Obituaries
Ray Allen Warner
Oct 8, 2013
Ray Allen Warner went from his earthly home to his heavenly home on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 11:30 p.m. He was born in Akron, OH on February 17, 1926 to Tom and Grace Warner. He graduated from Houser High School in Akron and later from Goodyear Industrial Trade School, also in Akron, with honors. Ray spent two years in...
Rose Ann Sebo
Oct 7, 2013
Rose Ann Sebo, age 78, passed away on Monday, October 7, 2013 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was a former Worthy Matron with the Norton Chapter of the Eastern Stars and served as a Den Mother for the Council for Job's Daughters in Pomeroy, OH. She was a volunteer at the Senior Center in Abingdon for many years and she...
William Robert Hunt
Oct 7, 2013
William Robert "Bill" Hunt, 68, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013, at University of North Carolina Hospital in Chapel Hill. He was born in Bronx, NY on July 30, 1945, to the late Bob and Anne Hunt. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara. Bill was a retired accountant, having owned his own...
Mose Calvin Hammer
Oct 6, 2013
Mose Calvin Hammer, age 80, passed away on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at his home. He was a cowboy whose passion was fulfilled in the saddle. If there was a ride he was riding. He was a volunteer at Leg Up Therapeutic Riding Center that helped handicapped children. He was employed by Westinghouse for 20 years and was a member...
Christopher Nathaniel Necessary Sr.
Oct 5, 2013
Mr. Christopher Nathaniel Necessary, Sr., age 53 passed away at his home on Saturday October 5, 2013, surrounded by his loving family. He was a native of Havre de Grace, MD, but moved to Meadowview, VA 21 years ago. Mr. Necessary was employed as a concrete finisher during his working years. He was a member of the Deer Valley Baptist...
Brian David Bowers
Oct 4, 2013
Brian David Bowers, age 52 and life long resident of Glade Spring, VA, passed on Friday, October 4, 2013 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mr. Bowers was an employee at General Dynamics for 26 years and was preceded in death by his parents, Howard Ernest Bowers and Hazel Shirley Hawthorne Bowers, and brother-in-law, Mike St. John. He is survived by...
Linda Sue O'Quinn Daniels
Oct 3, 2013
Linda Sue O'Quinn Daniels, age 70, passed away at her home on Thursday, October 3, 2013 following a brief illness. She was a member of the Holston Valley Baptist Church of Abingdon, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her father, Roley O'Quinn. She is survived by her mother, Beulah Lockhart O'Quinn of Abingdon, VA, and her loving husband of...
Harold Burns Mullins Sr.
Sep 29, 2013
Harold Burns Mullins, Sr., age 77, passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by loving family members on Sunday, September 29, 2013. Harold was born on April 4, 1936 in Clintwood, VA the son of the late Edna Crabtree Mullins and Archie Mullins. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by many members of the Mullins and...
Stella Mae Hay Fields
Sep 29, 2013
Stella Mae Hay Fields, age 75, passed away on Sunday, September 29, 2013 at her home. Stella was born December 24, 1937 in Haysi, VA to the late Oakley Hay and Velva Edwards Hay and moved to Abingdon in 1947. She worked at Sperry Univac for 19 years and was a member of Greendale Chapel. In addition to her parents,...
Robert B. Baldwin
Sep 28, 2013
Robert B. (Bob) Baldwin, age 84, peacefully departed this life for an everlasting one on Saturday, September 28, 2013 surrounded by his loving family. Bob was born on February 4, 1929 to William and Ida Baldwin at Holden, WV. He grew up in Logan, WV where he attended school, graduating from Logan High School in 1946. Upon high school graduation...
Douglas Eugene DeBusk
Sep 28, 2013
Douglas Eugene DeBusk, age 81, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Mountain Home VA Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was born on March 21, 1931 to the late Hobert Timothy DeBusk and Virginia DeBusk. He retired from the United States Army as a Staff Sergeant having served his country for 24...
John Edward Bazyk Sr.
Sep 28, 2013
John Edward Bazyk, Sr., age 76, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 28, 2013 at his home. He was born to the late John Stanley Bazyk and Anna Angeline Epsick Bazyk on August 19, 1937 in Acosta, PA. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was retired from the Fairfax County Police Department...
Opal Marie Peirolo
Sep 28, 2013
Opal Peirolo, 83, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013 at the Golden Living Center in Tucker, Georgia, where she was loved and well cared for by the fine caregivers and staff at the facility. Opal leaves behind three daughters, Charlene, Jeanne, and Linda; two sons-in-law, Joe Purdy and Michael Besal; two grandsons, Matthew and Brian Purdy, and several nieces and...
Angel Joy Grant McVey
Sep 27, 2013
Angel Joy Grant McVey, age 36, passed away on Friday, September 27, 2013 at her home. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her father, Timothy Leonard Grant; brother, Marshall Edward Grant; and nephew, Corey Andrew Ashley. She is survived by her mother, Gail Grant; her loving husband of 18 years, Charles H. McVey; son,...
Bonnie Galeski Combs
Sep 22, 2013
Bonnie Galeski Combs, age 79, passed away on Sunday, September 22, 2013. She was a native of Fleming, KY and a resident of Hampton, VA for many years. Bonnie was a loving homemaker whose focus was her husband and her five children. She retired from Maida Development. Bonnie was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, and one brother....
Mary Elizabeth Nemeth
Sep 18, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Nemeth, age 65, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 at the VITAS Inpatient Hospice Unit in Merritt Island, FL. Mary was born in Seattle, WA on March 20, 1948 and grew up in Chehalis, WA. Mary enjoyed working as a video department manager at Food City in Elizabethton following Campus Video in Johnson City, TN. Following...
Mary Ann Shumate Jessee
Sep 16, 2013
Mary Ann Shumate Jessee passed away on Monday, September 16, 2013 at Abingdon Health & Rehab Center. She was born on September 22, 1922 in Princeton, West Virginia to P. D. Shumate and Ida Spangler. She was preceded in death by her infant son, William David Walker; her brother, E. E. Shumate;and her sister, Mildred Shumate Lesher. She is survived...
Clara Grace Widener
Sep 16, 2013
Mrs. Clara Grace Widener, age 95, passed away Monday September 16, 2013, at Grace Healthcare in Abingdon, VA. She was a life-long resident of Washington County. She was a devoted wife, mother and homemaker who loved gardening and playing piano. Mrs. Widener was preceded in death by her husband Earnest E. "Bummy" Widener on August 27, 2013; daughter Kay Roark,...
Charles Christopher Curtis
Sep 15, 2013
Charles Christopher Curtis "Chip", age 47, passed away on Sunday, September 15, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born to the late William Newell Curtis and Rubye Moore Curtis on December 10, 1965. He was a native of Bristol, TN and was a graduate of Tennessee High School. He was a construction worker by trade and enjoyed working...
Elsie Westine Caudell Sword
Sep 14, 2013
Elsie Westine Caudell Sword, well-known Abingdon resident, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at her home. She was born April 3, 1934 in Eaton, Weld County, Colorado. Westine was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Pendergraft; step-father Joseph Booth; brother Charlie Pendergraft; first husband, Billy R. Caudell, Sr.; second husband, Joseph P. Sword; and son Joseph W. Sword....
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