Obituaries
June Sutherland Taylor
Oct 3, 2015
June Sutherland Taylor, 97, of Bristol, Va., died Oct. 3, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va. Born in Colley, Dickenson County, Va., Mrs. Taylor was the last surviving child of the 14 children of the late Prosper B. and Nancy Violet Sutherland. Her husband of 60 years, Aubra L. Taylor, died in 1997. She was preceded in death by...
Frank Albert Lawson, Jr.
Oct 3, 2015
Abingdon, VA - Frank Albert Lawson, Jr., age 83, passed on Saturday, October 03, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born March 13, 1932 in Tip Top, VA to the late Frank Albert Lawson, Sr. and Lola Marie Hager Lawson. Frank was a graduate of Tazewell High School and was employed by Betsy Ross Bakeries for...
Willie Ray Shazier
Oct 1, 2015
Willie Ray Shazier was born in Chilhowie, Virginia on July 2, 1938 to late Theodore and Arviley Shazier. On Thursday morning October 1, 2015 after a period of declining health Willie Ray Shazier who was 77 years old went home to be with Lord. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ellen Shazier; one sister Bessie Hall and...
James Mark Webb
Sep 30, 2015
Bristol, Tenn. – James Mark Webb, 50, passed on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mark was a 1983 graduate of Patrick Henry High School. After graduation, he attended Virginia Tech where he was nose tackle for the football team for four years and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. Mark was an avid football and Virginia...
Bobby Herman Bumgarner
Sep 27, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Bobby Herman “Bob” Bumgarner, age 78, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was the youngest of nine children born to the late Dave Bumgarner and Ida Eldridge Bumgarner on June 11, 1937. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from the Abingdon Police Department after 36...
Dennis Keith Edmondson
Sep 27, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Dennis Keith Edmondson, age 52, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. Dennis was a graduate of Holston High School and was a member of Damascus Road Baptist Church where he served as the Sunday School Superintendent and sound technician. He was a past police officer...
David Allen Kestner
Sep 22, 2015
David Allen Kestner, age 51, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, September 22, 2015, at his home. He was born August 9, 1964, the last of eight children born to the late Samuel Glen Kestner Sr. and Cora Elizabeth Rosenbaum Kestner. David was an employee of Bristol Compressors for 27 years and also worked as a general contractor. He was a...
Lucille Hensley Jones
Sep 18, 2015
Mulberry, Fl. Lucille Hensley Jones, age 75, died peacefully in Good Shepherd Hospice on Friday, September 18, 2015. Mrs. Jones was born in Pound, Va. on October 22, 1939 to the late Bascom and Alice Hensley; she married Robbie Willis Jones on March 3, 1956 in Aberdeen, Md. The Jones’ retired to Lakeland, Fl. in 2005 and are active members...
Raleigh "Cliff" Rasnake
Sep 16, 2015
Bristol, Va. Raleigh Clifford “Cliff” Rasnake, age 77, of Bristol, Va. and formerly of Oakland County, Mi., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 16, 2015, at the Wellmont Hospice House. He was born October 31, 1937, to the late Tandy Rasnake, Sr. and Mabel Rasnake in Buchanan County, Va. His smile and tenderness made everyone around him...
Beulah Lockhart O'Quinn
Sep 16, 2015
ABINGDON, VA Beulah Lockhart O’Quinn, age 96, of the South Holston Lake area of Abingdon, Va. and formerly of Buchanan County, Va., passed away at her home on Wednesday, September 16, 2015. She was the second of five children born to the late Wilburn Lockhart and Alta Jackson Lockhart in Haysi, Va. She was a member of Holston Valley Baptist...
Pearl Lilly Eades Simmons
Sep 16, 2015
Abingdon, VA Mrs. Pearl Lilly Eades Simmons passed away on September 16, 2015, joining her Heavenly Father, family members, and cherished friends who have gone on before. Pearl is survived by her daughter and son-in law, George and Doris Hearl of Abingdon, Virginia; her son Douglas Lilly of Seabrook, Texas; one sister, Mary Roark of West Grove, Pennsylvania; and several...
Rose Evelyn Riddle Wilkinson
Sep 16, 2015
Rose Evelyn Riddle Wilkinson, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va. She had been a member of the Meadowview United Methodist Church for 64 years and was a member of the Emmaus Community. Evelyn was proud to have been a member of the Washington County...
Rev. Rutherford Earl Layne
Sep 15, 2015
Rev. Rutherford Earl Layne, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at Holston Manor, Kingsport, Tn. He was born in Dickenson County, Va. and graduated from Dickenson Memorial High School. He and his wife Lois moved to Northern Virginia in 1964 and to Warsaw, Va. in 1983, and lived there until returning to Abingdon in 2002. In 2010,...
Ronald Kevin O'Quinn
Sep 15, 2015
Bristol, TN Ronald Kevin O’Quinn, age 43, of Bristol, Tn., passed away at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. He was born on March 27, 1972 in Richlands, Va. Kevin was the son of Ronnie and Linda O’Quinn of Bristol, Tn. He was a 1990 graduate of Interlachen High School in Florida. Kevin was also a...
William Douglas "Doug" Sykes
Sep 14, 2015
Bristol, Va. William Douglas Sykes, age 52, passed away on Monday, September 14, 2015, at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. Doug was a 1981 graduate of Virginia High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science at Emory & Henry College. He was an engineer for Bristol Virginia Utilities and an IT Manager for VDOT for 25 years. Doug...
Lucille C. Harless
Sep 11, 2015
Elizabethton, Tn. Mrs. Lucille Counts Harless, age 92, passed away Friday, September 11, 2015 in Pine Ridge Care Center. Mrs. Harless was born June 16, 1923 to the late Stuart and Iva Seyphers Counts. She was a retired receptionist for Olin Mills and she was of the Baptist faith. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Dr. Dorris Alvin Cunningham
Sep 10, 2015
Dr. Dorris Alvin Cunningham, age 92, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at his home. He was born to the late Robert Calvin Cunningham and Cora Alice Gregory Cunningham in Lee County, VA on October 12, 1922. Dr. Cunningham was a graduate of Emory & Henry College and the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He was a member...
Shawn L. Conklin
Sep 10, 2015
Shawn L. Conklin, age 44, passed away on September 10, 2015. At Shawn's request, a celebration of life cookout will be held October 24th at 12:30 p.m. at the old Conklin homeplace on Bear Branch Road in Mouth of Wilson, Va.
Thomas Jackson
Sep 9, 2015
Bristol, VA – Thomas Franklin Jackson, Sr., age 65, passed on Wednesday, September 9, 2015, at his home. Mr. Jackson loved to fish and hunt and was an employee of American Longwall for over 30 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, Raymond Jackson, Sr. and Avis Singleton Jackson, and brother, David Jackson. He is survived by his...
Ola C. David
Sep 8, 2015
Abingdon, VA Ola C. David, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, September 8, 2015, at her home. She was of the Baptist faith and had been retired for thirty years from U.S. Tobacco. Ola was born to the late William Clark and Josephine Lester “Josie” Clark. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
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