Obituaries
Lillie Mae Duff Snead
Nov 24, 2009
Mrs. Lillie Mae Duff Snead, 92, widow of Roy G. Snead passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at her home. She was a longtime member of the Valley View Assembly of God Church, Saltville, VA. She was preceded in death in death by her parents, Archie and Leona Duff, her only sister, Mary Ruth Eastridge, brothers, Clarence, Carl, Garnet, Eugene,...
Dora Mae Price
Nov 23, 2009
Dora Mae Price, 77, went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 23, 2009. She resided at Serenity Adult Care in Meadowview, VA and was a longtime member of Temple Baptist Church in Abingdon, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clark and Gracie Baumgardner Price, her brother Clayton Price and her sister Uclea Simmers. She is...
Margaret Leota Shepherd Singleton
Nov 23, 2009
Margaret Leota Shepherd Singleton, age 77, went to be with her Lord and Savior on November 23, 2009. Born May 31, 1932, in Dungannon, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late, Roy Shepherd and Enola Nave, and step daughter of Harry Nave. Margaret spent a lifetime taking care of her family and giving to others. She was a loving...
Halford Leonard Honaker
Nov 23, 2009
Halford Leonard Honaker, 66, a loving and devoted husband, father and papaw, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2009. He was born August 9 1943 in Honaker, VA but spent most of his life in Fairfax County, VA. Halford was self employed as BH&W Carpentry Contractors for 40 years. He took great pride in and was dedicated to his work....
John Robert Mahala
Nov 20, 2009
John Robert Mahala, 69, a loving husband, father, and #1 Papaw, passed away on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at his home following a courageous battle with cancer. He was born May 3, 1940 in North Carolina but had spent most of his life in Washington County, Virginia. John loved his family and was a great dad and papaw. He also...
Iris Gobble Henley
Nov 20, 2009
Iris Gobble Henley, 68, passed away Friday, November 20, 2009 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her father, George Gobble; her husband, Walter Henley; and brothers, Jack and Delmar Henley. Survivors are her mother, Rebecca Gobble; children, Terry Fields of Bristol, VA and Craig Henley of Rural Retreat, VA; her grandchildren, David Robinette, Johnathan...
Helen Marie Yarber Widener
Nov 18, 2009
Mrs. Helen Marie Yarber Widener, 66, heard her Lord and Savior whisper sweet peace to her on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, "my child come home". She was a precious loving wife, Momma, MaMaw, great Mamaw, sister and friend. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, husband Paul Jackson Widener, mother, Alice Yarber Patrick, father Jess Yarber,...
Robert E. Sullins Sr.
Nov 18, 2009
Robert E. Sullins, Sr, 72, passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 18, 2009 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was born June 3, 1937 in Washington County and was a son of the late Charles and Virginia Gobble Sullins. He was an honorary board member of Bristol Little League and Sullins Plumbing has sponsored a little league team for 27...
Sylvia Duncan Golightly
Nov 17, 2009
Sylvia Duncan Golightly, 72, of Fredericksburg passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, at Mary Washington Hospital. She was born Feb. 18, 1937, in Meadowview, VA to Mollie and Gordon Duncan. She worked for many years as a dedicated secretary, bookkeeper and medical transcriptionist. She was a member of the Smyth Chapel United Methodist Church in Meadowview. She is...
Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead
Nov 16, 2009
Dewey "Shorty" Whitehead, 95, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born June 21, 1914 in Carter Co., TN and was a son of the late Lloyd and Hedi Ward Whitehead. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during World War II. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his...
Marie Tate
Nov 13, 2009
Marie Tate died Friday, November 13, 2009 at her home in Bristol, VA surrounded by family and caregivers. She was the daughter of John Vanover and Mae Deel Vanover. Born in Russell County, Virginia, November 8, 1920, she spent most of her life in Dickenson, County, Virginia where she taught in the public school system. The past thirty years she...
Hugh Clark Smyth
Nov 11, 2009
Hugh Clark Smyth passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at Fairfax Hospital after a heart attack. Beloved husband of Pamela C. Mack, loving father of Steven H. Smyth, doting grandfather of Jacob, Mackenzie and Morgan Smyth. Hugh was born in Marion, VA, on June 18, 1945 and had lived in Burke, VA for the last twenty-six years. He was preceded...
Leona Kestner Sandoe
Nov 10, 2009
Mrs. Leona Kestner Sandoe, 92 passed away Tuesday, November 10, 2009 in the Cambridge House, Bristol, TN. She was a native of Russell County, VA but had lived in Washington County, VA most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Luther Kestner and Mary Ann Russell McFadden Kestner. She is the widow of Roy Sandoe and...
Gladys Irene White
Nov 9, 2009
Gladys Irene White, 78, a Christian, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, sister, friend, neighbor and cancer survivor went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 9, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Gladys' death was sudden and unexpected. She was born October 25, 1931 in Galax, VA a daughter of the late Rev. Buford Woolwine and Mattie Leonard Woolwine....
Cecil Davis Webb
Nov 7, 2009
Cecil Davis Webb, 90, went to be with the Lord Saturday, November 7, 2009 in UT Medical Center in Knoxville, TN. He was born August 22, 1919 in Washington County, Virginia and was a son of the late Bernard and Martha Ann Davis Webb. Cecil retired from the Washington County School Systems and was a farmer. He was a veteran...
Cleo Isabell Rambo
Nov 5, 2009
Cleo Isabell Rambo, 84, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Smyth County Community Hospital following a short illness. She was born March 27, 1925 to the late William Bryan and Cleo Patra McKee. She is preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Leroy Rambo and two brothers, William McKee and Robert McKee. She is...
Tom Arrington
Nov 4, 2009
Tom "Conway Twitty" Arrington, 73, passed away Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born May 20, 1936, in Washington County, Virginia, a son of the late Andy and Nannie Arrington. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Jack Arrington, and by his sisters, Rose Dunn, Bunice Cornett, Betty Hawthorne, and...
Thomas Denton Norris
Nov 3, 2009
Thomas Denton "Red" Norris, 77, passed away on Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at Valley Health Care in Chilhowie. Red was born in Washington County, VA on January 6, 1932 to the late Jim Jack and Blanch Barbara Norris. He enjoyed riding and working with horses. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his sister Violet Norris....
John Preston Seymore
Nov 3, 2009
John Preston Seymore, 95, passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2009, in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. John was a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA. He was born June 1, 1914 to the late Frank and Martha Seymore. He enjoyed fishing, camping and all sports, particularly baseball. John loved playing shuffleboard while vacationing in Florida, and last year he won the...
Betty Jane Sullins Whitehurst
Nov 2, 2009
Betty Jane Sullins Whitehurst, 72, passed away Monday, November 2, 2009 in the Johnston Memorial Hospital. Betty was born in Washington County, VA on February 24, 1937, to the late Fred and Mattie Sullins. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, James Bailey and her sister, Thelma Baughman. She is survived by two sons,...
Subscribe
Subscribe to get alerts on new obituaries
HeartLight offers a variety of support groups, education, resources, and special programming related to grief and loss.
365 Days of Grief Support
Sign up for one year of grief messages designed to offer hope and healing during difficult first year after a loss
