Obituaries

Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Howard Isaac Stanley

Howard Isaac Stanley

Apr 5, 2022

Buck Stanley – Duffield, VA Howard “Buck” Stanley, 84, Duffield, VA passed away, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at Ballad Lonesome Pine Medical Center. Buck was born in Scott County, VA on October 15, 1937, and was the son of the late Billy J. and Effie (Dockery) Stanley and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, his grandson,...

Danny Ray Davis

Danny Ray Davis

Apr 1, 2022

Danny Ray Davis – Gate City, VA Danny Ray Davis, 63, Gate City, VA passed away, Friday, April 1, 2022, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Danny was born in Norton, VA, on October 18, 1958, and was the son of the late Clyde and Claylee (Babb) Davis. In addition to his parents, his wife, Francis Joan (Kinkead) Davis, and...

Walter Franklin Balthis

Walter Franklin Balthis

Mar 28, 2022

Walter Franklin Balthis – Gate City, VA Walter Franklin Balthis, 75, Gate City, VA went to be with his Lord, Monday, March 28, 2022, at his residence. Walter was born in Scott County, VA on April 19, 1946, and was the son of the late Roy Estes, Sr., and Margaret Jane (Wells) Balthis. He was a graduate of Gate City...

Ann Smythe (Kiss)

Ann Smythe (Kiss)

Mar 27, 2022

Ann K. Smythe entered heaven’s golden gates and was received with open arms on the 27th of March 2022, her day listed in the book of life. Ann Smythe spent 72 years loving her family and friends with an unconditional love felt by everyone she met. She spent 53 years married to her surviving soulmate, Allen Smythe, who was there...

Harold Clinton Frazier

Harold Clinton Frazier

Mar 27, 2022

Harold Frazier – Blackwater, VA Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, you are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure. Unknown Harold Clinton Frazier, 91, Blackwater, VA passed away, Sunday, March 27, 2022, at his residence. Harold was born in Scott County, VA on November 6, 1930, and was the son of Flora Frazier. He was retired...

Doris Jessee Dishner (Ingle)

Doris Jessee Dishner (Ingle)

Mar 25, 2022

Doris Jessee (Ingle) Dishner – Ft. Blackmore, VA Doris Jessee (Ingle) Dishner, 84, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away Friday, March 25, 2022, at the Nova Health and Rehab Facility in Weber City, VA. Doris was born in Baltimore, MD on January 23, 1938, to the late Alvin W. and Carrie (Hicks) Ingle. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition...

Rev. Charles Curtis Rhoton

Rev. Charles Curtis Rhoton

Mar 24, 2022

Psalm 40:2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. Reverend Charles Curtis Rhoton, Sr. -80, departed to be with the Lord, Thursday, March 24, 2022, with his wife and daughter at his side. A loving and devoted, husband, father, grandfather, great...

Donnie Fain Brickey

Donnie Fain Brickey

Mar 22, 2022

Donnie F. Brickey – Dungannon, VA Donnie Fain Brickey, 67, Dungannon, VA passed away, Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Donnie was born in Sullivan County, TN on May 23, 1954, and was the son of the late George Graham and Nora Beulah (Lane) Brickey. In addition to his parents, his son, Marshall Alan “Bo” Brickey...

Larry Glen "Dickie" Dockery

Larry Glen "Dickie" Dockery

Mar 17, 2022

Larry Glen “Dickie” Dockery – Nickelsville, VA Larry Glen “Dickie” Dockery, 62, Nickelsville, VA passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022, at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Larry was born in Scott County, VA on May 24, 1959, to the late Billy Glen and Wanda Marie Dockery. In addition to his parents, his mother-in-law, Margaret Meade; niece, Alisha Adams and...

Kolon Craig Kedziora

Kolon Craig Kedziora

Mar 16, 2022

Kolon Kedziora – Duffield, VA Kolon Craig Kedziora, 62, Duffield, VA passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at his home. Kolon was born in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada on May 25, 1959, and was the son of Darlene (Black) and the late Ray Arnold Kedziora. In addition to his mother, Darlene Kedziora, San Angelo, TX, he is survived by his...

