U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
W. Arvil Sykes
BEE, Va. -- W. Arvil Sykes, 90, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 1998, in Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon.
He was preceded in death by his first wife, Braxie Sykes, and his second wife, Myrtle Sykes.
He was a retired coal miner, a member of UMWA Local 7025, and a member of the Duty View Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Ronald Sykes, Birchleaf, Va., and Terry Sykes, Bristol Tennessee; four daughters, Jeanette Weaver, Elizabethton, Jerlene Lopez, Abingdon, Peggy Mullins and Irene Fuller, both of Bee; a brother, Banner Sykes, Bee; a sister, Eula Jackson, Vansant; 22 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Haysi Funeral Home is in charge.
Mamie J. Bardsley
BIG STONE GAP -- Mamie Josephine Bardsley, 91, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998, in Ridgecrest Manor Nursing Home, Duffield.
Roy A.
Green Funeral Home, Appalachia, is in charge.
Della M. Barger
KINGSPORT -- Della Mae Barger, 94, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in Indian path Hospital, Kingsport.
Akard Funeral Home is in charge.
Leecester Beavers
RICHLANDS -- Mr. Leecester Beavers, 65, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, at his home.
Singleton Funeral Service, Cedar Bluff, is in charge.
Dorothy W. Blake
Dorothy Woods Blake, 74, of 265 Scenic Drive, Bristol, Tenn., died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
She was a native of Bristol Virginia, a homemaker and a member of Weaver Church.
Survivors include her husband, Ray J. Blake Jr.; two daughters, Chris Mowrer, Bristol Tennessee, and Patty Miller, Harriman, Tenn.; three sons, Joe Blake, Bristol Tennessee, Woods Blake, Chattanooga, and Andy Blake, Bluff City; ten grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
Weaver Funeral Home is in charge.
Estil J. Browning
POUND -- Estil J. Browning, 90, died Monday, Jan. 1, 1999, in St. Mary's Hospital, Norton.
He was of the Freewill Baptist faith and a retired miner.
Survivors include his wife, Eula Hubbard Browning; a son, Wayne Browning, Pound; two brothers, Connie Browning, Clintwood, and Alex Browning, Haysi; three sisters, Odie Hubbard, Knoxville, Clara Buchanan, Dublin, Va., and Eliza Mullins, Russell, Ky.; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
Sturgill Funeral Home, Wise, is in charge.
Fannie T. Carbary
ABINGDON -- Mrs. Fannie Thelma Carbary, 74, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in Johnston Memorial Hospital.
She was a member of the Gospel Tabernacle and the widow of Eugene Carbary.
Survivors include a son, Bill Carbary Sr., Abingdon; a sister, Pearlie Mae Hudson, Abingdon; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Farris Funeral Service, Abingdon, is in charge.
Evadne N. Goodwin
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. -- Mrs. Evadne N. Goodwin, 75, of 1327 Broad Street Extension, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998, in Sycamore Shoals Hospital.
She was a native of
Johnson County, a member of the Lynn Valley Baptist Church and the widow of Austin Goodwin.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Alfred (Jean Leonard) Hester, Kingsport; four sons, James Frank Goodwin, David Allen Goodwin and Robert Lee Goodwin, all of Elizabethton, and John Goodwin, Chilhowie; a sister, Jewel Burgan,
Johnson City; and seven grandchildren.
Memorial Funeral Home, Elizabethton, is in charge.
Curt Keen
KEEN MOUNTAIN, Va. -- Mr. Curt Keen, 70, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Buchanan Funeral Service, Keen Mountain, is in charge.
Sanford J. Nelson
BLUFF CITY -- Sanford J. "Jack" Nelson, 63, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, at his home.
Akard Funeral Home is in charge.
Alta M. Nickels
KINGSPORT -- Alta Mae Nickels, 92, of 222 West Carters Valley, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998, in Wexford House, Kingsport.
She was a native of Russell County, had lived in Kingsport for 36 years, was a homemaker and a member of House of Prayer, Nickelsville. She was of the Baptist faith.
She was the widow of Francis Marion Nickels.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Rexford (Ina Mae) Addington, Kingsport; three sons, Doug Nickels and Ray Nickels, both of Kingsport, and the Rev. Ben (Nell) Nickels, Nickelsville; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.
Colonial Funeral Home, Weber City, is in charge.
Pearl Ramey
Pearl Ramey, 86, of Bristol Virginia, died Friday, Jan. 1, 1999, in Bristol Regional Medical Center.
Campbell Funeral Home, Abingdon, is in charge.
Barbara M. Scott
MERRITT ISLAND, Fla. -- Barbara Mise Scott, 46, formerly of Kingsport, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 1998.
She attended Lynn View High School, Kingsport, and graduated from Leon High School, Tallahassee, in 1970, as valedictorian of her class. She graduated from Florida State University, majoring in chemistry.
She was employed with Tennessee Eastman, Kingsport, and Sandoz Drug Company, in Houston. Most currently, she was a science teacher for Space Coast Middle School, Titusville, Fla., where she was nominated for Teacher of the Year.
Mrs. Scott was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her husband, Joe Scott; a son, John A. Scott, Merritt Island; her parents, Lee and Joanna Mise, Tallahassee; and two sisters, Pat Kirik, West Palm Beach, Fla., and Brenda Sexton, Deland, Fla.
Funeral services and burial will be held Sunday in Tallahassee.
Abbey Funeral Home, Tallahassee, is in charge.
