Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Charles  Kay Tipton

Charles  Kay Tipton

Mar 16, 2014

Charles Kay Tipton – Blountville, TN Charles K. Tipton, 80, Blountville, TN passed away, Sunday, March 16, 2014 at the Life Care Center, Gray, TN. Mr. Tipton was born in Scott County, VA on December 22, 1933, son of the late John Everet and Margaret Ellen Bledsoe Tipton. Charles was a painter and a veteran of the United States Army...

Allen Roy Wallen

Allen Roy Wallen

Mar 13, 2014

Allen Roy Wallen – Kingsport, TN Allen Roy Wallen, 78, Kingsport, TN went home to be with his Lord, Thursday, March 13, 2014 at his residence. Born in Scott County, VA on May 19, 1935, he was the son of the late William Earnest and Pearlie Hale Wallen. He was of the Baptist faith and attended Ross Campground UMC and...

Virginia Dingus

Virginia Dingus

Mar 9, 2014

Irene Owens Dingus – Rye Cove, VA Irene Owens Dingus, 78, Rye Cove, VA joined the Heavenly Choir on Sunday, March 9, 2014 at the home of her daughter, Sandra. She was born August 2, 1935 to the late Charlie and Lula Baldwin Owens. She was a homemaker and a wonderful Mamaw to all who knew her. She was a...

Wanda Raines

Wanda Raines

Mar 8, 2014

Wanda Bernice Raines – Dungannon, VA Wanda B. Duncan Raines, 62, Dungannon, VA, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Mrs. Raines was born in Scott County, VA on April 27, 1951 to the late Wrightly and Beulah Dockery. Wanda was a member of the First Baptist Church of Dungannon and an honorary...

Robert Dean

Robert Dean

Mar 2, 2014

Robert Harold Dean – Nickelsville, VA Robert Harold Dean, 90, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Sunday, March 2, 2014 at Wexford House, Kingsport, TN. Mr. Dean was born in Scott County, VA on April 19, 1923 to the late Robert Tennessee and Dona Jane McConnell Dean. Robert was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the European Theatre and...

Virgie Gilliam

Virgie Gilliam

Mar 1, 2014

Faye Gilliam – Gate City, VA Virgie Faye Joyner Gilliam, 86, Daniel Boone community of Gate City, VA went to be with the Lord on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Faye was born in Scott County, VA on March 9, 1927. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Frank...

Mitchell Alan Darnell

Mitchell Alan Darnell

Feb 28, 2014

Alan Darnell – Gate City, VA Mitchell Alan Darnell, 48, Gate City, VA passed away, Friday, February 28, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. Alan was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee on June 13, 1965 to Jewel Bledsoe Perry and the late Mitchell Martin Darnell (2008). In addition to his father, his step...

Robin Page

Robin Page

Feb 26, 2014

Robin Page – Kingsport, TN Robin Rena Page, 47, Kingsport, TN passed away, Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a long and courageous battle with lupus. Robin was born in Sullivan County, TN on November, 26, 1966 to the late Billy Charles Page and Peggy Irene Lane Starnes. She was a graduate and athlete of...

Ima Jean Smith

Ima Jean Smith

Feb 17, 2014

Ima Jean Smith Nickelsville, VA | February 17, 2014 Ima Jean Smith – Nickelsville, VA Ima Jean Smith, 71, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Monday, February 17, 2014 at Nova Health and Rehab, Weber City, VA. Mrs. Smith was born in Scott County, VA on June 22, 1942 to Lois Babb and the late Claude Babb. In addition to her father,...

Claude Ancil Sluss

Claude Ancil Sluss

Feb 17, 2014

Claude Ancil Sluss Dungannon, VA | February 17, 2014 Claude Ancil Sluss – Dungannon, VA Thank God he suffers no more. Claude Ancil Sluss, 75, Dungannon, VA passed away, Monday, February 17, 2014 at Holston Manor, Kingsport, TN. Claude was born in Scott County, VA on December 10. 1938. He was the son of the late Clarence William and Myrtle...

