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Ralph Kermit Williams, 58, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE - Ralph Kermit Williams, 58, of 110 Stanley Valley Rd., Rogersville, went to be with the Lord Sunday (March 6, 2005) at Wellmont Hawkins County Hospital.
He was preceded in death by his father, David Williams; brother, Donald Williams; and sister, Janice Williams.
Survivors include his mother, Maggie Williams; sister, Edith and Mike Neirkerk of Fayetteville, Tenn.; brothers, Burl and Rosa Williams of Surgoinsville, Darryl and Debbie Williams of Surgoinsville; two nephews, nine nieces, and one great-great- nephew.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Lyle Housewright officiating.
Interment will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Horton Cemetery.
Marie Alley, 79, Gate City, Va.
Services for Marie Alley, 79, of Route 3, Gate City, Va., who passed away Thursday (March 3, 2005), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, Weber City, Va., with Pastor Patrick Johnson officiating.
Music will be provided by Dale Smith.
Interment will follow at Holston View Cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Bobbie Anderson, 77, Rogersville.
Graveside services for Bobbie Marie Davis Anderson, 77, formerly of 179 Stanley Valley Road, Rogersville, who passed away Wednesday (March 2, 2005), will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. today at Piney Grove Cemetery, Surgoinsville. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the cemetery by 1:20 p.m.
A special thank you goes out to the staff of St. Johns Healthcare for the care they gave to Bobbie.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill is serving the family of Bobbie Anderson.
Karen Hill Bassett, 46, Fall Branch.
Services for Karen Hill Bassett, 46, Fall Branch, who passed away Thursday (March 3, 2005), will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today at the First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Carl Kelleher officiating.
The body will lie in state one hour prior to services.
Music will be provided by Pastor Bobby Self, Eric Donahue, and Debbie Browning.
Interment will follow services at Shepherd-Bowen cemetery in Mabe community.
Serving as pallbearers will be Kevin Hill, Brian Hill, Mathew Hill, Chad Bassett, Rick Miller, Phil Lockhart, Randy Ketron, and Eric Donahue.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Karen Bassett Benevolent Fund For Single Mothers, c/o First Assembly of God Church, 2213
Brandon Lane, Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Colonial Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., is in charge of arrangements.
Bruce P. Bloomer Sr., 84, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - Bruce P. Bloomer Sr., 84, of Ripley Lane, went home to be with the Lord late Friday afternoon (March 4, 2005) at Bristol Hospice House.
He was born in Fairview, Va., (England Valley) but had spent the majority of his life in the Ross Campground community.
Mr. Bloomer had served in the U.S. Army in Pearl Harbor in 1942. He belonged to the Charles DeWitt Byrd VFW Post # 3382 and the American Legion Hammond Post # 3 with more than 50 years as a member.
Bruce Bloomer was active with the Boy Scouts troop # 148 located at the Ross Campground community. Mr. Bloomer had founded and owned Bloomer's Jewelers until his retirement in 1988. During this time he was a member of the watchmakers association.
He was a member of Ross Campground United Methodist Church for 40 years where he held offices of treasurer, Sunday School teacher, and sang in the church choir. Mr. Bloomer was also an avid supporter of the Salvation Army.
Bruce loved the outdoors where he loved fishing, loved boating, loved camping and especially loved to garden.
He was preceded in death by his grandson, Eric Sensabaugh; his parents, Garfield and Rettie Lyons Bloomer; his sisters, Geneva Bloomer, Giula Waylock, Ona Rhoten, Lelia Vanzant, Monnie Parsons; his brothers, Frank Bloomer, James Bloomer and Harold Bloomer.
Survivors include his loving wife, Mary Spears Bloomer; his four daughters, Wanda Sensabaugh and her husband, Donnie, Betty Whitson and her husband, Herbert, Barbara Sword and her husband, Billy, all of Church Hill, Tereesa Lane and her husband, Johnny, Copper Ridge, Va.; two sons, Bruce P. Bloomer Jr. and his wife, Ada, Church Hill, and Rick Bloomer and his wife, Becky, Laurinburg, N.C.; 14 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Vernice Barker, Church Hill, and Francis Jennings, Gate City; along with several nieces and nephews, his special pet, "Nickel, " and a host of friends.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill, or friends may also call anytime at the residence, 124 Ripley Lane, Church Hill.
