Jeff 'Doug' Johnson
Aug 15, 2015
Jeff 'Doug' Johnson, age 67 of Baxter, KY was born in Lee County, VA on Friday, February 13, 1948 and passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at the VA Medical Center in Mountain Home, TN. Jeff 'Doug' was a US Army veteran having served in Vietnam and he was also a retired coal miner. He was preceded in death...
Debra Lynn Pickett
Aug 14, 2015
Debra Lynn Pickett was born Debra Lynn Dellinger on February 23, 1957. 'Debbie' passed this life to be with the Lord on August 14, 2015. Debbie was a lifelong resident of Coeburn, VA. She briefly a resident of the Kingston Center in Duffield, VA and previously at Golden Homestead in Coeburn, VA for about three years. Debbie was preceded in...
Geneva King Shoemaker
Aug 13, 2015
Geneva King Shoemaker age 88 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Evarts, KY on Monday, November 1, 1926 and passed away on Thursday, August 13, 2015 at the Mountain View Hospital in Norton, VA. She had been a homemaker and of the Baptist Faith. She was preceded in death by two sons Roger Harris and Ernie Wilson Harris, her...
Virginia Burke
Aug 12, 2015
Virginia Bryant Burke age 90 of Jonesville, VA passed away at her home on Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Mrs. Burke was born in Lee County, VA to the late Charles Alex and Rose Lee Poteet Bryant on Monday, September 29, 1924. She was active in the Democratic Party at both local and state levels. She was also a member of...
Connie Petrey
Aug 6, 2015
Connie Petrey age 69 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in the Belgium Hollow Community of Pennington Gap on Thursday, July 4, 1946 and passed away at her home on Thursday, August 6, 2015. She had been a loving and caring wife for 41 years and mother for 53 years. After raising her children Connie went back to school and...
Linda Lou Miller
Aug 3, 2015
Linda Lou Miller, age 49 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Indianapolis, IN on Saturday, March 5, 1966 and passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015 at Heritage Hall in Big Stone Gap, VA. She had worked as an LPN for Lee Nursing and Rehab in Pennington Gap and Heritage Hall in Big Stone Gap. She was also of...
Benny Lee Pauley
Aug 2, 2015
Benny Lee Pauley left this earth on Sunday, August 2, 2015 to go to a better home in Heaven. He was born October 2, 1957 in Harlan, KY; the son of Cilus Arthur (Bud) and Ruth Marie Pauley. He had lived most of his adult life in Rose Hill in Lee County, VA. He was a self-employed truck driver since...
Francis Gosnell Sargent
Jul 25, 2015
Francis Gosnell Sargent age 60, died Saturday, July 25, 2015 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN after a long illness. She was born in Harlan, KY and had lived in Stickleyville, VA for 21 years.She was preceded in death by her parents John and Myrtle Gosnell of Harlan, KY, a son David Edward Sargent of Virginia, brothers...
Gerald Wayne Nichols
Jul 22, 2015
Gerald Wayne Nichols age 60 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Lee County, VA on Friday, February 4, 1955 and passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Heritage Hall in Big Stone Gap, VA. He had been a construction worker and attended the Station Creek Church. He was preceded in death by his wife Reba Shuler Nichols, parents...
Wilma Dean Smith
Jul 16, 2015
Wilma Dean Smith age 65 of Big Stone Gap, VA was born in the Robbins Chapel Community of Keokee, VA on Thursday, May 18, 1950 and passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She was preceded in death by her parents Curt and Ruby Stapleton, a sister Sherry Cooke and a brother...
Jenny Crusenberry
Jul 14, 2015
Jenny Crusenberry age 65 of Wise, VA was born in Lee County, VA on Monday, December 12, 1949 and passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at the Mountain View Hospital in Norton, VA. Jenny had been an LPN and a member of the Lost Creek Ministries in Wise, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents Hobart and Nora...
Patsy Ruth Million
Jul 13, 2015
Patsy Ruth Million age 75 of Jonesville, VA was born in St. Charles, VA on Monday, January 29, 1940 and passed away Monday, July 13, 2015 at the Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport, TN. She had attended the Church of God in Pennington Gap, VA and formerly worked at Druthers Restaurant and VAMCO in Pennington Gap, VA. She is preceded...
Ressie M. Carter
Jul 12, 2015
Ressie M. Carter, born April 6, 1927 in Lee County, Virginia, passed away peacefully July 12, 2015 at the Soin Medical Center at the age of 88. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vogal Carter; son, Richard Carter; sisters, Myrtle Lawson, Bernice Carter, Lois Paxton; and a brother, Jimmy Johnson. She is survived by her son, Morris (Gladys)...
Mary Jean Stewart
Jul 12, 2015
Mary Jean Stewart age 58 of Woodway, VA was born in Sanford, FL on Thursday, April 18, 1957 and passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was a retired Certified Nursing Assistant and was a member of the Union Christian Church in Dot. She...
Marcella Shaw
Jul 9, 2015
Marcella Kay Shaw age 60 of Jonesborough, TN was born on Tuesday, September 29, 1954 in Greenville, TN and passed away Thursday, July 9, 2015 at her home in Jonesborough, TN. She had been a house wife most of her life. Ms. Shaw was preceded in death by her parents Joseph and Mamie Isley, husband Donnie Shaw. She is survived...
Eddie Lee Ricketts
Jul 8, 2015
Eddie Lee Ricketts age 63 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Pennington Gap, VA on Monday, August 13, 1951 and passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mt. Home, TN. He had served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era and had worked 18 years as Quality Control Operator in...
Helen Ruth Peters
Jul 8, 2015
Helen Ruth Peters age 79 of the Pucketts Creek Community in Pennington Gap, VA was born there on Saturday, October 19, 1935 and passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2015 at her home. She had retired as a tool maker from Apex Tools in Dayton, OH after 45 years and was of the Pentecostal Faith. She was preceded in death by...
Major Lee Ely
Jul 6, 2015
Major Lee Ely, 87, a native of St.Charles, Virginia, residing in Chattahoochee, Florida since 1990, passed away Monday, July 6, 2015 in Marianna, Florida. He was born to Andrew Jackson and Madgie Grace Ely on Octorber 26, 1927. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant, retiring after serving honorably for his country during the Vietnam...
Dewey Hershell Pennington
Jun 27, 2015
Dewey 'Hershell' Pennington, age 70 of the Robbins Chapel Community was born Wednesday , October 23, 1944 in Keokee, VA and passed away Saturday, June 27, 2015 at his home in Keokee. Hershell had been a truck driver, hauling gravel for Bill Carter Trucking and he enjoyed muscle cars in his spare time.He was preceded in death by his parents...
Gracie Johnson Payne
Jun 25, 2015
Gracie Johnson Payne age 90 of Ewing, VA was born Saturday, January 24, 1925 and passed away at her home on Thursday, June 25, 2015. She had been a social worker and a Head Start teacher in Lee County for 30 years and was a member of the Alanthus Hill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband...
