Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Nella Kilgore

Nella Kilgore

Jun 18, 2015

Nella Kilgore – Kingsport, TN Nella Rhea Kilgore, 77, Kingsport, TN went to be with the Lord, Thursday, June 18, 2015 unexpectedly at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a very active member of Christ Church of Kingsport. She was preceded in death by her parents, Barney and Ellen Rose; four brothers, Henry, Jay, Elmer, and Kenneth Rose; and...

Malcolm Hill

Malcolm Hill

Jun 16, 2015

Malcolm Hill – Church Hill, TN Malcolm Thomas Hill, 69, of Church Hill, TN passed away Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center as the result of a motorcycle accident. A native of Scott County, VA, he was born February 12, 1946 to Dewey Hill and Thelma Casteel Hill. Malcolm worked at Kingsport Press/Quebecor for over 40...

Theda Carter

Theda Carter

Jun 16, 2015

Theda Jewell Carter – Kingsport, TN On June 16, 2015 the Lord called and Theda Jewell (Clark) Carter answered. She passed away peacefully at the age of 94 at Holston Manor Nursing Home after a short illness. Theda was a beautician from 1952 - 2010, making her the oldest working beautician during 2010. She was a member of Holston View...

Douglas Ketron II

Douglas Ketron II

Jun 15, 2015

Douglas “Doug” Wayne Ketron II – Gray, TN Douglas Wayne Ketron II, 51, Gray, TN passed away, Monday, June 15, 2015 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital. Mr. Ketron was born in Sullivan County, TN on March 18, 1964 and was the son of Jeanette Lee Herron Ketron Shew and the late Douglas Wayne Ketron I. Doug was a very...

James Samuel "Jim" Castle

James Samuel "Jim" Castle

Jun 12, 2015

James Samuel Castle – Kingsport, TN James Castle, 70, Kingsport, TN joined his parents, Arthur Brown and Lois Elizabeth Castle in Heaven on June 12, 2015. His death was unexpected. He fought a brave fight, but in the end, it was his time. Jim was born on Little Duck Ridge in Nickelsville, VA on October 31, 1944. He leaves behind...

Rickey Williams

Rickey Williams

Jun 12, 2015

Rickey Lynn Williams – Weber City, VA I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Timothy 4:7 Rickey Lynn Williams, 55, Weber City, VA passed away, Friday, June 12, 2015 at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN. Rickey was born in Sullivan County, TN on March 17, 1960 to the late James...

Beulah Saul

Beulah Saul

Jun 6, 2015

Beulah Faye Saul – Gate City, VA Beulah Faye Saul, 77, Gate City, VA passed away on June 6, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center after a long illness. Beulah was born in Scott County, VA on March 23, 23, 1938, and was a daughter of the late Ralph and Frankie Sweeney Sluss. In addition to her parents, her first...

Hazel Carter

Hazel Carter

Jun 6, 2015

Hazel Carter – Gate City, VA Hazel Faye McClelland Carter, 87, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Mrs. Carter was born in Scott County, VA on November 7, 1927, and was the daughter of the late M.L. “Fed” and Elsie Mae Blair McClelland. She and her husband started the first...

Mary Arnold

Mary Arnold

Jun 3, 2015

Mary Ella Wells Arnold – Gate City, VA Mary Ella Wells Arnold, 83, Gate City, VA passed away, Thursday, June 4, 2015 at NOVA Health and Rehab, Weber City, VA. Mary Ella was born in Scott County, VA on August 17, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Rev. Mitchell and Alice Rhoton Sloan. In addition her parents, her...

Wanda Quillen

Wanda Quillen

Jun 2, 2015

Wanda Jo Quillen – Gate City, VA Wanda Jo Quillen, 56, Gate City, VA passed away, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a very brief illness. Wanda Jo was born in Scott County, VA on February 12, 1959 and was the daughter of Helen Bernice Castle Quillen and the late Kelly Ezra Quillen. Wanda was...