Services will be conducted Monday at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Calvin Tabor and Pastor Andy Sensabaugh officiating.
Music will be provided by the Good Neighbors Quartet.
A military graveside service will be conducted on Tuesday at 11 a.m. by the American Legion Hammond Post #3 and the Gate City Post #265 at Ross Campground United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be the grandsons: Darin Sensabaugh, Michael Sword, Bruce Bloomer III, Edward Lane, Daniel Bloomer and Nathaniel Bloomer.
Honorary pallbearers will be J.C. Clark, Johnny Hammonds, Jim Kelly, Bill Eachen, Jim Mullins, Guy Alley and Ray Mullins.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Ross Campground United Methodist Church Building Fund, c/o Janie Kincheloe, 930 Jackson St., Mount Carmel, TN 37645.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home of Church Hill is serving the family of Bruce P. Bloomer Sr.
Roxie Hensley Brooks, 96, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Mrs. Roxie Adeline Hensley Brooks, 96, died Friday (March 4, 2005) at the Wexford House.
Mrs. Brooks made her home with her daughter in Kingsport. She was a native of Middlesboro, Ky., and made her home in Mulberry, Ind., from the early 1940s until the late 1990s.
She was a member of Mulberry Baptist Church and had been a Sunday School teacher for several years.
She was the daughter of the late Herman and Rinda Noe Hensley and was also preceded in death by her husband, Virgil Brooks in 1972.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Owings, Kingsport; a son, David Harold Brooks, West Lafayette, Ind.; six grandchildren, Charles Brooks, Maryville, Tenn., Martha Lawson and Mary Beth Strickler, both of Kingsport, David H. Brooks II, Lafayette, Ind., Evelyn (Sissy) Brooks, Port St. Lucie, Fla., and Amanda Brooks, West Lafayette, Ind.; eight great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Sunday (March 13, 2005) at Kendricks Creek United Methodist Church in Kingsport with the Rev. John Hackney officiating.
Burial will be in Memorial Gardens in West Lafayette, Ind., at a later date.
Memorials may be made to Kendricks Creek United Methodist Church, 1000 Kendrick Creek Road, Kingsport, Tenn. 37663.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, is serving the Brooks family.
Joe D. Carter, 78, Hiltons, Va.
Services for Joe Dougherty Carter, 78, of Hiltons, Va., who went to be with the Lord late Wednesday afternoon (March 2, 2005), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church, Hiltons, Va., with the Rev. Sam Neeley and the Rev. Will Shewey officiating.
The body will lie in state at the church one hour before the services.
Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Trevor and Regan Keller, Matthew Dickerson, Joshua and Jacob Jones and Tucker Jett serving as pallbearers.
Honorary pallbearers will be Raymond McClain, Jerry Hensley, Pat Henry, G.C. Matlock, Bobby Starnes, Tommy Starnes, Jack Branch, Kevin Jackson, John Carter Cash, Johnny Wolfe, Bayard Goode, Bud Tolley, Jim Bowlin, Paul Hartsock, Marty Stuart, Tom T. Hall, Jerry Larkey, Dale Jett, Don Jett, Dan Stanley, Burdette McConnell, George Orthey and Tom Patterson.
These arrangements have been made through the Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home of Weber City, Va., for the Carter family.
Thelma Dean, 93, Nickelsville, Va.
NICKELSVILLE, Va. - Thelma Dean, 93, entered into rest Saturday (March 5, 2005) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Gate City Funeral Home.
Geraldine H. Draper, 89, Johnson City.
JOHNSON CITY - Geraldine H. Draper, 89, passed away Sunday (Feb. 27, 2005) at Appalachian Christian Village Health Care Center.
Memorial services will be held at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 212 Sunset Drive, Johnson City, on Sunday, March 13, 2005, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. James Nipper officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be sent to Our Savior Lutheran Church, 212 Sunset Drive, Johnson City, Tenn. 37604.
Serving the family of Geraldine H. Draper is Snyder's Funeral Home in Gray.
Nannie Mary Fannon, 87, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Nannie Mary Fannon, 87, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Friday (March 5, 2005) at Wexford House.
Born in Toms Creek, Va., she attended Weber City Church of God.
