Thursday, Dec. 6
Sadie S. Bakos, 92, Appalachia, Va.
Mary Frances Ball, 62, Rogersville.
Howard T. Barrett, 54, Surgoinsville.
Robert E. Bass, 81, Rogersville.
Oscar Begley, 57, Weber City, Va.
Michael C. Brooks, 33, Big Stone Gap, Va.
William Campbell, 84, Nickelsville, Va.
Bob Depew, 66, Kingsport.
Gladys R. Dietrich, 84, Ellenton, Fla.
Marie Fink, 80, Kingsport.
Mildred Fletcher, Kingsport.
Stella Graham, 35, Kingsport.
Ethel Hammonds, 87, Kingsport.
Walter E. Hickman, 54, Kingsport.
George W. Marcum, Big Stone Gap, Va.
Mary McConnell, 72, Gate City, Va.
1st Sgt. Roy C. Miller, 67, Kingsport.
Pearlene Noaks, 76, Rogersville.
Gerald Kent Osborne, 65, Pound, Va.
Craig Scott Owens, 88, Wytheville, Va.
Makenzie Parks, infant, Nickelsville, Va.
Miss Cecil Rhinehart, 74, Campbellsville, Ky.
Deacon MiltonRobelot, 92, Kingsport.
Callie Rose, 84, Kingsport.
Lucy Russell, 75, Duffield, Va.
Katie Rutherford, 54, West Liberty, Ky.
Maggie B. Rutledge, 94, Mount Carmel.
Bobbie C. Trent, 95, Rogersville.
Johnny C. Wright Jr., 38, Kingsport.
Sadie
S. Bakos, 92, Appalachia, Va.
APPALACHIA,
Va. - Sadie S. Bakos, 92, passed away Saturday (Dec. 1,
2001) at her residence in Elizabeth, N.J.
She had lived most of her life in Elizabeth, N.J., and was formerly
of Wise County, Va.
She was the daughter of the late Louis and Esther Bakos. She was
employed as a baker for 25 years with the A. & P. Bakery in Newark,
N.J., before retiring in 1974.
Surviving are two sisters, Irene Bevilacqua and Viola Bakos, both of
Elizabeth, N.J.
Calling hours will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the Roy A. Green
Funeral Home in Appalachia.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at the American
Legion Cemetery with the Rev. Tony Nunley officiating.
Mary
Frances Ball, 62, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Graveside services for Mary Frances Ball, 62, who went
to be with the Lord Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001), will be held at 11 a.m.
today at Highland Cemetery.
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Howard
T. Barrett, 54, Surgoinsville.
Services for Howard T. Barrett, 54, of 303 Amis Chapel Road,
Surgoinsville, who entered into rest on Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001), will
be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Johnson Funeral Home,
Church Hill, with the Rev. Ralph Hammonds, the Rev. Harold Head and
the Rev. Dee Hicks officiating.
Burial will follow in Kite Cemetery.
Special friends will serve as pallbearers, Harry S. Barrett Jr.,
Richard Britton, Raymond Smith, Jason Bruner, H.K. Good and Terry
Shoemaker.
Robert
E. Bass, 81, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Robert E. Bass, 81, went to be with the Lord 8:15 a.m.
Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001) at Hawkins County Memorial Hospital
following an extended illness.
He was a member of Westview Baptist Church. He was a well-known
painter and decorator for 45 years. He was a veteran of World War
II, having served in the U.S. Army.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bleve and Ollie Bass;
grandson, Ricky Bass; and granddaughter, Kathy Bass.
Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Barbara Bass, of the home; three
sons, Robert L. Bass and wife Buena, Bulls Gap, Dale Bass and wife
Ellen, Columbus, Ga., and Larry Neil Bass and wife Sandra K.,
Rogersville; grandsons, Robert Lee Bass Jr. and wife Debbie,
Rogersville, Ron Surrett and wife Lisa, Talbolt, Tenn., Larry N.
