Obituaries
Shirley Ann Stout
Feb 16, 2022
Shirley Ann Stout, age 77, of Meadowview, Va., passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. She was born on May 25, 1944, to the late Frank Stout and Carrie Edwards Stout in Oakwood, Va. She attended Garden High School. Shirley relocated to Meadowview, Va. in 1976. She was a member of Macedonia Church of Christ. In addition to her parents,...
Jason Nathaniel Gilmer
Feb 16, 2022
Bristol, VA – Jason Nathaniel Gilmer, age 42, passed on Wednesday, February 16, 2022. Jason was a 1997 graduate of John Battle High School and was a very accomplished welder. He enjoyed fishing, motorcycles, playing guitar, fishing, hunting, being in Nature. Jason took much pride in being a simple man. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Billy...
Christopher Alan Miller
Feb 15, 2022
Christopher Alan Miller, age 54, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a former employee of Bristol Regional Medical Center where his coworkers will be missing “Mill Mill.” Christopher was also an avid gun collector. He was preceded in death by his mother, Sharron Rose Zielberg Miller; and maternal grandparents, Louis...
Mary Elizabeth Blackwell Holley
Feb 15, 2022
Meadowview, VA- Mary Elizabeth Blackwell Holley, age 100, passed on Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Mrs. Holley was born in Spotsylvania County, VA and moved to Washington County as a young adult after meeting her late husband, Dallas Earl Holley. She was a school teacher for Washington County, VA and a member of Blackwell Chapel...
Marlena Leigh Thomas
Feb 14, 2022
Marlena Leigh Thomas, age 43, of Dallas, N.C. and formerly of Glade Spring, Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 14, 2022, at CaroMont Regional Medical Center in Gastonia, N.C. She was a 21-year employee of the Scholle Corporation in Chilhowie, Va. and was a member of Trinity Full Gospel Church in Stanley, N.C. She was preceded...
Marilyn Marie (Joyner) Miller
Feb 14, 2022
Marilyn Marie (Joyner) Miller born February 26, 1950, passed away peacefully February 14, 2022. Marilyn lived a full life of experiences starting in humble beginnings of economic and social disadvantage living in a rural farm area of eastern North Carolina, rising from there through sheer drive and determination to a respectable level of societal participation and affluence. From the very...
Dorothy Geraldine Long Reiff
Feb 13, 2022
Gerry Long Reiff Dorothy Geraldine Long Reiff (Geraldine, Gerry), daughter of Joseph Thurman Long, Sr., and Freda Ramsey Long, died February 13, 2022, in Abingdon, Virginia. Born October 7, 1928, in Houston, Texas, she graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1945. After two years at Texas State College for Women (now TWU), she transferred to Southern Methodist University, where...
James Richard Barnette
Feb 13, 2022
James Richard Barnette, age 86, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 13, 2022, at English Meadows Abingdon Campus. He was born November 15, 1935, in Richlands, Va., a son of the late Richard Kermit Barnette and Mary Alma Taylor Barnette. Richard was also a beloved member of the First Christian Church of Abingdon. He...
Carl Eugene Foran, Jr.
Feb 12, 2022
Bristol, VA – Carl Eugene Foran, Jr., age 62, passed on Saturday, February 12, 2022, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mr. Foran attended Abingdon High School and was a resident of the Sun House in Bristol, VA. “Junebug” never met a stranger and brought joy to the lives of those who knew him. He was preceded in death by his...
Rev. Paul Eugene Stanley
Feb 9, 2022
Abingdon, VA – Rev. Paul Eugene Stanley, age 85, went to be with Jesus on Wednesday, February 9, 2022, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was the beloved husband of 68 years to the belated Loma Waycaster Stanley. Rev. Stanley, a pastor, prayer warrior, friend to all, servant of God, and pioneer in the Holiness movement. “I have fought a...
Thelma Miller Mock
Feb 8, 2022
Thelma Miller Mock was born in Washington County, Va. on February 12, 1925. She peacefully passed from this world and into the arms of Jesus on February 8, 2022. The daughter of the late Dewey and Anna Miller; widow of Albert T. Mock; and sister of the late, Horace Miller. She spent much of her life in Hollywood, Fla., moving...
Pamela Sue Gibson
Feb 8, 2022
Bristol, VA – Pamela Sue Hibbits Gibson, age 51, passed on February 8, 2022, in Holston Valley Medical Center. Pam was a graduate of Clintwood High School and Mountain Empire Community College. She worked as a phlebotomist for several years. Pam was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Ernest and Evon Branham, and Beulah and Everett Hibbits. She is...
Richard Roy Rogers
Feb 7, 2022
For Tomorrow’s Children By Richard Rogers What I seek may not be freer, But I’ll go. Pour me a dixie cup of wine, And I’ll smile. And should a tear bless a cheek, I’ll crawl back. To live another day, love another night; And try again. But today is the present’s only hope, So till then: Find the time to...
Dorothy R. Hagy
Feb 5, 2022
Dorothy R. Hagy, age 93, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 5, 2022, at her residence. She was born to the late David William Reed and Nellie Glenn Ramsey Reed on June 8, 1928, in the Bethel Community of Washington County. She was a 1946 graduate of Bethel High School and attended Mary Dalton...
Mary Cook Thomas
Feb 4, 2022
Mary Cook Thomas, 86, of Abingdon, VA, died Friday, February 4, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Carl and Ruth Widener Cook of Widener’s Valley, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harold Thomas, brothers Clayton, Ernest, Herbert, Charles, and Vernon Cook and sister Martha Dolinger. She is survived by Vota...
Jessica Allen James
Feb 3, 2022
Jessica Allen “Jess” James, age 56, of Abingdon, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 3, 2022, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was employed by the Washington County Virginia School System for around 20 years in various capacities. Jess was an active member of Valley Street Baptist Church where she served as the church clerk, pianist,...
Roberta Ann Looney
Feb 3, 2022
Roberta Ann Looney, age 73, died peacefully at home on February 3, 2022 after a short illness. She was the daughter of the late Ray and Alta Mae Blankenship. She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years David Looney, three brothers, Larry Blankenship, Billy Blankenship, and Sammy Blankenship. She is survived by three sisters, Mickie Breeding (Harliss),...
Maxine Atwell Stowers
Feb 1, 2022
Maxine Atwell Stowers, age 82, of Abingdon, Va., left this earth to be with the Lord, on February 1, 2022, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born on September 18, 1939, to the late Arel Aston Atwell and Lena Branch Miller Atwell in Washington County, Va. Maxine was an avid musician, gardener, and cook. Though she was strong-willed, she had...
Michael David Collum
Feb 1, 2022
Michael David Collum, age 79, of Glade Spring, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born to the late George Dewey Collum, Sr. and Nellie Marie Sherwood Collum in Seminole, Texas. He joined the United States Navy when he was 17 and spent the majority of his career on the Submarine Force. Michael...
Gerlene Fuller Carter
Jan 28, 2022
Bristol, VA - Mrs. Gerlene Fuller Carter, 92, passed away at her home in Bristol, Va., on January 28, 2022. Born on June 11, 1929, at their home on Big A Mountain in Honaker, VA, she was the daughter of the late Elden B. and Maggie Nora Rasnake Fuller. Gerlene had a strong work ethic, having been employed as a...
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