Obituaries
David Leon Rhoten
Mar 23, 2018
Damascus, Va. David Leon Rhoten, age 65, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. David was born February 25, 1953 in Washington County, Va. David was national service manager for Royal Building Products and had been employed by the company for nineteen years. He was a member of One Way Ministries in Damascus, Va. and...
Freddie Lynn Wilson
Mar 23, 2018
Freddie Lynn Wilson, age 57, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord and was reunited with his parents, Fred Holmes Wilson and Norma Jean Hutchinson Wilson, on Friday, March 23, 2018. He had accepted the Lord as his Savior and was an avid Virginia Tech and Atlanta Braves fan. Freddie is survived by his wife, Polly Anna O’Quinn...
William "Bill" (Nu-Nu) Thomas Blevins, Jr.
Mar 21, 2018
Abingdon, VA.- William “Bill” (Nu-Nu) Thomas Blevins, Jr., age 96, passed away at his home on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Bill was employed by Piggly Wiggly in Abingdon as a master butcher. He later moved to Baltimore, MD, and worked for Safeway Stores. In 1991, he and his wife, Cletus, returned to Abingdon. Bill was a U.S. Army Veteran of...
Wanda Jean Walton Wright
Mar 21, 2018
Bristol, TN – Wanda Jean Walton Wright, age 56, passed on Wednesday, March 21, 2018, in Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, TN. Wanda was a graduate of Marion Senior High School and was also the former owner of Little Bit’s Pizza and Wright Field Restaurant in Marion, VA. She was employed as a registered nurse for Baptist Hospital in Nashville,...
Maxie Evelyn Hayes Jackson
Mar 20, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Maxie Evelyn Hayes Jackson, age 81, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Born in Raven, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Marie Hubbard, and was a member of the Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Church. She was a resident of the area most of her life until she...
Lorrie Elizabeth Webb
Mar 18, 2018
Lorrie Elizabeth Webb, age 54, passed away, Sunday, March 18, 2018. A time of remembrance will be held Friday, March 23, 2018 from 5-9 p.m. in the Washington County Moose Lodge #1966, 15605 Porterfield Hwy., Abingdon, Va. The family invites everyone to come and share this time of remembrance. Lorrie will always be remembered for her heart of gold and...
Earl Lester Blackwell
Mar 17, 2018
Abingdon, Va Earl Lester Blackwell, age 75, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 17, 2018. He was a lifelong resident of Abingdon. Earl worked at Washington Motor Company for over twenty years, and then owned and operated has own auto body repair shop until he retired. He was a lifelong fisherman and could be found on the...
Dorothy Wolfe ReMine
Mar 15, 2018
Dorothy Wolfe ReMine, age 95, of Bristol, Tenn., passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at the Wellmont Hospice House. She was born September 15, 1922, the third of four children born to the late Daniel Lee Wolfe and Nettie McClellan Wolfe. Dot was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a member of Redeemer Lutheran Church and attended...
Sandra "Sandi" Ryan Rathke
Mar 12, 2018
Sandra “Sandi” Ryan Rathke went to be with her Lord on march 12, 2018 at her home in Damascus, Va after a courageous battle with dementia. Sandi was born on 9/12/1949 at Fort Shelby Hospital in Bristol, Virginia. She lived most of her life in Bristol and the Meadowview Virginia area. She graduated from Patrick Henry High School, Glade Spring,...
Anita Maria Lockhart
Mar 11, 2018
Glade Spring, Va. Anita Maria Lockhart, 55, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. She spent most of her life in Glade Spring and worked in textiles, food service and home health care industries. Anita was a member of Mount Calvary Church. She loved to cook, and she spent hours reviewing recipes and watching cooking...
Warren Lewis Smythers
Mar 10, 2018
Warren “Lewis” Smythers, age 93, formerly of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Elmcroft of Kingsport, Tenn. He was born May 29, 1924, to the late Walter Painter Smythers and Cora Augusta Jones Smythers in Carroll County, Va. Lewis was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in the Pacific Theater during World War...
Elizabeth "Betty" Young
Mar 10, 2018
Elizabeth Mae “Betty” Young, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on March 10, 2018, at the Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Va. She was born on February 20, 1937, in Bristol, Va. to the late Neil Ferguson Young and Elizabeth (Crowgey) Young. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Elizabeth “Beth” Poff; son-in-law, James Norman Poff; and by her sister, Barbara...
Alice Bradley Porterfield
Mar 9, 2018
Alice Bradley Porterfield, age 73, of Abingdon, Va., passed away at her home on Friday, March 9, 2018, after a brave and determined fight against cancer. She was surrounded by her family. Alice was the daughter of the late Glen Wallace Bradley and Lucille Pickle Bradley. She was born on June 26, 1944, in Abingdon, Va. She was a graduate...
Patricia "Pat" Burnop Phillips
Mar 8, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Patricia “Pat” Burnop Phillips went home on Thursday March 8, 2018 in Johnson City Medical Center. She was born May 12, 1939 in Rural Retreat, VA to the late Lee and Vivian Burnop. Pat grew up in Marion, VA and graduated from Marion Senior High School. She also attended Draughons Business School in Bluefield, VA and worked...
Kathryn Elizabeth Otey
Mar 7, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Kathryn Elizabeth Taylor Otey, age 65, passed on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Kathy served as a hospital housekeeper for many years and was also a former employee of Chick-N-Little Restaurant. She is preceded in death by her parents, William and Ruth Vivian Alvertie Taylor, and son, Jerry Otey. Kathy is survived by four brothers, Charlie, Billy, Don,...
Sharleen Joyce Hout Miller
Mar 5, 2018
Abingdon, Va. Sharleen Joyce Hout Miller, 76, went to be with the Lord on March 5, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Always with a servant’s heart and quiet strength, she lived a life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren. She modeled her life after her mother, Lucinda “Pearl” Hout Friggins. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Unice Geraldine "Judy" Thompson
Mar 5, 2018
Raleigh, N.C. Unice Geraldine "Judy" Thompson, 83, passed away at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh on Monday, March 5, 2018. She had lived most of her life in Meadowview, Va., moving to Abingdon, Va. in 2000. She had spent the last two years of her life living with her son at his home in Raleigh. Unice enjoyed gardening, especially growing...
Jimmy Clawson
Mar 4, 2018
Jimmy Wayne “ Humpy” “Lawn Mower Man” Clawson, age 60, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018. Mr. Clawson was born November 25, 1957, in Elizabethton, Tenn. to the late Charles Clawson and the late Elma Campbell Clawson. Mr. Clawson was a United States Army Veteran and attented Mendota Log Church. He enjoyed working on and selling lawn mowers at the...
Roy Kenneth Holmes
Mar 4, 2018
Roy Kenneth Holmes, age 84, of Hampton, Va., passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018, after a brief illness. Kenneth, born in Russell County, Va. on March 16, 1933, was the son of the late Ralph Holmes and Sally Jessee Holmes. Raised in Russell and Washington Counties, Kenneth graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1956 and moved to Hampton,...
Lester Wright
Mar 1, 2018
Bristol, TN – Lester Wright, 86, passed on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at his home. Lester was born and raised in Clinchport, VA to the late William Harvey and Jenny Bellamy Wright. He was a graduate of Clinchport High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran. Lester received degrees from East Tennessee State University, Hiwassee College, and Louisiana State University...
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