Herman Randolph Spriggs

Herman Randolph Spriggs

Jun 1, 2015

Herman R. Spriggs, Jr. – Gate City, VA Herman Randolph Spriggs, Jr. (73) – Gate City, VA passed away, Monday, June 1, 2015 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Herman was born on July 3, 1941 in Washington, DC but lived most of his life in Gate City, VA. He was a long time member of The Church...

Cecil C. Bowen

Cecil C. Bowen

Jun 1, 2015

Cecil “Johnny” Bowen – Duffield, VA Cecil C. “Johnny” Bowen, 90, Duffield, VA passed away, Monday, June 1, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center. Johnny was born in Scott County, VA on June 6, 1924 and was the son of the late Lark Howard and Anna Lou Griffin Bowen. He was the owner and operator for 63 years of L.H....

Maynard Jordan

Maynard Jordan

May 31, 2015

Maynard C. Jordan – Nickelsville, VA Maynard C. Jordan, 86, Nickelsville, VA went to be with the Lord, Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Wise County, VA on March 15, 1930. He was the son of the late Roy Dayton and Bessie Ruth Holbrook Jordan. He served in the Army where he...

Carl Edward Muncey Jr.

Carl Edward Muncey Jr.

May 29, 2015

Carl Edward Muncey, Sr. – Gate City, VA Carl Edward Muncey, Sr., 80, Gate City, VA passed away, Friday, May 29, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Muncey was born in Sullivan County, TN on October 14, 1934 and was the son of the late John Muncey and Rena Mae Hattaway. He retired from The Kingsport Press with 40 plus year...

Brenda Greer

Brenda Greer

May 26, 2015

Carolyn Greer – Kingsport, TN Brenda Carolyn Dykes Greer, 62, Kingsport, TN was welcomed into the arms of her precious Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, wrapped in love and overshadowed by the grace of God. Carolyn was born in Sullivan County, on May 28, 1952 to the late Earnest Martin and Opal Mae Frazier Compton. She was...

Nancy Berry

Nancy Berry

May 25, 2015

Nancy Ann Berry – Blackwater, VA Nancy Ann Berry, 83, Blackwater, VA passed away, Monday, May 25, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN. Mrs. Berry was born in Scott County, VA on April 20, 1932, the daughter of the late John Henry and Rose Ann Tomlinson Gibson. In addition to her parents, her husband, Bob Berry; son,...

Terry Dwight Calhoun

Terry Dwight Calhoun

May 23, 2015

Terry D. Calhoun – Gate City, VA Terry D. Calhoun, 57, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Terry was born in Sullivan County, TN on December 22, 1957, son of the late James “Jimbo” and Mary Belle Pierson Calhoun. Terry loved his God, family, and hunting and fishing....

Shelby Thacker

Shelby Thacker

May 13, 2015

Shelby Joyce Thacker – Kingsport, TN Shelby Joyce Thacker, 68, Kingsport, TN entered into rest at Holston Valley Medical Center May 13, 2015. She was born in Virginia May 19, 1946 and was the daughter of Fritz and Effie Cox McAmis. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents; a sister, Betty Sue McAmis and a brother, Richard Frank...

Alice Powres

Alice Powres

May 12, 2015

Alice Sue (Hobbs) Powers, 74, of Santa Clarita, California, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 12, 2015. She was born on Oct. 3, 1940, to John and Letha (Starnes) Hobbs in Scott County, Virginia. She was a former resident of Franklin, Indiana. Sue is preceded in death by her parents; husband Omar Powers; son Timothy Powers; and brothers Edgar Hobbs, Eugene...

Harlan Kyle "H.K." Templeton

Harlan Kyle "H.K." Templeton

May 6, 2015

Harlan Kyle Templeton, 79, of Maryville TN, formerly of Kingsport, TN passed away Wednesday May 6th at home. Born and raised in the Copper Creek community in Gate City, Va. H.K., as his friends and family called him, will be remembered as a loving father, husband and a great friend to many. He is preceded in death by his wife...