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Miscellaneous Death Records 1943 – 1979

Blevins Funeral Home, Bristol Virginia

Researched By Samuel (George) Thomas Of Bristol, Virginia.
  1. Minnie Lee Pairgin / July 25, 1889 – March 12,1945 / Rt. 2 / Charge To Joe Pairgin / Father George W. Owens – Va. Mother Sallie Marchova Va. Svc. Wallace Methodist Church , Rev. Clear / Born Va. / Dr. Grigsby Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. / 430.00
  2. Anna Underwood / Oct. 1,1875 – Oct. 9,1945 70 Yrs. / 522 Jackson Street, Sullivan County, Tn. Husband Webster Underwood, Born Pa. Died At Home / Father R.C. Combs Pa. Mother Not Listed. Dr. Geo. Leavell / Gunnings Cem. / 245.00
  3. Sgt. Charles H. Canter / Died June 30,1943 / Occ. U.S. Army / Res. Bristol, Va. Died In North Africa / Father W.H. Canter, Buried Mountain View Cemetery, Bristol, Va. 93.00
  4. Thomas Jefferson Jackson / Oct. 26, 1867 – June 1, 1948 Age – 80 / Bristol,Va. / Rt. 2 / Charge To Mrs. Etta Goodman, Bristol, Tn. / Address Mrs. Lucille Clark, Benhams,Va. / Died At Res. Dr. Guy Richardson / Father Joseph Jackson Va. Mother Eliza Perrigen / Buried Family Cemetery, Near Wallace. / 792.50
  5. Alice Fields Canter / April 15, 1883 – July 8,1948/ Died At 318 Goodson Street / Svc. Blevins Chapel / Dr. Chew / Father Thomas R. Rash , Mother Not Listed / Buried East Hill Cemetery / 373.00
  6. John Thomas Canter / April 4, 1904 – April 3, 1950, 46 Yrs. / 1012 Spencer St. / Dr. Guy Richardson / Father John T. Canter Va. Mother Frances Belle Mccracken / Buried Shelby Hills / 225.50
  7. Found A Small Typed Note With Lucy Canter Heath Records Which Reads — Charge As Follows: Albert A. Brown / 25.00 / 526 Woodlawn Ave. Ned Brown / 25.00 S.W. Thomas / 25.00 / 1018 Spencer St. J. L. Thomas / 25.00 / 1004 Spencer St. Stuart Mercer / Balance / 1004 Spencer St.
  8. Miss Lilly Jackson / Dec. 23, 1884 – Nov. 27, 1948 / Abingdon, Va. Rt. 2, Charge To Matilda Leonard, Clear Branch. Washington County, Va. / Father William Jackson, Wallace, Va. , Mother Maggie Perrigan, Clear Branch, Va. / Died At Res. Svc. At Clear Branch Church / Buried, Clear Branch Cem. 225.00
  9. Robert Lee Rhymer / May 30, 1949 – May 31, 1949 / 409 Washington St. , Bristol, Va. / Born And Died Fort Shelby Hospital / Dr. Hugh Griffin / Father Robert Lee Rhymer, Sullivan County, Tn. Mother Marie M. Moore, Tn. / 27.00 / Buried Brown Cem, Sullivan County, Tn.
