Obituaries

Bert Allen Salyers

Bert Allen Salyers

Feb 23, 2022

Lebanon, VA- Bert Allen Salyers, age 70, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 23, 2022. Born April 27, 1951. He was the son of the late William and Dora Salyers. Bert was a retired truck driver and an avid hunter. He loved to spend time with his family and friends. In addition to his parents, he was...

Lavona Faye Alexander

Lavona Faye Alexander

Feb 18, 2022

Johnson City, TN – Lavona Faye Alexander, age 77, went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 18, 2022. Born January 21, 1945. She was the daughter of the late James and Hazel Wheeler. She was of the Christian faith, enjoyed music and loved spending time with family and friends. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

David Travis Steele

David Travis Steele

Feb 15, 2022

Lebanon, VA- David Travis Steele, age 37, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. Born June 14, 1984. He was a life-long resident of Lebanon. He played basketball and baseball for LHS. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. He was preceded by his grandfather: George Steele; grandmother: Linda Wyrck; grandfather: Bill Taylor; step-grandfather: Donald...

Linda Jean Elswick

Linda Jean Elswick

Feb 13, 2022

Lebanon, VA – Linda Jean Elswick, age 59, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, February 13, 2022. Born February 20, 1962. Linda enjoyed the outdoors, working in her flower beds and spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of Hurricane Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents: Barney and Alice Tiller; brother: Randall...

Darrell David Davis

Darrell David Davis

Feb 7, 2022

Lebanon, VA- Darrell David Davis, age 66, passed away Monday, February 7, 2022. Born May 20, 1955. He was a graduate of Castlewood High School and was formerly employed as a foreman at a coal prep plant. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends. He was preceded by his parents: Fred and Geneva Davis; and granddaughter: Aliza Barker....

Larry Lance Snead

Larry Lance Snead

Feb 5, 2022

Lebanon, VA- Larry Lance Snead, age 75, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Born August 8, 1946. He retired from VDOT and was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. Larry was a former Assistant Scout Master and Troop Committee Member of Troop 239 in Lebanon. He enjoyed spending time with his family.   He was...

Lula Belle Dotson

Lula Belle Dotson

Feb 5, 2022

Castlewood, VA – Lula Belle Dotson, age 86, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 5, 2022. Born September 30, 1935. She was the daughter of the late Elwood and Anna Gordon. Lula loved to cook, bake bread and she enjoyed working at Wal-Mart. She loved spending time with her family and grandchildren; she also loved praying for...

Mabel Graham Robinson Thomas

Mabel Graham Robinson Thomas

Jan 29, 2022

Lebanon, VA - Mabel Graham Robinson Thomas passed away on Saturday, January 29, 2022 at the age of ninety-four. She was the daughter and one of seven children of the late William Patton Robinson and Cora Meldona Robinson. She was a member of Lebanon Baptist Church. Mabel worked outside of the home as a dental assistant for Dr. J.C. Watkins....

Helen Marie Fields

Helen Marie Fields

Jan 28, 2022

Kingsport, TN –Helen Marie Fields, age 77, went to be with the Lord, Friday, January 28, 2022. Born January 28, 1945. She was the daughter of the late James and Josie Compton. She loved to crochet and was an avid reader. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband: David Brackenridge; her second husband:...

Tommy David Alderson

Tommy David Alderson

Jan 25, 2022

Castlewood, VA- Tommy David Alderson, age 72, passed away Tuesday, January 25, 2022 after a lengthy illness. Born February 28, 1949. Tommy was a 1968 graduate Castlewood High School graduate. He was an employee of Clinchfield Coal Company/Pittson for thirty-two years and he was a proud member of the UMWA. He also loved to ride horses and put up hay....

Shirley  Smith Campbell

Shirley Smith Campbell

Jan 14, 2022

Shirley Smith Campbell, age 81, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022, at home where she lived with her daughter’s family in Raleigh, North Carolina. Born October 20, 1940, in Russell County, she was the youngest daughter of the late Walton E. Smith and Stella Cumbow Smith. Shirley’s childhood was spent on the family farm in Spring City, and she graduated...

Walter Glenn O'Quinn

Walter Glenn O'Quinn

Jan 14, 2022

Lebanon, VA- Walter “Glenn” O’Quinn, age 81, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 14, 2022 at his home. He was born November 26, 1940. He was a retired coal miner after twenty-eight years with Clinchfield Coal Company and a proud member of the UMWA.He enjoyed deer hunting, fishing, lawn working and spending time with his family...

William Joseph Carty

William Joseph Carty

Jan 14, 2022

William Joseph “Bill” Carty, 88, of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee and Chapel Hill, Tennessee, departed this life on January 14, 2022 at Williamson Medical Center in Franklin, TN. He was born June 1, 1933, in Dante, Virginia to Asa Bascom Carty and Hazel Pauline Blackburn Carty, late of Meadowview, Virginia.

Bill is survived by his cherished wife of 68 years:...

Michael "Bert" Lambert

Michael "Bert" Lambert

Jan 9, 2022

Michael "Bert" Lambert, 65, peacefully went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 9, 2022 in Lexington, Ky. Mike was born in 1956 in Pennington Gap, Va. to the late Edgar Hatcher Lambert and Phyllis Burns Lambert.  He graduated with honors from Castlewood High School, Class of 1974, and earned a Bachelor's degree in business from Clinch Valley College...

Howard Dow Musick

Howard Dow Musick

Jan 9, 2022

Lebanon, VA- Howard Dow Musick, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Born October 31, 1928. He loved to hunt deer and he loved his dogs. He liked to fish and go to military airshows. In addition to his parents, he was preceded by his wife of sixty eight years: Wilma L. Musick; granddaughter:...

Anna Jean Chandler

Anna Jean Chandler

Dec 27, 2021

Greenville, TN - Anna Jean (Ramey) Chandler of Bristol, VA left to be with the Lord on December 27, 2021. She was born on November 18, 1937 in Wise County, VA. She was a member of the First Assembly Church of God in Bristol, VA. She was preceded in death by her husband: Wayne Benny Chandler.

She is survived...

Paul Gregory "Greg" Musick

Paul Gregory "Greg" Musick

Dec 27, 2021

Lebanon, VA- Paul Gregory "Greg" Musick, age 49, of Lebanon, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 27, 2021. Greg was born October 24, 1972. He was a 1990 graduate of Lebanon High School and a 1995 graduate of Bluefield College with degrees in Business Management and Industrial Engineering. He was a member of Green Valley...

Charles Douglas Lambert

Charles Douglas Lambert

Dec 26, 2021

LEBANON, VA. Charles Douglas Lambert, age 76, went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 26 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on May 16, 1945 and grew up in Cleveland, Va., graduating from Cleveland High School and was a life-long resident of Russell County, Va. He had an Associate’s Degree in blueprint design and retired...

Elizabeth Kay "Wassy" Sink

Elizabeth Kay "Wassy" Sink

Dec 26, 2021

Lebanon, VA – Elizabeth Kay "Wassy" Sink, age 52, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, December 26, 2021 at her home. Born May 5, 1969, she was the daughter of the late Bobby Joe Stinson, Sr. and Doris Marie Puckett Hess. She was an animal lover and she dreamed of having an animal rescue center. She was a...

Olga Medrano Campbell

Olga Medrano Campbell

Dec 23, 2021

Lebanon, VA – Olga B. Campbell, age 73, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 23, 2021. Born September 19, 1948. She was the daughter of the late Selestino Medrano and Delia Brines Medrano. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son: Timothy Campbell; husband: Dewey Campbell; and multiple brothers and sisters.

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