Obituaries
Woodrow Lewis Orfield
Jul 8, 2009
Woodrow "Cotton" Lewis Orfield, 75, passed away on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. Woodrow was born July 26, 1933 to the late Woodrow and Hannah Atkins Orfield. He was a life long resident of Washington County and a member of Shady Grove United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Margaret. Survivors are...
Frances H. Crane
Jul 5, 2009
Frances Harless Crane, 91 passed away Sunday, July 5, 2009 at her residence. She was a lifelong residence of Washington County, VA and attended the Harvest Time Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Crane was preceded in death by her parents, John Henry and Rebecca Chapman Harless, a son, Clark S. Crane and several brothers and sisters. Survivors include her loving husband...
Paul Ryder Dishman
Jul 4, 2009
Paul Ryder Dishman, infant son of Johnnie H. Dishman, III and Monica Soliz-Dishman went to be with God on July 4, 2009. He was a special little angel who was called home to be with God in Heaven. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Valdemar Soliz, Jr. Those left behind to cherish his memory are, his parents;...
Herbert L. DeBusk
Jun 30, 2009
Herbert L. DeBusk, Sr, 80, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, June 30, 2009, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. He was born January 11, 1929, in Glade Spring, Virginia. He grew up in the Widener's Valley area of Washington County and graduated from Liberty Hall High School and attended Emory and Henry College. He was the owner of Appalachian Plastics,...
Sarah Elizabeth Flannagan Owens
Jun 29, 2009
Abingdon, Virginia - Sarah Elizabeth Flannagan Owens, 93, of the Wyndale community, went to be with her Lord on June 29, 2009. She was a loving and caring maternal figure who, in turn, was loved and respected by her family and many friends who now celebrate her long life. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence D. Owens,...
Roy Griffith
Jun 25, 2009
Roy Griffith, 74, went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Johnston Memorial Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a member of Duncansville Christian Church. He enjoyed fishing and watching NASCAR and loved his family very much. He was a very hard working farmer. He is...
Dallas Devere Hutchinson
Jun 19, 2009
Dallas Devere Hutchinson, 77 years of age, died June 19, 2009. He was born to Edgar Benton Hutchinson and Effie Belle Morrison Hutchinson on June 16, 1932, at Lookout in Pike County, Kentucky. He lived most of his life in Buchanan County, Virginia. He was the last surviving member of his family. He had made his home in Bristol, Virginia,...
Ernest James Statzer
Jun 17, 2009
Rev. Ernest James Statzer, 100, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his residence. He had lived in Washington County since 1943, coming from Appalachia, Virginia. He was a longtime minister of several United Methodist churches in Southwest Virginia and a member of Pleasant View United Methodist Church. He was the former owner/operator of Statzer's Cafeteria....
Clyde Taulbee Combs
Jun 16, 2009
Mr. Clyde Taulbee Combs, 83, affectionately known as "Big Daddy", passed away on June 16, 2009 at Hospice House in Rock Hill, SC. He was born in Russell County on March 3, 1926 to the late Taulbee and Leona Combs. Clyde married Irene Maxfield in 1945. He joined the U.S. Army during WW II, serving in the Philippines and the...
Patricia Anne Mullins
Jun 16, 2009
Patricia Anne Mullins, 59, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born September 4, 1949 in Front Royal, Virginia and was a daughter of the late Daniel B. and Madeline Margaret Wines Wiseman. Having previously been a resident of Washington County, Virginia, she and her husband, Garry have been back...
Clifton Noonkester Smelser
Jun 15, 2009
Mrs. Clifton Pauline Noonkester Smelser, age 90 passed away Monday, June 15, 2009 in the Valley Health Care Center, Chilhowie, VA. Mrs. Smelser had lived most of her life in the Bristol area and was a charter member of West Hills Christian Church, Bristol, TN and a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Appalachia, VA. She was preceded in death...
Harry Edward Ryburn
Jun 15, 2009
Harry Edward Ryburn, 83, formerly of Glade Spring, VA, passed away in Tulsa, OK. Harry was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He worked for the Texaco Company for over thirty years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carter W. Ryburn and Leta Dunn Ryburn, his brothers, Douglas A....
Louise J. Williams
Jan 2, 2009
Louise J. Williams passed away in January 2009 in Alexandria, Virginia, at the age of 89. She was born Rachael Louise Johnson in Washington County, Virginia, to the late Ethel Rector Johnson and Marvin Johnson. She attended Whitney School of Business in Kingsport, TN, and Emory & Henry College in Emory, VA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Brenda Sue Oliver Spiva
Feb 11, 1949
Brenda Sue Oliver Spiva, age 64, a lifelong resident of Washington County, VA, went to be with the Lord on February 11, 2014 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. She was born to Tom Oliver and Betty Linburg Oliver on February 13, 1949 in Bristol, VA. She was of the Baptist faith and attended both Damascus Road Baptist Church and Trinity...
Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt
Oct 11, 1926
Dateline: Abingdon, VA- Evelyn Naomi Griffitts Hilt, age 88, passed away on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at Commonwealth Assisted Living. 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...
Silas Richard Barker
May 5, 1916
Silas Richard Barker, 94, passed away on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Whealdon Estates Retirement Home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was 94 years old. He was born in Simmons, West Virginia, on May 15, 1916, to Arthur Lee Barker and Nancy Carolyn Howell Barker. He was a World War II veteran, having served as a 1st Lieutenant in the...
Paul R. Harris
Jan 1, 1900
Paul R. Harris, 82, of Abingdon died on Friday, June 24, 2011 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Nolansburg, KY to the late Joseph R. Harris and Hannah Metcalf Harris. He was a retired coal miner and he attended Abingdon First Assembly of God. Survivors include his son, Dwain Harris of Belfry, KY; his daughters, Patricia Harris of Abingdon,...
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