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Irma Cobb, 82, Duffield, Va.
DUFFIELD, Va. - Irma Cobb, 82, passed away Monday (Nov. 28, 2005) at Sunbridge Hillside Manor in Kingsport.
She was born in Wise County, Va., and had resided in Scott County. She retired from the Daniel Boone Trail Restaurant. She also was a member of Petersons Chapel Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eli Jefferson and Mary Ann Pearcy Cobb; sisters, Gettie Lane and Frankie Upchurch.
Surviving are her daughter, Joan Templeton and husband Paul, Gate City, Va.; son, Douglas Cobb, Kingsport; grandson, Michael Paul Cobb, Knoxville; brothers, Cecil Ulice Cobb and wife Vivian, Duffield, Va., Carroll Cobb and wife Frances, Marion, Ind., Hagan Cobb and wife Lois, Duffield, Va.; several nieces and nephews.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Colonial Funeral Home in Weber City, Va.
Services will be conducted in the funeral home chapel at 8 p.m Thursday with Rev. Frank Mullins officiating.
Music will be provided by Billy Lawson.
Graveside services will be Friday at 12 noon at Holston View Cemetery. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery at 11:50 a.m.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
Mary Harmon Cress, 76, Pennington Gap, Va.
PENNINGTON GAP, Va. - Mary Harmon Cress, 76, joined her husband in Heaven Friday (Nov 25, 2005).
She was born on May 14, 1929. She was a devoted Christian and an inspiration to her family and friends. She was a member of Belcher's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church and a lifelong resident of Lee County.
After raising her children she attended nursing school, graduating in 1977, and retired from Lee County Community Hospital in 1992.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life, her husband, William H. Cress; her father, Dana Livesay; brothers, Harold and Eugene Livesay.
Survivors are her mother, Kate E. Livesay of Jonesville, Va.; three sons, Dr. Larry Cress of Silver Spring, Md., Michael Cress and Sandy Edens of Fall Branch, and Gary Cress of Jonesville, Va.; two grandsons, Todd Cress of Kingsport and Shawn Cress of San Diego, Calif.; one great-granddaughter, Chloe Belle Cress of San Diego, Calif.; two brothers, Drexel Livesay and wife Alice of Wise, Va., and Billy Wayne Livesay and wife Meritta of Jonesville, Va.; one sister, Helen Livesay of Jonesville, Va.; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be conducted today at 2 p.m. at Belcher's Chapel Missionary Baptist Church in Left Poor Valley with Rev. Paul Davis Jr. and Rev. Stan Lewis Sr. officiating.
Mrs. Cress will be taken to the church one hour before services.
Burial will follow in Lee Memorial Gardens, Woodway, Va.
Sturgill Funeral Home, Pennington Gap, Va., is in charge of arrangements.
Georgia Lee Edens, 81, Clinchport, Va.
CLINCHPORT, Va. - Services for Georgia Lee (Kinkead) Edens, 81, an 18 month resident of the Erwin Healthcare Center, Erwin, Tenn., formerly of Rt. 2, who went to be with her Lord and Savior Sunday afternoon (Nov. 27, 2005), will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Scott County Funeral Home, Weber City, Va., with Elder Allen Hensley officiating.
Music will be provided by Patsy Hensley and Cecil Cox.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Committal services will be Friday at 11 a.m. from the Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Va.
It is requested that anyone wishing to attend those services meet at the funeral home by 10:15 a.m. to go in procession to the cemetery.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
The family wishes to thank the nurses and staff of the Erwin Healthcare Center and the doctors, nurses and staff of the Johnson City Medical Center ER and ICU departments for all the care and attention you gave to our loved one.
Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Edens family.
Orbin Ferrell, 92, Mooresburg.
MOORESBURG - Services for Orbin Ferrell, 92, of Mooresburg, who died Monday morning (Nov. 28, 2005), will be held at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Colboch-Price Funeral Home, Rogersville, with Rev. Ralph Gibson officiating.
Woodson Harris will serve as song leader.
Interment will follow in Highland cemetery with Rev. J.C. Lawson and Elder John Arnott officiating.
Active pallbearers will be his grandsons.
Honorary pallbearers will be John Ferrell, Ben Wexler, Roy Morgan, Bill Jenkins, Sterling Ferrell, and M.C. Rogers.
In lieu of flowers, please make memorial contributions to ALPS Adult Day Services, 600 North Daisy Street, Morristown, TN 37814 or the Lakeway Alumni Chapter Scholarship Fund, c/o Cindy Whitt, Lincoln Memorial University, 6965 Cumberland Gap Parkway, Harrogate, TN 37752.
Hobert Lee Fields, 69, Church Hill.
Graveside services with military honors for Hobert Lee Fields, 69, Church Hill, who passed away Saturday (Nov. 26, 2005), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Church Hill Memory Gardens.
Pallbearers will be Stephen Fields, Capt. Michael Lorenzo, Neal Christian, Gary Neese, Joey Tranbarger and Joey Bratton, N.E. Moore, Tom Hill, and Richard Shadan.
Honorary bearers will be H.L. Riggs, Jack Riggs, Shorty Alley, Robert Fields and his breakfast buddies.
The family requests those desiring may make memorial contributions to the building fund of the First Free Will Baptist Church of Church Hill.
To leave an online message or sign the guest registry for the Fields family, please visit www.johnsonfuneralhome.org Johnson Funeral Home is serving the Fields family.
