Obituaries
Rachel Ann Banks
Feb 2, 2023
Mrs. Rachel Ann Banks, 39, went to be with her loving Savior on Thursday, February 2, 2023, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born in Fairfax, Va., later moving to Abingdon where she graduated from Abingdon High School. She later attended Virginia Highlands Community College, earning an Associate degree in business.
Rachel devoted her life to taking care of her...
Arty "Nean" Neanola Moretz
Jan 31, 2023
Arty Neanola “Nean” Moretz, age 97, passed away, Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the Rehab Center at Bristol. She was born in Ashe County, NC, and lived with her husband, John, in Baltimore, MD before settling in Washington County, Va. Nean was a member of Zion United Methodist Church in Damascus, Va. She dedicated most of her life to creating...
Lee Edward Bryant
Jan 30, 2023
Lee Edward Bryant, age 91, passed into Glory on Monday, January 30, 2023. He was born on April 16, 1931, to the late Elizabeth Belle Parsons Bryant and Millard Alexander Bryant. Lee was a veteran of the United States Army, a long-time employee of Raytheon, and a member of Emmanuel Baptist Church.
In addition to his parents, Mr. Bryant was...
Billie Jean Brannon
Jan 30, 2023
Billie Jean Brannon, age 85, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Jean was born in Saltville, Va. to the late James Gipson and Virginia Colley Poore. She lived most of her life in Bristol. Although Jean worked for a few years outside of her home, her calling was to be a homemaker and wife...
Frederick Wyndom Sullins
Jan 29, 2023
Frederick Wyndom Sullins, age 70, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023. He was born in Abingdon, VA on August 20, 1952 to the late Fred Sullins and Mattie Blevins Sullins. Wyndom graduated from John S. Battle High School and attended Virginia Highlands Community College. He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, being outdoors, and collecting coins. His greatest joy was his...
Mariam Thayer Rutter
Jan 29, 2023
Clintwood, VA – Mariam Thayer Rutter, age 81, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023, in Norton Community Hospital surrounded by loving family. Formerly a resident of Bristol and Sterling, VA, Mariam was a graduate of Virginia High School and Sullins College. She was a talented artist and pianist. Mariam worked several years for Loudoun County in Leesburg VA; and...
James Henry Slaughter
Jan 29, 2023
James Henry “Jim” Slaughter, age 69, passed on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at his home. Jim was a graduate of J.J. Kelly High School and lived in Wise, VA most of his life. He was a member and deacon of Midway Church in Coeburn, VA for many years. Jim and his wife moved to the Abingdon area in 2013 and...
Bonnie Marie Hamm
Jan 26, 2023
Bonnie Marie Hamm, age 90, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023 at Abingdon Health and Rehab. She was a resident of Gregory’s Rest Home, Meadowview, Va. for over 35 years.
Bonnie was predeceased by her parents Leonard and Maggie O’Quinn Harris, husband James Oscar Hamm, siblings Betty Hamm, Junior Leonard Harris, Pauline Lockhardt, Robert Harris, Henry Harris and Howard...
Delores Jean Hensley
Jan 22, 2023
Delores Jean Snedegar Hensley, age 73, passed away Sunday, January 22, 2023, at her home.
Delores was preceded in death by her parents, Virgil and Rita Snedegar; two brothers, Ray Snedegar and Ricky Snedegar; two sisters, Betty Dudek and Cathie Marchello; and grandson Chad Belcher.
She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Robert Hensley, Sr.; son Robert Hensley,...
Thomas Boyd Barker
Jan 22, 2023
Master Sergeant Thomas Boyd Barker, U.S.A.F. Retired, age 85, passed on Sunday, January 22, 2023, at his home. Tom was born in Doran, VA area and raised in Honaker, VA. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and retired after 20 years of service. He began his second career as an engineer with Norfolk & Southern Railroad where he was...
Randy O. Goodman
Jan 20, 2023
Randy O. Goodman, age 61, passed on Friday, January 20, 2023, at his home. Randy was a graduate of Musselman High School in Flint, MI and moved to Virginia as a young adult. He attended Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN and earned his accounting degree from Emory & Henry University. He enjoyed hiking and was a former employee of Universal...
Randall W. Smith
Jan 19, 2023
Randall Wade Smith, husband, dad, idealist, teacher, coach and friend who always looked for “life’s extras,” passed away after a brief illness January 19, 2023.
He was born April 22, 1951, to John Elmer Smith and Syble Brown Bartell Smith in Winston-Salem, N.C., where he graduated from R.J. Reynolds High School. He spent his childhood summers in low country South...
Robert French Collins
Jan 19, 2023
Robert French Collins, age 92, passed on Thursday, January 19, 2023, at his home. Mr. Collins was a native of Bradshaw WV and a veteran of the U.S. Army. In 1978, he moved to Abingdon and became a member of West Main Baptist Church where the congregation referred to him as “Pops”. Mr. Collins was a retired coal miner who...
Carl V. Smith
Jan 18, 2023
Carl V. Smith, age 95, went home to be with the Lord on January 18, 2023, at Abingdon Health and Rehab Center. He was born November 23, 1927, in Patrick County, VA, to the late Jessie Taylor Smith and Virginia Harriet Smith.
Early Wednesday morning Jesus asked Carl to come see the most beautiful woodland and forest ever, and spend...
Elizabeth Jane Roberts
Jan 16, 2023
Elizabeth Jane Roberts, age 87, passed on Monday, January 16, 2023, at her home. Ms. Roberts was a former employee of Gordon Garment, and Washington County Public Schools. She was a member of Fleenor Memorial Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude S. and Bessie Bott Russ; the love of her life, Cecil Roberts; son, Tom Roberts;...
Bohdi Dean Brown
Jan 16, 2023
Bohdi Dean Brown, infant son of Cory Dean Brown and Courtney Rouse Brown, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023, at Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Although his time was short on this earth, he will always be loved and cherished by his family.
”And to think, the first thing he saw when his little eyes opened was the face of...
Joe Hunter Thompson
Jan 10, 2023
Bristol, VA – Joe Hunter Thompson, age 62, passed on Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at his home. Joe was a graduate of John S. Battle High School and an employee of the Abingdon Kroger for over 40 years. He was a car enthusiast who owned many sports cars including his 2015, Corvette. Joe enjoyed darts, bowling, and the beach.
Joe...
Bobby Joe Keith
Jan 9, 2023
Bristol, VA – Bobby Joe Keith, age 60, passed on Monday, January 9, 2023, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. Bobby was a longtime electrician for Crowder Construction Company and loved fishing and woodworking.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Joe and Elladean Venida Kiser Keith; brothers, Tim and Jackie Keith; and sister, Melissa Owens.
Bobby is survived by...
Faye Hylton Abernathy
Jan 6, 2023
Faye Hylton Abernathy, age 92, departed this life surrounded by her loving family at Oakmont at Gordon Park in Bristol, Virginia on January 6, 2023. Born in Russell County on August 28, 1930, she was the seventh of sixteen children born to Patton Cleveland Hylton and Laura Elizabeth Jewell Hylton.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers...
John Robert Kling
Jan 6, 2023
John Robert Kling, age 89, died on January 6, 2023 at home. He was born August 16, 1933, in Union County, PA to Anna and John Weber Kling. They moved to Dumont, NJ, where John grew up and met his wife Barbara, who moved next door to him when he was 12 and she was 10. He attended the New...
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