Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Vickie Darlene Edens

Vickie Darlene Edens

Jun 13, 2011

Vickie Darlene Edens Duffield, VA | June 13, 2011 Vickie Darlene Edens, 44 Duffield, VA Vickie was a special angel sent from heaven to Rufus and Visey Edens December 19, 1966. She was born with illness but she was a wonderful ray of sunshine with a tender heart that would always put a smile on everyone's face. Vickie loved being...

Emmitt "Dick" Odle

Emmitt "Dick" Odle

Jun 11, 2011

Emmitt "Dick" Odle Nickelsville, VA | June 11, 2011 Dick Odle – Nickelsville, VA Though your smile is gone forever, and your hand I cannot touch, I still have so many memories, of the one I love so much. Your memory is a keepsake with which I'll never part; God has you in his keeping, I have you in my...

Ayleigha Lashea Mullins

Ayleigha Lashea Mullins

Jun 8, 2011

Ayleigha Lashea Mullins Yuma, VA | June 08, 2011 Ayleigha Lashea Mullins – Yuma, VA God needed an angel and on Monday, June 6, 2011, he chose to call Ayleigha Leshea Mullins to be that angel. She is preceded in death by her great-grandparents Glyn and Dorothy Stump and George Mullins. She is survived by her mother Miranda Mullins and...

Norma Mae Carter

Norma Mae Carter

Jun 8, 2011

Norma Mae Carter Nickelsville, VA | June 08, 2011 Norma Mae Carter – Nickelsville, VA Mrs. Norma Mae Carter, 63, Nickelsville, VA went home to be with Jesus, Wednesday, June 8, 2011. She was preceded in death by her son, Tony Eugene Bishop and James Aaron Smith, her mother, Dorothy Mae Phillips and sister, Thelma Faye Frazier. She is survived...

Eva Nell Collins

Eva Nell Collins

Jun 1, 2011

Eva Nell Collins Kingsport, TN | June 01, 2011 Eva Nell Collins – Kingsport, TN Eva Nell Kimbler Collins received the greatest gift of all on her 80th birthday; that of eternal life in her heavenly home on June 1, 2011. Born in Kingsport, Tennessee on June 1, 1931 to the late Andy and Jane Renfro Kimbler, she resided in...

Elmer E. Edens

Elmer E. Edens

May 31, 2011

Elmer E. Edens Duffiled, VA | May 31, 2011 Elmer (Moe) Edens ~ Duffield, VA Elmer (Moe) Edens, 59, Duffield, VA entered into eternal rest, Tuesday, May 31, 2011at his residence. Moe was born in Scott County, VA on October 28, 1951, the son of Visey Collins Edens and the late Rufus Tucker Edens. Surviving is his mother, Visey Collins...

Benny L. Dooley

Benny L. Dooley

May 29, 2011

Benny L. Dooley Gate City, VA | May 29, 2011 Benny L. Dooley – Gate City, VA II Timothy 4:7 ~ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Benny L. Dooley, 57, Gate City, VA left this walk of life May 29, 2011 surrounded by his loving family to be with...

Donald McDavid

Donald McDavid

May 28, 2011

Donald McDavid Duffield, VA | May 28, 2011 Donald McDavid ~ Duffield, VA Donald McDavid 61, went to be with the Lord on May 28, 2011 at his residence. Mr. McDavid was born in Scott County, VA to the late John Henry and Lois Hall McDavid. He was a loving husband, father and papaw. Donald was a member of Durham's...

Jerri Ellen Davenport

Jerri Ellen Davenport

May 26, 2011

Jerri Ellen Davenport Kingsport, TN | May 26, 2011 Jerri Ellen Davenport – Jonesboro, TN Jerri Davenport, 61, Jonesboro, TN went to be with the Lord after a courageous battle with cancer, Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Born March 23, 1950, she was the daughter of the late Edward Paul and Pauline Charlie Vanderpool Osborne....

Glenn Ray Gillenwater

Glenn Ray Gillenwater

May 24, 2011

Glenn Ray Gillenwater Kingsport, TN | May 24, 2011 Glenn Ray Gillenwater – Kingsport, TN May the angels and our Lord Jesus Christ watch over you. You will truly be missed. Glenn Ray Gillenwater, 43, departed this life at his home in Kingsport on May 24, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Glenn was born June 9, 1967, one of seven...

