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Tommy Morelock, 51, Fall Branch.
KINGSPORT - Tommy Morelock, 51, of the Beech Creek community, died Monday afternoon (Oct. 24, 2005) at his home after a brief bout with cancer.
Born in Rockford, Ill., he had resided in Beech Creek most of his life.
His parents, Reevie and Sylvania Morelock, preceded him in death.
Surviving are two sisters, Connie Strong and husband, Don, Gate City, Va., Bonnie Hicks and husband, Joe, Marion, N.C.; four brothers, Donnie Morelock and wife, Christine, Onnie Morelock, Ronnie Morelock, and Robert Morelock and wife, Mary, all of Rogersville; several nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, and uncles.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Fall Branch.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fall Branch Chapel with Rev. Lewis Meade officiating.
Roy Dolen will provide music.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Mt. Carmel Freewill Baptist Church cemetery in Rogersville. Those attending the graveside service should meet at the cemetery by 10:50 a.m.
Pallbearers will be friends of the family.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, c/o Wanda Grills, 1217 Radcliffe Avenue, Kingsport, Tenn. 37664.
Teddy Lynn Peregoy Jr., 29, Gray.
GRAY - Teddy Lynn Peregoy Jr., 29, 784 Lakeridge St., died unexpectedly at home on Thursday (Oct. 20, 2005).
He was the biological son of Teddy Lynn Peregoy Sr. and adopted son of Lena Mae Barnes Peregoy and the late Brown L. Peregoy Jr. He was a 1995 graduate of Daniel Boone High School and had worked construction.
In addition to his adopted father, he was also preceded in death by his infant sisters, Michelle Elizabeth Peregoy and Elizabeth Marie Peregoy.
In addition to his adopted mother, he is survived by three brothers, Jason Peregoy of Tiptonville, Tenn., Christopher Peregoy of Johnson City, and Tim (Dawna) Peregoy of Jonesborough; two sisters, Sara Louise (Ricky) Gardner of Gray, and Karen Fay (Kenny) Davis of Watauga; special cousins, Melissa Reed, Susan Stipes, Joey Castle, Tonya Davis, Timbo and Brandon Peregoy, Daniel Bolinger, and Daniel and Anthony Gardner; special friends, Carla, Travis, and Willie Peters; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Gray Funeral Home.
Services will follow at 7 p.m. in the chapel with Rev. Robert Reed and Tim Cross officiating.
Graveside services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Washington County Memory Gardens with Dr. Gene Lasley officiating. Everyone is asked to meet at the cemetery at 10:50 a.m.
Pallbearers will be family and friends.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to Gray Funeral Home (for T. Peregoy), P.O. Box 8132, Gray, Tenn. 37615 to help the family with funeral expenses.
Helen Sergent, 96, Gate City, Va.
Services for Helen Sergent, 96, formerly of Gate City and a member of Gate City United Methodist Church, who passed away Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005), will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday at Gate City United Methodist Church, Gate City, Va., with Rev. Dale Wyrick and Rev. Steve Brown officiating.
Music will be provided by David Taylor and Jim Belt Baker.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Gate City Funeral Home.
Interment will follow the service at Holston View Cemetery, Weber City, Va.
Benny Reed, Arthur Scott, Jim Addington, Pat Quillen, David Taylor, Allen Dougherty, Judge John Kilgore, Carl Scott, and Hugh Scott will serve as pallbearers.
B.J. Broadwater, Tucker Coleman, Charles Hartgrove, Roderick St. Martin, Bill Draper, Lee Baker, Stan Bateman, Sam Coleman will serve as honorary pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be sent to Gate City United Methodist Church, P.O Box 246, Gate City, Va. 24251.
Anthony K. Shaffer, 26, Kingsport.
Graveside services for Anthony Keith Shaffer, 26, Kingsport, who went to sleep in the arms of Jesus Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005), will be at 10 a.m. today in the East Lawn Memorial Park.
Pallbearers will be friends and family.
Special thanks to all of Anthony's caregivers and friends at Brookhaven Manor.
East Lawn Funeral Home is serving the Shaffer/McGathey family.
Peggy Ann Smith, 51, Kingsport.
Services for Peggy Ann Harkleroad Smith, 51, of Kingsport, who died on Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005), will be conducted in the chapel of Oak Hill Funeral Home at 1 p.m. today with Pastor Mike Stout officiating.
The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at the funeral home or anytime until 9 p.m. at the home of her sister, Sandy Harkleroad.
Graveside services will be conducted in Oak Hill Memorial Park immediately following funeral services.
Friends and family will serve as pallbearers.
The staff of Oak Hill Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Ms. Peggy Smith.
Jay Lloyd Vermillion, Gate City, Va.
GATE CITY, Va. - Jay Lloyd Vermillion died Monday morning (Oct. 24, 2005) at his home, 801 Quillen Drive.
He was the only son of Sophia Elliott and Henry C. Vermillion, deceased. He grew up in Scott County, was educated at Shoemaker High School and Emory & Henry College where he was a member of Beta Lambda Zeta social fraternity.
