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Local obituaries for the Gate City, Virginia area

Hazel Carter

Hazel Carter

Jun 6, 2015

Hazel Carter – Gate City, VA Hazel Faye McClelland Carter, 87, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, June 6, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Mrs. Carter was born in Scott County, VA on November 7, 1927, and was the daughter of the late M.L. “Fed” and Elsie Mae Blair McClelland. She and her husband started the first...

Mary Arnold

Mary Arnold

Jun 3, 2015

Mary Ella Wells Arnold – Gate City, VA Mary Ella Wells Arnold, 83, Gate City, VA passed away, Thursday, June 4, 2015 at NOVA Health and Rehab, Weber City, VA. Mary Ella was born in Scott County, VA on August 17, 1931 and was a daughter of the late Rev. Mitchell and Alice Rhoton Sloan. In addition her parents, her...

Wanda Quillen

Wanda Quillen

Jun 2, 2015

Wanda Jo Quillen – Gate City, VA Wanda Jo Quillen, 56, Gate City, VA passed away, Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a very brief illness. Wanda Jo was born in Scott County, VA on February 12, 1959 and was the daughter of Helen Bernice Castle Quillen and the late Kelly Ezra Quillen. Wanda was...

Cecil C. Bowen

Cecil C. Bowen

Jun 1, 2015

Cecil “Johnny” Bowen – Duffield, VA Cecil C. “Johnny” Bowen, 90, Duffield, VA passed away, Monday, June 1, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center. Johnny was born in Scott County, VA on June 6, 1924 and was the son of the late Lark Howard and Anna Lou Griffin Bowen. He was the owner and operator for 63 years of L.H....

Herman Randolph Spriggs

Herman Randolph Spriggs

Jun 1, 2015

Herman R. Spriggs, Jr. – Gate City, VA Herman Randolph Spriggs, Jr. (73) – Gate City, VA passed away, Monday, June 1, 2015 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Herman was born on July 3, 1941 in Washington, DC but lived most of his life in Gate City, VA. He was a long time member of The Church...

Maynard Jordan

Maynard Jordan

May 31, 2015

Maynard C. Jordan – Nickelsville, VA Maynard C. Jordan, 86, Nickelsville, VA went to be with the Lord, Sunday, June 21, 2015 at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born in Wise County, VA on March 15, 1930. He was the son of the late Roy Dayton and Bessie Ruth Holbrook Jordan. He served in the Army where he...

Carl Edward Muncey Jr.

Carl Edward Muncey Jr.

May 29, 2015

Carl Edward Muncey, Sr. – Gate City, VA Carl Edward Muncey, Sr., 80, Gate City, VA passed away, Friday, May 29, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Muncey was born in Sullivan County, TN on October 14, 1934 and was the son of the late John Muncey and Rena Mae Hattaway. He retired from The Kingsport Press with 40 plus year...

Brenda Greer

Brenda Greer

May 26, 2015

Carolyn Greer – Kingsport, TN Brenda Carolyn Dykes Greer, 62, Kingsport, TN was welcomed into the arms of her precious Savior, Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 26, 2015, wrapped in love and overshadowed by the grace of God. Carolyn was born in Sullivan County, on May 28, 1952 to the late Earnest Martin and Opal Mae Frazier Compton. She was...

Nancy Berry

Nancy Berry

May 25, 2015

Nancy Ann Berry – Blackwater, VA Nancy Ann Berry, 83, Blackwater, VA passed away, Monday, May 25, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN. Mrs. Berry was born in Scott County, VA on April 20, 1932, the daughter of the late John Henry and Rose Ann Tomlinson Gibson. In addition to her parents, her husband, Bob Berry; son,...

Terry Dwight Calhoun

Terry Dwight Calhoun

May 23, 2015

Terry D. Calhoun – Gate City, VA Terry D. Calhoun, 57, Gate City, VA passed away, Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his residence following a courageous battle with cancer. Terry was born in Sullivan County, TN on December 22, 1957, son of the late James “Jimbo” and Mary Belle Pierson Calhoun. Terry loved his God, family, and hunting and fishing....

