Obituaries
Betty Faye St.John Heath
Jul 15, 2013
Betty Faye St. John Heath, age 74, passed on Monday, July 15, 2013, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Betty loved spending time outside, loved animals, and loved spending time with with her granddaughter, Angela Faye, and dog, Prissy. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles D. St. John and Ruth Virginia Thomas St. John; brothers, Sammy and Eddie...
Henry Dean Rowe
Jul 15, 2013
Henry Dean Rowe, age 77, passed on Monday, July 15, 2013, at Holston Valley Medical Center. Henry was born and raised in Buchanan County, VA and moved to Abingdon in 1985. He was Veteran of the U.S. Army and loved to garden, fish, hunt, and spend time outdoors. Mr. Rowe was a self employed diesel mechanic and had also worked...
Ruby Violet Kestner Wynegar
Jul 12, 2013
Ruby Violet Kestner Wynegar, age 96, passed on Friday, July 12, 2013, at her home on North Fork River Road. Ruby was a resident of Washington County her whole life and was a 1934 graduate of Hamilton High School in Mendota, VA. She was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Greendale Chapel. Mrs. Wynegar loved gardening, reading,...
Markcus Ray Salyers
Jul 10, 2013
Markcus Ray Salyers, age 76, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 10, 2013. He retired from Ford Motor Company after 36 years and 9 months and enjoyed woodworking. He was a member of Trigg Street Church of God. He will always be remembered as a wonderful Christian husband and a loving father. He was born to the...
David Charles Cole Jr.
Jul 8, 2013
David Charles Cole, Jr. passed away on Monday July 8, 2013 at his home. He was the world's greatest tree climber! David was born on December 26, 1958 in Elkton, MD and lived in Texas and Delaware before coming to Virginia. His lifelong work was a climber in the tree service business. He was preceded in death by his father...
Virginia Eileen Poston Smith
Jul 5, 2013
Virginia Eileen Poston Smith, age 74, passed away at her home on Friday, July 5, 2013. She was born to the late Mason Fields and Virgie Martin Fields in Lebanon, VA on October 16, 1938. She is also preceded in death by her first husband, Roscoe Poston, as well as her second husband, Frank Smith; two brothers, Kenneth Fields and...
Polly Jane Parish
Jul 3, 2013
Polly Jane Parish, age 86, passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Grundy, Virginia, on June 17, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Julia Stiltner and was a 1946 graduate of Grundy High School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William G....
Margaret Inez Long Eades
Jul 3, 2013
Margaret Inez Long Eades, age 86, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at Abingdon Health & Rehab Center. Ms. Eades was employed as a payroll attendant at Bristol Memorial Hospital and also worked at Zimmerman's Hallmark. She was a member of Pleasant View United Methodist Church and loved gardening. Inez is preceded in death by...
Keith Nathaniel Harrell
Jul 2, 2013
Keith Nathaniel Harrell, age 32, passed away at his home in Bristol, VA on Tuesday, July 2, 2013. He was a native of Northern Virginia and had only recently relocated to Southwest Virginia where he was studying at UVA Wise. He is preceded in death by his father, William James Harrell. He is survived by his mother, Arnette Lenae Ashley...
John Benjamin Mink
Jul 2, 2013
John Benjamin Mink "Ben", age 27, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Ben was a 2003 Graduate of Virginia High School. Upon graduation, he enlisted in the United States Army and was deployed to Iraq. After his discharge from the military, Ben attended the Golf Academy of America in Myrtle Beach, SC. He loved...
Glenna Reeve Baumgardner Barnousky
Jun 27, 2013
Glenna Barnousky, age 91, beloved mother and friend, went to be with our Lord on Thursday, June 27, 2013 at the home of her eldest daughter with family at her bedside. She was preceded in death by husband, Joseph John Barnousky; parents, the Reverend A. R. Baumgardner and Mary Gussie Baumgardner; sister, Frances Florine Jones; and brothers, Morris Baumgardner and...
William Glenn Widner
Jun 23, 2013
William Glenn Widner, age 76, passed on Sunday, June 23, 2013, at his home. William retired after 24 years of service from the United States Army where he served two tours of duty in Korea and one tour in Vietnam. He was a member of Carvossa United Methodist Church and was a 32nd Degree Mason. William is preceded in death...
Patricia Laverne Long Johnson
Jun 23, 2013
Patricia Laverne Long Johnson, age 59, passed away Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Abingdon Health & Rehab Center. She is preceded in death by her father, Ralph Long. She is survived by her husband, Johnny Johnson; mother, Lottie Childress Sheffield of Abingdon, VA; brothers, Gary Long of Abingdon, VA and Glenn Long of Bristol, VA; sisters, Tina Norris of Bristol,...
Jeffery Allen Owens
Jun 20, 2013
Jeffery Allen Owens, age 15, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013. He was an incoming sophomore at Abingdon High School who loved playing baseball, working on his truck, watching wrestling on TV, playing his Xbox, and fishing. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Carl Owens and Carrie Owens; two uncles, Garland Owens and David Widner; and...
Lillian Mullins Beverly
Jun 20, 2013
Lillian Mullins Beverly, age 89, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013. She was a member of Shady Grove United Methodist Church in Abingdon, VA. She was a native of Dickenson County, born October 26, 1923. She was preceded in death by her parents, Kedric Mullins and Tilda Fuller Mullins; son, James "Jim" Beverly; and an infant daughter, Diane Beverly....
Yvonne J. Molino
Jun 20, 2013
Mrs. Yvonne J. Molino, age 70, passed away at her home surrounded by family on Thursday, June 20, 2013 after a short illness. Mrs. Molino was born in Yorkshire, England and moved to the Philadelphia, PA area at age 4. She moved with her husband and family to Abingdon, VA in 1976 and soon began calling it home. Family and...
Helen Taylor
Jun 18, 2013
Helen "Louise" Taylor, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at Pine Meadows Health Care in Lexington, KY. Those wishing to express sympathy online may do so by visiting www.farrisfuneralservice.com and signing the online guest register. The family of Helen "Louise" Taylor is being cared for by Farris Funeral Service & Crematory, 427 East Main Street, Abingdon, VA...
Layton Bott Jr.
Jun 18, 2013
Layton Bott, Jr., age 85, passed away Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at the Cambridge House in Bristol, TN. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army having served in the Korean War. He was born to the late Layton Bott, Sr. and Defrona Mae Pippin Bott. He was also preceded in death by his loving wife of 54...
Richard L. Orr Sr.
Jun 17, 2013
Richard Lee Orr, Sr., age 64, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 at his home. He was a proud veteran of the United States Army retiring as a 1st Sergeant after 30 years of service. He was born to the late Morris Eugene Orr and Frances Arlene Dunn Orr on July 30, 1948. He was also preceded in death...
Louise Stuckey Nicely
Jun 16, 2013
Louise Stuckey Nicely, age 93 and of the Hayter's Gap Community, died Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born June 1, 1920 in Leetown, WV to the late Vernon and Ollie Files Stuckey. She and her late husband of 66 years, James F. Nicely, owned and operated Nicely Supply Co. and Jefferson Engineering, a paint and...
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