Bass Jr., Rogersville; granddaughters, Brenda Giefings, Columbus,
Ga., Patricia Chappel, Columbus, Ga., Rebecca K. Trent, Bulls Gap,
Angela Gillenwater, of Virginia, and Laura Bass, Rogersville;
several great-grandchildren; brothers, Carl Bass, Bristol, Hugh Lee
Bass and wife Elizabeth, Rogersville; sisters, Edith Ward and
husband Roy, Rogersville, and Elizabeth Carpenter, Johnson City;
special friend, Bill McMakin.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Colboch-Price Funeral
Home, Rogersville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Ray Mullins and the Rev. Johnny Carr
officiating.
Hawkins County Color Guard will conduct military graveside services
at 2 p.m. Sunday at Highland Cemetery.
Oscar
Begley, 57, Weber City, Va.
WEBER
CITY, Va. - Oscar "Tom" Claude Begley, 57, entered into rest
Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001) at Holston Valley Medical Center.
He was born in Scott County, Va., on Sept. 1, 1944 to the late
Calles Palmer Begley and Lizzie Laura Begley.
Including his parents, he was preceded in death by two sisters, Ann
Oquinn and Ina Begley; one brother, Charles Laney.
Survivors include his wife, Maria Begley, Weber City, Va.; son and
daughter-in-law, Tommy and Sarah Begley, Weber City, Va.; two
sisters, Gladys Babb, Coeburn, Va., and Wanda Darnell, Dungannon,
Va.; two brothers, Jimmie Begley, Dallas, N.C., and Cecil Begley,
Dungannon, Va.; one granddaughter, Celina Reynae Begley; several
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Juanita S. Falin
Chapel of the Gate City Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in the Gene Falin
Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Charlie Taylor.
Burial will follow the service at Begley Cemetery, Ft. Blackmore,
Va.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Online condolences may be made to [email protected].
Michael
C. Brooks, 33, Big Stone Gap, Va.
BIG
STONE GAP, Va. - Michael C. "Mike" Brooks, 33, died Wednesday
(Dec. 5, 2001) at Wellmont-Lonesome Pine Hospital.
He was born in Baltimore, Md., and lived most of his life in Big
Stone Gap. He was a former roofer for Oakwood Homes in Salisbury,
N.C., and was a carpenter and a mechanic.
He was preceded in death by his brother, J.C. Brooks.
Surviving are two sons, Mikey Barnette and Jimmy Barnette,
Kingsport; his parents, David J. and Carolyn J. Clay Brooks; sister,
Jaclyn Arlee Brooks, Norton, Va.; maternal grandmother, Ollie Smith,
Appalachia, Va., and paternal grandmother, Florence Brooks,
Baltimore, Md.; one niece and one nephew; and fianceé, Tina Vaughn,
Appalachia, Va.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 6 to 8 p.m.
Saturday at Holding Funeral Home in Big Stone Gap.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Hugh Bowers officiating.
Burial will follow in American Legion Cemetery.
William
Campbell, 84, Nickelsville, Va.
NICKELSVILLE,
Va. - William Charles Campbell, 84, entered into rest
on Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001) at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center,
Mountain Home, Tenn., after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Campbell was born on Oct. 5, 1917 and was a lifelong resident of
Scott County, Va.
Mr. Campbell was a World War II veteran whose date of induction was
May 3, 1941. He served in the battles and campaigns in Normandy,
Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe. His medals and
citations were the Purple Heart Medal Co.79 HQ 29th Division, 44
American Defense Service Medal, European African Medal, Middle
Eastern Service Medal with Bronze Arrowhead, Distinguished Unit
Badge Go.33 HQ FUSA 44. He was a radio operator, Lou Speed 776 and
MKM Machine Gun.
He also received World War II Victory Medal at Gate City, Va., on
Oct. 29, 1947 and was discharged Oct. 21, 1946.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Ella Campbell.