Shelby Thacker

Shelby Thacker

May 13, 2015

Shelby Joyce Thacker – Kingsport, TN Shelby Joyce Thacker, 68, Kingsport, TN entered into rest at Holston Valley Medical Center May 13, 2015. She was born in Virginia May 19, 1946 and was the daughter of Fritz and Effie Cox McAmis. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents; a sister, Betty Sue McAmis and a brother, Richard Frank...

Alice Powres

Alice Powres

May 12, 2015

Alice Sue (Hobbs) Powers, 74, of Santa Clarita, California, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 12, 2015. She was born on Oct. 3, 1940, to John and Letha (Starnes) Hobbs in Scott County, Virginia. She was a former resident of Franklin, Indiana. Sue is preceded in death by her parents; husband Omar Powers; son Timothy Powers; and brothers Edgar Hobbs, Eugene...

Harlan Kyle "H.K." Templeton

Harlan Kyle "H.K." Templeton

May 6, 2015

Harlan Kyle Templeton, 79, of Maryville TN, formerly of Kingsport, TN passed away Wednesday May 6th at home. Born and raised in the Copper Creek community in Gate City, Va. H.K., as his friends and family called him, will be remembered as a loving father, husband and a great friend to many. He is preceded in death by his wife...

Patricia Hubble

Patricia Hubble

May 3, 2015

Patricia Dorton Hubble – Salem, VA Patricia Dorton Hubble, 74 of Salem, VA passed away, Sunday, May 3, 2015.Born in Scott County, VA; she was the daughter of the late Lester and Margaret Dorton. Along with her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Homer “Pete” Hubble, brothers, Lester Dorton, Johnnie Dorton and Jackie Lynn Dorton; and a...

Elizabeth Falin

Elizabeth Falin

May 2, 2015

Frances Falin – Kingsport, TN Elizabeth Frances Falin, 73, Kingsport, TN entered into rest, Saturday, May 2, 2015. Mrs. Falin was born in Sullivan County, TN on November 27, 1941. She was the daughter of the Henry Jerome and Gladys Legge Farmer. Frances loved working in her flower garden and baking and cooking for family. She loved her family and...

Cline Cecil Strong

Cline Cecil Strong

May 2, 2015

Cline Strong – Nickelsville, VA Cline Cecil Strong, 77, Nickelsville, VA passed away, Saturday, May 02, 2015 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Mr. Strong was born in Scott County, VA on March 30, 1938. He was the son of the late Charlie Issac and Gladys Salyers Strong. He retired from Pilot Oil Company in 2001 and loved to...

William Edwin Herron

William Edwin Herron

Apr 30, 2015

William Edwin Herron – Gate City, VA William Edwin Herron, 82, Gate City, VA passed away, Thursday, April 30, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center. Mr. Herron was born in Scott County, VA on November 18, 1932. He was a son of the late Kelly and Martha Herron. He was a veteran of the United States Army serving in the...

Patsy Franklin

Patsy Franklin

Apr 29, 2015

Patsy Franklin – Gate City, VA Patsy Carol Franklin, 66, Gate City, VA entered Heaven, Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Indian Path Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Pasty was born in Scott County, VA on September 23, 1948. She was the daughter of the late Ralph and Vernie Gibson Smith. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. Her...

Martha Roberts

Martha Roberts

Apr 28, 2015

Martha Lynn Minnich Roberts – Johnson City, TN Martha Lynn Minnich Roberts, 74, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the Johnson City Medical Center, after a long illness. She was born in Gate City, Virginia, and the daughter of the late Robert L. Minnich, Sr. and Reba Bellamy Minnich of Gate City, Virginia....

Cecil  Williams

Cecil  Williams

Apr 19, 2015

Cecil Williams – Dryden, VA Cecil Williams, 88, passed away, Sunday, April 19, 2015 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. Mr. Williams was born in Scott County, VA on July 24, 1926 to the late Kelly and Della Sloan Williams. In addition to his parents; his brothers, Kermit Williams, Cleo Williams and sister, Mozella Williams preceded him...

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