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Frank F. Phillips, 69, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - Graveside services for Frank F. Phillips, 69, of 783 Old Stage Road, who passed away Friday (March 26, 2004), will be held at 11 a.m. today at Church Hill Memory Gardens with military honors conducted by the Hawkins County Color Guard.
The family requests those desiring to make memorial contributions to the Gideon's International, P.O. Box 846, Church Hill, Tenn. 37642.
To leave an on-line message or sign the guest registry for the Phillips family, please visit www.johnsonfuneralhome.org.
Johnson Funeral Home, Church Hill, is serving the Phillips family.
Rev. Hershel Ramey, 74, Nickelsville, Va.
Services for Rev. Hershel Eugene Ramey, 74, of Nickelsville, Va., who went to be with the Lord early Saturday morning (March 27, 2004), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Scott County Funeral Home with the Rev. Wrightly Salling, the Rev. Charles Killen and special friend, Cuba Porter, officiating.
Entombment will follow at Temple Hill cemetery in Castlewood, Va. The Lebanon VFW Post #9864 will provide military honors.
Friends and neighbors will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Gate City, 248 East Jackson St., Gate City, Va. 24251.
Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is serving the Ramey family.
Elbert (Dee) Richards, 71, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE - Elbert (Dee) Richards, 71, of Butchers Valley Rd., Rogersville, passed away Saturday (March 27, 2004) at Wellmont Hawkins County Memorial Hospital following a brief illness.
He was a deacon at Butchers Valley Baptist Church. He was a retired truck driver for Kraft Milk Co.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Bob Lee and Lethia Richards; two brothers, Lee (Hoss) Richards and Joe Richards.
He is survived by his wife, Georgia Richards of the home; two daughters, Ruth Walker and husband, Roy, Rose Mary Richards, all of Rogersville; three grandchildren, Robbie Walker and wife Kyra, Rocky Walker, Rebecca Calhoun and husband, Mike, all of Rogersville; four great-grandchildren, Danielle and Brittany Walker, Sereena and Hannah Calhoun; two sisters, Geneva Burns of Rogersville, Serena Sauceman of Greeneville; several nieces, nephews and cousins; uncle, Hughie Brown of Rogersville.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Christian-Sells Funeral Home in Rogersville.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Christian-Sells Funeral Home with the Rev. Delmas Harris, the Rev. Wayne Gulley and the Rev. Harold Head officiating.
Interment will follow in Butchers Valley Cemetery.
John Henry Richards, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - John Henry Richards, 108 Wampler Street, Kingsport, died Sunday morning (March 28, 2004) at Hillside Manor Health Care.
Born in Rogersville in Hawkins County, he had lived in this area most of his life. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II as a staff sergeant for 61/2 years.
He was self-employed as a painting contractor and was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, John Henry Richards and Ethel LeRoy Richards; three sisters, Mattie Gilliam, Virginia Richards and infant sister; two brothers, A.J. Richards and Paul Richards.
Survivors include his wife of 54 years, Jean Casteel Richards of the home; one daughter, Sharon Richards Cole and husband Tom of Kingsport; one son, Michael Richards and wife Terri of Kingsport; two grandchildren, Tammy Marques Cantrell and husband Jermey of Dallas, Ga., and Melanie Richards of Kingsport; seven sisters, Dorothy Goreva, Mary Gilliam, Elizabeth Collier, Mollie Albright, Carolyn Ball, Alice Bacon, Nell Fawbush, all of Rogersville; four brothers, Robert Richards of Indiana, Lynn Richards, George Richards, Doug Richards, all of Rogersville; a special friend, thanks to you, Pauline Derting.
Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport. Friends may also call anytime at the residence on Wampler St., or at the son's residence, 413 Perry St.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Jeff Davis officiating.
Graveside services will follow at Oak Hill cemetery with American Legion Post 3/265 of Gate City in charge. The chaplain will present the flag and taps.
Pallbearers will be Bill Morelock, Hascal Combs, Jeff Combs, Mike Hutson, Glenn Richards and Darrell Gilliam.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association Northeast, 207 N. Boone St., Suite 1500, Johnson City, Tenn.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home of downtown Kingsport is serving the John Richards family.
Roy Edward Shuler, 86, Kingsport.
