Obituaries
Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead
Nov 16, 2009
Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead, 95, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born June 21, 1914 in Carter Co., TN and was a son of the late Lloyd and Hedi Ward Whitehead. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Marie Tate
Nov 13, 2009
Marie Tate died Friday, November 13, 2009 at her home in Bristol, VA surrounded by family and caregivers. She was the daughter of John Vanover and Mae Deel Vanover. Born in Russell County, Virginia, November 8, 1920, she spent most of her life in Dickenson, County, Virginia where she taught in the public school system. The past thirty years she...
Hugh Clark Smyth
Nov 11, 2009
Hugh Clark Smyth passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Fairfax Hospital after a heart attack. Beloved husband of Pamela C. Mack, loving father of Steven H. Smyth, doting grandfather of Jacob, Mackenzie and Morgan Smyth. Hugh was born in Marion, VA, on June 18, 1945 and had lived in Burke, VA for the last twenty-six years. He was preceded...
Leona Kestner Sandoe
Nov 10, 2009
Mrs. Leona Kestner Sandoe, 92 passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Cambridge House, Bristol, TN. She was a native of Russell County, VA but had lived in Washington County, VA most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Luther Kestner and Mary Ann Russell McFadden Kestner. She is the widow of Roy Sandoe and...
Gladys Irene White
Nov 9, 2009
Gladys Irene White, 78, a Christian, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, sister, friend, neighbor and cancer survivor went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 9, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Gladys' death was sudden and unexpected. She was born October 25, 1931 in Galax, VA a daughter of the late Rev. Buford Woolwine and Mattie Leonard Woolwine....
Cecil Davis Webb
Nov 7, 2009
Cecil Davis Webb, 90, went to be with the Lord Saturday, November 7, 2009 in UT Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. He was born August 22, 1919 in Washington County, Virginia and was a son of the late Bernard and Martha Ann Davis Webb. Cecil retired from the Washington County School Systems and was a farmer. He was a veteran...
Cleo Isabell Rambo
Nov 5, 2009
Cleo Isabell Rambo, 84, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Smyth County Community Hospital following a short illness. She was born March 27, 1925 to the late William Bryan and Cleo Patra McKee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Leroy Rambo and two brothers, William McKee and Robert McKee. She is...
Tom Arrington
Nov 4, 2009
Tom "Conway Twitty" Arrington, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born May 20, 1936, in Washington County, Virginia, a son of the late Andy and Nannie Arrington. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Jack Arrington, and by his sisters, Rose Dunn, Bunice Cornett, Betty Hawthorne, and...
Thomas Denton Norris
Nov 3, 2009
Thomas Denton "Red" Norris, 77, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Valley Health Care in Chilhowie. Red was born in Washington County, VA on January 6, 1932 to the late Jim Jack and Blanch Barbara Norris. He enjoyed riding and working with horses. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister Violet Norris....
John Preston Seymore
Nov 3, 2009
John Preston Seymore, 95, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2009, in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. John was a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA. He was born June 1, 1914 to the late Frank and Martha Seymore. He enjoyed fishing, camping and all sports, particularly baseball. John loved playing shuffleboard while vacationing in Florida, and last year he won the...
Betty Jane Sullins Whitehurst
Nov 2, 2009
Betty Jane Sullins Whitehurst, 72, passed away Monday, November 2, 2009 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. Betty was born in Washington County, VA on February 24, 1937, to the late Fred and Mattie Sullins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, James Bailey and her sister, Thelma Baughman. She is survived by two sons,...
Jack Keller Hagy
Oct 29, 2009
Jack Keller Hagy went home to be with his Lord and Saviour on Thursday, October 29, 2009. He passed away after a lengthy illness, at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN. Mr. Hagy had lived the last twenty-nine years in Bristol, VA. He was employed as a produce supervisor for K-VA-T Food Stores since 1964, before retiring in...
Forest Halsey Large
Oct 28, 2009
Forest Halsey Large, 100, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born October 3, 1909 and was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Virginia. He was a member of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Lucy Woods Large; his wife, Viola Lewis Large and several brothers...
William Daley Wilson
Oct 25, 2009
Mr. William Daley "Dale" Wilson, 64, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009 in the Lynchburg General Hospital, Lynchburg, VA. He was a native of Washington County, VA, had been employed by the Sterling Casket Company and had attended the Pleasant View Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Christine Wilson, his parents, William Lane Wilson and...
William "Bill" Seldon Morrison
Oct 24, 2009
William Seldon "Bill" Morrison, 69, died Saturday October 24, 2009 at his residence. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County; a son of the late Luther and Chaucy Osborne Morrison. He was a member of High Point Baptist Church. He was a retired farmer and loved to hunt and fish. He was preceded in death by 3 brothers, Dewey...
William Preston Sheffield
Oct 22, 2009
Mr. William Preston Sheffield. 93, passed away Thursday, October 22, 2009, at Abingdon Manor. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Virginia. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Air Corp. Mr. Sheffield was an attorney for 58 years in Washington County. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Billie Webb Sheffield;...
Hugh Campbell
Oct 21, 2009
Hugh Campbell, 83, passed way on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. He was a life long resident of Washington County, VA and attended Greendale Chapel and Carvosso United Methodist Church. He served during World War II in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Air Force. He is survived by his loving son, James Michael (Mike) Campbell of Abingdon; two brothers, Jim...
Herbert R. Haga
Oct 21, 2009
Herbert R. Haga, 80, passed away Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, TN. He was born August 14, 1929 in Washington County, VA and was a son of the late Thomas and Margaret Wright Haga. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran having served during the conflict in Korea. He was a member of the Daleville...
Samuel Matthew Sandefur III
Oct 19, 2009
Samuel Matthew Sandefur, III passed away on Monday, October 19, 2009, at his home after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Eula Sandefur and daughter Teresa Ratcliff, both of Glade Spring. He is also survived by his grandson Matthew Davis "Little Man" Holbrook of Meadowview; two special nephews: Samuel Lee Holbrook of Chilhowie, and Charles William Holbrook,...
Howard Wayne Wheelock
Oct 18, 2009
Howard Wayne Wheelock, 87, went to be with our Lord and Savior on October 18, 2009 after a lengthy illness. He was born in Decatur, Illinois on May 14, 1922 to the late Nathan and Grace Wheelock. He was employed at the Kingsport Press for 19 years before moving to Springfield where he was employed by the Government Printing Office...
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