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Buford Ball, 62, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Buford Ball, 62, passed away Monday (Jan. 31, 2005) after a lengthy illness.
He was a loving father, grandfather, and brother.
His father, Monroe Ball; and grandfather, Johnny Ball preceded him in death.
Surviving are three daughters, Peggy Amanda Jenkins and husband Jay, Kingsport, Juanita Ball and Mindy, both of Columbus, Ohio; four grandchildren; mother, Juanita Wilburn and husband Sam, Kingsport; two brothers, Woodrow Ball, Baltimore, Md., and Joe Ball, Big Stone Gap, Va.; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel with Evangelist Johnny H. Persinger officiating.
Graveside services will be 12 noon Friday at Oak Hill Memorial Park. Family and friends will meet at the cemetery at 11:45 a.m.
Edmond Bowling, 83, Weber City, Va.
WEBER CITY, Va. - Edmond Bowling, 83, passed away Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2005) at Indian Path Medical Center after an illness.
A native of Clinchport, Va., he was born July 4, 1921, a son of the late Charlie C. and Stella Lee Johnson Bowling. He was a former employee of Tennessee Eastman Company and was a longtime insurance agent with People's Life Insurance Company.
Mr. Bowling accepted Christ as his savior on Dec. 12, 2004.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Glenita Carter Bowling.
Survivors include his sister, Jeanette Blanton of Weber City, Va.; one brother and sister-in-law, R.L. Bowling and wife Rose of Greeneville; one nephew, Mark Blanton and wife Karen of Gate City, Va.; one niece, Paula Blanton Howe and husband Roger of Hickory, N.C.; a very special friend, Ann Jennings of Weber City, Va.
Calling hours are from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today at Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today from the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Paul Blessing officiating.
Entombment services will take place at 11 a.m. Friday at Oak Hill Mausoleum.
Pallbearers will be Mark Blanton, Corey Blanton, Jamie Blanton, Roger Howe, Lawrence Carter and Doug Humphreys.
Honorary pallbearers are Orbin Alley, George Carter and Fred Lane.
Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Bowling family.
Louise Boyer, 93, Johnson City.
JOHNSON CITY - Louise Ford Boyer, 93, 2018 Sherwood Dr., Apt. 223, died Saturday (Jan. 29, 2005) at the Johnson City Medical Center.
She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City.
Mrs. Boyer was the daughter of the late Walter D. and Fletchie P. Ford. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mack P. Boyer in 1995; and two brothers, William Cecil Ford and Raymond Howard Ford; and one sister, Mildred (Kate) Harmon.
A sister-in-law, Ruth Pierce, Ivy Hall, Elizabethton; cousins, Sara Cunningham and husband David, Memphis, Josie Lee Reilly, Kingsport, and Margaret Goodhue and husband Dave, Montrose, Colo., survive her. She is also survived by nieces and nephews, Jane Gray Collier and husband, Dr. Dwayne Collier, Rome, Ga., Lake K. Boyer Jr. and wife Connie, Atlanta, Ga., Dr. James Reuben Pierce, Elizabethton, Sandra Satterfield, Rockville, Md., and David Pierce, Kingsport.
Mrs. Boyer was a graduate of Science Hill High School and attended ETSU. She also completed several correspondence courses in banking. At the time of her retirement from First Peoples Bank, she was an assistant vice president. She was very active in community service during the 26 years that she worked at the bank.
Mrs. Boyer was a very giving person and during her 80-year membership at Central Baptist Church was active in the Dorcus class and in missionary work. She also taught Sunday School.
She was a 50-year member of Federation of Women's Clubs and the Monday Club.
She was a past board member of the Sister Cities, National Association of Bank Women, Tipton Haynes Historical Farm, and served on the originating board of the Carroll Reece Museum. Mrs. Boyer was also a charter member of Shady Oaks Garden Club and Garden Lovers Club.
The family will receive friends from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City.
A graveside funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Monte Vista Memorial Park.
The graveside service will be officiated by Rev. R. Willard Warfield and Dr. Ron Murray. Family and friends are to assemble at the funeral home at 10:40 a.m. and proceed to the cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Dr. Douglas Crockett, A.R. McCart, George Bill Smith, Ambers Wilson, Joe Wallen and John Squibb.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Horace Cupp, Dr. Stanley Vermillion, Dr. Jack Williams, Dr. R.A. Calandruccio, William Hensley, Brooks Sossomon, S. Richard Jennings, Richard Lewis, C.H. Robbins Jr., C.E. Parker, Bill Bays, Coolidge Johnson, Dr. Charles Wofford, and Frederick Brandt.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the charity of your choice, with the notice to be sent to Mrs. Jane Gray Collier, Six Oakmont Dr. SW, Rome, Ga. 30161-9593.