Eva Nell McDaniel (Kilgore)

Eva Nell McDaniel (Kilgore)

Mar 15, 2022

Eva Nell McDaniel - Nickelsville, VA Eva Nell McDaniel, 75, Nickelsville, VA was called Home on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN surrounded by her loving family. Eva was born in Scott County, VA on September 30, 1946, to the late A.E. and Lillie Mae (Compton) Kilgore. In addition to her parents, her...

Joyce Marie White (Page)

Joyce Marie White (Page)

Mar 15, 2022

Joyce (Page) White – Kingsport, TN Joyce Marie (Page) White, 75, Kingsport, TN, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at her residence after a courageous battle with cancer. Joyce was born in Scott County, VA on January 1, 1947, and was the daughter of the late Emory and Ethel (Wolfe) Page. In addition to her parents,...

Freddie Edgar France

Freddie Edgar France

Mar 3, 2022

Freddie E. France – Kingsport, TN Freddie Edgar France, 64, Kingsport, TN passed away, Thursday, March 3, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center. Freddie was born in Sullivan County, TN on February 25, 1958, and was the son of Carl Raymond and Thelma Dalphine (Akers) France. He was retired from the Scott County School System as custodian of Gate City...

Coy Nathaniel Tipton

Coy Nathaniel Tipton

Mar 3, 2022

Coy Nathaniel Tipton, The Seed Planter Coy Nathaniel Tipton, our Poppy was born to Clarence and Virgie Tipton in the rolling hills of Scott County, Virginia on the day of May 15, 1931. He was the second oldest of ten children and naturally became the peacemaker and example of the quiet and steady in the Tipton family. Coy was raised...

Joanne Griffin (Williams)

Joanne Griffin (Williams)

Mar 1, 2022

Joanne Griffin – Duffield, VA Joanne (Williams) Griffin, 78, Duffield, VA passed away, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Joanne was born in Scott County, VA on November 30, 1943, and was the daughter of the late Peirt and Ethel Bell (Sloan) Williams. In addition to her parents, Stanley “Elwood” Griffin, the father of her children...

Raymond Fig

Raymond Fig

Feb 27, 2022

Raymond Fig – Gate City, VA Raymond Fig, 93, Gate City, VA passed away, Sunday, February 27, 2022, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Raymond was born in Osaka in Wise County, VA on December 27, 1928, and was the son of the late Frank and Eva (Gilliam) Figliuzzo. He was retired from the United States Postal Service in Big...

Carolyn Ann Darnell (Summey)

Carolyn Ann Darnell (Summey)

Feb 23, 2022

Carolyn Ann “Summey” Darnell – Nickelsville, VA Carolyn Ann Darnell, 70, Nickelsville, VA went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at the Holston Valley Medical Center. Carolyn was born on March 26, 1951, to the late John and Grace Summey. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. In addition to her parents, her brothers, Jimmy,...

Paul Howard Snavely

Paul Howard Snavely

Feb 23, 2022

Paul Snavely – Gate City, VA Paul Howard Snavely, 76, Gate City, VA passed away, Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Paul was born in Scott County, VA on May 16, 1945, and was the son of the late William Robert and Ellen (Dockery) Snavely, Sr. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corp....

Jenny Louise Herron (Ramey)

Jenny Louise Herron (Ramey)

Feb 22, 2022

Jenny Louise Herron – Gate City, VA Jenny Louise Herron, 73, Gate City, VA passed away, Tuesday, February 22, 2022. Louise was born in Sullivan County, TN on September 20, 1948, and was the daughter of the late Ballard and Roxie Ann (Pierson) Ramey. She attended school at Speers Ferry School and Gate City High School, was an Avon representative...

Jack Wayne Burke

Jack Wayne Burke

Feb 18, 2022

Gate City, VA – Jack Wayne Burke, 72, Gate City, VA passed away peacefully Friday, February 18, 2022 surrounded by his loving family. Wayne was born in Blackwater, VA on September 5, 1949, and was the son of the late Marshel Burke and Sylvia (Gilliam) Burke. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his father- and...