  10. Webster W. Underwood / Feb. 16, 1878 – Feb. 18, 1950, Age 72, / 522 Jackson Street, Bristol, Tn. / Wife, Elenor Blevins Underwood, Father William Underwood Pa. Mother, Mary Colle Pa. / Died King Mountain Memorial Hospital / Dr. Early / Buried Gunnings Cem. / 708.60
  11. Infant Of Charles Edward Whitaker / Sept. 1, 1948 – Sept. 1,1948 / Bristol, Va. Rt. 2, Washington County / Father Charles Edward Whitaker, Wash. County, Va. Mother, Pearl Mae Lunsford, Wash. County, Va. Buried In Booher Cem. Wash. County, Va. / 22.50
  12. Infant Daughter Of Charles Edward Whitaker / Aug. 21,1949 – Aug. 21,1949 / Bristol, Va. Rt. 2 Wash. County, Va. / Dr. Griffin / Father Charles Edward Whitaker, Mother, Pearl Mae Lunsford / Buried In Moore Cem. Washington County, Va. / 17.50
  13. Frances Arlene Brown / Oct. 14, 1950 – April 30, 1951 / 227 Beaver St. Bristol, Va. / Father Dewey Brown, Bristol, Va. Mother, Elsie Hamilton, Clinchport, Va. / Died Richmond, Va. / Buried Mountain View Cem. Bristol, Va. / 42.45
  14. Mattie Graham Feathers / Aug. 11, 1883 – Feb. 4, 1952, Age 68 / Charge To Brooks Feathers Res. 214 Haddon Street, Bristol, Va. / Father Dock Fleming Graham, Va. Mother, Alice Graham ? Svc. Blevins Buried In Sharretts Cem., Bristol, Va. 763.50
  15. Jerry Lee Moore / Dec. 28, 1937 – Feb. 19,1952 / 518 Winston St. Father Lee L. Moore, Bristol, Tn. Mother Lura Sharrett, Bristol, Va. / Died King Mountain Memorial Hospital / Dr. Early / Svc. Blevins / Buried East Hill Cem. / 376.05
  16. William Asbury Whitaker / 1888 – Jan. 20, 1951 / Occ. Farmer / Bristol, Va. Rt. 2 Goodson District / Father John Whitaker Scott County, Va. Mother, Nancy Collins, Lee County, Va. Born Sullivan County, Tn. / Cause Of Death, Heart Injury Sudden Contributory Cause Gun Shot, 12 Gauge – Suicide, Died At Res. Buried In East Hill Cem., Bristol, Va./Tn. 262.50
  17. Emma Smith Whitaker / March 26, 1896 – Feb. 14, 1951, 1109 Oakview, Bristol, Va. / Charge To James And Charles Whitaker / Father David Smith, Va. Mother Ellen Kealton, Va. Svc. At Home / Dr. Peltzer / Glenwood Cem. / 425.40
  18. Granville Henderson Whitaker / Oct. 8, 1860 – March 15, 1953 Bristol, Tn. Rt. 1 / Wife Tissie Or Lissie Burnette Whitaker, Father Watson Whitaker, Va. Mother Mary Ann Taylor, Va. Died Sullivan County, Tn. / Svc. Adyline Church / Glenwood Cem. / 1128.75
  19. Rachel Meriah Whitaker / Feb. 6, 1871 – July 25, 1953 / Sparger Lane, Single, Charge To E. B. Mumpower, Father David Whitaker, Va. Mother Susanne Fleenor Sprecy ? / Va. Svc. Blevins / Rev. Miller / Mtn. View Cem. / 809.75
  20. Hattie Lee Blaylock / Oct. 12, 1900 – June 13, 1955 Age 54 / 913 Mapel St. Husband Charles P. Blaylock / Father William West, Mother Sarah Bern / Svc. East Mary Baptist Church R. E. Smith Jr. Born Sullivan County, Tn. / Died Bristol Memorial Hospital / Buried In Sharretts Cem. / 278.50
  21. Charles P. Blaylock / July 19, 1890 – April 17, 1958, Age 67, / 913 Mapel St. / Charge To Walter B. Blaylock, Sullins St. Bristol, Va. / Born Washington County, Va. , Died At Home / Father Samuel Blaylock, Mother Minnie Hicks Of Washington County, Va. Svc. East Mary Baptist Church, Rev. Ed Pengrass / Buried Sharretts Cem. / 410.00