Carolyn Caldwell, 63, Surgoinsville.
SURGOINSVILLE - Carolyn Joyce Caldwell, 63, of 198 Gatewood Road, passed away Wednesday (Feb. 2, 2005) at Vanderbilt Hospital & Medical Center following an extended illness.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Johnson Funeral Home of Church Hill.
Eula M. Conklin, 75, Kingsport.
Services for Eula M. Conklin, 75, Kingsport, who passed away Sunday (Jan. 30, 2005), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today in the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, with the Rev. Jack Hawthorne officiating.
Burial will follow at Oak Hill Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be Carl Snodgrass, Scott Snodgrass, Duane Snodgrass, Phil Snodgrass, Rodney Reed, and Mike Hawthorne.
Honorary pallbearer will be Albert Snodgrass.
Robert Perle Crowell, 80, Vinton, Va.
VINTON, Va. - Robert P. Crowell, 80, of Vinton, passed away Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2005) at the Va Medical Center in Salem, Va.
He was born in Lee County on July 20, 1924 to the late Ernest and Bertha Crowell (Parsons). He was a graduate of Pennington High School and enlisted in the Army Air Force in March of 1943.
Based in England, he saw action in Normandy, Northern France and Germany as a top turret gunner in a B-17 Flying Fortress. He earned four Oak Leaf Clusters, three Bronze Stars, the Distinguished Unit Badge and a Purple Heart when he was wounded on his 29th mission on Dec. 24, 1944.
He was a longtime employee of Childs/Hoffheimers Corp. and had been retired for seven years.
Survivors include three sons, Robert Crowell and wife Trudy of Wilmington, Mass., Ernest Crowell and wife Stacey of Newark, Ohio, and Eric Crowell and wife Opal of Vinton, Va.; seven grandchildren; sister, Mary Duncan of Bristol, Va.; brother-in-law, Ken Light of Pennington Gap; and four nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by sister, Ernestine Light of Pennington Gap; and brother-in-law, Frank Duncan of Bristol, Va.
Calling hours will be held from 12 noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Province Funeral Home in Pennington Gap, Va.
Graveside services will be held immediately after at Lee Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Thomas Reed officiating. Military rites will be conducted by the Charles DeWitt Byrd VFW Post #3382 of Kingsport.
Peter Day, 48, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Peter Day, 48, Kingsport, passed away Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2005) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center after a two and a half year battle with cancer.
His parents, Newell and Rosina Day of England preceded him in death.
Surviving are his wife, Lockie Day, Kingsport; two sisters, Angela Day, England, and Beverley Lane and husband Dennis, Kingsport; brother, Christopher Day, England; mother and father-in-law, Mary Lee and Gene Coleman, Maryville, Tenn.; nephew, Kevin Marshall and wife Kristen, Johnson City; nieces, Janice Harbour and Tasmyn Smith and husband Dom, all of England, Amy Nash and Candice Nash, Atlanta, Ga.; sister-in-law and husband, Lucy and Joe Nash, Atlanta, Ga.
Calling hours are from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Dale Wyrick officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to: The Peter Day Youth Bowlers Scholarship Fund, Warpath Lanes, 2449 Memorial Boulevard, Kingsport, TN 37664 or The American Cancer Society, c/o Wanda Grills, 1217 Radcliffe Ave., Kingsport, TN 37664.
Vay O. Eaton, 78, Pawleys Island, S.C.
PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. - Vay O. Eaton, 78, of the Heritage Plantation, died Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2005) at Waccamaw Community Hospital.
She was born May 10, 1926 in Wise County, Va., a daughter of the late Augustus and Mary Hale Henderson.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Shannon Eaton.
Survivors include one son, Gary Eaton and his wife Barbara of Grosse Pointe, Mich.; one daughter, Alicia Hart and her husband Jim of Pawleys Island, S.C.; five grandchildren, Marty Eaton, Allison Eaton, Tracy Krafl and her husband Scott, Ryan Hart, Lindsey Hart; one great-grandson, Ryan Krafl; three stepgrandchildren, Jarrod Champine, Joseph Champine, Annette Champine.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Oak Hill Funeral Home with the Rev. Aaron Pierce officiating.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Burial will follow in Oak Hill Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support Group at All Saints Church, 3560 Kings River Road, Pawleys Island, S.C. 29585.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is serving the Eaton family.