He was a veteran of World War II and sustained injuries during the invasion at Normandy.
He was a member of First Broad Street United Methodist Church, where he served in many capacities. He was a member of the Greer Memorial Sunday School class.
He retired from Tennessee Eastman after 44 years of service. He was a member of two professional societies while at Eastman, The American Chemical Society and The Society of Plastics Engineers, serving one term as president of the local chapter of The Society of Plastics Engineers.
He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Sue; and daughters, Deborah and her husband Bob DeHaven, Leesburg, Va., and Melissa Cato, Greensboro, N.C. He was the devoted grandfather of Alexandra and Elliott DeHaven and Taylor and Miranda Cato. He is also survived by a sister, Lorraine V. Daugherty and her husband Bill.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10:15 a.m. Thursday at Holston View Cemetery. Friends are asked to meet at the graveside at 10 a.m.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at First Broad Street United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jack Edwards officiating.
The family will receive friends following the memorial service at the church and also anytime at the Vermillion home in Estil Heights.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Broad Street United Methodist Church building fund, P.O. Box 1346, Kingsport, Tenn. 37662.
Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Homes, Kingsport, is serving the Vermillion family.
Franklin Delanor White, 65, Kingsport.
KINGSPORT - Franklin Delanor White, 65, devoted husband, dad, grandfather and friend entered into eternal rest after a prolonged battle with cancer. He passed away at home on Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005.
He was retired from Eastman Chemical after 33 years of service, a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #972, Moose Lodge of Greeneville #692, Eagles on Stone Drive, Aerie #3141 and Legion Loyal Order of the Moose #972. He had special interest for and a love of golf, motorcycles and bowling. He coached the Sullivan Optimist Little league baseball, basketball and football teams.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Oscar White and Rosa Adams White; brother, James White; and great-granddaughter, Morgan D. White.
Survivors include the love of his life, his wife, Nora Lockhart White; daughters, Teresa L. Light, Cindy D. White, Monika Burgess and special friend Raul Orozco, Robin Waters and husband Beau; a son, Tony F. White; sisters, Katherine Smith and husband Howard, Patty Baines, Debbie White, Sherry Thornberry and husband Russ, and Linda Frazier and husband Freddie; brothers, Sonny White and Michael White; grandsons, Cruz Burgess, Jamie White, Matthew White, Ryan White, Dustin White, Cody Roberts and Austin Johnson; granddaughters, Erica Estep and husband Kevin, Amanda Weber, Layne Jones, Jessica Light, Sierra Waters, Kayla White, Marina Waters, Cameo Waters, Casey White, and Elizabeth White; great-grandchildren, Ethan Estep, Kyah Jones and Megan Weber; special friend and nephew, Allen White; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. White is being cremated.
Family and friends will be received from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home.
Services will follow at 7 p.m. and will be conducted by the Loyal Order of the Moose Memorial Service Honor Guard.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #972 or National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization 1.800.658.8898 www.nhpco.org.
Snyder's Memorial Gardens is in charge of arrangements.
Ted M. Clark, 41, Ewing, Va.
EWING, Va. - Ted M. Clark, 41, passed away on Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005) at UT Hospital, Knoxville.
He attended Ewing Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Martha Clark; and two brothers, David and Roger Clark.
Surviving are his wife, Tammy Clark, of Ewing; one son, Brad Clark, Bean Station; one stepson, Derek Osborne, Ewing; one daughter, Jessica Clark, Morristown; one stepdaughter, Angie Adcock, Ewing; two sisters, Deloris and Steve Buckner, Morristown, Joyce Eldridge and husband J.G., Rose Hill, Va.; several nieces and nephews; special friends, Mike and Tina Evans, Terry and Jackie Lambert, all of Harrogate, Tenn.
Calling hours are from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Arney-Mullins Funeral Home in Rose Hill, Va.
Services will be conducted at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Mike Humfleet officiating.
Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Brogan cemetery in Tazewell, Tenn.
Jeremiah Shane Culbreth, 18, Niceville, Fla.
NICEVILLE, Fla. - Jeremiah Shane Culbreth, 18, born on Dec. 26, 1986 in Columbus, Ga., passed away suddenly on Saturday (Oct. 22, 2005).
Jeremiah resided in Destin, Niceville and Freeport since the age of 3. He attended Destin Elementary, Destin Middle School, Niceville High School and was a 2005 graduate of Freeport High School.
Jeremiah never met a stranger. His outgoing personality served him well and was evident in the many friends he enjoyed. He loved the outdoors and spent much of his time hunting, fishing, surfing or just enjoying a day on the water with friends and family.
He expressed his faith in God at the age of 12 and was baptized at Wynnbrook Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga.
Survivors include his parents, Jim and Donna Dixon of Niceville, Fla., and Jeff and Beth Culbreth of Freeport, Fla.; maternal grandparents, Reba and Jerry Murrell of Kingsport, Paul N. Fox and Judy Holt of Sherwood, Ark.; paternal grandparents, Nandy and Baba (Max and Maxine Culbreth) of Pine Mountain, Ga.; one stepsister, Ginger Fulkerson Harris of Miami, Fla.; one stepbrother, Dale Fulkerson of Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; three uncles, Gary S. Fox of Chattanooga, Mark Culbreth of Pine Mountain, Ga., and Joe Turner of Phoenix, Al.; one aunt, Starla Culbreth Turner of Phoenix City, Ala.; and many other family members and friends.
