BETTY LOU DOTSON BLANKENSHIP, 61 years of age of the Rock House Section of Paw Paw, KY, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2012, at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Minnie Slone Dotson... MORE
ROBERT YATES, 83, of Ocala, Florida died January 10, 2012. He was a native of Buchanan County, Virginia. He was self-employed and was also a bus driver for the Buchanan County School System. He and his wife, OlaGay, moved to Ocala in 1985... MORE
DOUGLAS WAYNE DOTSON, 57 years of age of the Convict Hollow section of Maxie, VA, passed away Monday, January 9, 2012, in Millard, KY, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Rosa Scarberry Dotson, Hurley, VA, and... MORE
AMOS EUGENE NICKELS, 74 years of age of the Patterson Section of Oakwood, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late William and... MORE
WILLIAM H. ST. CLAIR, 76 years of age of Grethel, KY, passed away Monday, January 2, 2012 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Wonderful Jack and Elsie Estep St. Clair. William was a member of New Beginning in Jesus... MORE
HAROLD T. LOONEY, 60 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Lena Hatfield, Cocoa, FL, and the late Hassell Looney. He... MORE
MICHAEL CANTRELL, 57 years of age of the Hunts Fork Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Friday, December 30, 2011 at his home. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Danny and Cora Dotson Cantrell, Hurley, VA. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
GREGORY ALVIN MATNEY, 49 years of age of the Brushy Fork Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at the Bristol Select Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County he was the son of Imogene Burks Matney, Hurley, VA... MORE
BETTY ESTEP WAYNICK, 68 years of age of the Coon’s Branch Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, December 26, 2011 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late James and Nettie Church Estep. She was... MORE
EUGENE BERTON STILTNER, 70 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, December 26, 2011 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Roy and Lydia Stacy Stiltner. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
AUTY BRANHAM, 95 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2011 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late James Harlis and Anna Stiltner Branham. He was a lifelong... MORE
CHRISTOPHER JUNIOR STACY, 39 years of age of Afton, TN, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2011 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Marilyn Blankenship Stacy, Grundy, VA, and the... MORE
TERRY L. COMBS, 59 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, December 10, 2011 at his residence following an extended illness. Born in Putnam County, OH, he was the son of the late Merl and Gertrude Gephart Combs. He was a resident of Buchanan County for... MORE
LORETTA VIARS HURLEY, 66 years of age of the Deel Fork Section of Harman, VA, passed away Thursday, December 1, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident along with her husband, Donald Ray Hurley, on Deel Fork near Harman, VA. Born in Logan, WV... MORE
BRUCE MELVIN DALES, 86 years of age of Cripple Creek Road, Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Dave Sr. and Eliza Ratliff Dales. He... MORE
SHIRLEY LOUISE CLEVINGER DAWSON, 70 years of age of the Convict Hollow of Maxie, VA, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late David and Marie... MORE
MELANIE DENISE KEENE, 49 years of age of the Dry Fork section of Vansant, Virginia, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011 at the University of Virginia Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia following a courageous battle with cancer and diabetes. Born in Pike County... MORE
MARY CARLENE BELCHER HACKNEY, 72 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Elsie Tackett Belcher. She... MORE
BELVA JEAN SPARKS VANOVER, 77 years of age of the Little Prater Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, November 5, 2011, at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Ida... MORE
REMONA DOTSON SARGENT, 43 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, November 3, 2011 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Hospice House, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of Betty Hurley Dotson, Paw... MORE
CAROL RUTH FLEMING BLANKENSHIP, 71 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2011 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late C.C. and Opal Vanover... MORE
JOHNNY LEE COLEMAN, 48 years of age of Mavisdale, VA, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2011 at his home. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Fonnnie Boyd Coleman, Mavisdale, VA, and the late Hubert Coleman. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County. Mr... MORE
JAMES W. KEEN, 86 years of age of Vansant, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Wiley and Clary Shortridge Keen. He was a Logger and was of... MORE
VERALINE DALES LOONEY, 84 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Friday, October 7, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late John W. and Clarsie... MORE
ANIS JEAN JUSTICE REYNOLDS, 72 years of age of Bristol, TN, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of... MORE
RUBY IVAL WILMER RATLIFF, 82 years of age of the Looney’s Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of... MORE
JOEHENE “EDISON” MATNEY, 85 years of age of Lebanon, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Russell County Medical Center, Lebanon, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late.. MORE
SCOTTIE ESTEP, 56 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2011 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Garland and Ruby Jane Scarberry Estep. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County... MORE
DONNIE RAY BELL, 52 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2011, at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Ray and Kathleen Childress Bell. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
LUTHER WILLIAM STILTNER, 68 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2011 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Muncy and Matele Stump Stiltner. He was a retired coal miner from Harman... MORE
KATHLEEN SPENCER MULKEY, 81 years of age of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, September 3, 2011 at the Harlan Health & Rehab Center, Harlan, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
JAMES STEWARD SINGLETON, 88 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Herndon, WV, he was the son of the late Dale... MORE
BILLY RAY PERRY, SR., 67 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at the Wellmont Hospice, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Calvin Edd and Hagar McClanahan Perry. He was a resident... MORE
KAREN SUE OSBORNE STILTNER,
56 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away
Sunday, August 21, 2011 at the Wellmont Hospice, Bristol, TN, following
an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of
Charles Jr. and Yvonne Foster Osborne of Grundy, VA...
MORE
CLARENCE LEE (CLANCY) DOTSON, 67 years old of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011 at his home following an apparent heart attack. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Ellis W. and Nannie Mae Lucas Dotson. He was a Commercial Pilot... MORE
ANDREA LYNETTE CLEVINGER ANDERSON, 34 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, she was the daughter of Danny Clevinger, Prater, VA... MORE
ADAM MATNEY, 70 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Wiley and Westiny Branham Matney. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
LEXIA HAY STILTNER, 72 years of age of the Poplar Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 at the Tazewell Community Hospital in Tazewell, VA following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late... MORE
GENORA MARGIE BALL STILTNER, 72 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Harmon... MORE
ROSE HUDSON, 95 years of age of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Newton Falls, OH, she was the daughter of the late Elmer and Louvina Rutter Hudson. Ms. Hudson attended... MORE
ROBY STILTNER,
55 years of age of Richlands, VA, passed away
Friday, July 1, 2011 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA,
following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of
the late Leck and Alpha Lester Stiltner. He was a resident of.