Including his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother;
three sisters; one infant son and two granddaughters.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Virginia Campbell, Nickelsville,
Va.; four sons and daughters-in-law, Doug and Mary Campbell,
Nickelsville, Va., Mike and Donna Campbell, Nickelsville, Va.,
Earnie and Amy Campbell, Gate City, Va., and Johnny and Dana
Campbell, Gate City, Va.; six daughters and sons-in-law, Betty and
Emit, Jr. Burke, Nickelsville, Va., Barbara and Clarence Henley, Ft.
Worth, Texas, Janet Hill, Gate City, Va., Mary and Ted Austin,
Norton, Va., Carolyn and Larry Lane, Bristol, Tenn., Brenda and
Terry Smith, Nickelsville, Va.; 18 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren; brother, Kyle Campbell, Kingsport; sisters,
Anna Bishop and Evelyn Hughes, both of Kingsport, and Gladys
Gillespie, Gate City, Va., Rhea Moore and Carrie North VanStrand,
both of Florida.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Gate City Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the Gene Falin
Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Jim Smith
officiating.
Music will be provided by Roger and David Easterling.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Holston View
Cemetery, Weber City, Va.
Pallbearers will be the six grandchildren, Sam, Eddie and Jamie
Burke, Tim Hill, Roger Campbell and Josh Austin.
The family will be meeting at 10:15 a.m. at the funeral home to go
in procession to the cemetery for graveside services.
Online condolences may be made to [email protected].
Bob
Depew, 66, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Robert (Bob) Morgan Depew, 66, 3313 Princeton Road, died
late Monday (Dec. 3, 2001) at his home.
A lifelong resident of Kingsport, he was a graduate of Sullivan High
School and was of the Methodist faith.
Bob was a well-known automobile and body mechanic.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Dana and Josie Davenport
Depew; and a brother-in-law, James L. Dixon.
Surviving are his wife of 48 years, Shirley Welsh Depew; one
daughter, Diane Depew Melton and son-in-law, Jeff; one son, Roger A.
Depew and daughter-in-law, Billie Jo; one sister, Ruth Depew Dixon;
mother-in-law, Mrs. Ted (Ellen) Welsh; grandchildren, Trevor and
Justin Sproles, Mia, Zachary and Quinn Melton, Amanda, Kasi and
Chelsea Depew, and Brandon Roberts; one great-granddaughter, Astyn
Paige Depew; sister-in-law, Marie Herron and husband, Tom, all of
Kingsport; one nephew, Wayne Herron; two nieces, Emma Norris and
husband, Sam and Ethel Fowler and husband, Eddie; and special
friend, Kenneth R. Dolen.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Raymond Amos and the Rev. Don McCann
officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in the Roller
Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Tom Herron, Trevor Sproles, Justin Sproles, Sam
Norris, Eddie Fowler and Henry Lawson.
Gladys
R. Dietrich, 84, Ellenton, Fla.
ELLENTON,
Fla. - Gladys R. Dietrich, 84, died Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001)
at Tandem Health Care of Sarasota.
She was born Feb. 16, 1917 in Mohnton, Pa., and attended school in
Reading, Pa. She came to Ellenton in 1995 from Kingsport, where she
had resided for 50 years. She was a bookkeeper for 20 years at Mason
and Dixon Lines, and was a member of Women of the Moose and Women of
the American Legion.
She was a member of Waverly Road Presbyterian Church, Kingsport.
Surviving are daughters, Karen Clark of Bradenton, and Cindy
Ferguson of Bristol, Va.; sisters, Marion Strohl and Jeanne
Hoffmaster, both of Reading, Pa.; four grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Services will be private.
Memorial donations may be made to Bristol Family YMCA, 400 Edgemont
Ave., Bristol, Tenn. 37620.
National Cremation Society, Sarasota Chapter, is in charge.
Marie
Fink, 80, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Lillie Marie DeVault Fink, 80, of the Rock Springs
community, died Monday (Dec. 3, 2001) at Hillside Manor after a
lengthy illness.
She lived her entire life in the Rock Springs community and was a
member of the Rock Springs United Methodist Church.