  22. Nancy Katherine Whitaker / Feb. 19, 1877 – Sept. 22, 1954, Age 77, Res. Second Taylor St. Husband Rufus Brown / Charge To Mrs. Anna Mae Barham / Father, Doc. Canter ( Wm. Harmon Canter) Va. Mother, Mary Whitaker, Va. Born Va. Died Second Taylor St. Svc. New Bethel Church, Piney Flats, Tn. / Willard Tallman Phys Dr. Graves / Buried New Bethel Cem. Piney Flats, Tn. / 436.00
  23. Eliza B. Whitaker / July 28, 1872 – May 29, 1958 Age 85. 821 Orchard St. Born Washington County, Tn. Died Bristol Tn. At Home Father George W. S. Brown, Washington County, Tn. Mother Clara Jackson / Svc. Blevins / Dr. Olin Troy And Rev. Charles Hurlock / Phys / Dr. Chew / Buried Glenwood Cem. / 719.60
  24. Margaret Lee Canter / May 18, 1925 – April 3, 1964 / 324 5th Street / Single / Cancer Liver / Father John Thomas Canter, Va. Mother Flora Jennings, N. C. Died Bristol Memorial Hospital / Dr. Chew / Buried Sharretts Cem. / 899.45
  25. William Edward Canter / April 8, 1894 – May 14, 1964 / Divorced / 220 Spencer St. / Wife, Ruth Williams / Father, W. E. Canter, Mother, Susie Canter, Wallace, Va. Svc. / Blevins / Rev. Harris / Born Wallace, Va. Died Holston Valley Community Hospital, Kingsport, Tn. Hemorrhage / Dr. Malcolm Jones / Buried Sharretts Cem. / 410.00
  26. Lucynthia Ellen Canter / July 24, 1889 – Dec. 23, 1966 / Charge To Mrs. Leon Tate Carl Canter , Married, Husband Not Listed, Maybe Carl? Born Washington County, Va. Father Ellic Harley, Va. Mother Mahoney? Harless, Va. / Svc. Shiloh Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Don Denton And J. W. Chestnut / 1229.77
  27. Mary Alice Whitaker / Aug. 1, 1885 – Feb. 21, 1966, Husband W. Bruce Whitaker, Father, John E. Horner, Campbell Cnty, Va. Mother Annie Laura Armisted, Campbell Cnty, Va. Svc. Blevins / Burial East Hill Cem. Bristol, Va. / Tn. Born Bristol, Va. / Died Bristol Memorial Hospital, Bristol, Tn. / 730.00
  28. Walker Enoch Whitaker / Aug. 2, 1902 – June 20, 1966 / Wife, Cordie Froxwell Whitaker, Father John Whitaker Washington County, Va. Mother Not Listed / Svc. Blevins / Buried Glenwood Cem. / 1357.17
  29. Claude Allen Canter Jr. / Oct. 4, 1954 – Oct. 4,1954 / 1012 Spencer St. Bristol, Va. Father, Claude Allen Canter Sr. Bristol, Va. Mother Stella Mae Yates, Bristol, Va.
  30. Mary Sue Redwine Thomas / Dec. 12, 1885 – June 11,1954 / Husband Ola Thomas, Res. 16 Coffee St. / Charge To Mrs. T. R. Mercer, 2313 Windsor Ave. Father Elijah Redwine, Scott County, Va. Mother Mary Sue Fugate, Scott County, Va. / Svc. 16 Coffee St. Rev. Mason And Miller / Born Scott County, Va. Died Bristol Memorial Hospital, Dr. Leavel / 749.15
  31. Nannie Bell Thomas /  Nov. 30, 1889 – June 25, 1954, Husband J. W. Jim Thomas, Res. 820 Norfolk Ave. / Father Charlie Davis, Mother, Laura Grant / Svc. Glad Tidings Assy. Of God, Rev. Donald Cooke And Gerald Holmquist / Born Sullivan County, Tn. / Died Bristol Memorial Hospital / Heart Attack / Drs. Greene, Gammon- Patterson / Buried Mt. View Cem. / 744.60
  32. Emma Eleanor Thomas / Dec. 9, 1868 – Sept. 22, 1954 / Husband William Rutledge Thomas / Father George Barnes, Mother, Sarah Adams, Ohio / Born Sullivan Cnty, Died Bristol Memorial Hospital / 1150.00
  33. Herman Maxwell Tillison / Died Oct. 19, 1955 Age 41 Years / Father Henry W. Tillison, Washington County, Va. Mother, Nola Jane Williams, Va. / Born Washington County, Va. / Died Sullivan County, Tn. Gunshot Wound, Suicide / Buried Sharretts Cem.
