Obituaries
Tommy Murrell Colley
May 28, 2020
Jonesborough, Tenn. Tommy Murrell Colley, age 82, passed away at his home on Thursday, May 28, 2020. He was a native of Abingdon, Va. and graduated from William King High School. Tommy attended Hampden Sydney College and later graduated from East Tennessee State University. He was a member of First Christian Church of Johnson City. Tommy was the owner/operator of...
James Carlton "Jim C." Honaker
May 28, 2020
James Carlton “Jim C.” Honaker, age 70, of Abingdon, Va. and formerly of Honaker, Va., went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at his residence. Jim C. was a veteran of United States Army and served several years on the Honaker Fire Department. He retired from Seaboard Mining at Jewel Ridge and was a member of...
Donna Jean Hoskins Clay
May 28, 2020
Glade Spring, Va. Donna Jean Hoskins Clay, age 69, passed on Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Donna was a graduate of Blountville High School and Graham Bible College. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Abingdon Ward, and was preceded in death by her parents, Bradley and Pernie Richards Hoskins, and...
Wayne Douglas Eldreth
May 27, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Wayne Douglas Eldreth, age 79 and of the Brumley Gap Community, passed on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at his home. Wayne was a graduate of Meadowview High School and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a former employee of Bristol Steel, American Longwall, and Joy Mining. Wayne was a member of and faithfully attended the...
Jeffrey Patrick Simons
May 24, 2020
Jeffrey Patrick Simons, age 75, of Abingdon, Va. and formerly Kalamazoo, Mich., passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020, at Abingdon Health & Rehab Center. He was a former resident of Grandview Adult Care, LLC. where he enjoyed flower and vegetable gardening. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
Joyce Ann Silcox
May 24, 2020
Joyce Ann Silcox 03/01/1958 - 05/24/2020 Joyce Ann Silcox, 62, went to be with the Lord on May 24, 2020, at her beach house in Largo, Fla. Joyce attended Woodland Hills Christian Church and Highlands Fellowship. She was a graduate of Grundy Senior High School and Clinch Valley Community College, where she obtained her registered nursing degree. She was employeed as...
Mable Roark Wyatt
May 23, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Mable Roark Wyatt, age 95, passed on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at her home. Mable was a member of Trigg Street Church of God. She was preceded in death by her parents, Murphy and Elizabeth Jones Roark; husband Ray Irvin Wyatt; son Billy Wyatt; great-grandson Ryan Lewis; brothers Paul and Glenn Roark; sisters Marie Ginder and May Keatts;...
Matthew Todd McIntyre
May 23, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Matthew Todd McIntyre, age 33, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Bristol Regional Hospital. Todd was a native of Abingdon and graduated from Abingdon High School. He continued his studies at Old Dominion University where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree. He was at home in the outdoors as evidenced by his love of smoking meats,...
Tammy Jean Reece
May 23, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Tammy Jean Reece, age 47, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County Va., and during her working years was employed as an aide in assisted living facilities. Tammy was predeceased by her son Bobby Joe. She is survived by her mother Mary Fields Taylor; son...
Mary Belle Petty
May 21, 2020
Bristol, Va. Mary Belle Petty, age 92, passed away peacefully on May 21, 2020 at Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, Tennessee. She was born in Greensboro, North Carolina, an only child to James and Mary Agnes Teague. She studied speech and drama, a graduate of Women’s College of North Carolina, now known as UNCG and attended a summer semester at...
Arthur Buford "B" Neese, Jr.
May 21, 2020
Meadowview, Va. Arthur Buford “B” Neese, Jr., passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020, in Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Chilhowie, Va. at the age of 95. B graduated from Meadowview High School in 1944. He enjoyed playing sports, especially football. B was a member of the Meadowview First United Methodist Church and worked for the Pet Milk Company...
Vonda Lee Hensley Grubbs
May 19, 2020
Vonda Lee Hensley Grubbs passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. She was born January 16, 1935, in Knox County, Ky. to her parents, Calvin and Maude Hensley. She was raised in Harlan County, Ky. with true Appalachian values….faith, family and a strong work ethic. Vonda was a dedicated wife and mother, first and foremost. Her husband was...
Monroe Reynolds
May 19, 2020
Monroe Reynolds, age 80, of Meadowview, Va., went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Johnson City Medical Center. He retired from Advanced Auto and attended Shady Grove Holiness Church. Monroe was a longtime farmer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph James Reynolds and Virginia Tignor Reynolds; son, Brian Keith Reynolds; and three...
Rebecca Lynn Carswell Glenn
May 19, 2020
Glade Spring, VA – Rebecca Lynn Carswell Glenn, age 62, passed on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. Rebecca was a graduate of Watauga High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest William Carswell and Nellie Gray Sides Carswell. Rebecca is survived by her husband, Barry Glenn; daughters, Heather Glenn and Christy Sanders; and her...
Gaynell Dickey Shortt Johnson
May 18, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Gaynell Dickey Shortt Johnson, age 70, passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 at her home. Gaynell was born in Grundy, Va., and lived there prior to moving to Abingdon in 1978. She worked as a hair stylist and cosmetician. Gaynell will be remembered as a happy, fun-loving, full of life person who loved to dance. She was...
William Frank "Billy" Sexton
May 17, 2020
Abingdon, Va. William Frank “Billy” Sexton, 65, passed on Sunday, May 17, 2020, in Johnson City Medical Center. Billy was a 1974 graduate of John Battle High School and attended Virginia Highlands Community College. He was a 6-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a former employee of Food Country USA. Billy is preceded in death by his...
Helen Mattilee Burke
May 17, 2020
Helen Mattilee Burke, age 86, of Abingdon, Va. and formerly of Dante, Va., passed away on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at her home. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, George Duff Campbell and Molly Belcher Campbell Richardson; brother, George Campbell; sister, Mildred Gillette; and an infant son. She is survived...
Paul Roosevelt Jackson
May 16, 2020
Abingdon, Va. Paul Roosevelt Jackson went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 16, 2020 at Commonwealth Senior Living in Abingdon at the age of 87. He was born on April 10, 1933 in Saltville, Va. He was the last living child of the late Bryant L. Jackson and Pocahontas Broady Jackson. He was preceded in death...
Helen Linder Clark
May 11, 2020
Helen Linder Clark, age 87, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 11, 2020, at her residence. She was a member of Abingdon Bible Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Edgar Linder and Katie Campbell Linder; husband, John T. Clark, Jr.; and son, Johnny Clark. Helen is survived by two sons, Lindy...
James Logan Cunningham, Sr.
May 10, 2020
Bristol, Va. James L. Cunningham, Sr., 92, passed away May 10, 2020. He was born December 30, 1927, in Holston, Virginia. Jim was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Elizabeth Rush; nine brothers and sisters; and parents Arthur C. and Ida H. Cunningham. He is survived by three sons: Johnny, Jack and wife Sherry, and Jimmy Cunningham, plus five...
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