Obituaries

Apr 21, 2015

Joanna Owens age 59 of Rose Hill, VA was born in Harlan, KY on Friday, June 24, 1955 and passed away at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital in Middlesboro, KY Tuesday, April 21, 2015. She was a nurse for the Duffield Regional Jail, was a member of the Speaks Chapel Methodist Church and attended Silver Leaf Church. She was preceded...

Apr 20, 2015

Edna Mae Ball Parsons age 81 of Duffield, VA and formerly of Big Stone Gap was born in Lee County, VA on Wednesday, August 30, 1933 and passed away Monday, April 20, 2015 at the Kingston Assisted Living Center in Duffield, VA.She had been a nurses aid, attended the West End Independent Church and Mountain Empire Pace program. Edna loved...

Apr 18, 2015

Eddie Shupe age 60 of Duffield, VA and formally of the Graveyard Hill Community in St. Charles, VA was born on Wednesday, November 17, 1954 and passed away Saturday, April 18, 2015 at Ridgecrest Manor in Duffield, VA. He had been an avid Lee High Generals and Tennessee Vols football fan. He graduated from Pennington High School and had worked...

Apr 17, 2015

Sarah Josephine Carter Jerrell, age 90 of Jonesville, VA, was born on Wednesday, July 30, 1924 in Lee County, VA and went to be with her Lord, on Friday, April 17, 2015. She was a member of Thompson Settlement Missionary Baptist Church of Jonesville where she had served as clerk for many years and was active until declining health kept...

Apr 17, 2015

Henry Shoemaker, age 76, of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Harlan, KY on Monday, May 23, 1938 and passed away on Friday, April 17, 2015 at the Lonesome Pine Hospital in Big Stone Gap, VA. Henry was a retired coal miner and was of the Penticostal faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Birdie Blevins...

Apr 14, 2015

Arvil Arlie Tyree age 77, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 14, 2015 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. Arvil was born on Saturday, January 1, 1938 in Virginia Lee, St. Charles, VA. Arvil was a born again Christian of the Church of God Faith. He was a retired coal miner. Arvil was a...

Apr 12, 2015

Ronnie Dale Woodard age 57 of Pennington Gap, VA was born in St. Charles, VA on Sunday, June 30, 1957 and passed away at his home on Sunday, April 12, 2015. He had been a resident of Detroit, MI for 25 years before returning to Lee County in 1995. Ronnie was of the Baptist Faith.He was preceded in death by...

Apr 10, 2015

Margarete Woliver of Flanary Bridge Rd. in the Flatwoods Community, Jonesville, Va. was born in Pracht, Germany on Tuesday , January 5, 1937. and passed away Friday, April 10, 2015 at her home at the age of 78 years. She had lived in Lee County most of her adult life. Margarete was a homemaker, an active grandmother, and a volunteer...

Apr 6, 2015

Pinia Wilson, age 88, of Pennington Gap, VA was born in Lee County, VA on Thursday, October 28, 1926 and went to be with her Lord on Monday, April 6, 2015 at Lee Nursing and Rehab in Pennington Gap, VA. She had lived in the Poor Valley Community of Pennington Gap her entire life. She was a loving mother and...

Apr 5, 2015

Velma Jean Fee Rhoton, age 73, of Blackwater, VA was born in Harlan, KY on Monday, November 10, 1941 and went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 5, 2015 at Ridgecrest Manor in Duffield, VA. She had been a resident of Blackwater and previously of the Flatwoods Community and Jonesville. She was also a member of the...

Apr 3, 2015

Ms. Irma Jo Osborne, previously of Rose Hill, VA, passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015. Ms. Osborne was a Virginia native born in Calvin, VA. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Thomas Liddell, her parents, Lee Barker Jr. and Sylvia R. Barker, her brother, James R. Barker, sister Norma Muse, sister Betty Abney. Survived...

Apr 3, 2015

Ronnie Mullins, age 68, of Dryden, VA was born in Lee County on Friday, January 31, 1947 and passed away on Friday, April 3, 2015 at his home. He was retired from Lee Regional Medical Center where he worked for 45 years. He was a native of Lee County his entire life and was a member of the Dryden Baptist...

Jul 4, 2012

Obituary Alice Marie (Moore) Wilder born on April 1, 1928 in Blackwater, Va. Daughter of Lee and Getty Moore, Wife of Ross Clifton Wilder Survived by three Daughters: Karen Seabolt of Simpsonville, SC Joyce Fitzgibbons of Flat Rock, NC and Rossie Boyce of Forest City, NC Nine Grandchildren, and 12 Great Grandchildren and one Sister, Libby Moore of Fort Wayne...

Dec 7, 1941

SGT. DONALD EDGAR BAYS

One of the first of Lee County's sons to make the supreme sacrifice for his country, in the present war, was Donald Edgar Bays, son of Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Bays, of Hubbard Springs, Va. Donald was killed in action on the first day of the war, December 7, 1941, while serving...

Obituary Bonnie Lakins age 81 of Rose Hill, Virginia left this earthly life on January 28, 2022 to rejoice in heaven with her lord and savior Jesus Christ. Bonnie was born on February 4, 1940 the daughter of Fred August and Goldie Lorene Moore Tron in Posey County, IN at the age of 17 she met the love of her...

Obituary Sharon Joann Lawson Sharon worked for Lee County for 31 plus years, she was the sole accounting employee and was also in charge of the Lee County Benefits Program. She was of the Apostolic Faith. Sharon was constantly furthering her education and training, with so may we can not list them all. She enjoyed spending every moment with her...