Mrs. Fink retired from Tennessee Eastman Company in 1984 after 41
years service.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Jessee C. and Lillie
Carroll DeVault; husband of over 50 years, John W. Fink; sister,
Zelda Breeding; and four brothers, Verlin DeVault, Paul DeVault,
Jessee C. DeVault Jr. and Elan DeVault.
Surviving are a brother, David Devault, Rio Linda, Calif.; and
several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral
Home, downtown.
Friends may also call anytime at the home of a niece, Helen
Williams, 1505 Monterey Avenue.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Rock Springs United
Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry DeVault and the Rev. Scott A.
Robertson-Gouge officiating.
The body will be taken to the church one hour prior to the services.
Burial
will follow in the church cemetery.
Mildred
Fletcher, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Mildred Kiehl Fletcher died early Wednesday morning
(Dec. 5, 2001) at Asbury Center at Baysmont Health Center.
Born July 13, 1907 in Galion, Ohio, Milly moved to Marion, Ohio, as
a child. She lived in Marion until moving to Columbus, Ohio. In
Columbus, she studied at Grant Hospital, graduating with a degree in
Nursing in 1928. While in nurses training she met Charles Leonard
Fletcher, who would become her husband of 58 years.
Milly worked as an RN in Rochester, N.Y., New York City and came to
Kingsport with Charles in 1933. She worked with the late Dr. L.C.
Cox delivering babies here in Kingsport. Milly taught Red Cross
classes during World War II. She was a member of the Kingsport
Junior Service League, and was active in the Women's League of
Voters. Milly volunteered her services as an RN for many years at
the Long Island Well Baby Clinic in Kingsport. She was a member of
the auxiliary at Holston Valley Community Hospital and was an active
member and communicant of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Milly loved the gift of life, filling her days with volunteer work,
golf, bridge, reading, travel, family and friends.
Surviving are one son, Charles A. Fletcher and wife, Gerry,
Columbia, S.C.; one daughter, Sally Morrow and husband, Bob,
Kingsport; six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Calling hours are from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday in the Kent room
of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at the church with
the Rev. Suzanne N. Smitherman officiating.
Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Alvey Fund of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, 161 E. Ravine Road, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660 or the Salvation
Army, 505 Dale St., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Stella
Graham, 35, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Stella Yontz Graham, 35, died Tuesday evening (Dec. 4,
2001) after injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson
Funeral Home, downtown.
Ethel
Hammonds, 87, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Ethel L. Cox Hammonds, 87, went home to be with the Lord
Wednesday morning (Dec. 5, 2001) at Hillside Manor Nursing Home
following an extended illness.
A lifelong resident of Sullivan County, she was of the Church of
Christ faith. She was a loving mother, grandmother and
great-grandmother who will be missed by many.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Mort Hammonds; her
parents, Adam and Nellie Cox; a sister, Margie Jennings; and three
brothers, Elmer, George and Lon Cox.
Survivors include two sons, Johnny Hammonds and his wife Joyce,
Church Hill, Donald Hammonds and his wife Jean, Dayton, Ohio; four
granddaughters, Janet Hammonds, Kingsport, Donna Owens, Tipp City,
Ohio, Tonya Fulcher, Arkansas, and Kellie Pooler, Dayton, Ohio; two
grandsons, Ronnie Hammonds, Kingsport, and Terry Hammonds, Church
Hill; nine great-grandchildren; and special friends, J.L. and Annis
Parker along with their son Jerry, Kingsport; several nieces and
nephews.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Carter-Trent Funeral
Home, Church Hill. Friends may also call anytime at the residence of
the son, Johnny and Joyce Hammonds, 630 Tranbarger, Rd., Church
Hill.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Friday in the funeral home
chapel with Pastor Larry Morelock and the Rev. Calvin Tabor
officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday at Church
Hill Memory Gardens.
Family and friends wishing to attend the graveside are asked to meet
at the cemetery at 10:50.
