Obituaries
Mary Riddle McFarland
Sep 15, 2025
Mary Riddle McFarland, 93, of Inman, South Carolina passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025, at Rosecrest Community Residential Care. Mary was born in Pulaski, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Errol Thomas Roller and the late Almeda Grooms Roller. She was also preceded in death by her late husband, Reverand Cecil Eugene McFarland. Mary was a minister’s wife and...
George Washington Hearl,Jr.
Sep 6, 2025
MSgt. George Washington Hearl, Jr (retired) of Abingdon, VA passed away peacefully 9-6-25 and is now in the arms of his Lord & Savior.
George was a devout Christian, devoted family man, public servant to the community, and foremost a stranger to none and friend to all. Seventy years ago, he married the love of his life, Doris Lilly Hearl. They...
Karen "Kay" Kirkpatrick
Sep 6, 2025
Karen Rose “Kay” Kirkpatrick, age 85, of Abingdon, Virginia, went home to be with the Lord on September 6, 2025. Born in Meadow Bridge, West Virginia, she was the youngest of six children and the beloved daughter of the late John and Charity Lemon.
Kay was preceded in death by her husband, Hobert Kirkpatrick; her son, Greg Kirkpatrick; and all five...
Mark Randall Kuhn
Sep 4, 2025
Abingdon, VA – Mark Randall Kuhn, age 66, passed on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Mark was born in Oakmont, WV. At age 17, Mark joined the U.S. Army and served in the 82nd Airborne Division. After serving his country, Mark began his 47-year career with Dominion Energy where he lived Keyser, WV, McCoole, MD, and Chesterfield, VA before moving to...
Peggy Long
Aug 30, 2025
Peggy Louise (Burnett) Long, of Abingdon, Virginia, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, August 30, 2025 at Commonwealth Senior Living in Abingdon, surrounded by her loved ones.
Peggy was born April 2, 1939 in Anderson County, Tennessee to the late Estle and Lavola (Childs) Burnett. She was a coal miner’s daughter and she and her parents and...
Barbara McSparin
Aug 30, 2025
Barbara Johnson McSparin was born September 19, 1942 to Julia “Judy” Kamrowski Johnson and Merlin “Punga” Clayton Johnson in Onalaska, Wisconsin. She married her high school sweetheart, Robert Lewis McSparin, on May 15, 1962. Barbara met the love and joy of her life, the Lord Jesus Christ, in 1974 by a gift of God‘s grace. This radically revolutionized her life...
Muneen J Stenberg
Aug 28, 2025
Devahn Muneen Johnson Stenberg, 103, died peacefully at home on August 28, 2025.
She was born in Newman Grove, Nebraska on April 14, 1922 to Harvey and Bertha Johnson. She was the oldest of five children raised in a small rural farming community.
Muneen graduated from Newman Grove High School in 1940 (62 in the class). She worked at McDonald's Drug Store...
Mark Tilson
Aug 24, 2025
Mark Aaron Tilson, age 25, of Damascus, Va., passed away on August 24th, 2025, at Johnston Memorial Hospital.
Mark was a wonderful son and friend. He was dedicated to God and was quick to share his faith with those he met. Mark was someone his family always looked to for a smile and a laugh. He enjoyed time with family and...
Frank Albert Santy
Aug 19, 2025
Frank Albert Santy passed away on August 19, 2025 in Abingdon, Virginia at the age of 100. He was born on October 27, 1924 in White Station, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Vandergrift High School before entering the Army Air Corp and serving during World War II. Frank was the owner of Santy’s Service Station in Washington Township for many years...
Elizabeth Jane Skeens
Aug 16, 2025
Elizabeth Jane Skeens, fondly known as Betty, passed away on August 16, 2025, at Valley Healthcare in Chilhowie, Virginia. She was born on April 13, 1946, in Washington County, Virginia, where she lived a fulfilling life as a cherished member of her community.
Betty dedicated her professional talents to journalism, serving as a news reporter with the Harrisonburg Daily News Record...
