Obituaries
Stella Inez Patterson Wise
Apr 11, 2014
Abingdon, VA Stella Inez Patterson Wise, 93, died April 11, 2014 from complications of Alzheimer's disease. She was born February 14, 1921 in Washington County, Virginia, the fourth child of Amanda Ruth Minton Patterson and Greek B. Patterson. Inez was a 1938 graduate of Meadowview High School and was lettered in sports. She was captain of the basketball team her...
Charles Matthew Clear
Apr 9, 2014
Meadowview, VA- Charles Matthew Clear, age 64, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2014 at Valley Health Care Center. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army having served in Germany during the Vietnam War. He was a teacher and a coach at Holston High School and practiced taxidermy in the years after his retirement. He was an...
Linda Baltimore
Apr 7, 2014
Abingdon, VA – Lovely, lively and talented, Linda Carter Baltimore, 67, sadly passed from this world on Monday, April 7th. She is a native of Abingdon, VA and traveled widely before returning to Abingdon and founding the Antique Orchard Herbary. Linda had many accomplishments and was well known as a Master Gardener. She was highly creative, loved to laugh, and...
Carl Lee Turley
Apr 6, 2014
Carl Lee Turley, 84, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 6, 2014. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elsie Thomas Turley, and a son, Christopher James Turley. He is survived by three sons, Michael Turley and wife Donna, Tony Turley, and Timothy Turley and wife Selena; sister, Muriel Bailey; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Mr....
Ruth Gates Sheffield
Apr 3, 2014
Ruth Gates Sheffield, age 83, passed away at her home on Thursday, April 3, 2014. Mrs. Sheffield was born in Glade Spring, VA a daughter of the late John Walter Gates and Alta Moore Gates. Ruth was committed to her extended family, her church, numerous community organizations, and the students that she taught over the course of nearly 40 years....
Glen Edgar Norris
Apr 3, 2014
Glen Edgar Norris, age 55, passed after a brief illness on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Mr. Norris was a attended of Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church and loved to fish. He worked at the Bristol, VA Pepsi Cola Plant for 28 years and is preceded in death by his father, Charles Norris, and...
John M. Sisk
Apr 1, 2014
John M. (Mike) Sisk passed away Tuesday, April 1, 2014, under hospice care at his home in Summerville, SC. Mike was a resident of Bristol VA/TN from 1953 1980, when he relocated to South Carolina with his wife and two children. At his request, he will be cremated. A complete obituary will be published at a later date, and his...
Delilah Ellen Smith Hutchinson
Mar 25, 2014
Mrs. Delilah Ellen Smith Hutchinson, age 87, passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014, at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City, Tn. She was born December 4, 1926, in Buchanan County, Va. to the late Henry Rufus Smith and Mary Etta Brown Perkins Smith of Jewell Ridge, Va. Mrs. Hutchinson lived much of her life in Big Rock, Va., where...
Ann Marie Lancaster
Mar 23, 2014
Mrs. Ann Marie Lancaster, age 87, passed away on Sunday March 23, 2014 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Lancaster was born in Carbondale, PA and had moved to Abingdon, from California in 1998. She was employed in the computer manufacturing industry as an assembler of computer boards. Mrs. Lancaster was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church in...
Thelma Mae Wyatt Norris
Mar 22, 2014
Thelma Mae Wyatt Norris, age 87, passed on Saturday, March 22, 2014, at her home. Thelma was a lifelong resident of Abingdon, VA and was a member of Trigg Street Church of God. She is preceded in death by her parents, Ray Bernard Wyatt and Ella Mae Thomas Wyatt; husband of 51 years, Dewey Norris; brother, Ray Ervin Wyatt; and...
Earl Cecil Holmes
Mar 22, 2014
Earl Cecil Holmes, age 78, passed away Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Johnston Memorial Hospital surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Washington County, VA to the late Gale and Minnie Stallard Holmes. Cecil retired from Virginia Highlands Community College after 22 years of service and was also a well-known carpenter and farmer. Mr. Holmes was a veteran...
Jack Silvin Smith
Mar 20, 2014
Jack Silvin Smith, born in Saltville, VA and formerly of Glade Spring, VA, passed away in his Cherokee Lake home in Bean Station, TN on Thursday, March 20th. Jack was 80. Jack served in the U.S. Army in the Korean War. He later worked at Celanese Corporation, Turner Construction and Purolator Express. Jack is the builder and former owner of...
William Thomas Freeman
Mar 19, 2014
William Thomas "Tom" Freeman, age 78, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at his home. He was born to the late Victor Harold Freeman and Ruby Mitchell Freeman on May 20, 1935. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA and was a proud veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean War. In addition...
Helen McClanahan Witt
Mar 10, 2014
Mrs. Helen McClanahan Witt, age 85, formerly of Grundy, went to be with her Heavenly Father Monday, March 10, 2014. Helen was born on September 6, 1928 in Roanoke, VA to the late A.D. McClanahan and Netta Tarter McClanahan and later moved to Grundy. While living in Grundy, she was a school teacher for several years. She was a member...
Samuel Vince Rasnake
Mar 9, 2014
Samuel Vince Rasnake went to be with the Lord and his paternal grandfather, David Rasnake, on Sunday, March 9, 2014. He is survived by his loving parents, Brian and Daisha Rasnake; three brothers, David Rasnake, Ben Rasnake, and Isaac Rasnake all of the home; paternal grandmother, Shirlene Rasnake of Mendota, VA; maternal grandparents, Fred and Jamie Gross of Bristol, VA;...
Teresangela Schiano
Mar 8, 2014
Teresangela Schiano, age 33, and formerly of Abingdon, VA, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014 in Eureka, CA. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Antonio Schiano, and her maternal grandmother, Helen Williams. She was born to Raymond Schiano and Donna Louise Odum Schiano on July 6, 1980 in Bristol, TN. In addition to her parents, she...
Margaret Harper Trayer
Mar 8, 2014
Peggy Trayer, 88, died Saturday, March 8, 2014 at the Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. Peggy was born in Pounding Mill, VA, a daughter of the late C. H. Trayer and Kate Harper Trayer. She is a graduate of Richlands High School and in 1946 received her degree in nursing from St. Luke's School of Nursing in Bluefield, WV....
Tommy Looney
Mar 7, 2014
Tommy Looney, age 67, passed on Friday, March 7, 2014, at his home. Tommy was born, raised, and worked in Buchanan County, VA before moving his family to Abingdon, VA in 1996. He was a coal miner for 45 years and a member of Highlands Fellowship Church. Tommy is preceded in death by his parents, Walter Muncey Looney and Vinia...
Robert Leonard
Mar 6, 2014
Click here to sign/view guestbook Robert Leonard, age 49, passed away Thursday, March 6, 2014 at his home. Mr. Leonard is under the care of Farris Funeral Service & Crematory, 427 East Main Street, Abingdon, VA 24210 (276) 623-2700.
Florence Arvella Riffe
Mar 6, 2014
Arvella Riffe, a devoted and loving mother and grandmother, age 82, went to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at her home. Born in Wyoming County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Dorsey and Pearl Lester. She was preceded in death by her husband of 51 years, Arlington Riffe, Jr. Survivors include her two sons,...
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