ERNEST CARTER LOONEY, 97 years of age of the Roseann Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, June 30, 2011 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Joseph Adam and Clara Alice Clevinger Looney. He was a lifelong... MORE
DANNY PAUL JUSTUS, 58 years of age of the Lesters Fork area near Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 at his home. Born in Buchanan County, VA, he was the son of the late Raymond Earl and Ethel Belcher Justus. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
CECIL GUY DILLOW, SR. 92 years of age of Hurley, VA. passed away Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Bland County, VA. he was a son of the late Conley Trigg and Della Elizabeth Tickle Dillow. He was... MORE
STEVE RANDALL DAWSON, 64 years of age, departed this life Thursday, June 16, 2011 at his home in Bland, Va after an extended illness. Born January 24, 1947 in Welch, WV, he was the son of the late John Henry and Myrtie Mae Dawson. He grew up in Buchanan County, VA... MORE
BOBBY JOE “BIG EYE” SKEENS, 73 years old of the Brown Bottom section of Big Rock, Virginia, passed away; Saturday June 4, 2011 at the Bristol Wellmont Medical Center in Bristol, TN following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Charlie and... MORE
STEVEN BRIAN FARMER, 50 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his home. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Henry and Janice Nichols Farmer, Grundy, VA. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and was a 1979 Graduate of... MORE
EDDIE COOPER, SR. 57 years of age of the Home Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2011 at the Select Specialty Hospital on the campus of Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center in Bristol, TN. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of.. MORE
MELISSA ANN (MISSY) COMPTON, 19 years of age of the Poplar Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Steve and Brenda Joyce... MORE
LOLA BLANCHE HOGSTON, 91 years of age of Vansant, Virginia, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rexford and Lydia Slone Burnette. She... MORE
GREGORY STEPHEN CAUDILL, 51 years of age of the Elkins Branch Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Whitesburg, KY, he was the son of the late Burtus and Earnestine... MORE
VERAL EDITH FOSTER ELSWICK, 82 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Friday, May 13, 2011 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following a brief illness. Born in Madison County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Reva Rainey Foster. She was a... MORE
LONNIE JOSH YATES, 59 years of age of the Deskins Area of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, April 30, 2011 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Milton and Stella Faye Yates... MORE
DAVID VESTAL MCCLANAHAN, 76 years of age of Floyd, VA, formerly of Grundy, VA, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011 from a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Buchanan County, Virginia, he was the son of the late James A (Jim) and Lula Stevenson McClanahan. Mr... MORE
HELEN IRENE SMITH WARD, 77 years of age of the Stonecoal section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Wise County, she was a daughter of the late Robert and Blonnie Ringley Smith... MORE
JERLENE “GERI” NICOLE CHILDRESS, 71 years of age of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Martha Jefferson Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, following a short illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of... MORE
HOMER “BUDDY” BLACKBURN, 74 years of age of the Paw Paw section of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, April 14, 2011 at the Pikeville Medical Center following a brief illness. Born July 28, 1936, in Ira, VA, Mr. Blackburn was the son of the late Joseph H. Blackburn Sr... MORE
CLAUDE FRANKLIN RATLIFF, 90 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late John Henry and America Virginia Hackney Ratliff
... MOREHERMAN LEE MULLINS, 77 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of the late Ezra and Mary Estep Mullins. He was a... MORE
ANGELA GRACE COLLINS BLANKENSHIP LUNSFORD, 40 years of age of the Lester’s Fork Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Jimmy Collins, Hurley, VA, and.... MORE
BONNIE LOONEY THACKER, 64 years of age of the Deskins Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Walter... MORE
PEARL SEAL MULLINS COLEMAN, 68 years of age of the Hunts Fork Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, April 4, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late William and Tillie... MORE
CHESTER KENNETH JOHNSON, 96 years of age of Ypsilanti, MI, was called home early Tuesday morning, March 29, 2011. He passed away peacefully at the Tender Care Nursing Home in Taylor, MI. Chester was born October 9, 1914 in Marrowbone, KY, to the late Emery E... MORE
TIVIS CAUDLE (T.C.) MULLINS, JR., 79 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, went to be with the Lord, Friday, March 25, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer surrounded by his family and a host of friends. Born in Dickenson County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Tivis... MORE
AMY NICOLE ADKINS, 20 years of age of the Prater Section of Haysi, VA, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of Clinton and Diana Boyd Adkins, Haysi, VA. She... MORE
JACK DEMPSEY OWENS, 77 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, VA, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late George and Myrtle McFadden Owens. He was a... MORE
BLAKE ANTHONY “T.J.” BAILEY, 28 years of age of Abingdon, VA, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of Marsha Lee Mullins Bailey of Abingdon, VA. He was a resident of Abingdon, VA... MORE
VIRGINIA POTTER DALES, 81 years of age of Tuscaloosa, AL, formerly of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2011 at the DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, AL, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
OFFICER WILLIAM EZRA “BILLY” STILTNER, 46 years of age and a Buchanan County Deputy Sheriff of the Leetown Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, March 13, 2011 in the line of duty in the Deskins section of Vansant, Virginia. Born in Buchanan County, he was... MORE
ETHEL VANCE MEADOWS, 89 years of age, of Hurley, VA passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Good Shepherd Community Nursing Center, Phelps, KY following an extended illness. Born in Paynesville, WV, she was the daughter of the late William and Mattie Wyatt... MORE
KERMIT McKINLEY STILTNER, 66 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, passed away at his home Sunday, March 6, 2011 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Ellis and Bessie Compton Stiltner. He was a retired Coal Miner, a Forest... MORE
AVA MURVIL McCLANAHAN, 88 years of age of the Little Prater section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday March 5, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Allie... MORE
LAURA BELL CLEVINGER, 70 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Lando and Mae Stiltner Clevinger. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
LEONA DORTON KEEN, 92 years of age of the Fletcher’s Ridge section of Buchanan County, passed away at her home Tuesday, March 1, 2011 following a brief illness. Born in the Drill, VA, section of Russell County, she was the daughter of the late Charlie W. and Sarah
... MOREWILLIAM WAYNE “BILL” KEENE, 70 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011 at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of the late... MORE
BILLY G. MULLINS, 89 years of age of Abingdon, Virginia, formerly of Grundy, Virginia passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital. Born in Dickenson County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Preston and Birdie Elswick Mullins. He
... MORESTEVIE RANDALL WAGNER, 56 years of age of the Rock Lick Section of Big Rock, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of Ruby Lee Wagner, Big... MORE
BILLIE BURGESS BROWN, 89 years of age of Chapmanville, WV, formerly of Roseann, Virginia, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Logan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Matewan, WV, he was the son of the late Clarence and Ollie Mae Dehart Brown... MORE
JEREMIAH TOY MEADOWS, infant child of Francis Heath and Laura Nicole Meadows of Mavisdale, Virginia, passed away Monday, February 7, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center four days after birth. Born in Washington, County, TN. In addition to his parents, he is survived... MORE
SHIRLEY FULLER LESTER, 84 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away February 5, 2011 in the Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born May 9, 1926 in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Nelson and Roxie Keene Fuller... MORE
DANNY ROBERT BLANKENSHIP, 37 years of age of the Little Prater section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 in an ATV accident on the Vandyke - Jim Rowe Hollow Road near the Little Prater section of Grundy, Virginia. Born in Buchanan County, he was... MORE
PHYLLIS ANN JUSTUS HACKNEY, 66 years of age of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born July 26, 1944, in Buchanan County, she... MORE
ERNEST RICHARD RIFE, 72 years of age of the Bend of Slate Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late George... MORE
BEATRICE ANDERSON STILTNER, 90 years of age of the Poplar Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Margaret Aily Counts... MORE
EUGENE KENNEDY, 79 years of age of the Lick Branch section of Slate Creek – Grundy, Virginia passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late John D... MORE
RANDLE ISLAND STACY, 63 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, January 15, 2011 at his home. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Robert and Ollie Hurley Stacy. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County, liked to Coon Hunt and was a general.... MORE
VIRGINIA M. “JEAN” RATLIFF BOYD, 84 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Sunday, January 16, 2011 at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Ann and Clayton Perkins. Born December 8, 1926, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Buggie Looney Ratliff. She... MORE
HATTIE BELCHER MATNEY, 83 years of age of the Lesters Fork section of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, January 11, 2011 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home in Grundy, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the... MORE
