Sandra "Sandi" Ryan Rathke
Mar 12, 2018
Sandra “Sandi” Ryan Rathke went to be with her Lord on march 12, 2018 at her home in Damascus, Va after a courageous battle with dementia. Sandi was born on 9/12/1949 at Fort Shelby Hospital in Bristol, Virginia. She lived most of her life in Bristol and the Meadowview Virginia area. She graduated from Patrick Henry High School, Glade Spring,...
Anita Maria Lockhart
Mar 11, 2018
Glade Spring, Va. Anita Maria Lockhart, 55, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. She spent most of her life in Glade Spring and worked in textiles, food service and home health care industries. Anita was a member of Mount Calvary Church. She loved to cook, and she spent hours reviewing recipes and watching cooking...
Warren Lewis Smythers
Mar 10, 2018
Warren “Lewis” Smythers, age 93, formerly of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Elmcroft of Kingsport, Tenn. He was born May 29, 1924, to the late Walter Painter Smythers and Cora Augusta Jones Smythers in Carroll County, Va. Lewis was a veteran of the United States Navy having served in the Pacific Theater during World War...
Elizabeth "Betty" Young
Mar 10, 2018
Elizabeth Mae “Betty” Young, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on March 10, 2018, at the Lewis Gale Hospital in Salem, Va. She was born on February 20, 1937, in Bristol, Va. to the late Neil Ferguson Young and Elizabeth (Crowgey) Young. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Elizabeth “Beth” Poff; son-in-law, James Norman Poff; and by her sister, Barbara...
Alice Bradley Porterfield
Mar 9, 2018
Alice Bradley Porterfield, age 73, of Abingdon, Va., passed away at her home on Friday, March 9, 2018, after a brave and determined fight against cancer. She was surrounded by her family. Alice was the daughter of the late Glen Wallace Bradley and Lucille Pickle Bradley. She was born on June 26, 1944, in Abingdon, Va. She was a graduate...
Patricia "Pat" Burnop Phillips
Mar 8, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Patricia “Pat” Burnop Phillips went home on Thursday March 8, 2018 in Johnson City Medical Center. She was born May 12, 1939 in Rural Retreat, VA to the late Lee and Vivian Burnop. Pat grew up in Marion, VA and graduated from Marion Senior High School. She also attended Draughons Business School in Bluefield, VA and worked...
Kathryn Elizabeth Otey
Mar 7, 2018
Abingdon, VA – Kathryn Elizabeth Taylor Otey, age 65, passed on Wednesday, March 7, 2018. Kathy served as a hospital housekeeper for many years and was also a former employee of Chick-N-Little Restaurant. She is preceded in death by her parents, William and Ruth Vivian Alvertie Taylor, and son, Jerry Otey. Kathy is survived by four brothers, Charlie, Billy, Don,...
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,...
