Obituaries
Robert Lee Comer
Apr 8, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Robert Lee Comer, age 69, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 8 2023. Born January 8, 1954. He was the son of the late James and Virginia Comer. Robert loved to fish, read and watch auto racing. He retired from the United States Navy after twenty-one years of service.
In addition to his parents,...
Janet Lee Shubert
Apr 8, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Janet Lee Shubert, age 73, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Born January 13, 1950. She was the daughter of the late Emory and Rosella Sword. She loved spending time with her granddaughter, enjoyed reading and being with her dogs.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Christy Denise Huffman
Apr 8, 2023
Castlewood, VA – Christy Denise Huffman, age 51, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 8, 2023. She was born January 4, 1972 and spent her life as a dedicated wife and mother. She also loved homemaking and the outdoors. She was a long time member of Copper Ridge Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her...
Bonnie Lee Grizzle
Apr 3, 2023
Castlewood, VA – Bonnie Lee Jannisch Grizzle, age 85, went to be with the Lord on Monday, April 3, 2023. Born May 3, 1937. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Shirley Jannisch.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Claude A. “Pete” Grizzle; children: Cleveland B. Grizzle and Valerie Ennis; sister:...
Wilma Jean Blankenship
Mar 22, 2023
Cleveland, VA – Wilma Jean Blankenship went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Born June 3, 1933. She was the daughter of the late William Huffman and Nora Castle Huffman. She was a member of Green Valley Baptist Church. She loved reading, cooking, canning, tending to her flowers, visiting nursing homes, and spending time with...
Mary Ellen Hess
Mar 16, 2023
Abingdon, VA – Mary Ellen Hess, age 78, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Born January 30, 1945. She was the daughter of the late Hiram Bise and Rassie Chafin Bise. She enjoyed sewing and watching westerns on television and she loved spending time with family, friends and her dog Bella. She attended Valley View...
Jessie James Sutherland
Mar 16, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Jessie James Sutherland, age 83, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 16, 2023. Born March 7, 1940.
He was preceded in death by his father: William Henry Sutherland.
He is survived by his mother: Hazel Duncan Sutherland; sisters: Dorothy Johnson and Nancy Rhea; brother: Mick Sutherland and wife Pat; children: Vickie O’Quinn of Bristol,...
Richard Barthelmes
Mar 9, 2023
Bristol, VA – Richard Barthelmes, age 95, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Born November 9, 1927. He was the son of the late Ferdinand Barthelmes and Mabel Brinks Barthelmes. Richard was a United States Navy Veteran, having served in World War II. He enjoyed wood working, fishing and all outdoor games, and loved the...
Paul Henry Musick
Mar 6, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Paul Henry Musick, age 73, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 6, 2023. He was a 1967 graduate of Honaker High School, a 1969 graduate of Bluefield College (University) with an Associate’s Degree in Engineering, and a 1971 graduate of Virginia Tech with a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Engineering. From 1971-1977 he was...
William Rayburn Leeper
Mar 6, 2023
Lebanon, VA – William Rayburn Leeper, age 77, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 6, 2023. Born December 7, 1945. He was the son of the late Ray Leeper and Mary Blair Leeper. He was retired from Eastman Chemical Company. He wrote articles for the Kingsport Times News, was very interested in electronics and had wonderful handwriting. He...
Wendel Lee Jacobs
Feb 26, 2023
Castlewood, VA - Wendel Lee Jacobs, age 75, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 26, 2023. He liked to garden and to talk about fishing. He loved his children and grandchildren and worked his entire life to provide for his family.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Isaac Jacobs and Luria Hall Jacobs; brother: Willie...
Patsy Nash Jones Skorupa
Feb 22, 2023
Patsy Nash Jones Skorupa of Lebanon, Va., climbed on up to the path above following a determined struggle to simply take a breath over the past year. She passed away on February 22, 2023, at Bristol Regional Memorial Hospital.
If there were doctoral degrees for doers, movers, and shakers, Patsy would have been a top scholar in all three categories....
Virgie Mae Lampkins
Feb 17, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Virgie Mae Lampkins went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 17, 2023. Born July 9, 1942. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Mable Lawson. She was of the Baptist faith and liked to hunt ginseng and fish.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband: Albert Lampkins;...
Peggy Teague Bolling
Feb 4, 2023
Abingdon VA - Peggy Teague Bolling, age 91, went to be with the Lord Saturday February 4, 2023 at Abingdon Health & Rehab. She was the daughter of the late Marvin & Eura Teague.
In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Bolling, grandchildren: David Owens and Mabrey Bush, brother: Joseph Teague and...
Imogene "Jean" Cox-Vice
Jan 28, 2023
Bristol, TN – Imogene “Jean” Cox-Vice, loving mother, grandmother and wife was granted her heart’s desire and entered into the arms of Jesus on January 28, 2023, at the age of 88, from Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA with her loving family by her side.
Jean lived in Pound, VA for the first 66 years of her life and...
Gladys Meade Salyer
Jan 19, 2023
Nickelsville, VA – Gladys “Sissy” Meade Salyer, January 8, 1948 – January 19, 2023
Sissy went home to be with Jesus on Thursday surrounded by family. Sissy loved her family and never took her eyes off of God, always trusting in His plan. She was a member of Antioch House of Prayer.
She was preceded in death by her parents:...
Ernest Wesley Vencill
Jan 18, 2023
Lebanon, VA – Ernest Wesley Vencill, 83, went to be with the Lord on January 18, 2023 peacefully in his home. Ernest was born on April 30, 1939 to the late William Alden Vencill and Gladys Fields Vencill.
He was a proud business co-owner of Vencill Corporation and P&J Contracting for over 30 years. After retirement, he made a full...
Ana Emilia Sawyer
Jan 16, 2023
Abingdon, VA – Ana Emilia Sawyer, age 80, went to be with the Lord on Monday, January 16, 2023. Born May 15, 1942. She was the former owner of the Carriage House Motel in Lebanon, VA. She arrived in this country as a teenager and went on to become a naturalized citizen and a successful business owner. She stayed involved...
Margaret Ann Campbell
Jan 15, 2023
Mrs. Margaret Ann Swartz Campbell, age 86, of Lebanon, VA passed away January 15 2023 at her home with her one and only love, Bobby by her side; on to her eternal home with Jesus. She was raised in Johnson City, Tenn but after meeting Bobby Campbell in her teens, they married and she became a devoted housewife in Lebanon,...
Rachel Jolene Skeen
Jan 12, 2023
Abingdon, VA – Rachel Jolene Skeen, age 50, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Born on February 20, 1972. She was a graduate of Abingdon High School Class of 1990. She was employed at Blueridge Radiology for the past twenty-three years. She loved spending time with her family and her animals.
She was preceded in...
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