Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Virginia
Garnett Fields
Jun 27, 2010
Garnett Fields, 78, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at his home. He was predeceased by a son, Wayne Fields, a daughter, Debra Fields, a brother Doug Fields and several half-brothers and half-sisters. He is survived by a son, David Jeff Fields and wife Mandy of Meadowview, VA; two daughters Peggy Fox and husband Wayne of Bluff City, TN and, Judy...
David C. Fortner
Jun 23, 2010
David C. Fortner, 83, passed away on June 23, 2010 in Bristol Nursing Home. He was born to Mamie Estep Fortner and Rhudy A. Fortner on March 15, 1927, in Elizabethton, TN. He served in the United States Navy in World War II. He was employed at Larken Bakery in Elizabethton and Kerns Bakery in Bristol, VA. He was a...
John Wilson Taylor
Jun 22, 2010
John Wilson Taylor, 60, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at Smyth County Community Hospital. He was born February 12, 1950 in Danville, VA and was a son of the late Woodrow Wilson and Hazel Wall Taylor. He served with the U.S Army during the Vietnam War and was a decorated veteran having received a Bronze Service Star and Bronze...
Nettie Minnie Goodson
Jun 22, 2010
Nettie Minnie Goodson, 91, passed away Tuesday, June 22, 2010 in the NHC Healthcare Center. She was a member of the Heavenly Rest Church and was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur Denver Goodson and was employed with Imperial Reading. She is survived by her daughter Yvonne Ketchum Abingdon, VA, one grandchild, Larry Ketchum, two great grandchildren, Kevin Ketchum...
Jerry Wayne Senter
Jun 21, 2010
Jerry Senter, 73, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 21, 2010 following a long illness. He was born in Kentucky and was a son of the late Aldo and Omega Branham Senter of Clintwood, VA. He served with the U.S. Air Force from May of '54 to December of '57, and served two years in Alaska...
Mary Jane Mays McCracken
Jun 21, 2010
Mary Jane Mays McCracken, 94, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Grace Healthcare Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim McCracken; brothers Charles I. Mays, Homer W. Mays, and Dan K. Mays; sisters Hattie M. Mays, Martha Mays Alexander, and Lydia Mays Cox; and her niece, Peggy A. Hedrick and nephew, Dr. Greg M. Eades....
Sammy Levi Musser
Jun 20, 2010
Sammy Levi Musser, 74, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010 in Abingdon, Virginia. He was born October 30, 1935 in Washington County, VA and was a son of the late C.E. and Alta Pearl DeBusk Musser. He retired from Kern's Bakery where he worked as a mechanic for 33 years. He is survived by a son, Jeffrey Edward Musser and...
Ruth Crenshaw Harvey
Jun 19, 2010
Ruth Crenshaw Harvey, a former primary teacher in Fairlington Elementary School, Arlington County, died on Saturday, June 19, 2010 at the Goodwin House Retirement Home in Alexandria, VA at the age of 93. Mrs. Harvey, a native of Abingdon VA, was a graduate of Radford University and did graduate work at the University of Virginia. She began teaching in Abingdon,...
Bonnie Lou Jane (Thomas) Hess
Jun 17, 2010
Bonnie Lou Jane (Thomas) Hess Date of Birth: 12/12/52 - 06/17/10 She went home to be with Jesus and to rest in his arms. She fought for a long time. She was preceded in death by her Mother Junery Bill Lawson and Father Jessie Lee Thomas and her son Perry Lee Hess. Her survivors are: Daughter and son-in-law Doris and...
Tondra Anita Holley
Jun 16, 2010
Tondra Anita Holley, 43, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was born and raised in Suffolk, VA and had lived in Abingdon for the past 25 years. Survivors include Charles Jordan of Abingdon, two brothers, Sherman and Carlton Holley; one uncle, John Ray Holley; and several cousins. A graveside service...