DONALD GENE FORTNER, 65 years of age of Wolford, Virginia passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2011 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Wayne County, WV, he was the son of Frankie Selbee Fortner of Wolford, VA.... MORE
TOMMY G. COOK, 73 years of age of Raysale, WV, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of the late Marshall Lewis and... MORE
HAZEL MULLINS STILTNER, 89 years of age of Big Rock, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010 at the home of her son in Bristol, Virginia. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Florence Belcher Mullins. She was a member of the... MORE
ELDER EARL HOWARD DANIELS, 65 years of age of Harman, VA, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Henry and Evelyn Cline Daniels. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
MARIE MOUNTS BLANKENSHIP STILTNER, 76 years of age of Doran, Virginia, passed away Friday, December 17, 2010 at the Pikeville Methodist Hospital following injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
EDISON CARYLE McCLANAHAN, 85 years of age of Wyandotte, MI, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at the Henry Ford Hospital, Wyandotte, MI, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Dorsey... MORE
GARY HOWARD ANDERSON, 56 years of age of the Leemaster Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Robert Howard Anderson, Vansant... MORE
ROGER DEAN BLANKENSHIP, 53 years of age of the Right Hand Fork of Paw Paw, near Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 following an automobile accident. Born March 28, 1957 in Buchanan County, he was the son of Malvia Pruitt Blankenship Dotson, Hurley... MORE
HAROLD TERRENCE “TERRY” TRIVETT, 61 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, December 13, 2010 at his home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Dickenson County, he was the son of Dorothy “Dot” Arrington Trivett, Grundy, VA, and the late... MORE
AUDREY EDNA STACY CHRISTIAN RIFE, 82 years of age of the Bend of Slate Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2010 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the... MORE
MARY JUNE JUSTUS COOPER, 82 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, December 4, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Burbage and... MORE
VICKY ELLEN STREET, 52 years of age of the Dry Fork section of Vansant, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at here home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, Virginia, she was the daughter of Ralph A. and Faye Barbour Street of Vansant... MORE
NORA CHARLES KEEN, 67 years of age of the Stone Coal Section of Slate Creek, near Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the... MORE
ROSA JANE DEEL COLEMAN, 63 years of age of Birchleaf, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Howard and Cora Jane Deel. She was a... MORE
DAVID EDWARD FOSTER, 37 years of age the Looney’s Creek section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, November 28, 2010 at his home. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of Henry L. “Sonny and Elizabeth Gay Charles Foster, Grundy, VA. He was a lifelong... MORE
TERRI LYNN McCLANAHAN PROFFITT, 46 years of age of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, November 27, 2010 at her home. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Ira Hassell and Ruby Dillion McClanahan. She was a lifelong... MORE
FRAN L. MERRIMAN STACEY, 75 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Velma Bryant Merriman, Sapulpa, OK, and the late Taze... MORE
TERESA LYNN DAVIS, 46 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Herbert James and Della Virginia... MORE
SHELBY JEAN BELCHER, 72 years of age of the Home Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Sunday, November 21, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Cora Ann Breeding McClanahan... MORE
EMIL PAULINE BAKER, 83 years of age of Warren, Michigan passed away Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at the Clinton Aire Nursing Home in Clinton Township. Born at Haysi, VA, she was the daughter of the late King Solomon and Nancy Coleman Blankenship. She was a... MORE
MISS BARBARA OLENE DEEL, 62 years of age, of North Wilkesboro, NC, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, November 7, 2010, in Wilkes Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Donald... MORE
ELSIE MAE KEEN WARD, 79 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away on Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. She was a devoted wife of 64 years; a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who enjoyed gardening and cooking
... MOREJUSTIN ROBERT COOK, 20 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Monday, November 8, 2010. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of Keith Gross, Whitewood, VA, and Jennifer Lynn Cook, Vansant, VA. He was a resident of Buchanan County most of his life and... MORE
PREACHER JACKIE DEAN HICKS, 51 years of age of Pilgrims Knob, VA, passed away peacefully on Monday, November 8, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, surrounded by his loving family. Born October 3, 1959, in Richlands, VA, he was the son of... MORE
Earl Eugene Dellinger, 98, of Grundy, VA passed away Sunday, November 7, in Pikeville Medical Center, following a brief illness. Born in Wilder, VA, he was the son of the late William Reece Dellinger and Laura Kathryn Phillips Dellinger. Earl graduated from Clincho High School... MORE
PAULINE STILTNER MARCELL, 74 years of age of Big Rock, VA, went to be with the Lord, Friday, November 5, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late John Lawson... MORE
JUANITA GAY OSBORNE MURPHY, 88 years of age, of Vansant, VA passed away Thursday, November 4, 2010, in Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late William Walker and Margaret... MORE
LAUNE EVELYN STILTNER, 88 years of age of Cedar Bluff, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2010 in Tazewell, VA, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late George and Amanda Reed Stiltner. She was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
LAWRENCE DAVIS, 72 years old of the Stacy section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Friday, October 29, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was son of the late Columbus and Ida Lester Davis and he was a Heavy... MORE
LLOYD DAVID SEXTON, SR., 75 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jay and Willie Grey... MORE
BUFFORD DOTSON, 67 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, October 14, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Boone and Mossie Hurley Dotson. He was a... MORE
EVA DALES THOMAS, 68 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Wade Maynard and Dorothy Dales. She was a lifelong... MORE
BENNY EDWARD CANTRELL, 65 years old of State Line Ridge section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2010 at the Pikeville Medical Center in Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Pike Co. Ky, he was the son of the late Grover Cantrell... MORE
JERRY LEE OWENS, 69 years of age of Rt. 1, Vansant, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Floyd Whetsel and Minnie Owens. He was a lifelong resident... MORE
LINDA LOU YATES PRICE 65 years old of the Poplar Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Milton... MORE
VINCE DALE, 87 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Sunday, September 26, 2010 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Ruben Dale and Mary Wolford Dale Belcher. He... MORE
PATRICIA ANN ALFORD MATNEY, 46 years of age of the Garden Creek section of Oakwood, Virginia, passed away at her home Friday, September 24, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Beckley. WV, she was the daughter of Patsy Griffith Alford of Cleveland, OH... MORE
DON CLEVELAND CHURCH, 51 years of age of Wytheville, VA, passed away Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Ridgecrest Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation in Duffield, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Clevelan and... MORE
GLEN (DUNE) KISER, JR., 67 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Glen Kiser Sr. and Mabel Boyd. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County... MORE
EMMA SKEENS DAVIS, 86 years of age of the Dry fork section of Vansant, Virginia, passed away at her home Monday, September 20, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Eva Mae Vandyke Skeens. She... MORE
LILLIAN JACKSON LESTER COLEMAN, 92 years of age of the Paw Paw, Ky, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Jane McClanahan... MORE
DANNY LEE SLONE, 47 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Bobby Richard and Opal McClanahan Slone. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
ALDEN WARD, 80 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. He was a devoted Christian who loved serving the Lord and helping others. Alden was a coal miner and a member of... MORE
RONALD LYLE “CANDY MAN” COX, 69 years of age of Grundy, VA, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 7, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Roy and Uransa Stiltner Cox. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
PAUL HOMER COMPTON, 67 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Claude and Catherine Stiltner... MORE
BERNARD ANDREW BISH, 83 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of John and Lizzie Bish. He was a resident of... MORE
JOHNNY LESTER (John Boy) YATES, Jr., 38 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Princeton, WV. Born in Tazewell County, Virginia, he was the son of the late Johnny Lester Yates Sr. and... MORE
LOIS ANN LOONEY YATES, 61 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Princeton Community Hospital, Princeton, WV, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Mary Magdeline... MORE
JOHN D. LITCHFIELD, 58 years of age of the dismal section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, September 2, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN following a brief illness. Born May 4, 1952, in Mount Hope, WV, he was the son of the late... MORE
EULA LEE RAY DINGESS, 72 years of age of the Patterson Section of Oakwood, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Russell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
BILLY R. “9-BALL” LESTER, 57 years of age of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, August 22, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late James Isaac and Leona... MORE
THOMAS BLAKE LEE 76 years of age of the Elkins Branch section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday August 21, 2010 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Tom... MORE
