Obituaries
Cleo F. Owens
Oct 27, 2010
Cleo F. Owens, 87, passed away Wednesday, October 27, 2010 at her home. She was born September 10, 1923 to the late Wyndham D. and Cora Sanders Farris. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John E. Owens; her son, John S. Owens and nine brothers and sisters. Survivors are her daughters, Pat (Gene) Wise of Bluefield, VA,...
Rosemary Neese
Oct 26, 2010
Mrs. Rosemary Reynolds Neese, age 82, passed away Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at her home. She was born in Washington County, Virginia, on November 2, 1927, daughter of the late Philip Jerome Reynolds and Grace Maiden Reynolds. Rosemary graduated from Meadowview High School in 1945 and attended Emory & Henry College from 1946 � 1947. She had been employed in...
Ruby Pigman
Oct 26, 2010
Mrs. Ruby Pigman passed from this world to enter her eternal home with the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Clyde Pigman. Ruby was born in Pike County, Kentucky on August 17th, 1926. Ruby grew up in Eastern Kentucky in the Indian Creek Community of Virgie, Kentucky. She was...
Harold R. Farris
Oct 25, 2010
Harold R. "Poss" Farris, 76, passed away at his home on Monday, October 25, 2010. He was born December 3, 1933, in Smyth County, Virginia, son of the late Ralph White Farris and Mary Cumbow Farris. He served in the United States Army and was a member of the American Legion Post 0012 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. "Poss"...
Margaret Rebecca Clappse
Oct 25, 2010
Margaret Rebecca Clappse, 76, passed away on Monday, October 25, 2010 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born on May 26, 1934 to the late Clark and Grace Price. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Ronald Clappse; brother, Clayton Price and sisters, Ulcea Simmers and Dora Price. Survivors are her sons, Raymond (Allison) Clappse, Ronald (Linda) Clappse...
Gregory Eric Lashlee
Oct 21, 2010
Gregory Eric Lashlee of Johnson City, Tennessee died October 21, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Lashlee was born November 28, 1963 in Beacon, New York. He was preceded in death by his father, John Steven Lashlee of Vicksburg, Mississippi; his paternal grandparents, Malcolm and Winifred Lashlee of Beacon, New York; his maternal grandparents, Gernia and Sarah Fanning...
Owen Wayne Fields
Oct 19, 2010
Owen Wayne Fields, age twenty-one months, passed away Tuesday, October 19, 2010. Born January 16, 2009, Owen faced many challenges in his short life. He touched many lives and brought joy and happiness to those who loved him. Those who will grieve his passing include his parents, Jason and Susan Fields; paternal grandparents, Eddie Wayne and Marie Fields; and maternal...
Linda Bond Byrd
Oct 17, 2010
Linda Bond Byrd, 72, of Glade Spring, VA, passed away at her home on Sunday, October 17, 2010. She was born on November 27, 1937, the daughter of the late Earnest Lee Bond Sr. and Clarice Smith Bond of Fries, VA. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her infant son, Timothy Curtis Byrd. Linda graduated...
David Bonham Veselik
Oct 14, 2010
David Bonham Veselik , 50, passed away at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center on Thursday, October 14, 2010, after a brief illness. He was a 1978 graduate of Marion Senior High School; a 1980 graduate of Wytheville Community College with an associate's degree in Business Administration; and a 1982 graduate of John Tyler Community College with an associate's degree...
Edith Marie Ball
Oct 14, 2010
Edith Marie Ball, age 76, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Ball was a life long resident of Abingdon, and was born November 22, 1933 to the late Earl and Julia Blackwell. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Thurman T. Ball; three sons, Jimmy Ball of Meadowview, VA, Jerry Ball and wife...
Flora Belle Collins
Oct 12, 2010
Flora Collins, 72, died Tuesday, October 12, 2010, at Bristol Regional Medial Center in Bristol, TN. She was born September 19, 1938 to the late Earl and Ruth McGuire and was preceded in death by her husband Junior Franklin Collins. Mrs. Collins was a lifelong member of Landmark Baptist Church and a special God-given servant of the church where she...
Mary Lou Stiltner
Oct 9, 2010
On October 9, 2010, Mary Lou Stiltner gave up her long and courageous battle with cancer to be at peace with the Lord. Born June 13, 1947, Mary, a native of Buchanan County, lived most of her life in Washington County, Virginia. Recently, she was taken back to Grundy where she was able to spend the last few months of...
Irma Eileen Anderson Berry
Oct 8, 2010
Irma Eileen Anderson Berry, 53, passed away Friday, October 8, 2010 at her home. She was a lifelong member of Abingdon Church of Christ. She served as a cook at High Rock Bible Camp and taught children's Bible classes for over thirty years. She had also worked on the family farm for many years. She is preceded in death by...
Elmer Harris
Oct 5, 2010
Elmer Harris passed away on Tuesday, October 5, 2010. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clark Thompson Harris and Tina Burleson Harris and brothers, Robert, Wiley and Edsel and sister, Gertrude Lowe. He was born on March 1, 1919 and was a life-long resident of Jonesboro, TN. Elmer is survived by his wife, Hazel Orfield Harris, of over...
Andrew Jackson
Oct 2, 2010
Andrew Jackson "Jack" Collier, 95, went home to be with the Lord on October 2, 2010. Jack was born on July 28, 1915, in Osaka, Virginia, and later moved with his family to Stonega, Virginia, where he lived during his school years. Jack was the youngest and last surviving child of the late Creed and Ethel Stewart Collier. He was...
Mae Leslie Farmer Taylor
Oct 2, 2010
Mae L. Taylor, 84, of Bristol, VA, died Saturday, October 2, 2010 at the home of her grandson, Dean Long. She was a native of Ashe County, NC and had lived in Manassas, VA before moving to Bristol in 1971. She was a member of Victory Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband James E. "Bud" Taylor....
Edgar Leon Baker
Sep 28, 2010
Edgar Leon Baker, 80, of Bristol, VA died on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the Wellmont Hospice House, from a lengthy illness. He was born on June 3, 1930 in Pound, VA and was the son of the late Isaac Winfred Baker and Ida Ruth Baker. Mr. Baker was a veteran of the United States Air Force. From 1952 until...
Randolph B. Robertson
Sep 27, 2010
Mr. Randolph B. Robertson, age 73, passed away Monday, September 27, 2010, at his home. Mr. Robertson was born on November 5, 1936 in West Virginia to the late Earl Lee and Queenie Justice Robertson. He served in the United States Air Force and was of the Baptist faith. He and his wife both taught school and treasured their time...
Steve Robert Wise
Sep 27, 2010
Steve Robert Wise, 95, died at his home at 111 West Main Street on Monday September 27, 2010, from complications of Alzheimer's disease. Mr. Wise was born in Washington County in 1915, the second son of ten children of George Wiley and Emma Roberts Wise. He began work at the age of eight with his brothers, pulling wool off sheep...
Lillian Louise Wilson
Sep 20, 2010
Lillian Louise Wilson, 92, passed away Monday, September 20, 2010 in Abingdon. She was born in Chicago, IL and lived there until moving to Abingdon in 1998. She had attended Christ the King Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, August and Estella Sitarski Arendt; her husband, Joseph Nance Wilson; brothers, Joe, Henry and Richard Arendt and...
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