Pallbearers will be Wayne Carter, Ronnie Hammonds, Terry Hammonds,
Gary Spears, Gene Spears and Jerry Parker.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Victory
Baptist Church Building Fund, 1932 Fairview, Kingsport, Tenn. 37665
or to Ross Campground United Methodist Church, c/o Janie Kincheloe,
930 Jackson St., Mount Carmel, Tenn. 37645.
Walter
E. Hickman, 54, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Walter E. Hickman, 54, of 1184 Moreland, passed away
Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001) after a lengthy illness.
He was a lifelong resident of Sullivan County. He was a veteran of
the Vietnam Conflict, serving in the U.S. Army.
He was a former employee of Vulcan Materials.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Elva Conkin; and stepfather,
Buster Conkin.
Surviving are one son, Edward Mack Hickman, Kingsport; one
granddaughter, Whitney Hickman; half sister, Cherlee Simpson; half
brothers, Vincent Hite, Kingsport, and Haskell Hite, Michigan.
Arrangements are incomplete.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, is serving the family of Mr.
Hickman.
George
W. Marcum, Big Stone Gap, Va.
BIG
STONE GAP, Va. - George W. (Bill) Marcum was born May 1, 1934 in
Williamson, W.Va., to Mella Hager and Carl Marcum.
He passed away on Dec. 4, 2001 at Lonesome Pine Hospital after a
brief illness. He was 67 years, 7 months and three days old at the
time of his passing.
He was married to Mary Lou Adams on Oct. 21, 1956 at Elryia, Ohio.
He was preceded in death by a son, Steven C.; a brother, Frank E.
Wright; a sister, Mella Francis Bittner; two sisters in infancy; and
his dad, Carl Marcum.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Lou of 45 years; two daughters and
sons-in-law, Cindy and Larry Phillips of Hamilton, Ohio, and Alice
and John Thomas of Eubank, Ky.; six grandchildren; one
great-granddaughter; his mother, Mella Hager Fleming of Elyria,
Ohio; one sister, Geri (Roy) Smith of Elyria, Ohio; and a host of
relatives and friends who loved him.
He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict, receiving an
honorable discharge. He was a member of Berean Baptist Church at
Middletown, Ohio. He retired from Mercy Hospital in Hamilton, Ohio,
after 25 years of service as a painter. He and his wife then settled
in Big Stone Gap. They were blessed to settle in a neighborhood
where they were surrounded by good, caring friends.
His children want everyone to know what a wonderful dad he was. He
was also a most loving son to his mother, and to his wife, he was
her world.
Calling hours are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Holding Funeral
Home in Big Stone Gap, Va.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the funeral home
chapel with Brother Merle Caudill, Brother Charles Shepherd, Brother
Ellis Adams, Pastor Gary Arnett, Brother John Reedy and Brother
Jimmie W. Hall officiating.
Burial will be in Powell Valley Memorial Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Travis Williams, Graham Beason, Larry Phillips,
John Thomas, Jacob Thomas and Teddy Neal Galloway.
Honorary pallbearers will be Sam Beason, Teddy Galloway, Harold
Combs, Mike Galloway, Andy Combs and Jared Thomas.
Mary
McConnell, 72, Gate City, Va.
GATE
CITY, Va. - Graveside services for Mary Evelyn McConnell, 72,
of Route 2, who departed this life early Monday morning (Dec. 3,
2001), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the McConnell Cemetery
(Midway community), Route 2, Gate City.
Pallbearers will be Jay McConnell, Gene McConnell, Kelly McConnell,
Junior Howington, James Ramey and Matt Ramsey.
Family and friends will meet at the cemetery for the burial.
Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of the
arrangements.
1st
Sgt. Roy C. Miller, 67, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Military graveside rites for 1st Sgt. Roy C. Miller, 67,
who went to be with the Lord on Sunday morning (Dec. 2, 2001), will
be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Oak Hill Cemetery with Charles
DeWitt Byrd Post No. 3382 of the VFW officiating.
An on-line guest book may be signed at www.legacy.com.
Oak Hill Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Pearlene
Noaks, 76, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Services for Pearlene Rivers Noaks, 76, who passed
away Sunday (Dec. 2, 2001), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the
chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville.
