Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
Virginia France
Feb 26, 2017
Virginia Ruth France – Gate City, VA Virginia Ruth France, 82, Gate City, VA passed away Sunday, February 26, 2017 at Ridgecrest Manor, Duffield, VA. Mrs. France was born in Scott County, VA .on November 11, 1934 to the late Alford and Nancy McDavid Quillen. In addition to her parents, her husband, Guy Roosevelt France preceded her in death. She...
Nannie Bishop
Feb 23, 2017
Nannie Tipton Bishop – Duffield, VA Do not weep for me, I am with Jesus. Born again years ago, Nannie Jane (Tipton) “Mem” Bishop passed away, Thursday, February 23, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Her parents, Kelly and Ellen (Carter) Tipton, along with her husband, Kelly Bishop (February 13, 1986); sister, Margaret Tipton and Hazel Herron; and brothers,...
Hubert Austin Begley
Feb 23, 2017
Gray, TN Hubert A. Begley, 88, went to a joyous Homecoming Thursday, February 23, 2017. Hubert was born October 12, 1928 to the late Grover and Frances (Laney) Begley. He was a US Army Veteran having served as a Corporal during the Korean War. Upon returning from Korea he was employed by Tennessee Eastman, where as he liked to put...
Kenneth Lane
Feb 22, 2017
Kenneth (Ken) Lucian Lane – Ft. Blackmore, VA Kenneth (Ken) Lucian Lane, 89, Ft. Blackmore, VA passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Indian Path Medical Hospital. Kenneth was born in Scott County, VA on July 22, 1927 to the late Harrison and Ollie (Hensley) Lane. In addition to his parents, Kenneth is also preceded in death by his...
Everette Cox
Feb 20, 2017
Everette Vance Cox – Nickelsville, VA Everette Vance Cox, 91, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Monday, February 20, 2017 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Everette was born in Scott County, VA on August 24, 1925 to the late E.H. and Sarah Salyers Cox. He was a 1945 graduate, and Valedictorian of his class. He was the owner and operator of...
Ruth Combs
Feb 19, 2017
Ruth Combs – Erwin, TN Ruth Velma Combs, 97, entered into rest Sunday, (February 19, 2017) at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. Ruth was born in Scott County, VA on July 16, 1919, and was the daughter of the late George Price and Sallie McConnell Price. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Erwin, TN. In addition to...
James Summey
Feb 13, 2017
James Claude Summey – Kingsport, TN James Claude Summey, 87, Kingsport, TN was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, February 13, 2017 at his residence. James was born in Scott County, VA on June 6, 1929 to the late Brickey and Lottie Summey. In addition to his parents, James is also preceded in death by his wife,...
Marie Peak
Feb 9, 2017
Marie Peak – Dungannon, VA Marie Peak, 72, Dungannon, VA passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her residence. Marie was born on August 11, 1944 to the late Ezra Taze Hall and Bertha Laney Hall. In addition to her parents, she is also preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Peak; sisters, Gaynell O’Keefer and Frances Davis; brothers,...
Peggy Jackson
Feb 9, 2017
Peggy Ann Jackson–Gate City, VA Peggy Ann Jackson, 85, Gate City, VA passed away on Thursday, February 9, 2017 at her residence. Peggy was born in Russell Co., VA on January 7, 1932 to the late Fred and Ida Mae (Yoakley) Sword. In addition to her parents, Peggy is also preceded in death by husband, Kyle Burgess Jackson; infant son,...
James Lincoln "Lincoln" Powers
Feb 7, 2017
Lincoln Powers – Nickelsville, VA James Lincoln Powers, Sr. , 90, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the residence of his daughter, Barbara King, Kingsport, TN. Mr. Powers was born in Scott County, VA on September 30, 1926. He was the son of the late Robert Jonas and Zola Cowan (Farmer) Powers. In addition to his parents,...
Hiram Patton "Pat" Fuller Sr.
Feb 3, 2017
Hiram Patton (Pat) Fuller, Sr. – Gate City, VA Hiram Patton (Pat) Fuller, Sr., 91, Gate City, VA departed this life for his heavenly home Friday evening (February 3, 2017) at his residence. Born in Hancock County, TN, he spent most of his life in Scott County, VA except for residing in Hawkins County, TN from 2004 to 2014. He...
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