Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Terrie Watts

Terrie Watts

Oct 14, 2011

Terrie Watts Ft. Blackmore, VA | October 14, 2011 Terrie Watts – Ft. Blackmore, VA Terrie Lynn Casteel Watts, 58, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away, Friday, October 14, 2011 at her residence. Terrie was born in Sullivan County, TN on April 25, 1953, the daughter of the late Paul S. and Becky Jane Million Casteel. She is survived by her...

Claudia Kern

Claudia Kern

Oct 13, 2011

Claudia Kern Duffield, VA | October 13, 2011 Claudia Qualls Kern – Duffield, VA Mrs. Claudia Qualls Kern, 91, passed away, Thursday, October 13, 2011 at Lonesome Pine Medical Center, Big Stone Gap, VA. Mrs. Kern was born in Scott County, VA on March 18, 1920 to the late Ernest Doyle and Ninnie Hamilton Qualls. In addition to her parents,...

James McElroy (Jim)

James McElroy (Jim)

Oct 12, 2011

James (Jim) McElroy Gate City, VA | October 12, 2011 Jim McElroy – Gate City, VA James (Jim) McElroy, 72, Gate City, VA passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011. He was born in Norton, VA on February 25, 1939, the son of the late Lester and Paralee Hill McElroy. Jim moved to Gate City in 1950. He was a Shoemaker...

Jeffrey Lee Baker

Jeffrey Lee Baker

Oct 10, 2011

Jeffrey Lee Baker Lakeland, FL | October 10, 2011 Jeffrey Lee Baker – Lakeland, FL Jeffrey Lee Baker, 61, departed this life Monday, October 10, 2011, following a brief illness. Jeff was born January 11, 1950 and graduated from Gate City High School where he excelled in sports. He continued his football career at the Georgia Institute of Technology and...

Marie Hilton Mann

Marie Hilton Mann

Oct 10, 2011

Marie Hilton Mann Bristol, VA | October 10, 2011 Marie Hilton Mann – Bristol, VA Marie Hilton Mann, 93, Bristol, VA passed away, Monday, October 10, 2011 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Mann was born in Scott County, VA on August 13, 1918 to the late Henry and Mellie Gibson Hilton. She graduated from Dungannon High School in 1937...

Buddy Allison

Buddy Allison

Oct 2, 2011

Buddy Allison Kingsport, TN | October 02, 2011 Buddy Allison – Kingsport, TN Mr. C.R. "Buddy" Allison, 76, Kingsport, TN passed away Sunday, October 2, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Allison was born January 7, 1935 in Smyth County, VA to the late Clarence S. and Nellie Smith Allison. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...

Mary Kate Clark

Mary Kate Clark

Sep 30, 2011

Mary Kate Clark Gray, TN | September 30, 2011 Mary Kate Clark – Gray, TN Mary Kate Frazier Clark, 96, Gray, TN passed away, Friday, September 30, 2011 at the Life Care Center, Gray, TN. Mrs. Clark was born in Scott County, VA on July 31, 1915, the daughter of the late Victor Lee and Lela Mae Cox Frazier. Some...

James Lane

James Lane

Sep 25, 2011

James Lane Kingsport, TN | September 25, 2011 KINGSPORT – James E. (Edward) Lane, age 83, Kingsport, went to be with The Lord at 1:20 a.m. Sunday following a brief illness. Born in Rye Cove, VA, he met and married the love of his life, Agnes Fields Lane, following a time of service to his country. A short time later,...

Rufus Russell

Rufus Russell

Sep 23, 2011

Rufus Russell Duffield, VA | September 23, 2011 Rufus Russell – Duffield, VA Rufus Russell, 90, Duffield, VA passed away, Friday, September 23, 2011 at his residence with his family by his side. Mr. Russell was born in Scott County, VA on October 12, 1920, the son of the William Clark and Haley Brunner Russell. He was a veteran of...

Candy Bray

Candy Bray

Sep 16, 2011

Candy Bray Duffield, VA | September 16, 2011 Candy Bray – Duffield, VA. Duard Edward "Candy" Bray, 84, of Duffield, VA passed away Friday, September 16, 2011 at his residence in Duffield, VA with his family by his side. Mr. Bray was born in Scott County, VA on June 21, 1927, the son of the late Ballard and Stella Bryant...

