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Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Angela Summey

Angela Summey

Apr 22, 2017

Angela Lee (Lane) Summey – Duffield, VA Angela Lee (Lane) Summey, 57, Duffield, VA passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN due to short illness. Angela was born in Sullivan County, TN on November 26, 1959 to Lucy Ann Lane and the late Everette Waylon Lane. Angela is preceded in death by...

Paul Vanzant

Paul Vanzant

Apr 19, 2017

Paul Douglas Vanzant– Duffield, VA Paul Douglas Vanzant, 70, Duffield, VA went home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 with his loving family by his side. Paul worked at Foot Mineral until he retired and was in the Duffield Fire and Rescue for several years until his health made him to retire. Paul was active in his...

Roy Lee "Doss" Hensley

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

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