Obituaries
William Gilmer "Billy" Murray
Jan 4, 2022
William Gilmer “Billy” Murray, age 69, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at his residence. His parents, William Emory Murray and Nora Parks Murray, welcomed triplets on January 29, 1952. In addition to Billy’s parents, he was also preceded in death by his wife of over 40 years, Nancy Louise Poston Murray; and twin brothers, Johnny...
Bertha Joy Rampley
Jan 2, 2022
Bertha Joy Rampley, age 84, of Meadowview, Virginia passed away at her home on Sunday, January 2, 2022 Joy was born in Excelsior, West Virginia on April 2, 1937 to the late Robert and Rosella Hagerman Pruitt. Joy and Charles met in Michigan and raised their family there. After retiring they moved back to Virginia. Joy was a lifelong member...
Leslie Clarence Glover
Jan 1, 2022
Abingdon, VA – Leslie Clarence Glover, age 66 and formerly of Cedar Bluff, VA, passed on Saturday, January 1, 2022, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Leslie lived nearly all of life in Tazewell County, VA before moving to Abingdon in 2020. He was a graduate of Tazewell High School and a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. Leslie retired as a conductor with...
Brent Eugene Lockhart
Dec 29, 2021
Brent Eugene Lockhart, age 59, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 29, 2021. He was born to George Lockhart and Karen Collins Lockhart in Havre, Montana. Brent was Professor of Anatomy and Physiology as well as Microbiology at Northeast State Community College and was a member of Highlands Fellowship Abingdon Campus. He was passionate...
Millard Alex "M.A." Bryant
Dec 28, 2021
Millard Alex “M.A.” Bryant, age 83, of Chilhowie, Va., passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, at Bristol Regional Medical Center. He was a retired dairy farmer and a veteran of the United States Army. M.A. is survived by four sons: Timothy Bryant and wife, Beverly; Stanley Bryant and wife, Tanja; Mark Bryant; and Glen Bryant and wife, Joanna; two...
Linda Marie Fisher
Dec 28, 2021
Chilhowie, VA – Linda Marie Fisher, age 73, passed on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, in Valley Health Care Center. Linda was raised in New York and a graduate of Carthage High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Beatrice Charbonneau; brothers, Roger and Rene Charbonneau; sister, Cheryl Taylor; and special friend. Maynard Fisher. She is survived...
Ernest Wayne Heath
Dec 28, 2021
Abingdon, VA – Ernest Wayne Heath, age 81, passed on Tuesday, December 28, 2021, in Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mr. Heath was a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of Rush Creek Primitive Baptist Church. He retired from many years of employment from VDOT and loved to hunt and fish. He was preceded in death by his parents, Vernie and...
James Judson Blackley Worth
Dec 27, 2021
James Judson Blackley Worth, age 94, of Abingdon, VA, passed away on December 27th, 2021, peacefully, in his home. He was a graduate of Augusta Military Academy in Fort Defiance, Va., and a veteran of WWII who served in the Army Air Corps from 1945 to 1947. James earned a BS degree in Meteorology from Pennsylvania State University, and an...
Audrey Jane Counts
Dec 27, 2021
Glade Spring, VA – Audrey Jane Wise Counts, age 78, passed on Monday, December 27, 2021, in Johnston Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Counts was preceded in death by her parents, Howard and Rose Reynolds Wise; husband, Claude Counts, Sr.; son, Claude Counts, Jr.; grandson, Eric Odum; son-in-law, Thomas Odum; and several siblings. She is survived by three daughters, Angela (Jesse) LeMaire,...
Patsy Jackson Carbary
Dec 26, 2021
Patsy Jackson Carbary, age 80, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 26, 2021, at Valley Health Care Center. She was born April 21, 1941, to the late Sanford Leroy “S.L.” Jackson, Jr. and Margaret Lee Neaves Jackson. Patsy was a devoted wife and mother who touched the lives of the many children who she...
Juanita Jean Price
Dec 26, 2021
Abingdon, VA - Juanita Jean Price, age 87, went home to be with the Lord and her beloved husband Ralph L. Price on Sunday, December 26, 2021. Her Christian faith sustained her throughout her life and gave her great comfort through these last years. Jean was a devoted wife and mother that loved her family. She worked for 50 years...
James Edward Prater
Dec 26, 2021
James Edward Prater, age 95, of Meadowview, Va., passed away peacefully at home of Parkinson’s disease, with his love, Debbie by his side, on December 26, 2021. He was born to the late Helen Davis Thompson, on April 9, 1926, in Washington County, Va. He was a longtime sports enthusiast. He and Debbie loved traveling all over the world and...
Ronnie Glenn Wolfe
Dec 25, 2021
Ronnie Glenn Wolfe, age 63, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021, at his home. He was born September 24, 1958, to the late Oca Wolfe and Madeline Spriggs Wolfe and was raised in the Hayter’s Gap Community. Ronnie was a former employee of Moore’s Quality Snack Foods, Inc. and attended Pine Hill Community Church. In addition...
Martha Diane Keene
Dec 24, 2021
Martha Diane Keene, of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 24, 2021, at the UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville, Va. She grew up in Buchanan County having graduated from Garden High School. She attended ETSU where she earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Engineering. She worked for United Coal Company as an environmental engineer....
Mary Jane Stuart Neal
Dec 23, 2021
Abingdon, VA – Mary Jane Stuart Neal, age 87, passed on Thursday, December 23, 2021, in Valley Health Care Center. Mrs. Neal was of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph E. and Virginia Baumgardner Stuart; husband, Luther Neal; brothers, Rev. Dutch Stuart, Willie Stuart, and George Stuart; and sister, Margie Harold. She is survived...
Cecil Lee Layne, Sr.
Dec 21, 2021
Cecil Lee Layne, Sr., age 87, of Abingdon, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021, at his home. He was born November 28, 1934, to the late William Thurston Layne and Hattie Mae Hill Layne in Clintwood, Va. He was formerly employed as an auto-mechanic. In addition to his parents, Cecil was also preceded in death by his son, “C.J.”...
Ora Edith Prestrem
Dec 19, 2021
Ora Edith Prestrem, age 94, of Abingdon, Va., passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021, at her home. She was born November 2, 1927, to the late William Arthur Daugherty and Pearlie Mae Swift Daugherty in West Point, Ky. Aside from being a devoted housewife and mother, Edith worked as an Administrative Volunteer for the VFW Auxiliary in Portage, Ind....
Melvin Leo Heiman
Dec 19, 2021
Melvin Leo Heiman was born an only child on November 2, 1944 in Los Angeles, California to his father Benjamin Heiman and mother Betty Sinclair Heiman. An achieving student, Mel eventually chose medicine as a career. He did his undergraduate work at UCLA, graduated top of his class at University of Southern California medical school, and did his residency in...
Ima Jean Smith Delph
Dec 16, 2021
Ima Jean Smith Delph, age 77, of Johnson City, Tenn., went to be with her Lord, on December 16, 2021, at Tennova Healthcare in Cleveland, Tenn. She was born to the late John Wesley Deyton and Mary A. Tipton Deyton in Morganton, NC, on February 23, 1944. She was feisty, which was evident in her ability to raise three daughters...
Wilma Jean Owens Moody
Dec 15, 2021
Abingdon, VA – Wilma Jean Owens Moody, age 77, passed on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at her home. Mrs. Moody was an employee of Grace Health Care for over 30 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Bonnie Kathleen Arnold Owens; husband, Allen Lee Moody; son, Brady Moody; granddaughter, Brittany Elizabeth Moody; siblings, Wallace Owens, Bertie...
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