Ruth M. Jessee
Dec 26, 2017
Ruth M. Jessee age 94 of Pennington Gap, VA was born Saturday, April 21, 1923 in Ewing, VA and passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 at the Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA. She graduated with the first graduating class of Thomas Walker High School. She was a long time member of the First United Methodist Church in...
Ruth Ann Pennington
Dec 23, 2017
Ruth Ann Pennington, Ben Hur, VA, February 7, 1931 - December 23, 2017, was born and raised in Ben Hur, VA to Dan and Ada (Wilson) Flanigan. Ruth moved to Church Hill, TN in the mid 50s and then moved to the Reeds Creek Community of Keokee, VA in 1962. She moved back to Ben Hur in 1997. She was...
Eva Genette Poteet Garrett
Dec 23, 2017
Eva Genette Poteet Garrett, age 88, was called to her heavenly home on Saturday, December 23, 2017 to join her beloved husband, Lawrence H. Garrett, who went to be with Jesus December 26, 1993. They were married May 1, 1947 in Harlan, KY on Lawrences 23rd birthday. Eva was born in Benedict, VA on October 11, 1929 (second child) to...
Burley Hall
Dec 22, 2017
Burley Hall age 45 of Jonesville, VA was born Friday, September 1, 1972 in Hyattsville, MD and passed away Friday, December 22, 2017 at the Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Hall. Burley is survived by his mother Emma Hall, two brothers Jimmy Hall and wife, Vicky, and Robert Hall...
Charles Thomas Diets
Dec 21, 2017
Charles Thomas Diets, age 51 of the Dryden Heights Community of Dryden, VA was born in Norton, VA on Saturday, October 15, 1966 and passed away on Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA. Tommy was an retired auto mechanic and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by...
Carol Muse
Dec 20, 2017
Carol Muse age 70 of Pennington Gap, entered Heaven on Dec 20 at her home. She was born in St. Charles, VA on Saturday, September 27, 1947. She lived in Lee County most of her life and prior in Carson, California. She was a graduate of Carson High school and a retired underground coal miner with Westmoreland Coal Company. Prior...
Peggy J. Thomas
Dec 18, 2017
Peggy J. Thomas age 64 of Jonesville, VA was born Monday, December 22, 1952 in Lee County, VA and passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She had worked for (MEOC) Mountain Empire Older Citizens as a caregiver. Peggy is survived by her son Hubert Kimberlin, III and wife, Marsha of Jonesville,...
Warren H. 'Butch' Wilder
Dec 17, 2017
Warren H. 'Butch' Wilder, 66, passed away in his Jonesville, Virginia, home on Sunday, December 17, 2017. He was born in Pineville, West Virginia, on November 18, 1951, to the late George and Ada (Newman) Wilder Dickson. On August 22, 1997, Butch married Sheila Wilder, and she preceded him in death on December 1, 2016. Butch graduated from Marion High...
Dolores E. Sonntag
Dec 15, 2017
Dolores E. Sonntag, 86, of Pennington Gap, VA passed away on December 15, 2017 after bravely battling a long illness. She was born on June 20, 1931 in Newark, NJ. She was retired from working at a toy factory in New Jersey. Dolores loved to garden, draw and play with her grandchildren. She always had a smile and a kind...
Ross Clifton Wilder
Dec 14, 2017
Ross Clifton Wilder Born August 3, 1927 In Jonesville, Va. Son of late Jess and Bertha (Welch) Wilder, Husband of late Alice (Moore) Wilder. Retired after 32 yrs from Mineral Pigment Corp In Beltsville, Md. Survived by three Daughters: Rossie Boyce of Columbia, Md, Joyce Fitzgibbons of Flat Rock, NC, Karen Seabolt of Simpsonville, SC. 9 Grandchildren and 14 Great...
Ralph Moore
Dec 13, 2017
Ralph Moore, age 69 of the Wallens Creek Community of Jonesville, VA was born in Sneedville, TN on Tuesday, October 12, 1948 and passed away on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. He was a retired carpenter and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hillary and Flossie Moore; one son, Ralph Moore Jr.; one brother,...
Cristy Dimmick Moore
Dec 7, 2017
Christy Dimmick Moore, age 40 of Jonesville, VA was born Monday, April 18, 1977 in Tunkhannock, PA and passed away Thursday, December 7, 2017 at her home in Jonesville, VA. She worked many years as a CAN and homemaker and was of the Baptist Faith. She is survived by her husband Hershel (Moe) Moore of the home, Two sons John...
Dale Rutherford
Dec 6, 2017
Dale Rutherford age 69 of Pulaski, VA was born Wednesday, September 25, 1948 in Jonesville, VA and passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Roanoke Memorial Hospital. He was saved at McConnells Chapel Baptist Church in the Sandy Ridge Community of Jonesville, VA. He was preceded in death by his parents James T. and Fannie Rutherford and one sister...
Clyde Earl Baumgardner
Dec 6, 2017
Clyde Earl Baumgardner, age 84 of the Woodway Community of Pennington Gap was born in Chattanooga, TN on Friday, March 24, 1933 and passed away at The Waters of Johnson City nursing home in Johnson City, TN on Wednesday, November 6, 2017. Clyde was a retired butcher, a U.S. Army Korean War Veteran and was of the Holiness faith. He...
Phyllis Gibbs Ledford
Dec 6, 2017
Phyllis Gibbs Ledford age 68 of the Hubbard Springs Community in Jonesville, VA was born Friday, April 29, 1949 in Ocoonita, VA and passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at the Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA. She was of the Pentecostal Faith, loved her family, traveling and gardening. She was preceded in death by her parents Ira...
Jeffrey Craig Witt
Nov 29, 2017
Jeffrey Craig Witt, born August 28, 1961, in Harlan, KY and died peacefully at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, surrounded by his family after fighting for 6 weeks in ICU following a double lung transplant. He served in the Army Reserves for 12 years and was a miner operator for 18 and a half years working for various...
James Alexander
Nov 29, 2017
James Alexander age 77 of Blackwater, VA was born in Hillsville, VA on Friday, June 13, 1940 and passed away Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at his home. He was preceded in death by one son Jeffery Alexander, parents Page and Ora Alexander and one sister Bernice Reeves. James is survived by his wife Alice Alexander of the home, four sons...
Patricia Darlene May
Nov 28, 2017
Patricia Darlene May age 63 of the Left Hand Poor Valley Community in Pennington Gap, VA was born Monday, June 21, 1954 in Pennington Gap, VA and passed away Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband Kenny May, parents Toy and Lilly Vanzant, two brothers Eugene Vanzant and James Vanzant. Patricia is...
Marvin Ricky Sturgill
Nov 21, 2017
Marvin Ricky Sturgill (known to many as Poppy) age 60 of Jonesville, VA was born Sunday, March 17, 1957 in Norton, VA and passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. He was a disabled coal miner and attended the Jonesville First United Methodist Church. He was an avid outdoorsman and loved to...
Peggy Ann Ewing
Nov 16, 2017
Peggy Ann Ewing age 76 of Pennington Gap, VA was born Saturday, January 18, 1941 in the Cooney Hollow area of Jonesville, VA and passed away Thursday, November 16, 2017 at her home. She was preceded in death by her loving husband Ben Ewing; infant daughter Amanda Ewing; infant granddaughter Peggy Webb; parents Frankie and Bris Gilbert; sister Shirley Morefield;...