Calling hours will be from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Interment will follow in Mitchell Crest Cemetery.
Gerald
Kent Osborne, 65, Pound, Va.
POUND,
Va. - Gerald Kent Osborne, 65, died Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001)
at Holston Valley Medical Center.
Mr. Osborne was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward Kent Osborne and
Ruth Cox Osborne.
Surviving are his daughter, Greta Kay Stout, Raynell, W.Va.; sister,
Lila Roberson, Abingdon, Va.; brothers, Donald Lee Osborne, Wise,
Va., Larry Osborne and Charles Osborne, both of Pound; two
grandchildren; and special friend, Alice Cox.
Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home,
Pound.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the Sadie Baker
Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with the Rev. Edmond Bolen
officiating.
Interment will be in the Osborne Family Cemetery in Pound.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Craig
Scott Owens, 88, Wytheville, Va.
WYTHEVILLE,
Va. - Craig Scott Owens, 88, went home to be with the
Lord at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001) at Mountain View Retirement
Home, Lebanon, Va.
Craig was born in Russell County, Va., on March 12, 1913 and lived
and farmed in Russell County until about 1960. He then moved to
Wytheville, Va., where he was a foreman for Pendleton Construction
Company, retiring in 1978. He helped build most of the bridges on
Interstate 81 from Abingdon to the Shenandoah Valley. He moved back
to Russell County in October of 2001.
He was a born again Christian who loved the Lord and was of the
Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his father, Denton King Owens (1946);
his mother, Delia Fogleman Owens (1957); one half-sister, Rachel
Owens Tate (1976); two half-brothers, Paul Adams (1963) and James
Owens (1985); and one granddaughter, Cassandra Blevins (1984).
Surviving are his wife of 66 years, Tina Herndon Owens; four
daughters, Shirley Owens Fletcher and husband Burke, Mount Carmel,
Juanita Owens Jessee and husband Paul, Lebanon, Va., Barbara Owens
Gibson and husband Giles, Lebanon, Va., and Sandra Owens Blevins and
husband Ronald, Wytheville, Va.; one son, Samuel Craig Owens and
wife Judy, Oxnard, Calif.; 13 grandchildren, Bill Fletcher and wife
Linda, Nashville, Sharon Fletcher Roberts and husband Chris, Church
Hill, Mike Fletcher and wife Kathy, Lebanon, Va., Tammy Fletcher
Womack and husband Mike Thompson, Station, Tenn., Cyenthia Jessee
Rodgers and husband Rick, Johnson City, Bernie Jessee and wife
Claudette, Lebanon, Va., Scott Jessee, Kingsport, Darrell Gibson,
Lebanon, Va., Angie Gibson Ray and husband Mike, Rosedale, Va.,
Jennifer Owens Ormond and husband Mike, Norfolk, Va., Amy Owens,
Thousand Oaks, Calif., Tina Blevins, Wythevile, Va., Audra Blevins,
Wytheville, Va.; 22 great-grandchildren; William Fletcher, Marshall
May Fletcher, Daniel Roberts, Angela Roberts, Dustin Fletcher,
Gracie Fletcher, Justin Boothe, Meghan Rodgers, Hannah Rodger,
Bailey Jessee, Emily Jessee, Joshua Jessee, Benjamon Jessee, Aaron
Jessee, Ryan Jessee, William Sargant, Craig Gibson, Dalton Gibson,
Drake Gibson, Joseph Ray, Bowen Ormond, Rhianna Ormond; nephew, Hal
Tate and wife Kay, Lebanon, Va.; nieces, Gaynell Tate Tignor and
husband Bill, Lebanon, Va., Peggy Owens Kegley and husband Thomas,
Lebanon, Va.; and several great-nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Combs Funeral Service,
Lebanon, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Darrell Fletcher and the Rev. Edward Castle
officiating.
Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in the Temple Hill Memorial Park.
Those wishing to go to the cemetery in procession are requested to
meet at the funeral home by 10:15 a.m. Friday.