Margaret Meade

Margaret Meade

May 16, 2011

Margaret Meade Nickelsville, VA | May 16, 2011 Margaret Lou Sluss Meade – Nickelsville, VA Mrs. Margaret Lou Sluss Meade, 71, Nickelsville, VA passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Margaret was born in Scott County, VA on April 1, 1940, the daughter of the late Ballard and Lois Sweeney Sluss. She was a member...

Destiny Lynn Vincent

Destiny Lynn Vincent

May 14, 2011

Destiny Lynn Vincent Duffield, VA | May 14, 2011 For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 Destiny Lynn Vincent — Duffield, VA Destiny Lynn Vincent, baby daughter of Rebecca and Eric Vincent, went to be with Jesus, Saturday, May 14,...

Diana Blevins Throckmorton

Diana Blevins Throckmorton

May 10, 2011

Diana Blevins Throckmorton Lynchburg, VA | May 10, 2011 Diana Blevins Throckmorton Lynchburg, Virginia | May 10, 2011 Diana Blevins Throckmorton, 62, entered into rest, far too early, on May 10, 2011, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. She was born July 19, 1948 in Coeburn Virginia, daughter of the late Loyd and Ella Blevins of Scott County, Virginia....

Ezra Leon Williams

Ezra Leon Williams

May 8, 2011

Ezra Leon Williams Kingsport, TN | May 08, 2011 Ezra Leon Williams – Kingsport, TN Ezra Leon Williams, 86, Kingsport, TN passed away, Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Holston Manor. Mr. Williams was born in Scott County, VA on March 20, 1925, son of the late Henry and Ethel Bellamy Williams. He served in the U.S. Navy and was an...

Emma Jean Lane

Emma Jean Lane

May 6, 2011

Emma Jean Lane Dungannon, VA | May 06, 2011 Emma Jean Lane – Dungannon, VA Mrs. Emma Jean Lane, 77, Dungannon, VA went to be with Jesus, Friday, May 6, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Lane was born in Scott County, VA on March 21, 1934, a daughter of the late Melissa Grace Dooley Sluss. She worked for twenty-seven...

Glen J. Eads

Glen J. Eads

May 3, 2011

Glen J. Eads Hiltons, VA | May 03, 2011 Glen J. Eads — Hiltons, VA Glen J. Eads went to be with the Lord Monday May 2, 2011 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. He was born in Scott County, VA on June 20, 1936 to Homer and Leora Eads. He was preceded in death by his wife of...

Joan Rudder

Joan Rudder

Apr 30, 2011

Joan Rudder Dungannon, VA | April 30, 2011 Joan Rudder – Dungannon, VA Joan Rudder, 74, passed away Saturday, April 30th, at Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA after a lengthy illness. She was surrounded by her family and those who loved her. Born December 26, 1936, Joan was a lifelong resident of Dungannon, VA. She was a...

Sandra Kay Dishner

Sandra Kay Dishner

Apr 28, 2011

Sandra Kay Dishner Duffield, VA | April 28, 2011 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, "suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the Kingdom...

Phyllis Osborne

Phyllis Osborne

Apr 26, 2011

Phyllis Osborne Dungannon, VA | April 26, 2011 Phyllis Carolyn Osborne- Dungannon, VA Dungannon, VA — Phyllis Carolyn Osborne, 67 went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at the Brian Center, Weber City, VA, surrounded by her family. She was born in Scott County VA June 27, 1943, a daughter of Harvey and Estelle Tipton....

Richard Thurman "Papaw" Greear

Richard Thurman "Papaw" Greear

Apr 20, 2011

Richard Thurman "Papaw" Greear Gate City, VA | April 20, 2011 Richard "Papaw" Greear – Gate City, VA Richard Thurman "Papaw" Greear, 81, Gate City, VA passed away Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Greear was born in Wise County, VA on February 23, 1930, the son of the late Joe and Mary Winebarger Greear. He attended the...