  34. Nannie Victoria Blaylock / May 8, 1907 – Oct. 24, 1964, 57 Yrs. Old / 615 Embreville Rd. Johnson City, Tn. / Husband Jim Samuel Blaylock, Father George C. Tuell, Smyth County, Va. Mother, Mary Frances Johnson, Smyth County, Va. Svc. Blevins. Born Smyth County, Va. Died Eastern State Hospital, Knoxville, Tn. / Buried Middle Fork Seven Mile Ford, Va. Dr. L.K. Sud
  35. Laura Lyda Bell Blaylock / March 31, 1906 – Dec. 30, 1967 Age 61 Yrs. / 838 Portsmouth Ave. / Father Wiley W. Tester. Va. Mother Sally A. Bearer, S. C. / Services Temple Freewill Baptist Church, Rev. O. P. Stokes And E. A. Wagner. Born, Va. Died At Home / Dr. Tom Greene / Buried Mtn. View Cem. / 1188.57
  36. Rosa Mary Elizabeth Blaylock / June 24, 1886 – July 19, 1970 Age 84. 325 Montrose Dr., Bristol, Va. Husband, Robert L. Blaylock, Father, Elbert Pippin Washington County, Va. Mother, Martha Gillenwater, Washington County, Va. 65, Rosa Mary Elizabeth Blaylock / Born Washington County, Va. / Died Marion, Va. Svc. Blevins, Rev. Hal C. Smith / Buried Forest Hill Memory Gardens, Abingdon, Va. / 1432.84
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  38. Mary Jane Whitaker Feathers / July 25, 1912 – June 20, 1968 Age 55, Rt. 1 Bristol, Va./ Husband, John D. Feathers, Father, Rufus B. Whitaker, Washington County, Va. Mother, Nancy K. Canter, Washington County, Tn. / Svc. Blevins, Rev. Joe Corvin. Born Washington County, Tn. Died Bristol Memorial Hospital, Buried Mtn. View Cem.Bristol, Va. / 1419.48 / Phys. Dr. Robert F. Barbe
  39. John Wilson Gobble / June 26, 1893 – Sept. 28, 1967. 74 Yrs. / 28 Millard St. Wife Sarah Fleenor, Father Hiram Gobble, Va. Mother Isabelle Vance, Va. Svc. Blevins, Rev. Elwood Rakes, Born In Va. Died South West State Hospital / Buried Sugar Grove Cem. Benhams, Va. / 602.39
  40. Infant Sarah Louise Gobble / April 11, 1969 – April 11, 1969 , Stillborn, Born Clarksville, Tn. Father Steven Gobble, Bristol, Va. Mother Elanda Jackson, Bristol, Va. Died U. S. Army Hospital, Ft. Campbell, Ky. Buried Sugar Grove Cem. Benhams, Va.
  41. Stella Mae Robinson / May 14, 1918 – June 4, 1970, 52 Yrs. Divorced, 102 Rice Terrace, Bristol, Va. / Charge To Mrs. James Phipps At 75 East Main St. Johnson City, Tn. Father Martin Canter, Va. Mother, Eliza Canter, Va. Svc. Blevins Funeral Chapel, Rev. Carl Roberts, Born Va. Died Memorial Hall , Dr. Frank S. Blanton / Cervical Cancer. / Buried East Hill Cem. / 1001.66
  42. Rosie Mae Creasey Thomas . June 22 1915 – May 9 1971, 55years, 810 Spencer St. Bristol, Va. / Charge To Thomas L. Odell 2417 Spring Hill Rd. Huntsville, Alabama. / Husband Clyde Thomas, Father John H. Creasey, Mother Pearl Lloyd, Johnson City, Tn. / Svc. Blevins, Rev. Richard Hale. Born Washington County, Va. Died Bristol Memorial Hospital, Buried, East Hill Cem. / Phys. Dr. Cowan / 898.62
  43. Nora Burns Whitaker / April 16, 1892 – Dec. 31, 1968 / 76 Yrs. 456 Euclid Ave. Bristol, Va. Husband Ernest Clyde Whitaker, Father, O. S. Burns, Bordstown, Ky. Mother, Belle Burns, Russell County, Va. / Svc. State St. Methodist Church, Dr. E. E. Wiley And Rev. Harold Brown Jr. Born Lebanon, Va. Died Bristol Mem. Hos. / Buried East Hill Cem.