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer
Society, Russell County Chapter, Route #3, Box 23B, Lebanon, Va.
24266.
Makenzie
Parks, infant, Nickelsville, Va.
NICKELSVILLE,
Va. - Graveside services for Makenzie Grace Parks,
infant daughter of Greg and Ginger Hutson Parks, who went to be with
Jesus on Monday (Dec. 3, 2001), will be at 11 a.m. today at Holston
View Cemetery with the Rev. Hal Calhoun officiating.
The family will meet at the cemetery.
Colonial Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of
arrangements.
Miss
Cecil Rhinehart, 74, Campbellsville, Ky.
CAMPBELLSVILLE,
Ky. - Miss Cecil Rhinehart, 74, of Rhinehart Road,
died Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001) in Louisville.
Surviving are one brother and one sister, Forest Rhinehart and Helen
Johnson of Kingsport.
Calling hours are after 5 p.m. today at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral
Home, Campbellsville, Ky.
Services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the funeral home
chapel.
Deacon
Milton
KINGSPORT
- Funeral mass for Deacon Milton Paul Robelot, 92, 98
Periwinkle Place, Crown Colony, who entered eternal rest Monday
(Dec. 3, 2001), will be celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Dominic's
Catholic Church with Bishop Joseph E. Kurtz, D.D., Bishop of the
Knoxville Diocese, along with the priests of the Knoxville Diocese.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the church
with a Christian wake prayer service at 8 p.m.
Burial will be at East Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be members of the Knights of Columbus.
Memorials may be given to St. Dominic's Church, 2517 North John B.
Dennis Hwy., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, is serving the
Robelot family.
Callie
Rose, 84, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- Callie Gay Rose, 84, formerly of the Caney Ridge
community of Dickenson County, passed away at Holston Valley Medical
Center on Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001).
Mrs. Rose had made her home at The Oaks in Kingsport for the last
six months. She was a charter member of the Sweet Home United
Baptist Church on Caney Ridge. She was the daughter of the late
Willie and Sindusta Ball Ratliff and was preceded in death also by
her husband, William Swin Rose; brothers, Stuart and Ernest; and
sister, Polly Blevins.
Surviving are two sons, Vergil Lee Rose, Duffield, Va., and Ray H.
Rose and wife, Shirley, Kingsport; three sisters, Ruth Mullins and
Ellen Hill and husband, Ray, both of Coeburn, Va., and Goldie
Hamilton, Michigan; a brother, Avery Ratliff and wife, Jearlene,
Clintwood, Va.; grandchildren, Anita, Matthew, Ronda and husband
Mike, and Barry Rose; great-granddaughter, Taylor; and several
nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are after 5:30 p.m. Friday at Clintwood Funeral Home
with a song service to follow at 7 p.m.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home
chapel with Elders Bruce Howard, Marvin Setser and Sid Mullins
officiating.
Burial will follow in the Ratliff Family Cemetery, Route 2, Coeburn,
Va.
Nephews will serve as active pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearer is Elder Virgil Howard.
Lucy
Russell, 75, Duffield, Va.
DUFFIELD,
Va. - Services for Lucy Wade Russell, 75, (Jasper
community), who died Tuesday (Dec. 4, 2001), will be conducted at 1
p.m. today at Jasper Central Baptist Church with the Rev. Gene
Sweeney officiating.
Music will be provided by Gene Sweeney and Dee Caudill.
The body will lie in state one hour prior to services.
Burial will be in the Meredith Cemetery in the Jasper community.
Grandsons and family will serve as pallbearers.
Colonial Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of the
arrangements.
Katie
Rutherford, 54, West Liberty, Ky.
WEST
LIBERTY, Ky. - Katie Whitt Rutherford, 54, died Sunday (Dec. 2,
2001) at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Ky.
She
was of the Baptist faith.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Lorene Whitt; her father,
Sanford Whitt; sisters, Dorothy Peters and Lillian Perry; and
brother, Sanford Whitt Jr.
