Obituaries
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,...
Lonnie Lincoln Keith, Sr.
Oct 30, 2015
Meadowview, VA – Lonnie Lincoln Keith, Sr., age 78, passed on Friday, October 30, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Lincoln was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a carpenter. He is preceded in death by his parents, James Garfield Keith and Nettie Hughes Keith; wife, Mary Francis White Keith; son, Darrell Keith; daughter, Carolyn Ann Taylor; brother, James Keith;...
Joan Lassiter Lucille Moormans
Oct 30, 2015
Joan Lucille Lassiter Moormans passed away unexpectedly in her home in her sleep on Friday morning, October 30, 2015. God graciously granted her desire to leave this life peacefully and without suffering. She was 81 and had been in the care of her son, Mark, and her daughter-in-law Andrea since 2008. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, their...
Belvia Riddle
Oct 29, 2015
Chilhowie, VA Belvia Riddle, age 91, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015 in Valley Healthcare. She was born in Wilder, VA and had lived in Chilhowie for a number of years. She was a Christian and attended Victory Baptist Church. Belvia was predeceased by her husband Theodore “Ted” Riddle; her parents Eddy and Annie Bott Caudill; granddaughter Robin Riddle...
Omer Mason Bunn
Oct 28, 2015
Abingdon, Va. Omer Mason Bunn, 93 years of age, of Abingdon, Virginia and formerly of Grundy, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2015. He was born June 30, 1922 on Beech Fork in Lavalette, West Virginia, the son of Eris and Ina Davis Bunn. Omer was married 61 years to Sadie Fry Bunn until her passing in 2003. Omer...
Samuel Kenneth Tate
Oct 25, 2015
Samuel Kenneth Tate, age 84, of Wilmington, N.C., passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015, at Azalea Health and Rehab. He was born December 30, 1930, in Meadowview, Va. the youngest of eleven children born to the late Berry Hill Tate and Bessie Mae Farris Tate. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force having served in the...
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