Obituaries
Filbert Williams
Nov 25, 2012
Filbert "Phil" Williams passed away November 25, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center. Phil served in the United States Army as a communication specialist. He retired from Hapco as a salesman. One of Phil's passions was playing golf and competing with his buddies on the golf course. He especially loved playing with his boys and grandson. Phil also enjoyed gardening...
King Stuard Terry Sr.
Nov 25, 2012
King Stuard Terry, Sr., age 82, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at his home. He was retired from UMWA Coal Mines. He also enjoyed farming and logging with his brothers. He was born to the late King David Terry and Mattie McElraft Terry on June 30, 1930; he is also preceded in death by two wives, Annis Marie...
Betty Bailey
Nov 24, 2012
Betty "Betsy" Bailey, age 85, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was a member of Shady Grove United Methodist Church and enjoyed walking at the Coomes Center. She was born to the late John Jacob Walker and Mary Alice Graham. She is also preceded in death by her husband, Charles Lane Bailey. She is...
Curtis Michael Reynolds
Nov 24, 2012
Curtis Michael "Mike" Reynolds, age 50, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mike was born in Washington Co., VA to the late James Marvin and Sally Cleo Wise Reynolds. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Michael Curtis Reynolds and two sisters, Faye Nunley and Betty Cook. Survivors...
Buster Lee Musick
Nov 24, 2012
Buster Lee Musick, age 59, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012. He was born in Russell Co., VA to the late Dalton and Lakie Gibson Musick. Buster worked for Noonkestner Freeze Dry for a number of years. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a daughter, Connie Gail Musick and a granddaughter, Kaleigh Anne-Marie Kestner....
Brownie Elizabeth Yeager
Nov 23, 2012
Brownie Elizabeth Yeager, formerly of Abingdon, VA, died Friday, November 23, 2012 at The Oaks of Lynchburg where she had been a resident for two and one-half years. Born October 8, 1918, in Pittsylvania County, she was the oldest daughter of the late Paul R. Yeager and Sara Myers Rorer. She was preceded in death by a brother, William (Bill)...
Frances Haskins Plasmati
Nov 21, 2012
Frances Ethelyn Haskins Plasmati, age 91, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born at home in Grafton, NH, on June 7, 1921. She grew up in Canaan, NH, and she graduated from Bryant College in Providence, RI. She worked as an executive secretary in Providence before she was married in 1948 to...
Quinn Allen Asher
Nov 20, 2012
Quinn Allen Asher, age 28, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Quinn attended Abingdon High School and graduated from Virginia Highlands Community College with honors. He was a senior engineering student at Virginia Tech and loved technology of all kinds. Quinn was a wonderful, loyal husband and father, and he dearly loved...
Ottolene Russell Aistrop
Nov 20, 2012
Ottolene Russell Aistrop, age 93, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at Grace Healthcare in Abingdon, VA. Ottolene was born April 2, 1919 to the late Harlie C. and Celia Jane Potter Waycaster. She was a life-long resident of Washington County, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husbands, Clay Russell and Willie...
James William Osborne
Nov 16, 2012
James William "Billy" Osborne, age 70, went to meet the Master on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital after a long, courageous battle with illness. "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." -2 Timothy 4:7 Mr. Osborne was the son of the late William O. and Mary Katherine Osborne....
Ethel Marjorie Pierce
Nov 16, 2012
Ethel Marjorie Pierce, age 85, passed away on Friday, November 16, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She served her community by visiting patients at local hospitals and nursing homes accompanied by her certified therapy dogs, Pooch and Mugs. She was born to the late Raymond Oehler and Margaret Webber Oehler in Buffalo, NY. She is also preceded in death by...
Clara Ann Taylor
Nov 16, 2012
Clara Ann Taylor, age 89, passed away on November 16, 2012 at Valley Healthcare. She was a member of Chestnut Grove Community Church. She was born to the late Dexter Fletcher Kestner and Ruth Reynolds Kestner. She is also preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Clyde C. Taylor; three brothers, Preston Kestner, Silas Kestner, and Ernest Kestner;...
Edward Wayne Spence
Nov 13, 2012
Edward Wayne Spence, age 68, passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Mr. Spence was born in the Wytheville area and has lived in the Glade Spring community for the past twenty years. He is preceded in death by his parents Leonard and Ruby Hardin Spence; wife Ruth Gwinn Spence; brother Bobby Spence; and sister Patsy Spence. He is survived...
Mary Sue Young Payne
Nov 12, 2012
Sue Young Payne, age 82, of Emory, VA passed away on Monday, November 12, 2012, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Ms. Payne was born May 15, 1930, in Sturgill, N.C., and grew up in Emory. She received a B.S. in English from Emory & Henry College in 1951. Sue and her family lived for many years in Williamsburg, VA and she...
Ruth Evelyn Borden McClanahan
Nov 10, 2012
Ruth Evelyn Borden McClanahan, age 72, passed away on Saturday, November 10, 2012 at Wellmont Hospice in Bristol, TN. Ruth was born on March 1, 1940, to the late, Curtis and Bernice Seyers Borden in Mount Vernon, OH. She was a member of Abingdon First Assembly of God, where she participated in the Women's Ministries. In addition to her parents,...
Ernest L. Jones Sr.
Nov 10, 2012
Ernest L. Jones, Sr., 69, of Abingdon, passed away November 10, 2012 at Grace Healthcare following a brief illness. Mr. Jones can be remembered by many for his enjoyment of walking the East End of Abingdon wearing his bright orange vest and toboggan and carrying his backpack. Mr. Jones was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and he was known...
Robert William Brumback
Nov 7, 2012
Robert William Brumback, age 94, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Valley Healthcare Center. He was born February 10, 1918 to the late Ohmer William Brumback and Nellie Reynolds Brumback in Midway, KY. At the age of 17 Mr. Brumback enlisted in the National Guard's 121st Calvary. He spent 5 years in the National Guard before joining the...
Bernard Odis Wyatt
Nov 6, 2012
Bernard Odis Wyatt, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Valley Healthcare. He was born January 28, 1928 to the late Ed Wyatt and Rosa Hart Wyatt. He is survived by his loving wife of 56 years, Georgia Irene Delp Wyatt; two sons, Eddie Wyatt and wife Judy and Johnny Wyatt all of Glade Spring, VA; one...
Henry Gundry Crowgey
Nov 4, 2012
Henry Gundry (Harry)(Gus) Crowgey, 96, passed away at his home on Sunday, November 4, 2012. Interment will be at 1:15 p.m., Sunday, November 11th at Holston Conference Cemetery, Emory. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday at Emory United Methodist Church. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Dr. Crowgey was born in Emory, VA....
James Price Groseclose
Nov 2, 2012
James Price Groseclose, age 67, passed on Friday, November 2, 2012 after a three and a half year battle with pancreatic cancer. Mr. Groseclose was born August 3, 1945 in Roanoke, VA and moved to Abingdon in 1971. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and is preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Andrew Muncy Groseclose and Mary Katherine Mclaughlin...
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