Lema Clark Falin, 82, Kingsport.
Services for Lema Clark Falin, 82, of Kingsport, formerly of Bristol, who passed away Tuesday morning (Feb. 1, 2005), will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Akard Funeral Home, Bristol, Tenn., with the Rev. Jack Edwards officiating.
Entombment will follow in the Glenwood cemetery Mausoleum.
The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Broad Street United Methodist Church, 100 West Church Circle, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660 or to First United Methodist Church of Bristol, 322 Vance Drive, Bristol, Tenn. 37620.
Bobbie Jo Frady, 70, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Bobbie Jo Vandergriff Frady, 70, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday (Feb. 1, 2005) at Indian Path Medical Center.
She was born in Knoxville, Tenn., to the late Albert Vandergriff and Bonnie Day Vandergriff. Mrs. Frady resided in Knoxville until moving to Kingsport in 1949 where she met the love of her life. Those who knew her know she spent her life living and caring for her husband of 54 years, Bob Frady who survives her. Together they raised four daughters, Jean Starnes, Debbie Guarascio, Cheryl Stanley and Lisa Harwood, all surviving.
She and Bob made their home in the Bridwell Heights community for the past 40 years where she and her beloved best friend, Loretta Johnson, watched her family grow to include 11 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Although her health kept her homebound for much of the past 15 years, those lives she touched were encouraged and blessed to know her.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Anna Mae Vandergriff, June Sammons, and Betty Johnson; three brothers, Clarence and Ray Vandergriff, and Johnny Bell; and one grandson, Michael Alexander Harwood.
She is also survived by one sister and brother, Mary Jane Williams and William Bell; as well as many brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at St. Luke United Methodist Church.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday at the church with Rev. Jim Manis and Pastor Lewis Weaver officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at East Lawn Memorial Park.
Grandsons and great-grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be the men and young men of Ellen Street.
She entrusted the care of her first love to the staff and friends of Church Hill Healthcare, 701 West Main Blvd., Church Hill 37642, where you may make gifts to the activities fund in lieu of flowers.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, is serving the Frady family.
Bob Gragg, Bristol, Tenn.
the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 1:21b
BRISTOL, Tenn. - Bob Gragg passed away at Wellmont Hospice House.
He was preceded in death by his beloved son, Robert Parker Gragg; and brother, Paul Gragg. Bob was the son of Lewis and Beatrice Gragg of Kingsport.
He is survived by his wife Roma Parker Gragg, a daughter Sarah (Mrs. David Dugger); and a son, Lewis Denton Gragg II. The joy of his life was his grandchildren. The children of his late son Parker are Seth, Laura Beth, and a Zackary Gragg. His daughter Sarah's children are David II, Hannah and Andrew Dugger. Also surviving are his sister, Anna Louise Gray, and his brother, Carl Milburn Gragg, both of Kingsport.
Bob was a pre-med student of ETSU before joining the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Tex. He served for four years at Brooke Army Medical Center. While in San Antonio he completed studies at San Antonio Junior College. He was transferred to Landstuhl, Germany, 2nd General Hospital working in Forensic Chemistry.
Bob was certified by CDC in Clinical and Anatomical Pathology. He attended advanced medical schools. He was chief of toxicology USAER Seventh Army. In a medical capacity, he served 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th Army. He retired after eight years to continue studies at ETSU.
In 1965, he joined S.E. Massengill as a Senior Research Biochemist. He also worked for Instrumentation Laboratories in Boston, and Beckman Instruments in Fullerton, California.
The family will receive friends on Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. at Weaver Funeral Home, Bristol, Tenn.
Services will be held on Saturday at 11 a.m. at Edgemont Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Larry Stallard and Dr. Dewey Kerr officiating.
Entombment will follow at Glenwood Mausoleum. Military Honors will be conducted by the VFW Patton Crosswhite Post #6975 and the National Guard.
In lieu of flowers, some may consider giving to "Africa-Water for Life" at Life Outreach International, P.O. Box 982000, Fort Worth, Tex. 76182 (1-800-947-5433) or www.LifeToday.org.
With grateful hearts we give thanks to Dr. Gerry Boccarossa, Dr. Michael Baron, H.M.G., and Wellmont Services.