Howard Finley, 69, Kingsport.
Services for Marce Howard Finley, 69, formerly of Kingsport, who passed away Sunday (Nov. 27, 2005), will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in the chapel of Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport, with Rev. Brian Schuler officiating.
The family will receive friends from 12 noon to 2 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Interment will be at Holston View cemetery in Weber City, Va., following the chapel service.
Family and friends will serve as pallbearers.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of arrangements.
Marsha Renfro Fletcher, 56, Mount Carmel.
MOUNT CARMEL - Marsha Renfro Fletcher, 56, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday (Nov. 28, 2005) at Indian Path Medical Center following a courageous 8 year battle with cancer.
Marsha was born in Kingsport and had lived in Mount Carmel for the past 26 years. She was a 1967 graduate of Lynn View High School. She worked at Kingsport Press before retiring from Indian Path Medical Center where she worked as a medical transporter. Marsha was a member of SOAR.
She worshiped with the members of Orebank Central Baptist Church, a place that she loved very dearly. Marsha was an inspiration to all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Betty Hatch Renfro.
Surviving are her husband, Wallace Fletcher, of the home; one son, James Music and wife Michelle of Mount Carmel; special granddaughter, Chelsea Martin, Mount Carmel; one grandchild on the way; father, Roy E. Renfro; four sisters, Linda Statzer and husband Norvel, Bristol, Va., Lori Cassell, Debbie Bledsoe and husband Wayne, and Karen Greene and husband Bob, all of Kingsport; one brother, David Renfro, Kingsport; also several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. Those wishing to view Mrs. Fletcher may do so after 12 noon today.
Services will be conducted in the funeral home chapel at 7 p.m. today with Pastor Leb Thornburg and Rev. Mike Fields officiating.
Graveside services will be at Oak Hill cemetery on Thursday at 11 a.m. Those wishing to attend the graveside are asked to meet at the cemetery by 10:55 a.m.
The family would like to extend a grateful thank you to the host of special caregivers at Indian Path Medical Center, as well as Dr. Pierce, Dr. Carroll, Dr. Boggan and Dr. Saunders.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Frederick Gossett, 67, Norton, Va.
NORTON, Va. - Paul Frederick Gossett, 67, died Saturday (Nov. 26, 2005) at his home in Norton.
A retired lithographer with various media agencies, Paul was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
He was preceded in death by his father, Thomas Bruce Gossett; his mother, Stella Absher Brown; his stepfather, Clyde Brown; and a brother, Jerry Gossett.
Surviving are his brothers, Darryl Gossett, Killeen, Tex., and Max Gossett, San Bernadino, Calif.; a sister, Joan Clay, Glendale, Md.; and several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home in Norton.
Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Mike Porter officiating.
Burial will follow in the Powell Valley Memorial Gardens.
Mary Lou Hamm, 74, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Services for Mary Lou Hamm, 74, formerly of Kingsport, who passed away Sunday (Nov. 27, 2005), will be conducted at 12 noon today in the chapel of Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home with Dr. Frank Crawford officiating.
Calling hours are from 11 a.m. to 12 noon today at the funeral home.
Burial will follow at East Lawn Memorial Park.
Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist Church building fund, 1238 Pine St., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Elvera Compton Hargis, 69, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Elvera Compton Hargis, 69, passed away suddenly Tuesday morning (Nov. 29, 2005) at her residence.
She was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. Mrs. Hargis retired from Eastman Chemicl with 29 years of service. She was a member of Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post #3382 and a volunteer at Holston Valley Medical Center.
Elvera was a loving wife, sister, aunt and friend to many.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Herman Leon Salyer; her parents, Klonie Compton and Sallie Skeen Compton; sister, Madge Lane.
Surviving are her husband, Arvel Hargis, Kingsport; stepchildren, Deloris Gunthrie, Austin, Tex., Emma Snyder, Outer Banks, N.C., and Martha Ann Pzylbiskie, Baltimore, Md.; 10 step-grandchildren; four step-great-grandchildren and one step-great-great-grandchild; sister, Mildred Compton Hartsock, Kingsport; also several nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Pleasant View Baptist Church.
Services will be conducted at the church at 7 p.m. today with Rev. Wayne Baker officiating.
Music will be by Pleasant View Quartet.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Skeen Family Cemetery, Nickelsville, Va. Those wishing to attend the graveside service are asked to meet at the funeral home by 11:30 a.m.
Gill Lane, Chuck Hammonds, Tommy Davis, David Lane, Richard Walters and Will Lane will serve as pallbearers.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Pleasant View Baptist Church, 2101 Stadium Dr., Kingsport, Tenn. 37660.
Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of arrangements.
George E. Hart, 91, Kingsport.
Graveside services for George E. Hart, 91, Kingsport, who went to join his Heavenly Father Monday (Nov. 28, 2005), will be conducted at 11 a.m. today at Oak Hill Memorial Park with military graveside rites conducted by the American Legion Post No. 3/265.
Pallbearers will be Bryan Qualls, Tim Peters, Scott Peters, Jason Hart, Rusty Wallace and Bobby Wallace.
Honorary pallbearers are Ken Qualls, Dan Peters, Claude Bledsoe, Jimmy Bledsoe, and Brian Smith.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Charles Henry, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Charles Henry, 70, West Sullivan Street, passed away Saturday (Nov. 26, 2005) at Holston Valley Medical Center.
There are no known survivors.
Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport.