Patricia Ann Kestner
Aug 16, 2025
Patricia Ann Kestner, affectionately known as Ann, was born on March 3, 1953, in Abingdon, Virginia, to the late Henry Washington Kestner and Bessie Leola Litton Kestner. She passed away on August 16, 2025, in her beloved hometown of Abingdon.
Ann dedicated her life to the art of cooking, working as a cook at a local restaurant where her culinary talents...
Barbara Kling
Aug 16, 2025
Rosemary "Barbara" Kling, age 90, died on August 16, 2025 at home. She was born March 20, 1935 in Teaneck, NJ to Rosemary and Franklin Grapel. Her life goals were to become a nurse, marry John Kling, and have four children, two boys and two girls. She accomplished all of these goals! She graduated from St. Luke's School of Nursing...
Vickie Elaine Carraway Wilson
Aug 16, 2025
"Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything." ~ C.S. Lewis
It is with broken hearts that we share the unexpected passing of Vickie Elaine Carraway Wilson, beloved wife, mother, grandmom, sister, aunt and friend. Vickie passed away just before sunrise on Saturday, August 16, 2025 surrounded by her family.
Born to the late Dave and Ophelia Carraway on August 26,...
Holiday McClanahan
Aug 15, 2025
Holiday McClanahan died at the age of 96 on August , 2025 after a brief illness. He was a long-time resident of Washington County. He was born in Buchanan County, the son of Josephine McClanahan (Van Dyke) and Samuel Meshack McClanahan. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked in various occupations into his 90’s.
He was preceded in death by...
Dale Edward Orfield
Aug 10, 2025
Abingdon, VA – Dale Edward Orfield, age 95, passed on Sunday, August 10, 2025, at his home. Dale was a veteran of the U.S. Army where he served in the 82nd Airborne Division during the Korean War Era. He worked for Dupont in Richmond, VA for over 38 years as a pipe fitter before retiring. In 2005, he relocated to...
Murray Allen Bean, II
Aug 8, 2025
M. Allen Bean, 88, of Abingdon, passed away peacefully on August 8, 2025, after a long illness. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend. Known for his wit, kindness, and interest in others, Allen was a loyal and always optimistic WVU Mountaineers fan.
Allen, born to Arletta and Oscar Bean of Moorefield, West Virginia, graduated from Moorefield High...
Katherine Ryburn Minton
Aug 8, 2025
Wytheville, VA – Katherine Ryburn Minton, age 96, passed on Friday, August 8, 2025, in English Meadows Assisted Living. Katherine was born March 9, 1929, in Meadowview, VA to the late William Thomas and Margaret Katherine Preston Ryburn. She was a graduate of Liberty Hall High School and Emory & Henry College.
Katherine was a school teacher for over 35 years,...
John G. C. Michal
Aug 6, 2025
John G C Michal, of Abingdon, Va, passed away unexpectedly at Bristol Regional Medical Center on August 6th, 2025.
John was a native of eastern Virginia, and had a deep and abiding love of boats and the water. He was born July 29th of 1949 and spent his childhood boating on Dividing Creek, antagonizing his brother, idolizing his father, and scaring...
Nathan Sample
Aug 5, 2025
Nathan Sample, a beloved family man, passed away on August 5, 2025, at the age of 45.
Born on February 3, 1980, Nathan was a proud graduate of Honaker High School and furthered his education at Radford University. His journey through life was marked by an insatiable thirst for knowledge and self-expression. Nathan was self-employed.
Nathan is survived by a loving family...
Sue Munsey
Aug 4, 2025
Sue Starnes Munsey, 94 years young, entered the gates of Heaven on August 4, 2025. She was born April 13, 1931 in Honaker, VA to the late Charles and Jeanette Jackson Starnes. She married Bill Reid Munsey, also of Honaker, in 1950. They were married more than 70 years until his death in 2021.
Sue is survived by three devoted children:...
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