Family and friends of Roy Edward Shuler, 86, Kingsport, who went peacefully to be with his Lord Thursday (March 25, 2004), will meet at the Holston View cemetery in Weber City, Va., for a Masonic graveside service at 11 a.m. today.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
The family requests those desiring may make memorial contributions to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 3952, Kingsport, Tenn. 37664.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Shuler family.
Eldridge Simpson, 72, Mount Carmel.
MOUNT CARMEL - Eldridge Simpson, 72, of N. Sherbork Rd., Mount Carmel, went to be with the Lord Sunday afternoon (March 28, 2004) at Brookhaven Health Care Center.
Survivors and arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill.
Danny D. Sturgill, 76, Norton, Va.
NORTON, Va. - Danny D. Sturgill, 76, passed away Friday (March 26, 2004) at Wellington Place in Greenville, Miss.
He was a man who loved God, family, life and was an exhorter of all good things, who will be missed by all. He was a retired employee of MSHA as a mine inspector, a veteran of World War II serving in the U.S. Army, and was a member of Zion Family Ministries.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James Daniel Sturgill and Carrie Rogers Sturgill Green; infant brother, Adrian Sturgill.
Surviving are his wife of 57 years, Wilma Collier Sturgill of Greenville, Miss.; three sons and daughters-in-law, Dr. Patrick and Dianna Sturgill of Greenville, Miss., Lt. Col. Timothy and Ronda Sturgill of Tucson, Ariz., and Douglas and Sherry Sturgill of Longs, S.C.; four grandchildren, Amy, Brien, Toby and Rachel; four great-grandchildren, Carson, Luke, Hannah and Elijah; one sister and brother-in-law, Lureva and Hoyt Mullins of Gallipolis, Ohio; two nephews, James Mullins and Victor Mullins; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Calling hours are from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the Sturgill Funeral Home in Wise, Va.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel with Patrick Sturgill, Douglas Sturgill and Tim Sturgill officiating.
Burial and graveside committal services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Powell Valley Memorial Gardens in Big Stone Gap, Va.
James Tippett, 75, Kernersville, N.C.
KERNERSVILLE, N.C. - Mr. James Campbell Tippett, 75, formerly of Naples, Fla., entered into rest Saturday (March 27, 2004) at Forsyth Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Gate City Funeral Home, Inc.
Steven Arnold, 54, Bristol, Tenn.
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Stephen Hilary Arnold, 54, died Tuesday (March 23, 2004) at his residence.
He was born on Feb. 16, 1950 in Bowling Green, Ky. Steve was a graduate of East Tennessee State University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1973 and a master's degree of psychology in 1988. He was an associate professor of psychology at Northeast State Technical Community College for 17 years.
Steve found great joy in outdoor activities. His many adventures included hiking the Grand Canyon on several occasions, trekking the Denali Back Country in Alaska, rafting the Nolichucky and Gauley Rivers and more trips to the Great Smokey Mountains than can be counted. He so loved the beauty that he found in all of these things that he was inspired to share them with as many people as he possibly could. He even shared one of his most special and spiritual places with able and willing students on several adventures to Havasupai Falls.
Hunting and fishing have also been two of his most important pastimes. One of Steve's proudest accomplishments was volunteering for the Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency as a hunter safety instructor. Oftentimes, when a child wanted to go hunting and no one was able to take them, Steve gladly did. In fact, he was named Hunter Safety Volunteer Instructor of the Year.
Steve had such a positive influence on so many people in his life. His advice was profound and honest. His students and fellow faculty loved and respected him.
Steve's unbounding wisdom, intelligence, insight and most of all his love will be greatly missed. We are so very proud of you and grateful to have a father like you. We love you unconditionally with every inch of our hearts and will miss you deeply.
Thank you Steve for teaching us, your children, to search for the beauty in trees, mountains, wildlife, rocks, rivers, streams, and the sky at night. Every time we see these things we will think of you because you have become them.
Surviving are his parents, Hilary Herbert and Dorothy Mae Carlton Arnold; one sister, Susan Arnold Carr; two brothers, Patrick Keith Arnold and Michael Arnold; one son, Matthew Hilary Arnold; one daughter, Kellie Elizabeth Arnold; as well as many close friends.
In accordance with Steve's wishes, no public memorial service will be held. The family invites you to celebrate Steve's life in a way that would honor his memory.
Services provided by Mountain Empire Cremation, Elizabethton.
