Obituaries
Carl Wayne Blevins
Jan 1, 2013
Carl Wayne Blevins, age 72, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. As a member of Calvary Baptist Church he served as a Deacon, Trustee, and Sunday School Teacher. He was also a veteran of United States Army having served in Germany for three years, and retired from Electro-Mechanical Corporation...
Steve M. Semancik
Dec 31, 2012
Steve M. Semancik, age 94, and formerly of Belle Vernon, PA, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Hospice House in Bristol, TN. He had lived with his son in Abingdon, VA for the past five years. Born June 13, 1918 in Wickhaven, PA, he was the son of the late Michael P. and Elizabeth Gurbal Semancik. He was a...
Jerry Arnold
Dec 29, 2012
Jerry Arnold, age 79, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his home. Jerry was a loving father, son, husband, grandfather and great-grandfather. After his retirement from Bristol Compressors, Jerry could not sit still and continued working in his twilight years for Enterprise of Abingdon. Jerry traveled extensively with his wife Della for many years taking all of their grandchildren...
Minnie Agnes Miller
Dec 28, 2012
Minnie Agnes Barr Miller, age 89 passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012. Mrs. Miller graduated from Barrack High School in 1942 and supported the war effort by working in the shipyard during WWII. She was a member of Greenfield Baptist Church and retired from Cedar Lawn Health Care. She is preceded in death by her parents, Sydney Columbus Barr...
Larry Melvin Addair Sr.
Dec 27, 2012
Larry Melvin Addair, Sr., age 65, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at his home. He was employed as a coal miner for 37 years at U.S. Steel in Gary, WV. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is preceded in death by his parents, Willard Melvin Addair and Para Lee Hughes Addair; brother, Bernard Lee Addair; and sister,...
Ned Yokley Hayter
Dec 26, 2012
Ned Yokley Hayter, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served on the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was retired from Southern States of Abingdon and was an owner of Royster-Hayter Fertilizer Company in Meadowview. He was a member of Meadowview United Methodist Church....
Cheyenne Desiree & Brianna Pauline
Dec 23, 2012
Cheyenne Desiree and Brianna Pauline Sweet, identical twins of Jennifer Smith and Jessie Sweet, passed at birth on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center. In addition to their parents, they are survived by their maternal grandparents, David and June Ashley; paternal grandpapa, Roger Sweet; paternal great-grandmother, Opal Hess; maternal great-grandma, Betty Ashley; special friend and caregiver, Renee...
Lillian Virginia Young Wheeler
Dec 21, 2012
Lillian Virginia Young Wheeler, age 84, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Lillian was born March 29, 1928 in Abingdon to the late Robert Clifton Young and Mattie Jefferson Young. She was a loving Christian woman and always put others first. She enjoyed photography, writing, reading and attending church. Lillian and her late husband, Melvin...
Ernest Lagree Farmer
Dec 21, 2012
Ernest Lagree Farmer, age 86, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served aboard the CV-32 Leyte. He was also a member of the York No.12 Masonic Lodge and the Jericho Shrine Temple No. 180. He was a member of Shiloh Christian...
Marie Lena Restivo Pirrello
Dec 19, 2012
Marie Lena Restivo Pirrello, age 88, passed on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, VA. Mrs. Pirrello resided in Florida for most of her life where she was a retired school teacher. She recently moved to Virginia and is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Rosie Camarata Restivo, husband, James Raymond Pirrello, and...
James David Vanover
Dec 18, 2012
James David Vanover, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Valley Health Care Center. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was born to the late Winston Ferry Vanover and Della Payne Vanover in Mountain City, TN. He is also preceded in death by two sisters, Bonnie Lewis and Elizabeth Vanover. He is survived by...
Sara Faustina Jackson
Dec 17, 2012
Sara Faustina Casanova Jackson, age 76 and formerly of Bristol, VA, passed on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Pembroke Pines, FL after a long illness. Mrs. Jackson was born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the late Benito and Carmen Casanova. She married her late husband, Kenneth Lee Jackson, on July 16, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, before moving to the United...
Helen Henderson Harris
Dec 11, 2012
Helen Henderson Harris, Born Nov. 21, 1917 in Washington County, VA, died Tuesday, December 11, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter J. Harris, grandson, Mitchell David Harris, brothers, Bolling, Fount and William "W.P." Henderson. Helen graduated from Greenfield High School in 1934, moved to Western, NC in 1953 and returned to Abingdon 25 years later after...
Thelma Lakie Widener Alexander
Dec 11, 2012
Thelma Lakie Widener Alexander, age 72, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. She was the wife of the late Caney Dewey Alexander. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother who will be greatly missed. She was born to the late Elliott Widener and Myrtle Thomas Widener....
Robert Vance
Dec 9, 2012
Robert Vance, age 93, of 846 Panacella Drive, Abingdon, VA 24210, passed away on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at Grace Healthcare. He was raised in St. Paul, VA. He served in the Merchant Marines and as a Chief Engineer in the United States Coast Guard. He was of the protestant faith. He is preceded in death by his parents, Tilman...
Irene Campbell Odum
Dec 8, 2012
Irene "NaNa" Campbell Odum, 81, went peacefully to be with the Lord and to have a joyous reunion with her husband, James Edward Odum, and her parents, Robert Lee and Mary Annie Campbell on Saturday, December 8, 2012. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her infant sister, Sylvia. Irene was born on August...
Isaiah Allen Marvin
Dec 6, 2012
Isaiah Allen Marvin infant son of Matthew Daniel Marvin and Tosha Bentley Marvin passed away on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. In addition to his parents, survivors include his sister, Hailey Jewel Miller; brother, Matthew Daniel Marvin, Jr.; maternal grandmother, Brenda Carol Tackett; maternal grandfather, Curtis Allen Bentley; and paternal grandparents, Sandra Gay and Richard Allen Marvin....
John Franklin Sheffield
Dec 4, 2012
John Franklin Sheffield, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mr. Sheffield was born in Glade Spring, VA the son of the late Gordon C. Sheffield and Hettie Franklin Sheffield. He served our nation in the United States Army Air Corp in WWII in the European Theater and later in the Army Reserves. He...
Irene Dixon Cowan
Dec 3, 2012
Irene Dixon Cowan, age 94, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born in Holston on January 14, 1918 to the late Floyd and Nora Counts Dixon. Mrs. Cowan taught in the Washington County school system for 25 years. She and her late husband, Robert Sutton Cowan, farmed in the Mendota Community for...
Odell Bailey Shortt
Dec 3, 2012
Odell Bailey Shortt, age 86, passed away on Monday, December 3, 2012 at Wellmont Hospice House. She was born in Hawkins County, TN on June 13, 1926 to the late Samuel and Willie Etna Christian Bailey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Sammy Shortt; six siblings, Colvin and Elwood Bailey, Margaret Artis, Lois...
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