Charlotte Ann Wallen

Charlotte Ann Wallen

Sep 15, 2011

Charlotte Ann Wallen Weber City, VA | September 15, 2011 Charlotte Ann Wallen – Weber City, VA Charlotte Ann Wallen, 54, of Weber City, VA went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, September 15, 2011, after a lengthy illness with Scleroderma. II Timothy 4:7 "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I...

N. Darrel Bolling

N. Darrel Bolling

Sep 14, 2011

N. Darrel Bolling Gate City, VA | September 14, 2011 Darrel Bolling — Gate City, VA N. Darrel Bolling, 87, Gate City, VA passed away, Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1923 in Flat Gap, VA to Jesse O. and Della Kilgore Bolling. He was a veteran of the United States...

Fred A. Wheatley Jr.

Fred A. Wheatley Jr.

Sep 12, 2011

Fred A. Wheatley Jr. Nickelsville, VA | September 12, 2011 Fred A. Wheatley, Jr. – Nickelsville, VA. Fred A. Wheatley, Jr., 52, of Nickelsville, VA passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011 at Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr. Wheatley was born June 16, 1959 in Kingsport, TN. He was a graduate of Twin Springs High School in the class of 1977....

Norma Jean Kilgore

Norma Jean Kilgore

Sep 10, 2011

Norma Jean Kilgore Nickelsville, VA | September 10, 2011 Norma Jean Kilgore – Nickelsville, VA Norma Jean Kilgore, 78, went to be with Jesus with her loving family by her side on Saturday, September 10, 2011. Mrs. Kilgore was born July 14, 1933. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Roy W. Kilgore, Jr.; her mother and father,...

Earl Eugene Davidson Sr.

Earl Eugene Davidson Sr.

Sep 8, 2011

Earl Eugene Davidson, Sr. Ft. Blackmore, VA | September 08, 2011 Earl Eugene Davidson, Sr.– Ft. Blackmore, VA Earl Eugene Davidson, Sr., 66, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away Thursday, September 8, 2011at his residence. Mr. Davidson was born in Scott County, VA on March 28, 1945, the son of the late Cornelius and Ora Baldwin Davidson. In addition to his...

Barbara NeSmith Bass

Barbara NeSmith Bass

Sep 7, 2011

Barbara NeSmith Bass Nickelsville, VA | September 07, 2011 Barbara NeSmith Bass – Nickelsville, VA Mrs. Barbara NeSmith Bass, 80, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Wednesday, September 7, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Bass was born December 9, 1930 in Florida to the late Elijah Dewey and Annie Lou Marsh NeSmith. Her husband, Ernest L. Bass, Sr. and...

Sallie Mae Compton

Sallie Mae Compton

Sep 5, 2011

Sallie Mae Compton Ft. Blackmore, VA | September 05, 2011 Sallie Mae Compton – Ft. Blackmore, VA Sallie Mae Compton, 82, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away, Monday, September 5, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Compton was born in Scott County, VA on December 20, 1928, the daughter of the late Garland and Melinda Frances Perry Lane. In...

William O. "Bill" Thompson

William O. "Bill" Thompson

Sep 2, 2011

William O. "Bill" Thompson Duffield, VA | September 02, 2011 Bill Thompson – Duffield, VA William "Bill" Orben Thompson, 87, Duffield, VA passed away, Friday evening, September 2, 2011 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Mr. Thompson was born in Slant, VA in Scott County on February 2, 1924 to the late Thomas and Callie Rhodes Thompson. He was a...

Clint Wallace "Wob" Taylor

Clint Wallace "Wob" Taylor

Sep 2, 2011

Clint Wallace "Wob" Taylor Duffield, VA | September 02, 2011 Clint "Wob" Taylor – Duffield, VA Clint Wallace "Wob" Taylor, 78, Duffield, VA passed away Friday, September 2, 2011 at Indian Path Medical Center after a very long illness. Wob was a loving husband, brother, brother-in-law, and a great uncle. He loved farming, fishing, and gardening. He was the most...

Mary McCarty

Mary McCarty

Aug 30, 2011

Mary McCarty Dungannon, VA | August 30, 2011 She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. ~ Proverbs 3:15, 17 Mary McCarty – Dungannon, VA Mary McCarty of Dungannon went to heaven on her 65th birthday,...