A memorial service will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Heritage Gardens Funeral Home in Niceville, Fla., with the Rev. Martha Harris of Apalachicola, Fla., officiating.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the Children's Advocacy Center, 401 McEwen Dr., Niceville, Fla. 32578.
Jeremiah's bright smile will always light our days and our memories of him will fill our hearts forever.
Elsie Frost Dean, 78, Kingsport.
Elsie Beatrice Castle Frost Dean, 78, Kingsport, who was carried home by the angels to be with the Lord, on Friday morning (Oct. 21, 2005), will be laid to rest at 11 a.m. today at the Chestnut Grove Church cemetery in Hancock County after a brief graveside ceremony presided over by Rev. Wayne Baker. Family and friends going in procession are asked to meet at the Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Church Hill, at 9:30 a.m.
Mrs. Dean's family wished to extend a very special thank you to Sara Wolfe, her daytime caregiver, and to the Wellmont Bristol Hospice staff for their loving care of their mom in her final days.
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Carter-Trent Funeral Home, downtown Kingsport, is serving Mrs. Dean's family.
Euna Boggs Dotson, 97, Clintwood, Va.
CLINTWOOD, Va. - Euna Boggs Dotson, 97, Lick Fork community, entered into the arms of her Lord Sunday (Oct. 23, 2005) at Heritage Hall Nursing Home, Wise, Va.
Born Sept. 16, 1908 in the Bold Camp section of Pound, Va., she was the daughter of the late Thomas Eli Boggs and Mary Zelphia Robinson Boggs. In addition to her parents, Euna was preceded in death by her husband, Lester Dotson; her brothers, Feirl Boggs, Swanson Boggs, Donaldson Boggs, Dayton Boggs and Howie Boggs; and her sisters, Alma Boggs Davis and Savannah Boggs Mullins.
Euna was of the Baptist faith and with her staunch belief in God, avidly quoted the Bible. Her knowledge of gardening would rival that of a master gardener. She supported the troops of World War II as a spot welder in the Baltimore, Md., shipyards. Though she was a humble lady, she worked hard both inside and outside her home and in the later years extended her talent for household cleanliness into a livelihood.
She leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews and friends as well as two special caregivers, her niece, Eula Boggs Branhan, and her grand-niece, Sherron Meade Dean.
Calling hours are from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Baker Funeral Home, Pound, Va.
Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. today in the Sadie Baker Memorial Chapel of the funeral home with Pastor Will Gipe officiating.
Spiritual music will be provided by Debra Green, Marcus and Christy Smith and Trista Ragsdale.
Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Lick Fork cemetery beside the Lick Fork Freewill Baptist Church, Clintwood, Va.
Pallbearers will be Brandon Robinson, Tony Robinson, Jarvie Robinson, Charlie Green, Trevor Boggs and Steve Hale.
Honorary pallbearers will be George Dean and Alex Boggs.
William Elliott, 78, Abingdon, Va.
ABINGDON, Va. - William Martin Elliott, 78, a native and lifelong resident of Abingdon, Va., went to be with the Lord on Sunday (Oct. 23, 2005) in the Johnston Memorial Hospital.
He was a lifelong member of the Abingdon United Methodist Church, having served as chairman of the board of trustees. He was in the general insurance business for 47 years and president of Elliott Insurance Agency of Abingdon until his retirement in 1993. He was a member of the Abingdon Jaycees, having served as president. He was a life-time member of the Abingdon Civitan Club having served as president. He was a charter member of the Glenrochie Country Club and the Virginia Highlands Society. Mr. Elliott served three years on the board of the Virginia Association of Independent Insurance Agents.
He is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Ova Price Elliott of Abingdon, Va.; a son, William "Mark" Elliott and wife, Eloise of Princeton, W.Va.; three daughters, Beverly Elliott Crockett and husband, Michael of Richmond, Va., Patti Elliott Farmer and husband, Denny of Abingdon, Va., and Susan Elliott Hurst and husband, Jim of Kingsport; 13 grandchildren, Jason, Jessica Ann, Jessica Nicole, Morgan, Thomas, Brooke, Aaron, Jennifer, Megan, Sarah, Nick, Meghan and Paige.
A Celebration of life service will be conducted at 1 p.m. today in the Abingdon United Methodist Church with Rev. Bill Rowland, and Rev. Nicole Hill officiating.
The family would like to recognize as honorary pallbearers, Dr. W.E. Cline, and members of the Abingdon Civitan Club.
The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of memorial contributions to the Abingdon United Methodist Church Memorial Fund, 101 East Main St., Abingdon, VA 24210.
Frost Funeral Home, Abingdon, Va., is serving the family of Mr. William Martin Elliott.
