Obituaries
Preston Profitt
Aug 11, 2010
Preston "Sonny" Profitt, 71, passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at his home. He was born March 15, 1939 and was a son of the late Clarence and Mary Snead Profitt. He was U.S. Air Force Veteran who served during the Korean War and was a coal miner and owner/operator of Top Equipment; a mining equipment repair business. He was...
Carolyn Barrows May
Aug 10, 2010
Carolyn Barrows May, 84, passed away on Tuesday, August 10, 2010 in Bristol, TN. She was born August 3, 1926 in Huntington, WV and was the daughter of the late Fred Austin and Josephine Walker Barrows. She had lived in Charlotte, NC before moving to Abingdon in 1996, where she made her home with her daughter, Susan Copeland, and grandchildren,...
Marie Pierce
Aug 4, 2010
Marie Pierce, 73, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at her home. She was born in Meadowview, Virginia and was a daughter of the late Charles and Sallie Mae Henegar. After her marriage to her first husband, Robert Edward Pierce she moved to Maryland where she lived until the early 70's when she returned to Washington County. She retired from...
Harry Hammond Price Jr.
Jul 30, 2010
Dr. Harry Hammond Price, Jr., 78, passed away Saturday, July 31, 2010 in Knoxville, TN. He was born November 26, 1931 in Pulaski, VA and was a son of the late Harry Hammond and Anna Pratt Price. He was a graduate of Greenbrier Military Academy, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Georgia, College of Veterinary Medicine. He began his...
Betty McNew Lampkin
Jul 30, 2010
Betty McNew Lampkin, 89, passed away Friday, July 30, 2010 in Jonesborough. She was born in Washington County, VA and was a daughter of the late Floyd Kestner and Frances Gentry Kestner. She was an excellent homemaker and cook and was well known for her sewing and cooking. She had attended Chestnut Grove Community Church. In addition to her parents,...
Palmer Mullins
Jul 30, 2010
Palmer Mullins, 89, passed away Friday morning, July 30, 2010. He was born in Dickenson County, VA and was a son of the late Frank and Polly Arrington Mullins. He had retail stores in Grundy, Abingdon and several other towns in the area before he retired to Myrtle Beach. He returned to Abingdon to make his home a few years...
James Howard Blevins Sr.
Jul 30, 2010
Mr. James Howard Blevins, Sr. age 91, passed away Friday, July 30, 2010, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of this area, son of the late James Clayborne Blevins and Laura Sifers Blevins. Mr. Blevins served in the United States Army during World War II and was a proud member of VFW Post 6975. He worked...
Raymond E. Dollinger Jr.
Jul 28, 2010
Raymond E. Dollinger, Jr., 68, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at his home. He was born April 25, 1942 in Washington County and was a son of the late Raymond E. Dollinger Sr. and Lillian Stanfield. He grew up in the Goose Pimple Junction area and had lived in Abingdon for the past 15...
Waltenis Percy Rowe
Jul 27, 2010
Waltenis "Walt" Percy Rowe, 79, died Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at the Valley Healthcare Center in Chilhowie. Mr. Rowe was a native of Buchanan County, VA and moved to Bristol in 1986. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp and served during the Korean Conflict. He attended the Shakesville Church of Christ and was a minister his...
Anthony Clayton Mullins
Jul 27, 2010
Anthony Clayton Mullins, 37, passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at home. He was born in Fairfax, VA and was a son of Coralena Mullins and the late Roger Clayton Mullins. In addition to his mother, Coralena, survivors are his wife, Treana Mullins; daughters, Maranda, Alexis, Kaitlynn and Koralena Mullins; step son, Braeden Stanley; his grandmother, Clersie Short; half brother,...
Charlie Robert Duff
Jul 24, 2010
Mr. Charlie Robert Duff, 91, passed Saturday, July 24, 2010 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a member of the Abingdon First Assembly of God Church and was a Veteran of the U.S Army Air Force having served in Okinawa, Japan during World War II. Charlie was preceded in death by his parents, Archie and Leona Shepherd Duff. Survivors...
Roxie Thomas Hughes
Jul 22, 2010
Mrs. Roxie Thomas Hughes, 80, went peacefully to be with her Lord on Thursday, July 22, 2010, at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. She was preceded in death by her precious daughter, Vivian Louise Musick. Roxie was the last of her generation of the seven children of Tyler and Martha Thomas. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Lloyd Walker
Jul 19, 2010
Lloyd Walker, 77, passed away Monday, July 19, 2010 in Abingdon, VA. He was born in Johnson County, TN and was a son of the late Walter and Melissa Arnold Walker. He was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis Moore Walker; a son, Rick Walker; brother, Walter Coy...
Velma Brucella Hamilton MCollum
Jul 18, 2010
Velma B. Hamilton McCollum, 98, passed away Sunday, July 18, 2010 in Lawnside, NJ. She was born March 17, 1912 in Greeneville, TN and was a daughter of the late Thomas and Meade Forby Hamilton. She was a member of Charles Wesley United Methodist Church in Abingdon. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her loving...
Ernest King Jr.
Jul 17, 2010
Ernest King, Jr., 65, passed away Saturday, July 17, 2010 at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA and was a son of Pauline V. Wise King and the late Ernest Lee King, Sr. He served in the U.S. Army from 1966 â?? 1970. Survivors, in addition to his mother, are his son, Sam King and...
Donald Ray Brown
Jul 15, 2010
Donald Ray Brown, Sr., 74, passed away Thursday, July 15, 2010 at his home. He was born August 31, 1935 in Abingdon and was a son of the late Charlie Ray and Martha Ethelene Carswell Brown. He was a lifelong resident of the Green Springs Community and had made his living farming. He was a member of Holston Valley Baptist...
Phillip Ethan Watson
Jul 15, 2010
Phillip Ethan Watson, 2 years, 10 months and 19 days left for Heaven in the arms of Angels on the 15th day of July, 2010. This precious little child of God was born in Abingdon, VA on August 26, 2007. An Angel here on Earth, Ethan was the light of everyone's life around him. He brightened the days of all...
David Edward Parmley
Jul 14, 2010
Mr. David Edward Parmley, 59, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born in Mississippi and had been a resident of Washington County for a brief period of time. He graduated from "Ole Miss" â?? University of Mississippi. He was preceded in death by his mother, Chrystal Veal Parmley, and by two brothers, Don and...
Henrietta Sue Odum Roe
Jul 14, 2010
Henrietta Sue Odum Roe, 67, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at the University of Virginia Hospital. She was born on January 7, 1943 in Abingdon, daughter of the late John Henry Odum and Susie Webb Odum. Sue was a member of the first graduating class from Abingdon High School. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death...
James Garland Carbary
Jul 14, 2010
James Garland Carbary, 76, passed away on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 in Tazewell, Virginia. He was born in Washington County, VA and was a son of the late Garland E. and Mary Maggie Moore Carbary. He served in the U.S. Army and had been a Foreman with Moore Brothers. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors are his sons, Jeff...
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