FERN S. JUSTUS, 77 years of age of the Punchin Camp section of Hurley, Virginia, passed away at the home of her son, Herbert H. Justus, Friday, August 20, 2010 near Lebanon, Virginia. Born in Pike County, Ky, she was the daughter of the late Dewey McKinley and... MORE
JENNIFER LEIGH RIFE, 31 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of Larry Gene and Linda Sue Hurley Rife. She was a resident of... MORE
JAMES TURNER JUSTUS, 72 years of age of the Lester’s Fork Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 after injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, he was son of the late Garfield and Edna Stacy Justus. He was a... MORE
KARRIEN NELL HOWARD JUSTICE, 58 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Jr. and Kansas Helen Stiltner Howard. She was a... MORE
VIRGINIA FERN STILTNER FARMER, 90 years of age of the Lynn Camp section of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord Saturday, August 14, 2010 following a lengthy illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Miles and Sarah Jane Fields Stiltner. She... MORE
ELIZABETH ANN HEDRICK HICKS, 57 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Mooresville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Odell and Ruth Lorene Forsyth Hedrick. She was a... MORE
JOEY PALMER PUGH, 69 years of age of Urbana, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Ed Pugh and Stella Justice Pugh. He was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
RICHIE DARRNELL BLANKENSHIP, 47 years of age of the Prater Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Monday, July 26, 2010. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Buford and Vivian A. Viers Blankenship, Vansant, VA. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
JAMES “JIMMY” CARTER, 54 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of the late Eugene and Pauline Martin Carter. He was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
RITA MARLENE HOPKINS RILEY, 73 years of age of the Home Creek section of Grundy, VA passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN from an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY she was the daughter of the late Fred... MORE
FERN ENGLAND DOTSON, 79 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Ples and Ellen Estep England. She was a resident of Buchanan County most of... MORE
ETHLENE FARMER KESLING, 83 years of age of Claypool Hill, VA, passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at the Maple Grove Rehabilitation Center, Lebanon, VA from an extended illness. Born in Van Lear, KY, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Nancy Akers Farmer... MORE
ELMER (JOHN) EUGENE SEXTON, 66 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Hospital, Mountain Home, TN from an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jay and Willie (Nanny)... MORE
ELLIS SCARBERRY, 75 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late James (Jim) and Lou McClanahan Scarberry. He was a... MORE
CLARA DELORES RIFFE CHILDRESS, 78 years of age of the Little Prater Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born October 1, 1931 in Mingo County, WV, she... MORE
GERALDINE TESS MATNEY CHALFA, 79 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, June 24, 2010 at the Mountain View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Burl and Hassie... MORE
BRENDA LEE SHORTT YOUNG, 47 years of age of Prestonsburg, KY, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010 at the Pikeville Methodist Hospital, Pikeville, KY, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Victor... MORE
MARVIN ALEX DOTSON, 20 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Friday, June 18, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of Marvin and Cathy Slone Dotson, Hurley, VA. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
THEODORE G. (TED) OSBORNE, JR., 67 years old of the Watkins Branch section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away at his home Wednesday, June 16, 2010 after a lengthy illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Louise Wirtz Osborne of Salem, Virginia and the
... MORELEONARD HERMAN HAWKINS, 71 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, June 14, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Charlie and Bertha Barnett Hawkins... MORE
PATSY ANN DALES HORTON, 67 years of age of Bristol, TN, formerly of Buchanan County, entered into heaven Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter... MORE
SANDRA LYNN LESTER VANDYKE, 50 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of Juanita Mullins Lester... MORE
WILLIAM THOMAS OSBORNE JR., 80 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Saturday, June 12, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Prestonsburg, KY, he was the son of the late William Thomas and Nannie Reffit Osborne. He was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
THOMAS DEWEY GIBSON, 70 years of age of Paynesville, WV, passed away Sunday, June 13, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was a son of the late Earnie and Nancy Belle Hagerman Gibson. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
MARY ELLEN STACY MESSER, 59 years old of Bessemer City, NC, passed away Wednesday, June 2, 2010 at the Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, NC, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Lawson and Irene Baker... MORE
EDWINA CAROL STILTNER, 41 years of age of the Stiltner’s Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a short illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of Clarence Edward and Mary... MORE
JACKIE ROGER WAGNER, 59 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jack and Ruby Mae Lee Wagner. He was a lifelong... MORE
FRANK JUNIOR RILEY, 77 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Lee and Nannie Keen Riley. He was a resident of Buchanan County most of his life and... MORE
ETHAN JONATHAN DAVID STACY, 4 years old of Richlands, Virginia, passed away Saturday, May 8, 2010 in Layton, Utah. Born at Fort Stewart Army Base in Savannah, Georgia on September 22, 2005, he was the son of Joe Gary Stacy of Richlands, Virginia. Ethan... MORE
JAMES RALPH STILTNER, 83 years of age of Breaks, VA, passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Calvin and Ellen Mullins Stiltner. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
BETTY MAE HAMILTON DAUGHERTY, 73 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late George and... MORE
LORA MAE LOCKHART COX, 76 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Bud and Cynthia Lester... MORE
HASSIEL DAROLD MEADOWS, 73 years of age of the Deskins section of Vansant, VA, passed away Sunday, April 25, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County on February 17, 1937, he was the son of the late Henry... MORE
DR. THOMAS DAVID MCDONALD, SR., 83 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, passed away at his home Saturday, April 17, 2010. Born in Roanoke, VA, he was the son of the late Furman Leon and Effie Jeanette Taylor McDonald. He was a 1943 graduate of Jefferson Senior... MORE
THOMAS DAVID MCDONALD, JR., 49 years of age of Grundy, Virginia passed away Saturday, April 17, 2010 at his father’s home. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Dr. Thomas David Sr. and Virginia Belle Smallwood McDonald He was a graduate of... MORE
BERTHA CHARLES JUSTUS, 79 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Friday, April 16, 2010 at the Heritage Hall, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Dave and Victoria Hurley Charles. She was a lifelong... MORE
MADGE MAE CLEVINGER BENNETT, 83 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010 at the Mountain View Health Care, Elkhorn City, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Arthur and Gracey... MORE
HARVEY WILLIAM LOONEY, 90 years of age of Bristol, TN, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2010 at the Cambridge House, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late William and Elizabeth Hagy... MORE
GLADYS ANNETTE EPLING PALMER, 74 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Gertrude Thornbury Epling... MORE
JUNE JUSTUS CONRAD, 83 years of age of the Lesters Fork section of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Saturday, April 10, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Eliza Smith... MORE
ROSE JUSTUS DOTSON, 88 years of age, formerly of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010 at the Crestmont Nursing Home in Fenton, Michigan following an extended illness. Born at Hurley in Buchanan County Virginia on August 2, 1921, she was the daughter... MORE
WALDO WARD, 77 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, April 7, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born August 28, 1932, to the late, Irvin and Adnia Stacy Ward. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
ROBERT L. “BOB” CUTHBERTSON, 91 years of age of Oakwood, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, April 4, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born August 30, 1918, in Albamont, NC, to Moil David and Alice Bowman Cuthbertson. He came to... MORE
LLOYD RICKY WALLACE, 51 years of age of Taylorsville, NC, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Russell County, VA, he was the son of the late Samuel and Mildred Ann Harrison Wallace. He was a.... MORE
E.E. “RED” O’QUINN, 84 years of age of Jolo, WV, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late William Bertie and Maude Ellen Owens ... MORE
GARY LEE LOONEY, 62 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late John H. and Sarah Ella Looney. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
MABEL VANCE ENDICOTT BLANKENSHIP, 86 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, March 29, 2010 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following a brief illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late William and Mattie... MORE
DONALD BLYNN RAMEY, 60 years of age of the Boyd’s Ridge Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, March 27, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Logan County, WV, he was the son of the late Clinton and Ora Cline Ramey. He was a resident... MORE
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ESSIE STACEY 78 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Friday, March 25, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late George L. and Nona Ward Stacy. He was a retired coal miner from Island Creek Coal MOREDAVE JUSTUS, JR. 80 years of age of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Dave and Bertha Alice McClanahan Justus. He was a former... MORE
RUTH FLORENCE ASBURY HAGERMAN RIFE, 100 years of age of Damascus, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, March 22, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Cosby... MORE