Surviving are her husband, Johnny Rutherford Jr.; son, Jeffrey
Rutherford and wife, Staci Post Rutherford, Liberty Township, Ohio;
granddaughter, Kelsi Nicole Rutherford, and grandson, Jordan Lee
Rutherford; two sisters, Glenda Kuhn, Germantown, Ohio, and Fern
Lewis, Hillsborough, Ohio; six brothers, Bernard Whitt and Louie
Whitt, West Liberty, Ky., Dean Whitt, Middletown, Ohio, Wendell
Whitt, Franklin, Ohio, Billy Whitt, Sandusky, Ohio, and Claude
Whitt, Sydney, Ohio; numerous nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Holding Funeral Home,
Big Stone Gap, Va.
Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Duke Barker officiating.
Burial will be in American Legion Cemetery.
Maggie
B. Rutledge, 94, Mount Carmel.
MOUNT CARMEL - Graveside services for Maggie Lou B. Rutledge, 94,
formerly of 201 Main St., who was called home Monday (Dec. 3, 2001),
will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in Liberty Hill Cemetery.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Col. Wally Wininger, Lt. Col. Mike
Christian and Marty Godsey.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the charity of one's
choice.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, downtown, is in charge of the
arrangements.
Bobbie
C. Trent, 95, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE
- Bobbie C. Trent, 95, went to be with the Lord
Wednesday (Dec. 5, 2001) at Church Hill Health Care Center following
an extended illness.
She was a member of Caney Creek Baptist Church in Rogersville.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William (Will) Trent;
parents, John and Sarah L. Shaw; granddaughter, Susan Russell.
Surviving are three daughters, Violet Coward of Cleveland, Tenn.,
Patricia Russell of Charlotte, N.C., and Mary Ruth Ferrell and
husband Waymon of Kingsport; three sons, William Guy Trent and wife
Imogene of Rogersville, Doyle Trent and wife Cora of Blountville,
and Larry Trent and wife Carol of Rogersville; 10 grandchildren,
Russell Coward of Cleveland, Tenn., Janet Coward of Atlanta, Ga.,
Michael Ferrell of Nashville, Nathan Ferrell of Kingsport, Chris
Ferrell of Pompano Beach, Fla., Jamie Byington of Bristol, Tenn.,
Kelly Biggerstaff of Knoxville, William C. Trent of Louisville, Ky.,
Philip G. Trent of Nashville, and Beth Trent-Metz of Rogersville;
five great-grandchildren; two sisters, Elizabeth Riley of Kingsport,
and Nora Minor of Rogersville.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Colboch-Price
Funeral Home, Rogersville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Basil Jones and the Rev. Ed Roy Cuthrell
officiating.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Highland
Cemetery.
Johnny
C. Wright Jr., 38, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT
- John (Johnny) Cecil Wright Jr., 38, passed away Monday
(Dec. 3, 2001) at his home after a brief illness.
Johnny was born Oct. 9, 1963 in Kingsport, a son of John Cecil and
Betty Sue Lunsford Wright Sr., Kingsport. He was employed by the
Engineering Sales of Blountville for 18 years. He attended Ketron
High School and graduated from North High School and Northeast
State.
He was a member of the Forrest View Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, Johnny is survived by his wife, Karen
Jackson Wright, Kingsport; two stepchildren, Theresa Davis and
Gillian Bennett, both of Big Stone Gap, Va.; his maternal
grandmother, Cora Lunsford, Kingsport; brother, Chris Wright,
Kingsport; father and mother-in-law, Lawrence and June Jackson, Big
Stone Gap, Va.; stepgrandchildren, Hunter Owens, Sean Owens, Devin
Davis and Sierra Stratton.
Calling hours will be from 1 to 3 p.m. today at East Lawn Funeral
Home.
Services will be conducted at 3 p.m. today in the funeral home
chapel with the Rev. Eddie Shephard and Billy Wayne Elkins
officiating.
Music will be under the direction of Mary Barker.
Burial and graveside service will follow in the Garden of
Everlasting Life II of East Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Published December 5, 2001
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