She was a loving mother and grandmother.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl Fannon; her parents, Jim and Mary Jackson; son, Curt Fannon; grandson, Darrell Ray Absher; sisters, Hazel Owens and Gracie Jackson; and brothers, George, Tommy and Teddy Jackson.
Surviving are her daughters and sons-in-law, Thelma "Tiny" and Mack Absher, Kingsport, Judy and Jerry Payne, Johnson City; sons and daughters-in-law, Dean and Lois Fannon, Floyd and Jeannie Fannon, all of Johnson City, Randy and Faye Fannon, Kingsport, Buddy and Louise Fannon, Telford, and Palmer and Kathy Fannon, Church Hill; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; sisters, Agnes Allen, Oklahoma City, Okla., Rhoda Luther, Coeburn, Va., Janice Goodman, Ohio, and Emmer Duskins, Arizona; brothers, John Jackson, Norton, Va., Jimmy Jackson, Milburn "Bud" Jackson and Wilburn "Bud" Jackson, all of Coeburn, Va., Jesse Jackson, Kingsport; daughter-in-law, Julie Fannon, Johnson City; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are Monday, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., or anytime at the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Mack and Tiny Absher.
Services will be conducted Monday at 1 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Raymond Hammonds and the Rev. Ralph Hammonds officiating.
Music will be provided by her grandson and wife, Ronnie L. and Kim Absher.
Burial will be in the Jackson-Kiser Cemetery, Sandy Ridge, Coeburn, Va.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons.
Ellen Fraser, 77, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Ellen Fraser, 77, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord on Friday (March 4, 2005) at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center.
She was born in Omaha, Neb., on Feb. 26, 1928. She had been a resident of Kingsport since 1963.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Thomas Brandon and Bernice Brandon; five sisters and one brother.
Survivors include her husband of 54 years, Harlan J. Fraser; two daughters, Debbie Fry and husband, Bill of Burlington, Ky., and Karen Fraser of Kingsport; three sons, Ronald "Red" Fraser and wife, Marina of Kingsport, Randy Fraser of Kingsport, and Brad Fraser and wife, Amy of Knoxville; eight grandchildren, Lauri Kleineick of Kingsport, Terry Joe Kleineick and wife, Katie of Gray, Chris Fraser and wife, Alaina of Church Hill, Sarah Fraser of Kingsport, Brandi, Noah, Amelia and Alyssa Fraser of Knoxville.
Calling hours will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at Oak Hill Funeral Home.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Roger Winegar officiating.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Oak Hill Memorial Park. Those wishing to attend are asked to meet at the funeral home at 10:30 a.m. to travel in procession together.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the American Red Cross, Tsunami Relief Fund, 501 S. Wilcox Dr., Kingsport, TN 37660.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is serving the family of Mrs. Fraser.
John Koger, 77, Rogersville.
ROGERSVILLE - Graveside services for John James Koger, 77, who died Thursday (March 3, 2005), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Highland Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Heart Association, Southeast Affliate, Living Legacy Partnership, P.O. Box 409410, Atlanta, Ga. 30384-9410.
Broome Funeral Home, Rogersville, is in charge of arrangements.
M. Pedeta Layman, 91, Fall Branch.
FALL BRANCH - A committal service for Margaret Pedeta "Deedee" Layman, 91, who died peacefully Thursday evening (March 3, 2005), will be held at 3 p.m. today at Washington County Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
The family suggests memorial donations to the Sulphur Springs United Methodist Church Community Outreach Program, or to a charity that is close to your heart.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of arrange, ents.
John Lindsey, 63, Church Hill.
CHURCH HILL - John Lindsey, 63, Carters Valley Road, passed away Saturday (March 5, 2005) at Select Specialty Hospital of the Tri-Cities, Bristol.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va.
Gertrude Moore, 99, Knoxville.
KNOXVILLE - Graveside services for Gertrude Summers Moore, 99, formerly of Mooresburg, who passed away Thursday evening (March 3, 2005), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today at Highland cemetery with Dr. David Hale officiating.
Calling hours are from 1 to 2 p.m. today at Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville.
Graveside services will follow the visitation in Highland cemetery with Dr. David Hale officiating.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Presbyterian Church or a charity of your choice.
