Obituaries
Alice Mae Blankenship
Nov 20, 2015
Abingdon, Va.Alice M. Blankenship, 84, passed away Friday, November 20, 2015, at Abingdon Health and Rehab. She was born in McDowell County, W.Va., daughter of the late Charles Phillips and Myrtle Blaylock Phillips Strickland. Alice loved to fish, cook, and play cards. She attended Rosedale Baptist Church services at Abingdon Health and Rehab Center.In addition to her parents, she was...
Susan Thompson Nease
Nov 17, 2015
Dateline: Abingdon, Va.- Susan Thompson Nease, age 57, passed away on Tuesday, November 17, 2015, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born to the late Harry Newton Thompson and Wanda Richardson Thompson on May 11, 1958, in Bluefield, W.Va. Sue was raised in the Lutheran Church and maintains her membership at St. John Lutheran Church in Abingdon, Va. She...
Vernon Rose
Nov 15, 2015
Mr. Vernon Rose, age 85, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2015 in Abingdon, VA. Mr. Rose was born October 29, 1930 in Dickenson County, VA to the late Walden D. Rose and Minda Sheckler Rose. Vernon graduated from Haysi High School and served in the United States Air Force; he had a long career in the grocery industry. Mr....
Leslie Lynn Ciaccia
Nov 14, 2015
Leslie Lynn Ciaccia, age 48, passed away at her home on Saturday, November 14, 2015. She loved to attend Woodland Hills Christian Church, where the congregation and ministerial staff provided her with great comfort and encouragement. Leslie was always outgoing, caring and positive. She is survived by her mother and step-father Carmen and Willis Blevins; two sons, Michael and Nicholas...
Charles "Bob" Robert Puckett
Nov 14, 2015
Bristol, VA Charles (Bob) Robert Puckett died peacefully Saturday, November 14, 2015, at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tennessee. He was born August 13, 1929, in Lynndale, Virginia. After serving in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955, he settled in Bristol, Virginia. He had attended Fellowship Chapel. Bob was an avid motorcyclist. He competed in endurance riding and at one...
Bessie "Josie" Gobble
Nov 13, 2015
Bessie “Josie” Gobble, 72, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2015 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Josie was a native of Washington County, Va. and was of the Christian faith. While she was able to work, she was employed in healthcare in North Carolina. She enjoyed all types of crafts and had several pen pals with whom she loved to communicate....
Una Dale Pippin Leonard
Nov 13, 2015
Meadowview, VA – Una Dale Pippin Leonard, 91, left us on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late Luther King and Lucy Lee Hearl Pippin. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va., a lifetime member of Wyndale United Methodist Church, and a member of the Eastern Star. In addition to her...
John (JB) Berkely Holloway
Nov 13, 2015
Abingdon, Va. John Berkely (JB) Holloway, 73, of Abingdon, Virginia, passed away Friday, November 13, 2015, at Abingdon Health and Rehab after a long illness of heart disease. He was preceded in death by his parents, Berkely and Thelma Billie Holloway of Broadford, Virginia, and his sister Vickie McCall of Abingdon. He was born on January 5, 1943 in Saltville,...
Kathy Hurley Bailey
Nov 13, 2015
Kathy Hurley Bailey, age 67, went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Friday, November 13, 2015, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Kathy retired after many years of employment from Shoney’s in Abingdon. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Worth Hurley and Bessie Kate Hawthorne Hurley; three sisters, Mary Spriggs, Nora Lee Bailey, and Linda Pope;...
Phillip Rader Minnick
Nov 12, 2015
Abingdon, Va. Phillip Rader Minnick, 65, passed away on Thursday, November 12, 2015, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Virginia. Phil served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He had worked as a car salesman, and he was a member of Green Spring Presbyterian Church. Phil enjoyed playing golf and spending...
