Obituaries
Sharleen Joyce Hout Miller
Mar 5, 2018
Abingdon, Va. Sharleen Joyce Hout Miller, 76, went to be with the Lord on March 5, 2018, surrounded by her loving family. Always with a servant’s heart and quiet strength, she lived a life devoted to her husband, children, and grandchildren. She modeled her life after her mother, Lucinda “Pearl” Hout Friggins. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Unice Geraldine "Judy" Thompson
Mar 5, 2018
Raleigh, N.C. Unice Geraldine "Judy" Thompson, 83, passed away at Wake Med Hospital in Raleigh on Monday, March 5, 2018. She had lived most of her life in Meadowview, Va., moving to Abingdon, Va. in 2000. She had spent the last two years of her life living with her son at his home in Raleigh. Unice enjoyed gardening, especially growing...
Jimmy Clawson
Mar 4, 2018
Jimmy Wayne “ Humpy” “Lawn Mower Man” Clawson, age 60, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018. Mr. Clawson was born November 25, 1957, in Elizabethton, Tenn. to the late Charles Clawson and the late Elma Campbell Clawson. Mr. Clawson was a United States Army Veteran and attented Mendota Log Church. He enjoyed working on and selling lawn mowers at the...
Roy Kenneth Holmes
Mar 4, 2018
Roy Kenneth Holmes, age 84, of Hampton, Va., passed away on Sunday, March 4, 2018, after a brief illness. Kenneth, born in Russell County, Va. on March 16, 1933, was the son of the late Ralph Holmes and Sally Jessee Holmes. Raised in Russell and Washington Counties, Kenneth graduated from Emory & Henry College in 1956 and moved to Hampton,...
Lester Wright
Mar 1, 2018
Bristol, TN – Lester Wright, 86, passed on Thursday, March 1, 2018, at his home. Lester was born and raised in Clinchport, VA to the late William Harvey and Jenny Bellamy Wright. He was a graduate of Clinchport High School and was a U.S. Army Veteran. Lester received degrees from East Tennessee State University, Hiwassee College, and Louisiana State University...
Robert Allen Wilder
Feb 27, 2018
Abingdon, Va. Robert Allen Wilder, age 78 and born on December 3, 1939, went peacefully to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on February 27, 2018, at his home. He was the son of the late James and Martha Guy Wilder. He will be remembered as a loving husband, father, step-father, grandfather, and friend to everyone. In addition to his...
Joyce Jacqueline Wellman Richardson
Feb 27, 2018
Bristol, Tenn. Joyce Jacqueline Wellman Richardson, 85, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Richardson was a 1951 graduate of Big Creek High School and lived most of her life in McDowell County, W.Va. before moving to Bristol in 1997. She is preceded in death by her parents, Fred E. Wellman and Florida Marie Mullens Wellman,...
Ruth Ann Davis Hughes
Feb 26, 2018
Meadowview, VA – Ruth Ann Hughes, age 79, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 26, 2018 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born on March 13, 1938 in Richlands, Va., a daughter of the late Glen Albert and Mary Byrd Davis. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her sisters, Dorothy Ball of Abingdon...
Bridget Regina Harmon
Feb 23, 2018
Bridget Regina Harmon, age 54, was born December 6, 1963, in Richmond, Va. She went to be with the Lord on February 23, 2018, after a nine-year battle with cancer. She was a member of El Shaddai Baptist Church in Bristol, Va. Bridget’s passion was anything to do with being outside and planting flowers. She was preceded in death by...
Phillip Rodney Ratcliffe
Feb 22, 2018
Phillip “Rodney” Ratcliffe, formerly of Falls Church, Va., passed peacefully on Thursday, February 22, 2018, with family members at his side at Valley Health Care Center. Rod was born and raised in Glade Spring, Va. He was a graduate of Glade Spring High School and Emory and Henry College. He then joined the United States Air Force and upon completion...
Vicki Smith Norris
Feb 21, 2018
Abingdon, Va. Vicki Smith Norris, age 70, passed away peacefully Wednesday, February 21, 2018 in Johnston Memorial Hospital surrounded by all her family. Vicki was born April 6, 1947 in Newport News, Va. to the late Ernest L. Smith and the late Helen Loviner Smith. She was a member of Abingdon Bible Church where she loved to work with children...
Jenny Clifton
Feb 20, 2018
Mary Virginia “Jenny” Odum Clifton, age 82, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Abingdon Health and Rehab Center. She was born June 4, 1935, to the late John Henry Odum, Sr. and Susie Webb Odum in Abingdon, Va. Jenny was a member of Abingdon First Church of God and retired from Abingdon Harwood. In addition...
Irene Walls DeBoard
Feb 18, 2018
Bristol, VA – Irene Walls DeBoard, age 92, passed on Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie. Irene was raised and lived in Damascus for many years before moving to Bristol, VA in the 1960’s. She was of the Seventh Day Adventist Faith. Irene is preceded in death by her parents, Major and Clero Henderson Walls,...
Curtis Ray "C.R." Bartley
Feb 17, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Curtis Ray “C.R.” Bartley, age 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at his home. C.R. was born on February 16, 1928 to the late Auty and Myrtle Mullins Bartley and raised in Dickenson County, VA. During his lifetime, C.R. worked a variety of occupations. He was a miner in Dickenson County, VA, owned a...
Coy "Tom" Hall
Feb 16, 2018
Abingdon, Va. Coy “Tom” Hall, 80, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018, in Abingdon from complications of a massive stroke. He was born March 12, 1937, in Washington County, Va. to the late Coy and Cora Hall. He was co-owner of Hall Bros. Concrete Finishing along with his brother, Garland Hall, for over 60 years. He...
Edward L. Lester
Feb 15, 2018
Edward L. “Edd” Lester, age 83, of Glade Spring, Va., passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born February 8, 1935, to the late Lacy G. Lester and Icy Miller Lester in Ieager, W. Va. Edd was a veteran of the United States Army and was of the Christian faith. He was employed...
John Christopher Peterson
Feb 13, 2018
Abingdon, Va. John Christopher Peterson, 69, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was born May 23, 1948, in Los Angeles, Calif. to Abel John “AJ” and Anna Louise Peterson. As a child, John traveled throughout the country, settling in West Virginia. He served in the United States Navy during the...
Cletis Boyd Dishman
Feb 12, 2018
Glade Spring, VA – Cletis Boyd Dishman, age 81, passed on Monday, February 12, 2018, surrounded by her family at her home. Cletis was born December 30, 1936, in Meadowview, VA to the late Haynes and Charity Wheeler Boyd. She was a member of Landmark Baptist Church for over 35 years and retired from Emory & Henry College after many...
Wayne Nelson
Feb 12, 2018
Wayne Nelson, age 67, of Abingdon, Va., returned to be with the Lord on Monday, February 12, 2018, at his home. “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” -Romans 8:18 He was born June 28, 1950, to the late Howard Nelson and Jeanette Lunsford Nelson. Wayne was a...
Randall Thomas O'Dell
Feb 6, 2018
Randall Thomas O’Dell, age 77, of Glade Spring, Va., passed away on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, at Bristol Regional Medical Center after a courageous battle with kidney and heart diseases. Randall was born on October 4, 1940, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Bluefield, W.Va., to the late Richard Harold O’Dell, Sr. and Callie Ethel (Puckett) O’Dell. He was preceded in...
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