and Romona Smith,
Keokee; three grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren and six
stepgreat-grandchildren; brother, Jack Smith, Detroit, Mich.;
sister, Flora Palmer, Keokee; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Province Funeral
Home, Pennington Gap.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the sanctuary of the
funeral home.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Keokee
Cemetery, where family and friends are asked to meet at 10:45 a.m.
Roy
Cecil Statzer, 67, Duffield, Va.
DUFFIELD,
Va. - Roy Cecil Statzer, 67, of Duffield, died Sunday
(Dec. 2, 2001) at his residence.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by The Duffield
Funeral Home at Thomas Village.
Elmo
Thacker, Norton, Va.
NORTON,
Va. - Elmo Thacker died Friday (Nov. 30, 2001) at Wellmont
Hospice House in Bristol, Tenn.
He was a resident of Norton Regency Towers. Born to the late Henry
and Elizabeth Craiger Thacker, he was a lifelong resident of the
Blackwood and Norton area.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a recipient of
the Purple Heart Medal.
Surviving are two sisters, Opal Mullins, Blackwater, Va., and Martha
Thacker Teasley, Norton; one brother, Homer Thacker, Wise, Va.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Hagy & Fawbush
Funeral Home in Norton.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home
chapel.
Burial will be in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens with VFW Post No.
4301 and DAV Charter No. 56 conducting military burial rites.
Pearl
Vaughan, 89, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Pearl Livesay Vaughan, 89, died Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001) at
Sunbridge Care and Rehabilitation - Hillside.
Born Aug. 1, 1912 in Hancock County, she was a resident of
Kingsport. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Kingsport and
a member of the Fidelis Sunday School Class since 1956. She was a
troop leader of the Girl Scouts of America and a troop leader of the
Boy Scouts of America. She was a member of the Women's Moose Lodge,
the Livesay Association, and a member of the Long Island Chapter of
the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Se was preceded in death by her husband, Ray T. Vaughan; her
brothers, Chris Davis Livesay and Howard Taft Livesay; her sister,
Martha Ester Livesay; and her granddaughter, Amy Vaughan Weems.
Surviving are her son, Thomas Livesay Vaughan; and daughter, Mary
Vaughan Klock, Kingsport.
Calling hours will be from 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Oak Hill
Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted in the chapel of the funeral home with
Dr. Marvin Cameron officiating.
Graveside services will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions
be made to the First Baptist Church of Kingsport, 200 West Church
Circle, Kingsport, Tenn. 37600.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com.
Sylvia
Wolfenbarger, 78, Ewing, Va.
EWING,
Va. - Graveside services for Sylvia Estep Wolfenbarger, 78,
who passed away Saturday (Dec. 1, 2001), will be conducted at 11
a.m. today in Hopewell Cemetery with the Rev. Ray Gulley and the
Rev. Mike Sutton officiating.
Pallbearers will be Eric Wolfenbarger, Ryan Wolfenbarger, Kenny
Rutherford, Norman Jones, Doug Mustard and Bill Wolfenbarger.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of Old Yellow Creek Baptist
Church #2.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the church of your
choice or the American Cancer Society.
Reece Funeral Home and Valley Chapel, Harrogate, Tenn., is in charge
of the arrangements.
Published December 2, 2001
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