Margaret Ater, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - Services for Margaret Ater, formerly of Monmouth, Ill., who passed on to her heavenly home early Friday afternoon (March 26, 2004), will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the chapel of Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill with Pastor Gary Gerhardt officiating.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Friends of the family may call anytime at the home of her granddaughter, Sheryl Johnson, 550 E. Morgan St., Church Hill.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in Monmouth, Ill.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church building fund, P.O. Box 847, Church Hill, Tenn. 37642.
Lura Bishop, 83, Clinchport, Va.
CLINCHPORT, Va. - Graveside services for Lura Katherine Bishop, 83, of Clinchport and formerly of Rogersville, who went to be with the Lord Wednesday morning (March 24, 2004), will be conducted at 1 p.m. today at Chimney Top Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery.
Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of arrangements.
Judy Ann Bowser, 59, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Judy Ann Bowser, 59, passed away Friday (March 26, 2004) after a lengthy illness.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is serving the Bowser family.
Victoria Fain Brooks, 80, Kingsport.
Services for Victoria Demetris Fain Brooks, 80, 3409 Stafford St., Kingsport, who went to meet her Heavenly Father Thursday evening (March 25, 2004), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Carter-Trent Funeral Home Chapel of Church Hill with Elder Hugh Allen Hale and Elder Ronald Barfield officiating.
Music will be provided by the Powerful New Life COJIC Choir and Spencer Pearson.
Calling hours are from 1 to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home or friends may also call anytime at the residence, 3409 Stafford St., or the son's residence, Wayne, 1916 Greenway St., Kingsport.
Burial services will follow the funeral at Mitchell-Cress cemetery in Rogersville.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Powerful New Life COJIC, 1300 Riverside Ave., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Lillian Brown, 84, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Lillian Brown, 84, of Kingsport, passed away Saturday (March 27, 2004) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
She is survived by her niece, Jean Hensley.
Visitation will be after 6 p.m. Monday at the Potter Funeral Home, West Liberty, Ky.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel.
Ruby J. Clifton, 64, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Ruby J. Clifton, 64, of Morristown, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday (March 25, 2004) in Knoxville.
She loved to laugh and sing. She attended Tekoa Baptist Church in Knoxville.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William Elmer Atkins and Hettie M. Seymour; brother, Billy Ray Atkins; two sisters, Mary Ketterman and Wanda Faye Atkins.
Survivors include her husband, Johnny of the home; five daughters, Cynthia Potter, Morristown, Mitzi Cox, Knoxville, Worley E. Clifton, Morristown, Dawn Ricker, Morristown, and Chastity Hensley, Knoxville; several grandchildren and several great-grandchildren; five sisters, Juanita McMurray, Barbara Moore, Lola Ray, and Delores Darnell, all of Kingsport, and Phyllis Norris, Blountville; three brothers, J.W. Atkins, Charles Atkins and Paul Atkins, all of Kingsport; many nieces, nephews and cousins.
Calling hours will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Paul Atkins officiating.
Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery, Kingsport, will follow the service.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Marjorie E. Dean, 81, Yuma, Va.
YUMA, Va. - Marjorie Elizabeth Dean, 81, went to be with the Lord Friday morning (March 26, 2004) at Holston Valley Medical Center after a brief illness.
She was a charter member of Temple Baptist Church, Appalachia, Va., and attended Salley's Chapel Baptist Church in Weber City, Va.
She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Pat Cress and Minnie Potter Cress; and a baby sister.
Surviving are her husband of 60 years, Dale H. Dean of Yuma, Va.; two daughters, Elizabeth Fields and husband Paul of Yuma, Va., Jennifer Mullins and husband Gilmer of Gray; four grandchildren, Lisa Bevins and husband Kevin, Sam Fields, John Mullins and wife Marty, Rachel McCurry and husband Samuel; four great-grandchildren, Whitney Bevins, Shawn Fields, Matthew Mullins, Shane Mullins; two brothers, Arthur Cress and wife Jimmie of Kingsport, Bill Cress of Lawton, Okla.; three sisters, Betty Cousins and husband Skeetie of Loganville, Ga., Patsy Walker and husband Gar of Kansas City, Mo., Aileen Lowe of Elizabethton, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va. Family and friends may also call anytime at the home, Route 7, Box 721, Gate City.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel with Pastor Charles Boone officiating.
Music will be provided by the Salley's Chapel Quartet.
Graveside services will be conducted at 12 noon Monday at Holston View cemetery with Pastor Charles Boone in charge.
Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is serving Mrs. Dean's family.