EVERETTE (ABE) ESTEP, 85 years of age of the Paw Paw section of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, March 20, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Harrison and Hanna Wolford Estep. He was a lifelong resident... MORE
FAITH SPENCER, 34 years of age of Knoxville, TN, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, March 14, 2010. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Melvin Spencer, Jr., of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA, and the late Susan Sorenson Spencer... MORE
GERALDINE OSBORNE O’QUINN, 60 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Earnest S. and Virgie Armes Osborne. She was a lifelong
... MOREAMOS JEAN COLEMAN, 86 years of age of the Home Creek section of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, March 8, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Mingo County, WV, he was a son of the late Everette Shannon Coleman... MORE
HUBERT DEMPSEY WHITE, 84 of Wilmington, North Carolina died on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. He was a former resident of Jewell Ridge, VA. He was born on March 23, 1925 in Tazewell County, VA. He is the son of the late Tolbert and Sally Allen White... MORE
RITA GAIL VANOVER, 47 years of age of the Little Prater section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday, March 6, 2010 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of Belva Jean Sparks Vanover of Grundy, VA and the late... MORE
PAUL D. “MARK” ELSWICK II, 48 years of age of Big Rock, Virginia, passed away February 26, 2010. Born in Tazewell County, Virginia, he was the son of Paul D. Elswick and his step mother Janne of Big Rock, VA and Emma Jean Skeens Addington and his step-father... MORE
CHRISTINA LYNN RATLIFF COLEMAN, 30 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Larry Wayne Ratliff, Grundy, VA, and Sandra Deel... MORE
LOIS ANN VANDYKE LESTER, 60 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward Vandyke and Hazel Owens... MORE
PALMER “BO” LESTER, 71 years of age of Four Oaks, NC, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, February 15, 2010 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital, Smithfield, NC, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Levi... MORE
GLADYS PEARL TURNER SLIGER, 83 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at the Mayfair House of Richlands, Claypool Hill, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Henry Clay, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rufus and Flora... MORE
CONSTANCE BONITA RATLIFF, 58 years of age of Hagerstown, MD, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Tuesday, November 24, 2009. Born December 15, 1950 in Richlands, she was the daughter of the late C.B. and Gladys Elizabeth Jewell Ratliff. She was a... MORE
JOHN A. MATNEY, 78 years of age of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Friday, February 12, 2010 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Kingsport, Tennessee. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Harvey and Elsie Blankenship Matney. He was a... MORE
CALLIE CHRISTINE YATES WHITE, 67 years of age, of Oakwood, VA passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010, in the Mountain View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Frenchman M... MORE
DAVID L. CHILDRESS, 80 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Russell County, he was the son of the late Jess and Lola Claybourne Childress. He was a resident... MORE
CARLIS “COBB” DONALD KEENE, 80 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Friday, February 5, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Norman and Hettie Stacy Keene. He was a lifelong... MORE
BERCHIE LESTER STILTNER, 82 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Dorsey and Polly J. Lester... MORE
DOROTHA LOIS McCLANAHAN, 80 years of age of the Looney’s Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away at the Mayfair House in Richlands, Virginia, Tuesday, February 2, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the... MORE
MARK STEVEN “TIC” LOONEY, 47 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Pauline Clevinger Looney, Maxie, VA, and the late Clarence Randall Looney. He was a... MORE
HAROLD FRED JUSTUS, 76 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2010 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late James A. and Mary Lester... MORE
ESTIL FERL NUCKELS, 77 years of age of Mavisdale, VA, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Henry Clarence and Alta Mae Looney Nuckels. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
ANNA LEE BENFIELD MATNEY, 86 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, January 28, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Lucian and Lonnie Singleton Benfield... MORE
MARGARET ANN LESTER JACKSON, 74 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Sunday, January 24, 2010 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Clark and Ollie... MORE
LARRY JAMES RUBLE, 54 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Friday, January 22, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Arch W. and Olive June Stiltner Ruble. He was a retired Coal Truck... MORE
INEZ VIVIAN DOTSON BURKS, 83 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA. Born in Pike County, KY, December 13, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Elza and... MORE
RALPH DWAYNE PITTMAN, 77 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Caretta, WV, he was the son of the late Oscar and Charlotte (Charity) Fletcher Pittman. He was a resident of Buchanan.... MORE
EVELYN ELOISE KEEN, 73 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2010 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Richard... MORE
REV. HERBERT JAMES RATLIFF, 85 years of age of Hurley, VA, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of the late John William and Oklahoma Rowe... MORE
TILDA CHARLES BLACKBURN DOTSON, 71 years of age passed away Saturday, January 9, 2010 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Lundy and Artile Taylor... MORE
EDNA JUANITA WRIGHT MATNEY, 84 years of age of the Patterson section of Oakwood, Virginia, passed away at her home on Saturday, January 9, 2010 following an extended illness. Born in Wayne County, WV, she was the daughter of the late George Wesley “GW”... MORE
CLEVELEN CHURCH, 78 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2010 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Arie and Pinkie Ward Church. He was a lifelong resident... MORE
JUNE KATHLEEN SHORTRIDGE CLEVINGER, 90 years of age of Maxie , VA , passed away at her home Thursday, January 07, 2010 following a lengthy illness. Born in Grundy, VA , she was the daughter of the late Bill and Lucy Deskins Shortridge and step-father Dillard.... MORE
EVELYN CLEVINGER, 77 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Bert and Cansada Wood Clevinger. She was a lifelong... MORE
ELIZABETH WILSON BOND COLEMAN, 79 years of age of the Little Prater Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Russell County, VA, she was the daughter... MORE
CLINTON WYATT DALES, 78 years of age of Grundy, VA, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, December 27, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, October 7, 1931, he was the son of the late John and Clacie Looney Dales. He was a.... MORE
JESSIE KEDNA BOWMAN, 64 years of age of Bear Branch Road, Vansant, VA, passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jessie and Sarah Jane Charles.... MORE
IDA CATHLEEN LOONEY BURKS, 85 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, December 21, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Floyd H. and Cretie Ratliff Looney. She was a... MORE
EUNA P. DEEL BOYD, 94 years of age of the Little Prater Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late James... MORE
CLARA ADELINE RATLIFF MAGEE, 80 years of age of Jonesboro, TN, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Orson... MORE
GERALDINE MULLINS LESTER, 68 years of age the Belcher’s Fork section of Harman, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Linzy and Rosie Clevinger Mullins... MORE
EARL BASIL LOONEY, 74 years of age of Whitewood, VA, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Henry and Mary C. Looney. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
ROSCOE RIFE, 73 years of age of Danville VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away at his home Tuesday, December 8, 2009 following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Lee Owen and Pinkie Smith Rife. He was a... MORE
MICHAEL WAYNE MURPHY, 39 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Clyde Clinton Murphy, Jr., Oakwood, VA... MORE
TOM AUTRY O’QUINN, 71 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, November 30, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late William Birtie and Maudie Allen... MORE
MATILDA (TILDA) McCOWAN O’QUINN, 92 years of age, went to her heavenly home to be with her departed loved ones on Tuesday, December 1, 2009. She had been in declining health for several years. Born in Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late Oscar... MORE
CHARLES HOUSTON BENNETT JR., 65 years of age of the Slate Creek section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Charles Houston Sr. and Juanita Horner... MORE
VIRGIL BERTON CLEVINGER, 77 years of age, of Mouth Card, KY formerly of Buchanan County, VA passed away Saturday, November 28, 2009, at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Turl and Alice McClanahan... MORE
JOHN WINFRED CHAMBERS, 89 years of age, of the Home Creek Section of Grundy, VA passed away Sunday, November 22, 2009, at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late John and Gusta Chambers Chambers.. He was a... MORE
WENDELL WILKIE (MULE) HARRISON, 68 years of age of Lebanon, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, November 16, 2009 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of.... MORE
JOSEPH BARNES BARNETT, 71 years of age of Paw Paw, KY passed away Friday, November 13, 2009 Bluefield Regional Medical Center following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, VA, he was the son of the late William Wallace and Oprah Mae Stiltner Barnett. He.... MORE
MALISSA KATHLEEN ROBINSON STILTNER, 84 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late Chris and Stella O’Quinn... MORE
JOLENE ADKINS LING, 35 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Herbert Lee May, Hurley, VA, and the late Linda Adkins Ling Hager... MORE
JIMMY COOK, 51 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of the late Alonzo and Ruby Boyd Cook. He was a resident of Buchanan County most of his life... MORE
