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03/14/2026

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Keokee, VA-Ronald Keith Richardson, 75, passed away early Thursday morning, March 12, 2026 at Johnson City Medical Center, following an extended illness. He was a lifelong resident of Keokee and a 1969 graduate of Keokee High School. Ronald spent 32 years working in coal mines as an electrical engin...

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03/13/2026

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Duffield, VA – John Thomas Costlow, 69, passed away on Tuesday March 10, 2026 at his home. He was born in Johnstown, PA, lived in Kingsport for 13 years and had lived in Duffield for the past 13 years. “Butch”, as he was affectionately known, was a construction worker by trade. He loved flea m...

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03/13/2026

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Big Stone Gap, Va.- Bobby Ray “Carbide” Elliott, 77, passed away on March 6, 2026 at his home. Born in Derby, Va., he lived a majority of his life in Appalachia, Va. and Big Stone Gap, Va. He was a sawer for the former sawmill in the Blackwood community of Wise County, Va. Bobby loved weightlift...

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03/02/2026

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Wise, VA – Brenda Sue Sponaugle, 75, passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at her home. She was born in Wise County and moved to Michigan at an early age. She moved back to Appalachia, VA in 1984, where she met her husband, Allen, and they married in 1991. She was a Service Desk Manager at Walmart ...

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02/21/2026

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Barbara Jean (Kedzierski) Blanton, 82, of Big Stone Gap, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 19, 2026. She was born in Dryden, VA and has been a lifelong resident of Big Stone Gap. She retired from the former St. Mary’s Hospital in Norton, VA, after 46 years of s...

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02/21/2026

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Willis “Moon” Preston Mullins, 91, passed away peacefully on the morning of December 6th, 2025 in Newport Beach, California. Moon was born on January 13, 1934 to Isom and Bertha Mullins and was one of nine children raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. Moon served his country in the Navy, was a hom...

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02/20/2026

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Coeburn, VA – Betty Johnson, 70 passed away Thursday, February 12, 2026, in Big Stone Gap. She was the daughter of the late Clarence “Bud” Willis and Charlcie Mae Funk Willis. She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd Leland “Nick” Johnson, son Jason Johnson, brother Clarence Ray Will...

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02/12/2026

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Big Stone Gap, VA-It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of James “Jim” Ernest Cornett, age 83, of Big Stone Gap, VA, on Monday, February 9th, 2026. He was not only an incredible husband, dad and grandpa but an extraordinary friend to many. His humor, wisdom, and warmth left an in...

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02/09/2026

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Big Stone Gap, VA – David Shine Dotson, 52, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2026, at UVA Health Systems in Charlottesville, VA. Born in Abingdon, VA, he lived in Cleveland, VA, and graduated from Lebanon High School in 1991. He lived in Appalachia, VA for the past 24 years. Shine, as he was aff...

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02/09/2026

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Big Stone Gap, VA – Margie Ann Lyke, 92, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2026, at her home. Born in Switchback, WV, she lived in Roanoke, VA where she met “Curly”, the love of her life, at a Christmas party and four months later were married. She was a longtime substitute teacher in Roano...

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02/03/2026

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Big Stone Gap, VA – Chris Lee Haverly, 69, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. He was born on April 2, 1956 to William E. and Mittie Christine (Ramey) Haverly, Sr. He had lived in Highsplint, KY, Evarts, KY, Appalachia, VA and Big Stone Gap and was a 1974 graduate of Appalachia High School...

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01/31/2026

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Big Stone Gap, VA – Robin Renee Overstreet, 62, passed away on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at her home. She was born in Nashville, TN, but lived in Big Stone Gap for the past ten years. She worked as a secretary for about 30 years and was a deli manager for Tiger Market in Big Stone Gap for nine ye...

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