Obituaries
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...
Eleanor Charlene Keesee Neese
Jan 6, 2023
Abingdon, VA – Eleanor Charlene Keesee Neese, age 89, passed on Friday, January 6, 2023, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. She had a wonderful 89 years with us here of which she spent 71 with the love of her life, her husband Bernard Neese.
Charlene was a 1952 Graduate of William King High School and was an employee of Harwood Manufacturing...
William "Bill" McCall
Jan 6, 2023
William H. (Bill) McCall, a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA, passed away on January 6, 2023 at the age of 97.
Bill grew up in the Bethel area, but lived most of his life in Abingdon, VA. He worked for many years for Marion Bottling Co. (Pepsi), out of Bristol, VA. He worked for the Washington County Public School...
William Curtis Odum
Jan 5, 2023
Abingdon, VA – William Curtis Odum, age 57, passed on Thursday, January 5, 2023, in the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville, VA. Curtis was a graduate of John S. Battle High School and long-time truck driver for Taff & Frye Co. He was preceded in death by his parents, Curtis Lynn Odum and Billie Jean Cole Odum.
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Howard Chowning McElroy
Jan 5, 2023
Howard Chowning McElroy, beloved husband, father, grandfather and brother passed away peacefully on January 5, 2023, at his home.
He was born to the late Charles and Verna Mae McElroy in Shreveport, Louisiana on March 26, 1946. Shortly after, he moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana where he spent the years until college.
In July 1964 he began his first career...
Andy Bird
Jan 5, 2023
Andrew “Andy” William Bird died unexpectedly at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Johnson City, TN on January 5, 2023. He was born in Brockton, MA on July 20,1959. He was such a light in life. He shared a lot of sarcasm and laughs with all who knew him. As some would say he was the man the myth the...
Walter Preston Edmiston
Jan 5, 2023
Walter Preston Edmiston, Jr., age 70, passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2023, at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a brief illness. He was a lifelong resident of Abingdon. Walter graduated from Abingdon High School, Class of 1970, and Virginia Highlands Community College, where he received his associate degree. He worked as an engineer for 36 years with VDOT and...
Jeffrey Allen Berry
Jan 4, 2023
Abingdon, VA – Jeffrey Allen Berry, age 30, passed on Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Jeffrey enjoyed fishing and riding atv’s. He was preceded in death by his mother, Candace Stanley Berry; paternal grandparents, Calvin and Pauline Berry; and maternal grandparents, Norman and Joy Stanley.
Jeffrey is survived by his father, Paul (Tamela) Berry; aunt, Shirley Berry; and cousin, Paula Munthe.
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David Wayne Arden
Jan 3, 2023
David Wayne Arden, age 67, passed away on January 3, 2023, in Abingdon. He was born on September 21, 1955, to the late Claude J. Arden and Joyce Clark Arden.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Billy Arden.
David is survived by his wife of 42 years, Denise K. Arden; son, Joey (Amanda)...
Raelynn Blair Dotson
Jan 3, 2023
Meadowview, VA – Raelynn Blair Dotson, infant daughter of Tyler and Kimberly Remsen Dotson, passed at birth on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. She was preceded in death by great grandparents, Buford Smith and Rell Dotson, and cousin, Audrey Dotson.
In addition to her parents, Raelynn is survived by her brother, Colton Dotson; maternal grandparents, George and Kathy Remsen; paternal grandparents,...
John Edward Daggs
Jan 2, 2023
Abingdon, VA – John Edward Daggs, age 49, passed on Monday, January 2, 2023, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. John attended high school in Bristol and Clarksville, TN. He was a truck driver for a number of years. John was preceded in death by his father, John Allen Daggs, and beloved aunt, Debbie Jones of Durham, NC; grandmothers, Gladys E....
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