Obituaries
Candace Lavonne Stanley
Oct 9, 2016
Candace Lavonne Stanley, age 51, passed away Sunday, October 9, 2016 at her home. She was a resident of Bristol, Va for most of her life moving for a number of years, then back to the Abingdon area where she had currently resided. Kandi loved horses and horsepower. She was a free-spirited, happy person. She was always smiling. She had...
Muriel Turley Harrison Bailey
Oct 7, 2016
Muriel Turley Harrison Bailey, age 93, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 7, 2016, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late James Edward Turley and Bessie Rhudy Turley on October 28, 1922, in Washington County, Va. Muriel was a member of the Rebekahs, the Abingdon Senior Center, and was a volunteer...
Clarence E. McCann
Oct 5, 2016
Clarence E. McCann, 95, of Abingdon, Va. and formerly of Tazewell, Va., passed away on Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at his home. He was born June 29, 1921, a son of the late Edgar and Cara McCann. Clarence retired from Kerr-McGee where he mined uranium in New Mexico. He belonged to many organizations including the United Mine Workers of America,...
Linda Barrett Fields
Oct 5, 2016
Linda Barrett Fields, 65, went to be with her heavenly father, Wednesday, October 5, 2016, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born and raised in Washington County, Va., and had worked in the medical field for over 30 years. Linda loved sports and music, enjoyed sewing, and had traveled all across the United States and Canada. She was preceded in...
Kathy Lynne Mann Kelly
Oct 4, 2016
Abingdon, Va. Kathy Lynne Mann Kelly passed away on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Va. and was a graduate of Abingdon High School. Kathy attended Yellow Springs Church and was a former employee of KVAT. She loved and doted over her grandchildren. Kathy was predeceased by her...
Marsha Jean Joyce
Oct 3, 2016
Meadowview, Va. - Marsha Jean Joyce, 56, passed away on Monday, October 3, 2016, at her home in Meadowview, Va. She was born February 28, 1960, in San Bernardino, Calif. Marsha was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served as General Manager of both Cracker Barrel and Applebees. She had a green thumb...
Nancy Carol Dunn Cannon
Sep 29, 2016
Bristol, VA Nancy Carol Dunn Cannon, age 84, passed on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at Grace Healthcare. Nancy was born in Bristol, TN to the late Clyde and Beulah Noonkestner Dunn and attended East Bristol Church of God before her illness. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, Edward Norman Cannon; brothers, Larry, Wayne,...
Loretta Sue McGraff
Sep 25, 2016
Loretta Sue McRaff, age 65 of Damascus, VA, passed away Sunday September 25, 2016 surrounded by family and friends after a valiant fight with pancreatic cancer. She was born to the late Sidney A and Gaynell Hill on August 3, 1951. She was also preceded in death by a sister Brenda G. Phillips. Her strong will to live, faith in...
Patty Sue Taylor Scott
Sep 20, 2016
Abindgon, VA Patty Sue Taylor Scott, age 54, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at her home after a long illness. Pat was a blessed member of Cedar Bluff Church where she loved to praise, sing, and serve the Lord with her time, work, tithes, and love. She also loved working with the...
Tammy Martin
Sep 20, 2016
Abingdon, Va. Tammy Jane Martin , 49, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born on May 2, 1967 in Washington County, Va. to the late Charles June Martin and Virgie Lucille Roark Martin. Tammy was a graduate of Abingdon High School and had worked as a nurse at Grace Health...
Russell Utah Owens
Sep 19, 2016
Russell Utah Owens went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 19, 2016. Russell, a long-time resident of Washington County, Virginia and a member of Abingdon Baptist Church, passed away at English Meadows Assisted Living in Washington County where he most recently resided with his wife of 40 years, Joanna Maiden Owens. His family will remember him as a...
Earl C. Widner
Sep 17, 2016
Glade Spring, Va.- Earl C. Widner, age 75, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2016 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Earl was a Washington County, Va. native and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a retired machinist from Kennametal and he attended Rosedale Baptist Church. He was known to be a practical jokester, who enjoyed the outdoors; camping, cooking,...
Arthur P. Price
Sep 17, 2016
But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 Bristol, VA Master Sergeant Arthur P. Price, United States Marine Corps, Retired, age 84, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 17, 2016,...
John Roy Hess
Sep 16, 2016
Abingdon, VA John Roy Hess, age 75 and of the Brumley Gap Community, passed on Friday, September 16, 2016, at Ridge Crest Manor in Duffield, VA. He is preceded in death by his parents, Roy Lee Hess and Beula Hunt Hess, and daughter, Polly Ann Testment. He is survived by his wife, Alma Stables Hess; brother, William Lee Hess; sister,...
James Kermite Salyers, Sr.
Sep 10, 2016
James Kermite Salyers, Sr., age 72, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Saturday, September 10, 2016, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born to the late Maynard Salyers and Alma Head Salyers on March 12, 1944, in Bandy, Va. Kermite was an established trim carpenter in Washington County for over 30 years and was well-respected in the community. In addition...
Vivian Jenkins Bryant
Sep 8, 2016
Vivian Jenkins Bryant, age 72, of Chilhowie, Va., went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at her residence. She was born on May 14, 1944, to the late Zeke Jenkins and Emma Oliver Jenkins. Vivian will be remembered as a loving mother and grandmother. She attended Lincoln Hill Baptist Church and retired from K-VA-T Food...
Dallas Cecil McFaddin
Sep 8, 2016
Bristol, TN Dallas Cecil McFaddin, age 79, passed on Thursday, September 8, 2016, at Elmcroft Assisted Living in Kingsport, TN. Dallas was raised in Dunbar, VA by the late Charlie Scott Sox McFadden and Lucy Meade McFadden and moved to Bristol in the early 1960s. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy where he served aboard the MSO-423 U.S.S....
Clarence A. Martin
Aug 29, 2016
Meadowview, VA - Clarence A. Martin, age 87, went to be with the Lord on Monday, August 29, 2016 at his home surrounded by family and friends. He was born in Martinsville, VA but resided in Meadowview, VA most of his life. Clarence was a long time employee of the textile industry and upon retiring from Eastman Chemical Company, he...
Philip Spencer Horn, Jr.
Aug 29, 2016
Philip Spencer Horn, Jr., age 30, of Hansonville, Va., passed away on Monday, August 29, 2016, at his home. He was the second child born to Philip Spencer Horn, Sr. and Mary Denice Simmons Decie Horn on December 15, 1985, in Jackson, Miss. He was a 2005 graduate of Abingdon High School where he was named most athletic in his...
Judith Lee "Judy" Silvis
Aug 28, 2016
Judith Lee Judy Silvis, age 72, passed away on Sunday, August 28, 2016 at Grace Healthcare in Abingdon, Va. Judy was a native of Buchanan County, Va., and had lived in San Rafael, Cal. for 24 years. She and her family moved to Abingdon 17 years ago, after the death of her husband Hugh. She attended the Episcopal Church and...
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