CAROL JEAN VANDYKE KEEN, 68 years of age of Bluefield, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, October 26, 2009. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late George Carl and Virgie Mae Deel Vandyke. She was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
ORA LOONEY RAMEY, 90 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Sunday, October 25, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Parkis and Sylvia Hackney Looney. She was a lifelong... MORE
PATRICIA LOONEY JUSTUS, 61 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Welmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Earnest Looney, Rt. 1, Grundy... MORE
PEARL BOYD CHARLES, 82 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Sarah Louisa Owens Boyd. She was a... MORE
PHILLIP NOIL SMITH, 58 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 20, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born February 23, 1951, at Big Rock, VA, he was the son of the late Harlin Willard Sr... MORE
LETHA MARIE BURGESS BEVINS, 74 years of age of Mouth Card, KY, passed away Monday, October 19, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Charleston, WV, she was the daughter of the late Harman and Hester Perdue Burgess. She was a member... MORE
TERRY (SLANTY MAN) ADEN JUSTICE, 51 years of age of Iron Station, NC, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Lincoln Medical Center, Lincolnton, NC. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Lois D. and Jean Marrs... MORE
ERVIN GILFORD DEEL, 78 years of age of the Sunset Hollow section of Vansant, Virginia formerly of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County... MORE
MARY ELLEN MATNEY ASHBY GRIFFEY, 83 years of age of the Stiltner’s Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, October 15, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter... MORE
NELLIE JUSTUS, 95 years of age of Hurley, VA, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, October 1, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Mary Smith Justus. She was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
CARL EUGENE LOONEY, 78 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Coopersville, OH, he was the son of the late Dewey E. and Rosa... MORE
HARLEY RICHARD JUSTICE, 54 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Daniel Richard and Elsie Violet... MORE
ROBERT LEE STILTNER, 74 years of age of the Poplar Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, September 28, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Freelin and Sara Elizabeth Griffey Stiltner. He... MORE
VIRGINIA “BEA” ENDICOTT MATNEY, 83 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Powers and Emma Stacy... MORE
RICKEY LOWE, 53 year of age of the Slate Creek section of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2009 following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Mancy and Ida Allen Lowe. Born in Hurley, VA, he moved at a very young age to Grundy, VA, where he lived his... MORE
PAULA LYNN STILTNER COLEMAN, 38 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Monday, September 14, 2009 following a brief illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of Harold Stiltner, St. Charles, VA, and the late Allene (Draxie) Bowman Stiltner. She... MORE
JAMES EDWARD STILTNER, 66 years of age of Algonac, MI, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, September 13, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jackson and Kentucky Stiltner. He was a... MORE
JEAN MARRS JUSTICE, 76 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Emma Raines Marrs. She was a resident of Buchanan County... MORE
VIRGIL DEEL, 83 years of age of Haysi, VA, passed away Friday, September 11, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Patton and Sarah Deel. He was a resident of Buchanan County most of... MORE
CLIFFORD SHORTRIDGE, 74 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Select Specialty Hospital, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Sim Franklin and Lydia Ann Newberry Shortridge... MORE
CLAYTON STILTNER, SR., 86 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Thursday, September 10, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Roland and Delphia Belcher Stiltner... MORE
TIMOTHY DEAN LESTER, 37 years of age of the Race Fork Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resident of Hurley, VA, he was the son of Emzie and... MORE
DALLAS ENGLAND, 80 years of age of Phelps, KY, passed away Sunday, September 6, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Pleas and Ellen Estep England and was a member... MORE
LEONA BLANCHE ESTEP LESTER, 88 years of age of the Home Creek section of Route #1 Grundy, Virginia, passed away at her home Saturday, September 5, 2009 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and... MORE
LARRY EVANS MEADOWS, 57 years of age of Rowe, VA, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Wallace Evans and Gladys Sanders... MORE
VIRGINIA CHARLOTTE MATNEY, 69 years of age of Dismal River Road, Oakwood, Virginia, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2009 at the Bluefield Regional Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late William George and... MORE
ROBERT WILSON BURKS, 78 years of age of the Lester’s Fork Section of Hurley, VA, proceeded to his heavenly home Friday, August 14, 2009 at the Smyth County Community Hospital, Marion, VA, following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, he was the son of... MORE
TEX RUBEN LANE, 66 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Thursday, August 13, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Henry Lee and Dollie Ann Stiltner Lane. He was a lifelong... MORE
RONALD DEAN “WORM” HACKNEY, 49 years of age of the Left Hand Fork Section of Home Creek, near Grundy, Virginia, passed away at the Buchanan General Hospital, Saturday, August 8, 2009 following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Ethel... MORE
TIMOTHY DALE BLANKENSHIP, 40 years of age of the Knox Creek Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, August 6, 2009. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Kathy Matney Blankenship, Hurley, VA, and the late Roger Blankenship. He was a lifelong... MORE
BILLY G. JOHNSON, 60 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at the Select Specialty Hospital, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Toy and Marie Dye Johnson. He was a lifelong... MORE
REV. MARY VICTORIA MCCOY SMITH, 64 years of age of the Poplar Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at the Golden Living Convalescence Home at Battlefield Park in Petersburg, Virginia following a brief illness. Born in Washington, D. C... MORE
EDNA M. SMITH WARD, 92 years of age of Smith Branch Road Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
WILLIAM DENFORD HURLEY, 71 years of age of Booth Branch Road Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late... MORE
NELL SMITH SUTHERLAND, 93 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, July 26, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Myrtle Davis Smith. She was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
GAVIN RYAN JUSTICE, Infant son of Derek Ryan Justice, Grundy, VA, and Lindsay Nicole Wolford, Doran, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at the Wellmont-Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN... MORE
PATTY MAZIE BLANKENSHIP DOTSON, 42 years of age of Duffield, VA, formerly of Hurley, VA, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2009 at the Wellmont-Lonesome Pine Hospital, Big Stone Gap, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the... MORE
ROBERT EDWARD (BOB) HALE, 86 years of age of Grundy, VA passed away Sunday, July 19, 2009 at the Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, he was the son of the late William and Virginia Brown... MORE
BURLIN “PETE” J. HURLEY, 70 years of age of Richlands, VA passed away Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, VA following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, VA he was a son of the George Thomas and Laura Alta Ratliff... MORE
REV. STEWART BRYAN WEST, 96 years of age, passed away Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Johnston Memorial Hospital in Abingdon, VA following an extended illness... MORE
MARK ANTHONY KEEN, 35 years of age, of Grundy, VA passed away Friday, June 26, 2009, Clinch Valley Medical Center , Richlands, VA following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Thomas Glen and Ruby Vandyke Keen. He was... MORE
STELLA MARIE HURLEY MURPHY, 80 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Peyton... MORE
WILLIAM OLIVER GRIZZLE, 70 years of age of Mouth Card, KY, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Mt. View Health Care Center, Elkhorn City, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late William Bill and Lydia Taylor... MORE
INEZ (TINY) MATNEY RIFE, 59 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Daniel and Lula Blankenship Matney... MORE
ANN CAROLINE NICHOLS SHORTT, 70 years of age of Vansant, Virginia, passed away Saturday, June 13, 2009 at her home surrounded by her loving family and friends following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, she was the daughter of Ruth Montgomery... MORE
RUBY JEAN DAWSON CHURCH, 86 years of age of Wytheville, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, June 8, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Elijah and Lillie Anne Dales... MORE
HUBBERT SCARBERRY, 81 years of age of Paw Paw, KY, passed away Sunday, June 7, 2009 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Hollie and Grace Pruitt Scarberry. He was a lifelong resident of Pike County, KY, and... MORE
MILES BLANKENSHIP, 87 years of age of the Davis Fork section of Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, June 1, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Linco and Nancy Cooper Blankenship. He was a lifelong... MORE
TONY COMPTON, 62 years of age of the Slate Creek section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, May 31, 2009 at his home following a short illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Hosea and Polly Jane Deel Compton. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
LAURA RUBY HALE KEEN, 81 years of age of Vansant, VA, formerly of Waynesburg, KY, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
KIMBERLY RENEE JUSTUS, 39 years of age of Pikeville, KY, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away May 28, 2009. Born in Richlands, VA, November 9, 1969, she was the daughter of Christine Blankenship Justus of Wolford, VA, and the late Eugene Justus. Kim was... MORE
CHRISTOPHER BRIAN CHAFFINS, 37 years of age of Mouth Card, KY, passed away Friday, May 22, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, he was the son of the late Acie Thompson and Nellie Jean... MORE