Nellie Ann Lane Falin

Nellie Ann Lane Falin

Feb 16, 2014

Nellie Ann Lane Falin Gate City, VA | February 16, 2014 Nellie Ann Falin – Gate City, VA Nellie Ann (Lane) Falin, 67, Gate City, VA passed away, Sunday, February 16, 2014 at Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, VA after a courageous battle with Breast Cancer since 2002, which she bravely fought with chemo and radiation. In 2007,...

Jessie Lee Hill

Jessie Lee Hill

Feb 12, 2014

Jessie Lee Hill Gate City, VA | February 12, 2014 Jessie Lee Hill – Gate City, VA I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2nd Timothy4:7 Jessie Lee Hill, 77, Gate City, VA went to be with her Lord, Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Hill...

Charles Jefferson McFarlane

Charles Jefferson McFarlane

Feb 10, 2014

Charles Jefferson McFarlane Nickelsville, VA | February 10, 2014 DUE TO THE CURRENT WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FAMILY HAS REQUESTED THAT FRIENDS NOT TRY TO TRAVEL ON THE ROADS. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE FOR CHARLIE MCFARLANE TONIGHT , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014. THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL BE MEETING HERE AT THE FUNERAL HOME AT 10:15 AM , FRIDAY, FEBRUARY...

Margaret Marie Sampson Willis

Margaret Marie Sampson Willis

Feb 4, 2014

Margaret Marie Sampson Willis Weber City, VA | February 04, 2014 Margaret Willis – Weber City, VA Margaret Marie (Sampson) Willis 82, Weber City, VA born February 23, 1931 departed this life for her home in Heaven February 4, 2014. She was born in Scott County, VA to the late Bill and Lola Lunsford Sampson. Margaret was a homemaker who...

Booty France

Booty France

Feb 1, 2014

Booty France Gate City, VA | February 01, 2014 Booty France – Gate City, VA Bascom "Booty" France 83, Gate City, VA, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014at Nova Health Care, Weber City, Va. He was born in Scott County, VA onMay, 10, 1930 to the late Melvin Milo and Roma McDavid France. He attended Red Hill Freewill Baptist Church...

Rick Woods

Rick Woods

Jan 28, 2014

Rick Woods Hiltons, VA | January 28, 2014 Richard Allen "Blue" Woods – Hiltons, VA Rick Woods, 57, Hiltons, VA went home with Jesus Tuesday morning, January 28, 2014 at 6:20 a.m. at his residence. Rick was born in Washington County, VA on June 23, 1956 to Thelma Leonard Woods and the late R.J. Woods. Rick was a born again...

Curtis Gilliam

Curtis Gilliam

Jan 27, 2014

Curtis Gilliam Duffield, VA | January 27, 2014 Curtis Gilliam – Duffield, VA Curtis Gilliam, 92, Duffield, VA passed away, Monday, January 27, 2014 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr. Gilliam was born in Tazewell County, VA on October 22, 1921 to the late Charlie and Pearl Rhodes Gilliam. Curtis was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. He was...

Samuel Craig Taylor

Samuel Craig Taylor

Jan 24, 2014

Samuel Craig Taylor Duffield, VA | January 24, 2014 Craig Taylor – Duffield, VA Samuel Craig Taylor, 46, Duffield, VA passed away, Friday, January 24, 2014 at his residence on Purchase Ridge of Scott County, VA of an apparent heart attack. Craig was born in Sullivan County, TN on April 18, 1967 to the late Arthur Paul Eugene Taylor and...

April Rose Bettis

April Rose Bettis

Jan 24, 2014

April Rose Bettis Powell, TN | January 24, 2014 April Rose Bettis – Powell, TN April Rose Bettis, 33, Powell, TN passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at Tenova Healthcare in Powell, TN. She was born in Sullivan County, TN on March 14, 1980 to Barry McNish and Peggy Kendrick. April is survived by her husband, William Bettis, Powell, TN;...