Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area
Roy Lee "Doss" Hensley
Apr 13, 2017
Roy L. “Doss” Hensley – Gate City, VA Roy L. “Doss” Hensley, 67, Gate City, VA passed away on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Roy was born in Scott County, VA on October 17, 1949 to the late Charlie P. and Mattie G. (Kinkead) Hensley. In addition to his parents, his sister, Bertha...
Charlie Boyd Dean
Apr 12, 2017
Charlie Boyd Dean – Gate City, VA Charlie Boyd Dean, 79, Gate City, VA passed away, Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at his residence. Charlie was born in Scott County, VA on May 24, 1937 to the late Clifton and Hattie (Stapleton) Dean. He was retired from Quebecor Printing, Kingsport, TN after 37 years of service. His survivors include his wife...
Hazel Mathisen
Apr 11, 2017
Hazel V. Mathisen – Kingsport, TN Hazel V. Mathisen, 83, Kingsport, TN went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Holston Manor, Kingsport, TN. Born in Scott County, VA on November 28, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Wrightly and Margaret (Peters) Hammonds. Hazel attended several churches in her lifetime. At a young age, she...
Gregory James McConnell
Apr 7, 2017
Gregory James McConnell – Meadowview, VA Gregory James McConnell, 56, Meadowview, VA passed away on Friday, April 07, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Greg was born in Kingsport, TN on April 25, 1960 to Pia Erika (Rieden) McConnell and the late Frank Darrell McConnell. He graduated from Gate City High School and he received his bachelors...
Pearl Sanders
Apr 5, 2017
Pearl Sanders – Ft. Blackmore, VA Pearl Sanders, 79, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Mrs. Sanders was born in Scott County, VA .on September 1, 1937 to the late Ollie and Bessie Dooley Trivette. In addition to her parents, her husband, McCoy Sanders; sons, Rickey Allen and Jerry...
Charles Lee "Charlie" Dishner Sr.
Mar 31, 2017
Charles “Charlie” Lee Dishner, Sr. – Church Hill, TN Charles “Charlie” Lee Dishner, Sr., 81, Church Hill, TN passed away on Friday, March 31, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr. Dishner was born in Sullivan County, TN on September 3, 1935, the son of the late John William and Mary Madge (Gardner) Dishner. He was a farmer and...
Darrell Lee Britt Sr.
Mar 28, 2017
Darrell Lee Britt, Sr. – Nickelsville, VA Darrell Lee Britt, Sr., 61, Nickelsville, VA went Home to be with our Lord and Savior, Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at 12:10 a.m at his residence. He fought a courageous battle with COPD and cancer. Darrell was born in Charleston, WVA on March 14, 1956 and was the son of the late James...
Myrtle Carter
Mar 26, 2017
Myrtle Pierson “Grandmyr” Carter– Kingsport, TN Myrtle Pierson “Grandmyr” Carter, 97, Kingsport, TN passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Elmcroft Assisted Living Center, Kingsport, TN. Myrtle was born on January 24, 1920 to the late JW and Nannie Pierson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hobert Carter; son-in-law, Odell McConnell; 3...
Gerald Price
Mar 23, 2017
Gerald Keith Price – Weber City, VA Gerald Keith Price, 81, Weber City, VA passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at his residence. Gerald was born in Lee County, VA on March 10, 1936 to the late Claude and Euna (Sage) Price. In addition to his parents, his wife, Mary Sue Price; daughter, Julialene Calhoun; and sister, Mildred Smith...
Lillian Kern
Mar 21, 2017
Gena Chapman Kern – Kingsport, TN Lillian Genarose (Chapman) Kern, 49, passed away, Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Medical Center. Gena was born in Sullivan County, TN on November 30, 1967 to Eugene Charles Chapman and the late Dorothy Mae Smith Chapman. Lillian Genarose Kern, known as “Gena” to her friends and family was a daughter, wife, sister,...
Jane Crass
Mar 20, 2017
Jane Williams Crass • Mar 20, 2017 at 2:11 PM GATE CITY, VA/JOHNSON CITY - Jane Williams Crass, age 72, of Gate City, VA and Johnson City, TN went home to be with her Heavenly Father after a brief illness. Jane was a daughter of the late James William “Bill” Shelton and the late Nell Castle Fields. She was a...
James Taylor
Mar 19, 2017
James Elbert Taylor – Weber City, VA II Timothy 4:7 ~ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the Faith. James Elbert Taylor, 89, Weber City, VA passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at NOVA Health and Rehab Center, Weber City VA. Born in Scott County on August 13, 1927, he was...
Frank McConnell
Mar 17, 2017
Frank Darrell (Poss) McConnell – Gate City, VA Frank Darrell (Poss) McConnell, a devoted and loving husband, father, and grandfather, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 17, 2017 at age 84. A lifelong resident of Scott County, VA, he enlisted in the US Army as a teen and met his wife, Pia Rieden, in Munich, Germany. After...
Ruth Hood
Mar 16, 2017
Ruth B. Hood– Duffield, VA Ruth B. Hood, our beloved mother, aged 94, went to be with her Lord and Savior, reuniting with her late husband and the love of her life, Garley H. Hood, Sr. She went peacefully the evening of Thursday, March 16, 2017, surrounded by her family. She was born on September 16, 1922 in Scott County,...
Anna Strong
Mar 15, 2017
Anna Rea Elliott Strong– Gate City, VA Anna Rea Elliott Strong, 89, Gate City, VA passed away on Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Elmcroft Assisted Living, Kingsport, TN. Anna Rea was born in Virginia on July 10, 1927 to the Dallance and Bessie Mae (Fraysier) Elliott. In addition to her parents, she also proceeded in death by her husband, Ernest...
Edith Newland
Mar 9, 2017
Edith (Nan) Gooden Newland – Kingsport, TN Edith (Nan) Gooden Newland, 97, Kingsport, TN went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at Elmcroft Senior Living Facility, Kingsport, TN. Nan was born in Sullivan County, TN on February 24, 1920 to the late Samuel and Lula McDavid Gooden. From the age of 17, Nan was the sunshine...
Ricky Dorton
Mar 4, 2017
Ricky Aaron Dorton, Sr., 57, Big Stone Gap, VA 1 Samuel 16:7 – ‘For the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart’ Ricky Aaron Dorton, 57, passed away at his residence on March 4, 2017. He was born on March 24, 1959, to Verna M. Dorton and...
Henry ""Pop"" Ecker
Mar 2, 2017
Henry Ecker, 93, Nickelsville, VA. Henry “Pop” Ecker, born April 17, 1923, in Stockton, NJ, passed away Thursday, March, 2, 2017, at the age of 93. He joined the Marines in April 1941, and served in the South Pacific during WWII where he earned a Purple Heart in the Battle of Okinawa. He married Jewel Irene Crary on January 26,...
Virginia France
Feb 26, 2017
Virginia Ruth France – Gate City, VA Virginia Ruth France, 82, Gate City, VA passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Ridgecrest Manor, Duffield, VA. Mrs. France was born in Scott County, VA .on November 11, 1934 to the late Alford and Nancy McDavid Quillen. In addition to her parents, her husband, Guy Roosevelt France preceded her in death. She...
Nannie Bishop
Feb 23, 2017
Nannie Tipton Bishop – Duffield, VA Do not weep for me, I am with Jesus. Born again years ago, Nannie Jane (Tipton) “Mem” Bishop passed away, Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Her parents, Kelly and Ellen (Carter) Tipton, along with her husband, Kelly Bishop (February 13, 1986); sister, Margaret Tipton and Hazel Herron; and brothers,...
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