JEAN ELLEN NICKLES STILTNER VARNEY, 62 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Margie Ratliff Nickels. She was a loving... MORE
CHARLES LEE ELSWICK, 67 years of age, of Vansant, VA passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 at his home at Deel, VA following a lengthy illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Edd and Gladys Woodson Elswick. He was a life-long resident of... MORE
CLOYIE MAE WHITE MATNEY, 79 years of age of the Garden Creek section of Oakwood, VA, passed away Saturday, May 16, 2009 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following a brief illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the... MORE
RUTH MCCLANAHAN OWENS, 79 years of age of the Slate Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Mayfair Retirement Home at Claypool Hill, Virginia following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of... MORE
FAYETTA DEEL PHILLIPS, 59 years of age of the Knox Creek Section of Hurley, VA, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Edgar... MORE
MARGIE KEEN HORNE, 72 years of age of the Upper Big Branch Section of Oakwood, VA, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2009 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter... MORE
ARTHUR LEE WHITT, 65 years of age of Pilgrims Knob, VA, passed away Wednesday April 29, 2009 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Henry Terry and Mildred Delong... MORE
SHIRLEY JEAN RALEIGH BLANKENSHIP, 62 years of age of the Lynn Camp Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at her home following a brief illness. Born in Sullivan County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Mabel Short Raleigh... MORE
MABEL SCARBERRY MULLINS, 86 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in David, WV, she was the daughter of the late William and Jane Prater... MORE
EURA CLEO VANDYKE RATLIFF, 80 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Bennie and Rosie Street Vandyke. She was a lifelong resident of... MORE
REABLE ADKINS COLEMAN, 86 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, April 16, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Chris and Frankie Mullins... MORE
FRANKLIN D. VANDYKE, 75 years of age of Raven, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Joshua and Edna Keen Vandyke. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
SHARON (FON) OWENS SEXTON, 70 years of age of Oakwood, VA, passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 at the Bristol Select Specialty Hospital, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Dickenson County, she was a daughter of the late Donald Douglas and... MORE
ROCKY ALEX BLANKENSHIP, 47 years of age of Hurley, VA, formerly of Pike County, KY, passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Williamson, WV, he was the son of the late James and Maudie... MORE
DAVID WILLIAM SLONE, 54 years of age of Breaks, Virginia, passed away Monday, April 13, 2009 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of William R. Slone, Breaks, VA, and the late Brenda Thelma Clevinger Slone. He was a lifelong... MORE
BRANDON RYAN HURLEY, 17 years of age of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the St. Mary’s Hospital in Huntington, West Virginia from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born October 1, 1991, in Tazewell County, Virginia, he was the son... MORE
EDITH LEONA CLINE CLEVINGER, 90 years of age of the Leemaster Section of Vansant, VA, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born January 2, 1919, in Wharncliffe, WV, she was the daughter of the late... MORE
KENNETH E. FOSTER, 78 years of age of the Poplar Creek section of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Sandra Owens Home, Birchleaf, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Charlie and... MORE
ORA MAE RAMEY BELCHER, 90 years of age of the Lee Town Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, March 30, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Richard Wyatt and Lucy... MORE
GARY WAYNE EPLING, 52 years of age of the Buckeye Section of Big Rock, VA, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009 at his home following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Elster and Mavis Jerlene Ramey Epling. He was a... MORE
EVA CHARLES WARD, 82 years of age of the Little Prater Section of Grundy, VA passed away Friday, March 20, 2009 at her home. Born in Buchanan County she was the daughter of the late David Crockett Bowman and Susan Charles Bowman. She was one of Jehovah’s... MORE
CHARLES W. BEACH, 73 years of age of Oakwood, Virginia, passed away at his home on March 18, 2009 following an extended illness. Born in Baltimore, MD, on October 5, 1935, he was the son of the late William Beach and Etta Beach. He was self employed for several... MORE
MARGARET LEE HATFIELD RIFE, 78 years of age of New Port Richey, FL, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, March 16, 2009 at the Hernando Pasco Hospice in New Port Richey, FL, following a short illness. Born March 13, 1931, in Ameagle, WV, she... MORE
JOHN MARK ELSWICK, 42 years of age of Rowe, VA, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Edd F. and Dorothy Deloris Stiltner Elswick. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan... MORE
ROBERT ALLEN OWENS, 52 years of age of Feds Creek, KY, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2009 at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Juanita Marie Coleman... MORE
JESSE GREENE RAMEY, 78 years old of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Carl and Helen Virginia Roberts Ramey. He was... MORE
PATTY SUE JACKSON LESTER, 52 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Iaeger, WV, she was the daughter of Pearl Ann Dotson Jackson, Lafayette, TN, and the late Scott Jackson, March 6... MORE
DENNIS McCOY, 90 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, March 9, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Rome and Margaret Blankenship McCoy... MORE
HAROLD BENTON “JAKE” STILTNER, 33 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009. Born in Tazewell County, he was the son of Harold Stiltner, St. Charles, VA, and the late Edith Miller Stiltner. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and... MORE
DANNY GLEN ADKINS, 52 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, February 21, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Thelma Prater Adkins, Hurley, VA, and the late Estil Adkins. He was a lifelong resident... MORE
CHLOE WINIFRED HURLEY JUSTUS, 88 years of age of Cedar Bluff, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Friday, February 20, 2009 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the... MORE
TIMOTHY PAUL BALDWIN, 30 years of age of Marion, Virginia, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away at his home Monday, February 16, 2009 following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Lawrence Baldwin and Freda Bowman... MORE
ESTA MAE WOLFORD HURLEY, 68 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Jessie and Sophia Robinette Wolford. She was a resident of... MORE
WILLIAM SHAYLOR MUTTER, 72 years of age of Grundy, VA., passed away Thursday, February 12, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Roy Clair Mutter and Bessie Mae Jackson Mutter... MORE
ZULEIMA RUTH HARMON “GRANNY RUTH” OWENS, 95 years of age of Grundy, VA, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in McDowell County, WV, she was the daughter of the late Burrell Blair Jr... MORE
MABLE MEADE HURLEY, 83 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 in Ashville, NC. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late David Washington “Pink” and Mellie Justice Meade. She was a resident of Buchanan County most... MORE
ETHEL HUNT PRATER, 97 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late John and Melinda Miller Hunt. She was a... MORE
ETHEL MABLE BURDEN HAGY, 89 years of age of Claypool Hill, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Monday, February 9, 2009 at the Mayfair House, Claypool Hill, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Morehead, KY, she was the daughter of the late Leonard... MORE
JAMES McCLANAHAN, 73 years of age of the Poplar Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, February 9, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Doc and Flora McClanahan. He was... MORE
ARTHUR MAY, 81 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late James Basil and Daisie Dotson May. He was a lifelong resident of... MORE
RANDLE PAUL JACKSON, 61 years of age of Cedar Bluff, Virginia, formerly of Hurley, Va., passed away Saturday, February 7, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Omar (Bobby) and Nuval... MORE
ESTIL “DOC” STILTNER, 69 years of age of Maxie, VA, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at the Welmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late James Dewey... MORE
AMOS SPENCER, 87 years of age, of Hurley, VA passed away Friday, January 30, 2009 in Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN following an extended illness. Born in West Virginia, he was a son of the late Paris and Ocie Cline Spencer. He had been a... MORE
MICHAEL EDWARD FLETCHER, 48 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Wellmont Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Patty Whitt Fletcher, Grundy... MORE
BELINDA SWINEY COLEMAN, 54 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at the Pikeville Medical Center, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Viola Hurley Swiney, Maxie, VA, and... MORE
STELLA MAE MOUNTS BLANKENSHIP, 82 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Friday, January 23, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Alex Bud and Sarah Etta Rife... MORE
ROY LESTER HUMBERT, 76 years of age of Mavisdale, VA, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2009 at his home following an extended illness. Born in Somerset, PA, he was the son of the late Earl and Mary Donaldson Humbert. He was a resident of Buchanan County... MORE
AMY LYNN DEEL, 23 years of age of Haysi, VA, departed this life Wednesday, January 21, 2009 in Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN after a prolonged illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Manis and Linda Kay Stiltner Deel, Haysi, VA... MORE
Garland H. Deel, 67, of Green Cove Springs , FL , passed away Friday, November 28, 2008. He was born on September 7, 1941 in Grundy , VA to parents, John and Mary Deel. Although he moved to Florida in 1961, he kept close ties to Buchanan County , maintaining... MORE
DONNIE RAY STACY, 54 years old of the Slate Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away at his home Saturday, January 10, 2009. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Simon and Myrtle Blankenship Stacy. He was a avid Miami Dolphins Fan, Hunter... MORE
