Obituaries
Sandra L. Godsey Cowand
Mar 12, 2012
Sandra Lucile Godsey Cowand was born on October 8, 1938 to Fred C. and Leona Kemp Salyer Godsey in Bristol, TN, and died on March 12, 2012, also in Bristol, TN. Born with the voice of an angel, Sandra began to sing locally as a child. At the age of sixteen she won a local talent contest as a member...
James Adam Fields
Mar 9, 2012
James Adam "Jimmy" Fields, 70, born March 24, 1941, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2012. He was born in Russell County, VA but had spent most of his life in Abingdon. He had worked for Valleydale and had retired from Strongwell. He attended Barnes Chapel Church until he became home-bound. He was preceded in death by his wife, Peggy...
Richard C. Buchanan
Mar 5, 2012
Richard C. "Shrimp" Buchanan, born Aug.4, 1933, in Smyth County, Va., passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012. He was preceded in death by parents Raymond M. Buchanan, Sr., and Lila B. Buchanan and brothers, Patrick Buchanan and Tate Buchanan. He is survived by wife Lois B. Buchanan; sons Rick Buchanan and wife Pam and Jeff Buchanan and wife Becky;...
Peggy June Free Cole
Mar 3, 2012
Peggy June Free Cole, Age 75, went to be with the Lord on March 3, 2012 after a brief illness. Mrs. Cole was a member of Woodland Hills Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Josie Free; brothers, Wallace, Hugh, and Don Free; sisters, Patsy Rosenbaum and Betty Jo Hilton Tunnell. She is survived by...
Loretta Hayden McCauley
Mar 3, 2012
Loretta Hayden McCauley, passed Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and a member of Green Spring Presbyterian Church. Mrs. McCauley was a 1951 graduate of Wallace High School and was preceded in death by her parents, Edward Milton and Nora Elizabeth Booher Hayden; brothers; Arthur, Orville,...
James Kyle Lambert
Mar 3, 2012
James "Kyle" Lambert, Age 54, died Saturday, March 3, 2012 at his home after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Lambert was preceded in death by his father, Andrew Lambert and brother, Dr. Denny Ray Lambert. He is survived by his mother, Velva O'Quinn Lambert of Abingdon, VA; sister-in-law, Muoi Lambert; nephews, John Lambert of Bristol, TN and Will Lambert...
Josephine Addison Thompson
Feb 29, 2012
Josephine Addison Thompson "Granny Jo", 90, passed away at her home on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. She was born December 15, 1921; was a lifelong resident of Washington Co, VA and a daughter of the late Charles Allen and Mary Elizabeth Hockett Addison. She was an avid reader and enjoyed several community senior citizens groups. She was also a member...
Beulah Ann McVey Bellamy
Feb 27, 2012
Beulah Ann McVey Bellamy, age 78, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 28, 2012. She was a member of the Eagle Soars Ministry Church of God. Mrs. Bellamy was preceded in death by her husband James Scott (Smokey) Bellamy and grandson David Wayne Bellamy. She is survived by her three sons, Leonard Scott (Jo Anna) Bellamy...
Carrie Lee Widener
Feb 25, 2012
Carrie Lee Widener, 73, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at her home. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and was a daughter of the late James and Grace Moody. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Carl "Bill" Widener, a daughter, Brenda C. Colley...
Lewis Preston Stevens Sr.
Feb 23, 2012
Lewis Preston Stevens, Sr., age 82 of Abingdon, VA, died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. Born October 21, 1929 in Washington County, VA, he was a son of the late J.M. and Maude Stevens. He had served with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He was a little league baseball...
Isabel Saunders Kelsey
Feb 23, 2012
Isabel Saunders Kelsey, age 99, of Abingdon, Virginia, passed away February 23, 2012, at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, VA, after a long illness. Isabel S. Kelsey passed away February 23, 2012 and Paul V. Kelsey preceded his wife of 67 years in death on November 30, 2002 She was born at the family home, Bleak Hill, in Franklin...
John H. Rigby
Feb 21, 2012
John H. Rigby of Abingdon, VA, formerly of Chazy, NY and Chicago, IL, passed away February 21, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Catherine Jarosack Rigby. He is survived by his wife, Janice Charles Rigby of Abingdon, VA; one son, Erick Rigby of Washington, PA; one daughter,...
Hettie Mae McClure
Feb 17, 2012
Hettie Mae McClure, 91, of Abingdon, formerly of Chilhowie, VA went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 17, 2012 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. She was born January 6, 1921 to William Henry Lester and Sarah Loma Crigger Lester. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, James Millard McClure, granddaughter, Whitney McClure...
Eddie Benton
Feb 16, 2012
Eddie Benton,63, of Abingdon, VA, died Thursday, February 16, 2012. Mr. Benton was a U.S. Army Veteran and served his country during the Vietnam War. Eddie was a member of the NRA, loved to hunt and fish and was owner of Benton's Taxidermy. He is preceded in death by his parents, George and Nunie Benton, and sister, Charlotte Davis. He...
Dwayne Bruce Jones
Feb 15, 2012
Dwayne Bruce Jones, 45, born February 17, 1966 passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Varnum and Rosie Jones and Bruce and Annie Arnold; brother, Dennis Jones; uncle, Freddie Jones and aunt, Flo Brewer. Survivors include his parents, Raymond and Janet Jones; his children, Breke Jones,...
Evelyn Carole King
Feb 13, 2012
Evelyn Carole King, 69, passed away on Sunday, February 13, 2012, at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. Survivors include two daughters, Leigh Johnson Kimberlin and her husband, Don of Abingdon, VA, and Lesley Johnson Jeter of Nashville, TN; one granddaughter, Shea DeForest; one brother, Larry Rowe and his wife, Jenny of FL; and several nieces and nephews. The family...
Margaret Hicks
Feb 11, 2012
Margaret "Peggy" Hicks, age 85, of Glade Spring, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 11, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Marvin and Elizabeth Goodman Blevins of Marion, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Irvin C. Hicks; daughter, Janet Sue Heishman, and great-grandson, Daniel Hughes. She is survived by a...
Hartford Shelton
Feb 10, 2012
Hartford Shelton, 66, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2012 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born in North Carolina on December 9, 1945 and grew up around Greeneville, TN. For the past 8 years he has been a resident of Abingdon. He was preceded in death by his parents, Jeff and Leva Shelton; brother, Ernie Shelton; sister, Katherine Shelton;...
George Frank Brewer
Feb 10, 2012
George Frank Brewer, 87, passed away on Friday, February 10, 2012 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born in Pickens, SC and had lived in North and South Carolina until retiring to Florida where he lived until moving to Abingdon five years ago. He was a proud Navy veteran of WWII, was awarded the WWII Victory Medal, EUR-African-MidEast...
Rita Sharon Ross
Feb 8, 2012
Rita Sharon Ross, age 49, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Abingdon, daughter of the late John Robert Ross, Sr. and Hazel Mae Gentry Ross. She graduated from Abingdon High School in 1980 and had worked for Burger King for twenty-six years, serving in management with the Abingdon Burger...
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