Elizabeth M. Price
Jan 11, 2013
Elizabeth M. Price "Lib", born May 26, 1919, passed away peacefully Friday, January 11, 2013 at Grace Health Care. Mrs. Price was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Henry Aston Price, her parents, Horace B. Maiden, Sr. and Lelia Branch Davis Maiden, her siblings, Sue Maiden Callihan, Jack L. Maiden, Horace B. Maiden, Jr., and John P....
David Wayne Heath
Jan 9, 2013
David Wayne Heath "Dickie", age 46, passed away on Wednesday, January 9, 2013. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Conley and Ruth Owens. He is survived by his parents, Bobby Joe Heath and Nellie Christine Heath of Glade Spring, VA; two daughters, Amber Heath and KayLeigh Heath of Damascus, VA; sister, Donna Sue Musick and husband Tom of...
Archie Lee Brummitt
Jan 7, 2013
Archie Lee Brummitt, age 74, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 7, 2013 at his home. He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Alma Lee "Toots" Brummitt; son, David Brummitt and wife Anita "Jeannie"; brother, Bobby Brummitt; and two sisters, Betty Rasnake and Wanda Green. Funeral services will be private. Those wishing to express...
Aline Combs Greer
Jan 7, 2013
Aline Combs Greer, age 88, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2013 at the Wellmont Hospice House. Aline and her late husband, Conley, owned and operated Greer Jewelers in Abingdon for 42 years. She was a member of Abingdon United Methodist Church for many years where she assisted with preparing communion. Mrs. Greer loved traveling and was a member of...
Dale Howard Thomas Sr.
Jan 6, 2013
Dale Howard Thomas, Sr., age 78, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. He was born to the late Ernest Howard Taft Thomas and Myrtle Cumbo Thomas on June 6, 1934 in Washington County, VA. He is also preceded in death by his brother, Hulen William Thomas. He is...
Lillian Irene Haywood
Jan 6, 2013
Lillian Irene Haywood, age 87, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 6, 2013 at Grace Health Care. She resided in TX most of her life but had spent the past 17 years with her youngest son, Bill, in Abingdon, VA. She was a member of Abingdon Church of Christ. Being a mother and grandmother was the joy...
Lois Webster Maiden
Jan 5, 2013
Lois Webster Maiden, age 92, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was a member Abingdon Baptist Church and retired from the Meat Department at Piggly Wiggly after several years. She was born to the late Elmer Alonza Webster, Sr. and Sue Letitia Hagy Webster in Washington County, VA on February 8, 1920. She is...
Beulah Mae Browning
Jan 1, 2013
"Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." Isaiah 40:30-31 Beulah Mae Browning, age 84, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Abingdon Health...
Carl Wayne Blevins
Jan 1, 2013
Carl Wayne Blevins, age 72, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. As a member of Calvary Baptist Church he served as a Deacon, Trustee, and Sunday School Teacher. He was also a veteran of United States Army having served in Germany for three years, and retired from Electro-Mechanical Corporation...
Steve M. Semancik
Dec 31, 2012
Steve M. Semancik, age 94, and formerly of Belle Vernon, PA, died Monday, December 31, 2012 at the Hospice House in Bristol, TN. He had lived with his son in Abingdon, VA for the past five years. Born June 13, 1918 in Wickhaven, PA, he was the son of the late Michael P. and Elizabeth Gurbal Semancik. He was a...
Jerry Arnold
Dec 29, 2012
Jerry Arnold, age 79, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his home. Jerry was a loving father, son, husband, grandfather and great-grandfather. After his retirement from Bristol Compressors, Jerry could not sit still and continued working in his twilight years for Enterprise of Abingdon. Jerry traveled extensively with his wife Della for many years taking all of their grandchildren...
Minnie Agnes Miller
Dec 28, 2012
Minnie Agnes Barr Miller, age 89 passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012. Mrs. Miller graduated from Barrack High School in 1942 and supported the war effort by working in the shipyard during WWII. She was a member of Greenfield Baptist Church and retired from Cedar Lawn Health Care. She is preceded in death by her parents, Sydney Columbus Barr...
Larry Melvin Addair Sr.
Dec 27, 2012
Larry Melvin Addair, Sr., age 65, passed away on Thursday, December 27, 2012 at his home. He was employed as a coal miner for 37 years at U.S. Steel in Gary, WV. He also enjoyed hunting and fishing. He is preceded in death by his parents, Willard Melvin Addair and Para Lee Hughes Addair; brother, Bernard Lee Addair; and sister,...
Ned Yokley Hayter
Dec 26, 2012
Ned Yokley Hayter, age 83, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served on the U.S.S. Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was retired from Southern States of Abingdon and was an owner of Royster-Hayter Fertilizer Company in Meadowview. He was a member of Meadowview United Methodist Church....
Cheyenne Desiree & Brianna Pauline
Dec 23, 2012
Cheyenne Desiree and Brianna Pauline Sweet, identical twins of Jennifer Smith and Jessie Sweet, passed at birth on Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center. In addition to their parents, they are survived by their maternal grandparents, David and June Ashley; paternal grandpapa, Roger Sweet; paternal great-grandmother, Opal Hess; maternal great-grandma, Betty Ashley; special friend and caregiver, Renee...
Lillian Virginia Young Wheeler
Dec 21, 2012
Lillian Virginia Young Wheeler, age 84, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Lillian was born March 29, 1928 in Abingdon to the late Robert Clifton Young and Mattie Jefferson Young. She was a loving Christian woman and always put others first. She enjoyed photography, writing, reading and attending church. Lillian and her late husband, Melvin...
Ernest Lagree Farmer
Dec 21, 2012
Ernest Lagree Farmer, age 86, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN. He was a veteran of the United States Navy having served aboard the CV-32 Leyte. He was also a member of the York No.12 Masonic Lodge and the Jericho Shrine Temple No. 180. He was a member of Shiloh Christian...
Marie Lena Restivo Pirrello
Dec 19, 2012
Marie Lena Restivo Pirrello, age 88, passed on Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Valley Health Care Center in Chilhowie, VA. Mrs. Pirrello resided in Florida for most of her life where she was a retired school teacher. She recently moved to Virginia and is preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Rosie Camarata Restivo, husband, James Raymond Pirrello, and...
James David Vanover
Dec 18, 2012
James David Vanover, age 81, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Valley Health Care Center. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He was born to the late Winston Ferry Vanover and Della Payne Vanover in Mountain City, TN. He is also preceded in death by two sisters, Bonnie Lewis and Elizabeth Vanover. He is survived by...
Sara Faustina Jackson
Dec 17, 2012
Sara Faustina Casanova Jackson, age 76 and formerly of Bristol, VA, passed on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Pembroke Pines, FL after a long illness. Mrs. Jackson was born in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the late Benito and Carmen Casanova. She married her late husband, Kenneth Lee Jackson, on July 16, 1957 in Havana, Cuba, before moving to the United...