DOLLIE MAE SHORTRIDGE RATLIFF, 71 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, January 7, 2009 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Andy and Cora Keen... MORE
STEVE JUNIOR LANE, 49 years of age of Hoot Owl Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, January 5, 2009 at the Buchanan General Hospital following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Willie Mae Beavers Lane Akers, Abingdon, VA, and the... MORE
NANCY ETHEL BOYD LESTER, 84 years of age of the Stonecoal Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2009 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Elizabeth Grizzle Boyd. She was... MORE
ARTIE AGNES KEEN, 82 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Pike County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Mack and... MORE
GREGORY MARK (BOOMER) DOTSON II, 17 years of age of the Lester’s Fork Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital from injuries sustained in an Automobile Accident. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the... MORE
BARBARA JEAN JUSTUS LING, 56 years of age of the Brushy Fork Section of Hurley, Virginia, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Bertha Charles of Grundy, Virginia and the late Clayton Waldon Justus. She was... MORE
MADELINE JACKSON HURLEY, 85 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Monday, December 29, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Myrtie Hurley Jackson. She... MORE
MATTHEW ALLEN HOLMAN, 31 years of age of Taylorsville, NC, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2008 at the North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, NC. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Michael Lee and Wanda June... MORE
GLADYS FAYE LOONEY PRICE, 85 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Keen Looney. She... MORE
CLYDE GAINER PRICE, 78 years of age of Rowe, VA, passed away Friday, December 26, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, he was the son of the late Charlie and Ada Durham Price. He was a lifelong resident... MORE
JAMES A. “RAS” FLETCHER, 76 years of age of Vansant, VA, went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 21, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Richlands, VA, he was the son of the late A.L. “Red” and Daisy Scott Fletcher. He was... MORE
VIRGINIA B. SHORTRIDGE YATES, 92 years of age of Liberty, NC, formerly of Grundy, VA, went home to be with the Lord, Monday, December 15, 2008 in Randolph, NC, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late John W. and... MORE
KEITH SALMONS, 27 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Saturday, December 13, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Sandra Kay Gibson Salmons, White Sulphur Springs, WV, and the late James Dennis... MORE
ETTIE MAE HILL, 62 years of age of Vansant, Virginia, passed away at the Clinch Valley Medical Center Saturday, December 13, 2008 after an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Ira Lee and Gladys Catherine Coleman Jackson. She... MORE
JIMMY CHRISTIAN 50 years of age of Wolford, VA passed away Saturday, December 6, 2008, at Buchanan General Hospital Grundy, VA follow an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was a son of the late Alfred C. and Ethel Stacy Christian. He was a life... MORE
LINDA MAE RAINES HESS, 61 years of age of the Looney’s Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Friday, December 5, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late John Arvil and... MORE
LARRIE DEEL, 57 years of age of Haysi, VA, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of Virgil Deel, Haysi, VA, and the late Elmira Deel. He was a resident of... MORE
GOLDIE MAGGIE REYNOLDS, 75 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Floyd County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Tremble and Virgie Lee Works Reynolds... MORE
IDA VICTORIA BOYD FLETCHER, 88 years of age of Council, VA, formerly of Hurley, VA, departed this life, Friday, November 28, 2008 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center in Richlands, Virginia. Born on May 28, 1920, at Davenport, VA, she was the daughter of the late Isaac... MORE
ROBERT (BOBBY) RATLIFF, 62 years of age Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, November 27, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Hassell and Grace Lester Ratliff... MORE
GLADESIE PROFFITT WHITED, 57 years of age of Raven, VA, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2008 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Herman and Della Keen Proffitt. She was a resident of... MORE
MACK ARTHER (PICKLE MAN) JUSTUS, 57 years of age of the Davis Fork area of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, November 23, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Ellis Henry and... MORE
WILMA ANN CRAFT RATLIFF, 66 years of age of the Enoch Branch section of Slate Creek, Grundy, VA passed away Saturday, November 22, 2008 at Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, following a short illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Ollie... MORE
RUTHIE MAE DEEL COLEMAN, 48 years of age of the Homecreek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Sunday, November 16, 2008 at the Wellmont-Bristol Regional Medical Center, Bristol, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter... MORE
PAUL SCARBERRY, JR., 58 years of age of Traphill, North Carolina, formerly of Buchanan County passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, Winston Salem, North Carolina following an extended illness. He was the son of Liza Mullins... MORE
MARSHA ANN VIERS, 56 years of age of Maxie, Virginia, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, Virginia following a short illness. Born in Tazewell County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest H. and Lolita Jordan Viers... MORE
CLARK FRANCIS KENNEDY, SR., 70 years of age of Paynesville, WV, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, VA, following a brief illness. Born February, 13, 1938, in McDowell County, he was the son of the late James... MORE
PAUL JOSEPH PENNINGTON, 42 years of age, of the Slate Creek Area of Grundy, VA passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN following a short illness. Born in Massachusetts, he was a son of Lenora Keen Pennington... MORE
ROSCOE ELSWICK, 95 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at his home. Born February 9, 1913, in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Anderson and Clementine Ramey Elswick. He was a commissioned Kentucky Colonel... MORE
BASIL (PEANUT) LESTER, 61 years of age of Maxie, VA, passed away Friday, November 7, 2008 following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Jack and Estella Wright Lester. He was a lifelong resident of Buchanan County and attended the... MORE
RUTH HELEN BROWN, 74 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Friday, November 7, 2008 at the Clinch Valley Medical Center, Richlands, VA, following an extended illness. Born in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Lovis Osborne Brown... MORE
NADINE THOMAS, 66 years of age of Vansant, VA, passed away Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was a daughter of the late Riley and Virgie Boyd Thomas. She was a lifelong... MORE
BERTINA WHITE DESKINS, 61 years of age of North Tazewell, VA, formerly of Buchanan County, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2008 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of... MORE
JAMES MORRIS JUSTUS, 68 years of age of the Slate Creek Section of Grundy, VA, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Steward C. and... MORE
LEAH BROOKE OWENS, infant daughter of Billy Joe and Amanda Brooke Hughes Owens of Grundy, VA, passed away Friday, October 31, 2008 at the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN, following a brief illness. Born in Bristol, TN, she was the daughter of... MORE
DELLA VIRGINIA SHELL RATLIFF, 80 years of age of Hurley, VA, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Osborne Shell. She was a lifelong... MORE
BUFORD KADLE (DUKE) HACKNEY, 68 years old of the Home Creek section of Grundy, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2009 at the Holsten Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN following a brief illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late... MORE
RUTH BALL McCLANAHAN, 69 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, October 27, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital following an extended illness. Born in Defiance, OH, she was the daughter of the late George Foster and Jessie Morris Ball. She was... MORE
DANNY LEE RAMEY, 67 years of age of Rural Retreat, VA, passed away Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Wytheville, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, he was the son of the late Albert C. and Winnie Hill Ramey. He was a resident of Buchanan... MORE
JOSEPHINE COMPTON RIFE, 87 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008, at her home following a courageous two year battle with cancer. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Hibbert L. and Effie Jane Clevinger Compton... MORE
UDELL RATLIFF DARNELL, 77 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008, at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Pricey Jane Stiltner... MORE
BETTY MARGARET STANLEY LEE, 70 years of age of Big Rock, VA, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at the Buchanan General Hospital, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Richlands, VA, she was the daughter of the late Coy and Anna Stanley... MORE
BEVERLY LYNN STACY SMITH, 43 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, October 20, 2008 at the Heritage Hall Nursing Home, Grundy, VA, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Phyllis Baker Stacy, Hurley, VA, and... MORE
MARY DUTY LOONEY, 65 years of age of Breaks, VA, passed away Sunday, October 19, 2008 at her home following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of Arthur Edward Duty, Vansant, VA, and the late Stella Smith Duty. She was a lifelong... MORE
TONYA MARIE HARRISON LOONEY, 32 years of age, of Rogersville, TN., formerly of Buchanan County passed away Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at the Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital, Rogersville, TN following an extended illness. Born in Pikeville, KY., she... MORE
ALTA MAE KEEN HONAKER, 83 years of age of Grundy, VA, passed away Monday, October 6, 2008 at the Pikeville Methodist Hospital, Pikeville, KY, following an extended illness. Born in Buchanan County, she was the daughter of the late John Arthur and Mahaley... MORE