Violet Genevieve Glass Walden
Oct 19, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Violet Genevieve Glass Walden, age 88, passed on Monday, October 19, 2015, at her home. Violet attended Trinity Baptist Church and retired after 26 years of employment as a dietary cook from Johnston Memorial Hospital. She is preceded in death by her parents, Henry McKinley Glass and Betty Gladys Humphreys Glass; son, Lewis Walden, Jr.; and brothers,...
John Frazier Jones, Jr.
Oct 18, 2015
John Frazier Jones, Jr., age 91, of Abingdon, Va. and formerly of Grundy, Va., passed away on Sunday, October 18, 2015, at his home. He was born December 6, 1923, in Benham, Ky. to the late John Frazier Jones, Sr. and Mary Stella McCarty Jones. He was preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Layuna Stiltner Jones; son,...
Jerry Moore
Oct 13, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Jerry Don Moore, age 57, passed on Tuesday, October 13, 2015, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Jerry was raised in and spent most of his life in Arkansas before moving to Abingdon in 2004. He was a truck driver for nearly 30 years before he and his wife acquired and operated Serenity Assisted Living in Meadowview, VA....
Claude Cecil Shortt
Oct 12, 2015
Abingdon, Va. – Mr. Claude Cecil Shortt, age 92, went to be with the Lord on Monday October 12, 2015 after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. Claude was born on October 24, 1922 in Washington County, Va. He had been a member of Woodland Baptist Church for over 40 years, where he served as a deacon and...
Ann Kiser Colley
Oct 11, 2015
Ann Kiser Colley, born May 11, 1922, at the family home in Russell County, Virginia, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2015, at English Meadows in Abingdon, Virginia. Ann attended Washington County Schools and graduated from the former Johnston Memorial School of Nursing. She served in the Army Nurse Corps as 2nd Lieutenant during WW II. She continued her career in...
Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt
Oct 11, 2015
Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt, age 88, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born to the late Roy Lee Griffitts and Nancy Mitchell Griffitts on November 16, 1926, in Tannersville, VA. She graduated from Rich Valley High School. As a young woman, Evelyn moved to Kingsport, TN and was employed in the sales department...
John Thomas Phipps, Jr.
Oct 10, 2015
Abingdon, Va. John Thomas Phipps, Jr. passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, October 10, 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hazel Deadmore Phipps and John T. Phipps, Sr. John was a multi-generational Abingdon-Washington County resident who loved his hometown. Many will recall long discussions with him about the history of this area. His collection of local...
Danny Kermit McCoy
Oct 10, 2015
Danny Kermit McCoy, age 68, of Bristol, VA, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 10, 2015. He enjoyed building stock cars and was a skilled mechanic. He loved the Lord and listening to gospel music was his favorite pastime. Danny will be sadly missed, but we are thankful that his suffering is over and he is at...
Laura Sue Lester Comey
Oct 10, 2015
Laura Sue (Lester) Comey, 77, of Charlottesville, Va. passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015, at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Laura Sue was born on December 3, 1937, in Washington County, Va. and was the daughter of John Carson and Vene Elizabeth (Stovall) Lester. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Linnie Arnett and Mary Francis Heinke; and four...
Herly Mullins
Oct 9, 2015
Mr. Herly Mullins, age 81 passed away on Friday, October 9, 2015, at his home. Herly had been sick for a lengthy period. Herly was born in Pound, Va. and moved to northern Virginia at the age of fifteen. He worked at George F. Warner for eighteen years, and then retired from Prince William County School System after seventeen years...
James Elbert Vannoy
Oct 5, 2015
Glade Spring, Va. James Elbert Vannoy 7/28/1942 – 10/5/2015 James Elbert Vannoy of Glade Spring, Va., passed away unexpectedly at his home on the 5th of October 2015. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Franklin Vannoy and Della Heath Vannoy; his son, Timothy Brian Vannoy; brothers, John Vannoy, Jr., Frank Vannoy, George Vannoy, Jack Vannoy, and Billy...
Janet Nutter DeBord
Oct 5, 2015
Raleigh, N.C. Janet Nutter DeBord, 79, of Raleigh, N.C. and formerly of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015, at Sunrise at North Hills. She was one of five children born to the late Edward M. Nutter and Mary Prater “Exie” Nutter on February 22, 1936 in Saltville, Va. She was a graduate of Saltville High School, Emory...
Sonny Lee Hickman
Oct 5, 2015
Abingdon, VA Sonny Lee Hickman, 76, went to be with the Lord on Monday, October 5, 2015, at Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born to the late Hurtle Hickman and Etta Beatrice Miller Hickman on July 5, 1939 in Blountville, Tenn. A carpenter by trade, he was instrumental in building homes and infrastructure throughout the state. He was a...
June Sutherland Taylor
Oct 3, 2015
June Sutherland Taylor, 97, of Bristol, Va., died Oct. 3, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va. Born in Colley, Dickenson County, Va., Mrs. Taylor was the last surviving child of the 14 children of the late Prosper B. and Nancy Violet Sutherland. Her husband of 60 years, Aubra L. Taylor, died in 1997. She was preceded in death by...
Frank Albert Lawson, Jr.
Oct 3, 2015
Abingdon, VA - Frank Albert Lawson, Jr., age 83, passed on Saturday, October 03, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born March 13, 1932 in Tip Top, VA to the late Frank Albert Lawson, Sr. and Lola Marie Hager Lawson. Frank was a graduate of Tazewell High School and was employed by Betsy Ross Bakeries for...
Willie Ray Shazier
Oct 1, 2015
Willie Ray Shazier was born in Chilhowie, Virginia on July 2, 1938 to late Theodore and Arviley Shazier. On Thursday morning October 1, 2015 after a period of declining health Willie Ray Shazier who was 77 years old went home to be with Lord. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Ellen Shazier; one sister Bessie Hall and...
James Mark Webb
Sep 30, 2015
Bristol, Tenn. – James Mark Webb, 50, passed on Wednesday, September 30, 2015, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mark was a 1983 graduate of Patrick Henry High School. After graduation, he attended Virginia Tech where he was nose tackle for the football team for four years and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology. Mark was an avid football and Virginia...
Bobby Herman Bumgarner
Sep 27, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Bobby Herman “Bob” Bumgarner, age 78, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was the youngest of nine children born to the late Dave Bumgarner and Ida Eldridge Bumgarner on June 11, 1937. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and retired from the Abingdon Police Department after 36...
Dennis Keith Edmondson
Sep 27, 2015
Abingdon, VA – Dennis Keith Edmondson, age 52, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, September 27, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family. Dennis was a graduate of Holston High School and was a member of Damascus Road Baptist Church where he served as the Sunday School Superintendent and sound technician. He was a past police officer...