Sarah Ellen Rudder
Jun 15, 2010
Sarah Ellen Rudder, 89, passed away Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at her home in Abingdon. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County and was a daughter of the late Henry Craig and Bessie Mae Woodby Lowe. She had worked as a seamstress at Big Jack Sewing and later at Empire Restaurant. She was a member of Rosedale Baptist Church....
Frances Irene Findley Ryan
Jun 12, 2010
"Grey hair is a crown of splendor. It is attained by a righteous life." Proverbs 16:31 Frances Irene Findley Ryan, God's gift to her family and friends since her birth on January 22, 1920, entered into the home she for which she longed, on June 12, 2010, surrounded by her children and grandchildren, at Valley Healthcare in Chilhowie, VA. She...
Kathy Lynn Inscore York
Jun 11, 2010
Kathy Lynn Inscore York, 51, passed away at her home on Friday, June 11, 2010. Kathy was born, August 12, 1958, in Washington County, VA to the late Robert and Kansas Taylor Inscore. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Madge Inscore and her brother Ronnie Inscore. Survivors include three brothers Gene Inscore and...
Jennifer Rose Villar
Jun 10, 2010
Jennifer Rose Villar, 2 ½ months, passed into the loving arms of her heavenly Father on Thursday, June 10, 2010. She was met at Heaven's gate by her maternal grandfather, Jerry Bert Wolfe. She is survived by her parents, Dana Harton and Isaias Aleiandro Villar; brother, Ryan Jesse Lane; sister, Zoe Elizabeth Harton; maternal grandmother, Joan Wolfe of Bristol; paternal...
Dorothy Ann Wise
Jun 10, 2010
Dorothy Ann Wise, 51, passed away Thursday, June 10, 2010 in Abingdon. She was born September 16, 1958 and was a daughter of the late James Davis and Frances Davis Cumbus. She was a caring, loving person who enjoyed her family. She was a member of Falls Hill Chapel Church. Survivors are her husband, Ernest Wise; a son, James Sailor...
Peggy Ann Shepherd
Jun 8, 2010
Peggy Ann Shepherd, 75, passed away Tuesday, June 8, 2010, at Johnston Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ancil and Ruth Hayes Shepherd, and by a brother, Bill Shepherd. Survivors include three sisters: Fran Anderson and husband Gene, Freida Keene and husband Ralph, and Betty Richardson; two brothers: Ron Shepherd and wife Cindy, and Paul Shepherd...
Agustus Mack Hurd Sr.
Jun 4, 2010
Mack Hurd, Sr., 78, passed away Friday, June 4, 2010 at his home. He was born in Russell County, VA and was a son of the late James Walter and Nannie Belle Marshall Hurd. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley; one brother, June Hurd and one sister, Virginia Robinson. Survivors are two...
Virginia Louise DeBusk Taylor
Jun 4, 2010
Louise Taylor, 91, died June 4, in NHC Healthcare following a short illness. She was born in Clinchburg, VA and lived in Broadford, VA before moving to English, WV and later to Abingdon, VA. She moved to Bristol, TN in 1980. She was living at Westhaven Retirement Living in Abingdon, VA at the time of her death. Louise was a...
Samuel E. Miller M.D.
Jun 3, 2010
Samuel E. Miller, M.D., 95, passed away Thursday, June 3, 2010 at his home. He was born July 29, 1914 in Greeneville, TN and was a son of the late Will and Sue Lemming Miller. He graduated Greene County High School and then Tusculum College in 1934. He joined the armed services and achieved the rank of Major in the...
Marie Lillian McCracken Miller
May 31, 2010
Marie Lillian McCracken Miller, age 83, passed away on Monday, May 31, 2010 at Abingdon Manor. She was a life long resident of Washington County, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents George A. and Lettie Moore McCracken; her husband Scott Paul Miller, and brothers, Charles McCracken, James McCracken and Samuel McCracken. Survivors include her step grandson, Ron...
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