James "Vern" Hill Eggers
Nov 10, 2015
Meadowview, VA – James “Vern” Hill Eggers, age 61, passed peacefully at his home on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. He is survived by the love of his life, Frances Stapleton of the home; children, Melinda Ann Eggers and Jamie Ray Eggers, both of Mt. City, Tenn.; step-children, Deborah Stapleton of Elizabethton, Tenn. and Randy Stapleton of Duffield, Va.; siblings, Wiley...
Andrew Jennings Hargroves, Jr.
Nov 9, 2015
Abingdon, VA Andrew Jennings Hargroves, Jr., of Abingdon, Va., passed away peacefully on November 9, 2015 at his home, surrounded by family. Andy, 75, was a local real estate developer and restauranteur. He served in the United States Air Force before moving back to his hometown of Abingdon, where he started a career in real estate. He was active in...
Ewing Coy Barker
Nov 9, 2015
Meadowview, VA – Ewing Coy Barker, 79, passed away on Monday, November 9, 2015, at Grace Health Care. Mr. Barker was born and raised in Lee County, Va. and moved to Meadowview in 1968. Ewing was an employee of Consolidated Coal and Moss Trucking, and he was also a member of Harvest Fellowship Church. He is preceded in death by...
William E. "Frog" Arnett
Nov 9, 2015
Meadowview, Va. – William E. “Frog” Arnett, 76, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, November 9, 2015, at his home. He was a native of Washington County, Virginia, son of the late Fletcher Arnett and Leila Scott Arnett. He had been employed by KVAT/Mid Mountain and attended Solid Rock Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he...
Nettie Parris
Nov 6, 2015
Dateline: Meadowview, Va.- Nettie Frances McCracken Parris, age 82, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 6, 2015, at her home. She was born to the late Harrison McCracken and Hessie Greer McCracken on February 15, 1933, in Washington County, Va. She was a member of High Point Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Nettie was also...
Stephen W. Morris
Nov 6, 2015
Dateline: Bristol, Va.- Stephen W. Morris, age 64, of Bristol, Va., passed away on Friday, November 6, 2015, after a brief illness. Steve grew up in Nicholas County, W.Va., and graduated from Richwood High School in 1969. Following graduation from Shepherd College, Steve began a long and successful career in natural resources. Steve was an executive with the Pittston Coal...
William "Van" Vanstan Keyser
Nov 5, 2015
Abingdon, Va. William Vanstan “Van” Keyser, 72, passed away on November 5, 2015, at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tenn. The son of Pauline Elizabeth Fisher Keyser and Carter William Keyser, Jr., Van grew up in Clifton Forge,Va. From an early age, he expressed the gifts of imagination, curiosity, kindness, a keen intelligence, a mischievous sense of humor, and a...
Suzanne Marie Harris Sayers
Nov 1, 2015
Dateline: Bluefield, Va.- Suzanne Marie Harris Sayers, age 58, who was an earthly angel, gained her heavenly wings on Sunday, November 1, 2015. She was the first of three children born to C.W. Harris, Jr. and Marie Seymore Harris on May 29, 1957, in Bristol, Tenn. All of her life Suzanne loved sewing and her most proud accomplishment was designing...
Mary Whittaker Wolfe
Nov 1, 2015
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Whittaker Wolfe, age 80 went to be with her Lord on Sunday, November 1, 2015. She is survived by her husband of 63 years Garland C. Wolfe, Sr., two daughters Brenda Nunley and husband, Larry, Linda Wyatt and husband, Rick and one son, Garland C. Wolfe, Jr. and wife, Joy all of Abingdon. Her loving granddaughters, Rachel...
R.C. Hay
Oct 31, 2015
Abingdon, VA – A son of the mountains of Southwest Virginia, R.C. Hay was born June 16, 1937, to the late Mary Lyall Hay and Johnny V. Hay of Mill Creek, VA and died on Saturday October 31, 2015. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jolene Hay; a beloved daughter, Megan Hay of Roanoke; a second daughter-of-the-heart,...
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