Obituaries

Feb 13, 2009

Kenneth E. ?Grunt? Jackson, 46, of Pineville, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2009 at the Pineville Community Hospital. He was born in Pineville, on July 15, 1962 a son of Opal Jones Jackson and the late Walter Jackson. He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and had been a Produce Salesman. In addition to his father, he...

Feb 13, 2009

Margaret Lewis Champlin, 96 of Pineville passed away on Friday, February 13, 2009 at the North Health and Rehabilitation Facility in Andersonville, TN. She was born at Four Mile on November 19, 1912 a daughter of the late Joe and Lydia Lisenbee Lewis. She had been a Homemaker. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...

Feb 7, 2009

Katherine ?Kathy? Marie Earline Walters Mason, 49 of Pineville, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at her home. She was born on April 29, 1959 a daughter of the late Earl Walters and Jean Sims Walters, who survives. She believed in the Baptist Faith and had been a beautician and cosmetologist. In addition to her father she was...

Feb 5, 2009

Paul Kenneth Slusher, 70, of Turkey Creek, died on February 5, 2009 in Pineville. He was born in Bell-Jellico on March 31, 1938 a son of the late William Matt and Mary Elizabeth Dean Slusher. He was a member of Riverside Baptist Church and had been a coal miner. Paul was an avid supporter of Bell County Sports, a...

Jan 31, 2009

Bradley Brooks

Age 90

Of Harrogate

Bradley Brooks of Harrogate, Tennessee age 90 went home to be with The Lord on Saturday January 31,2009.

He was a life long member of Big Spring Union Baptist Church and served as an Ordained Deacon since 1949. He farmed his entire life. He was...

Jan 30, 2009

Nadine Epperson, 88 of Frakes, passed away on Friday, January 30, 2009 at the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital. She was born in Davisburg, KY on April 1, 1920 a daughter of the late Ledford and Ollie Jane Lee Webb. She believed in the Baptist Faith and had been a homemaker. She loved gardening and quilting. In addition to her...

Jan 29, 2009

Betty Newby

67 of Knoxville, TN

Betty May Bohler Newby, age 67, of Knoxville, formerly of Woodburn, IN. and Claiborne Co., TN, passed away January 29, 2009 at St. Mary's North. Born January 20, 1942 a daughter of late Ralph Oliver and Geneva E. Crise Bohler.

She was a member of the Northwest...

Jan 28, 2009

Joseph Stanifer 89 Harrogate, TN

Joseph Robert Stanifer, 89, of Harrogate, Tennessee died in the Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Hospital in Middlesboro, Kentucky on Wednesday January 28, 2009. Born in Harrogate, Tennessee on April 24, 1919, Mr. Stanifer was a graduate of Powell Valley High School and attended East Oregon State Teacher's College. He served in the Army...

Jan 28, 2009

Edith Laws, 88, of Pineville, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2009 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born in Greasy Creek, KY on February 20, 1920, the daughter of the late Thomas Weaver and Nevada Hoskins Thompson. She was a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she...

Jan 26, 2009

Hugh Brock, 62, of Corbin, passed away Monday, January 26, 2009 at the Baptist Regional Medical Center in Corbin. He was born in Stoney Fork, KYon August 21, 1946 a son of Homer Brock and the late Ida Forester Brock. He was the owner of Brock Excavating and a farmer. A U.S. Marines corps Vietnam Veteran, Hugh served from...

Jan 26, 2009

Sarah Taylor Helton, 84, of Pineville, passed away on Monday, January 26, 2009 at the Pineville Community Hospital. She was born on the Right Fork of Straight Creek on January 1, 1925 a daughter of the late Mandy Bullins and Jess Taylor. She was a believer in the Pentecostal Faith and had been a homemaker. In addition to her...

Jan 23, 2009

James Barnett

Age 64

Of New Tazewell, TN

James Morris Barnette, age 64, of New Tazewell, was born September 22, 1944, and passed away at 8:05 AM on Friday, January 23, 2009, at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church until he was...

Jan 19, 2009

Pauline Slusher, 81, of Birmingham, AL passed away on Monday, January 19, 2009 at her home. She was born in Field, KY on November 8, 1927 a daughter of the late Silas M. and Alice Knuckles Slusher. She was a member of the Dawson Baptist Church in Birmingham where she served as Secretary of her Sunday School Class. She...

Jan 19, 2009

Sie Saylor, 83, of Beverly, passed away on Monday, January 19, 2009 at his home. He was born in Cow Fork, KY on July 4, 1925 a son of the late Lewis and Ellen Roark Saylor. He had been a timber cutter and coal mine night watchman. He had served in the U.S. Navy. In addition to his parents,...

Jan 18, 2009

Paul Isaac Davenport, 90, of Pineville, passed away on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at Britthaven of Pineville. He was born in Bell-Jellico on June 2, 1918 a son of the late Charlie and Mossie Lee West Davenport. He believed in the Baptist Faith and had been a Bell County Division of Forestry Fire Fighter. He served in the United...

Jan 17, 2009

Raymond Hall

Age 85

Of Speedwell

Raymond Hall, age 85, born in Mayking, KY passed away Saturday January 17, 2009 at his home in Speedwell, TN. He was a devoted husband and father & loving grandfather. He had dedicated his life to Christ at an early age. He was a retired coal miner...

Jan 17, 2009

Margaret Vettese, 87 of Dewitt, passed away on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the Middlesboro ARH Hospital. She was born in Appalachia, Virginia on November 1, 1921 a daughter of the late Thomas and Martha Messer Bays. She believed in the Pentecostal faith and had worked as a shipping and receiving clerk for Rhynne China Company. In addition to...

Jan 16, 2009

Lucy Mae Philpot, 78, of Kettle Island, passed away on Friday, January 16, 2009 at her home. Born November 29, 1930, in Bell Co, KY, she was the daughter of the late Gillis and Lydia Crank. Lucy was a member of the Ernie Asher Holiness Church and she had been saved for 42 years. Lucy was a homemaker, mother...

Jan 15, 2009

Wendy Pauline Eldridge, 25 of Ewing, VA passed away on Thursday, January 15, 2009 at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville. She was born in Pineville on August 13, 1983 a daughter of Jewell Garnett Lingar and the late Carlos ?Corky? Johnson. She believed in the Holiness faith and had been a homemaker. Survivors include her children,...

Jan 14, 2009

Shirley Matthews Young, 72, of Middlesboro, passed away on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at the Middlesboro ARH. She was born in Fourmile on December 17, 1936, a daughter of the late Ben and Minnie Young. She was a member of the Old Fourmile Pentecostal Church and had been a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...