  44. Clara Melton Fleenor Whitaker / Aug. 30, 1914 – May 21,1970 Age 55. 12 Hemlock Rd. Bristol, Tn. Husband, Marshall Whitaker , Charge To Jerry D. W. Whitaker, Rt. 1 Penhook, Va. Died Va. Svc. Blevins, Rev James H. Perry, Born Carlisle, Ill. / Dr. Stringfellow, Dr. Gwinn. / Buried Moores Cem. Bristol, Va. / 1238.38
  45. Hugh Curkland Blaylock / Aug. 13,1883 – May 10, 1973, Age 89, 838 Portsmouth Ave., Br., Va. Wife, Mattie Fleenor Blaylock / Charge To N. P. Blaylock Father, Samuel P. Blaylock, Mother Not Listed / Svc. At Chapel, Willard Tallman / Born Washington County, Va. / Died Br. Mem. Hosp. / Dr. Gerardo Bellodas. Buried Mt. View Cem., Br., Va. / 1169.77
  46. Laura Elizabeth Canter / May 8, 1919 – July 20, 1973, Age 54 / Rt. 5, Bristol, Va. / Husband, Roy L. Canter, Father, John W. Reed, Mother Cora Lee Hickman / Svc. Chapel / Rev. Walter L. Statzer And Dewey Kerr Born Sullivan Cnty. Tn. / Died Bristol Mem Hosp. / Dr. Tom Greene / Buried Forest Hills Memory Gardens. / 1812.60
  47. Ruby Leona Canter / Sept. 11, 1919 – Sept. 16, 1973, Age 54 / 856 Old Abingdon Highway, Bristol, Va. Husband, James H. Canter, Father, Archie Faidley, Mother, Laura Botts, Svc. Chapel, Rev. Bud Crusenberry, Rev. C. W. Goforth, Born Va. Died Br. Mem. Hosp. / Dr. Ronald Caldwell / Buried Shelby Hills / 1935.45
  48. Elbert White Gobble / Sept. 5, 1899 – Oct. 19, 1972 Age 73, 30 Millard St. Bristol, Va. / Wife, Delila York Gobble, Father, Hiram Gobble, Mother, Rachel Vance, Washington County, Va. Svc. At Chapel / Rev. Irvin Stieding / Born Wash. Cnty. Va. Died Bristol Mem Hosp. / Dr. Fred Greer / Buried Mtn. View Cem / 807.84
  49. Jessie Joseph Perrigan / Oct. 2, 1902 – Dec. 1, 1971 Age 69, 1519th St.Br. Va. / Wife, Sarah Watson / Occ. Plumber. Father, Joe Perrigan, Wallace, Va. Mother, Mollie Thompson, Wash. Cnty, Va. / Svc. Blevins / Rev. James Edwards And John A. Thrasher, Born Portsmouth, Ohio, Died Br. Mem. Hosp. / Dr. Waverly Greene Jr. / Buried Mt. View Cem. / 1600.30
  50. Cassie Tilton Underwood / April 12, 1891 – Feb. 17,1973 Age 81, Coal Dealer / 503 Lee St. Va. / Wife, Marie Blankenship Underwood, Mother, Ellen Willis , Father, George W. Underwood / Svc. Chapel / Rev. Glen Patterson And Willard Tallman. Born Floyd County, Va. Diedbr. Mem. Hosp. / Buried Mtn. View Cem. / 1841.14
  51. Rev. Harley Millard Whitaker / May 14, 1886 – Feb 28, 1972, Age 85, 130 South Park Ave. Herndon, Va. / Wife, Margaret Feathers Whitaker, Father, James Whitaker, Washington County, Va., Mother, Emiline Conley, Va. Svc. Chapel, Rev. Conley Henley And Howard Shaver. Born Washington County, Va. Died Herndon, Va. / Dr. Burton / Buried Pine Hill Cem. / 697.70
  52. Robert Carl Whitaker / Nov. 6, 1907 – May 29,1973, 65, 316 East Mary St., Br., Va. / Wife, Fannie Jackson Whitaker, Father, Rufus B. Whitaker, Mother, Nancy C. Canter, Svc. Chapel , Rev. Paul Brown And Dan Roark. Born Sullivan County, Tn. Died At Res. / Dr. Philip Morrison / Buried East Hill Cem. / 1448.30 / Occupation Machinist
  53. Earnest Clyde Whitaker / May 5, 1887 – Nov. 30, 1974, Age 87, Retired Merchant, 456 Euclid Ave. Br. Va. / Wife, Norma Burns Whitaker, Father, Edward W. Whitaker, Mother, Ella V. Russell / Svc. State St. Met. Church, Dr. Eldridge, Born Hawkins County, Tn. Died Bristol Nursing Home / Buried East Hill Cem. / Dr. N. Y. Chew / 1889.04
  54. Virgil Roscoe Blaylock / Feb. 15, 1919 – Aug. 13,1975, Painter, 1636 Wagner Rd. Bristol, Va. Divorced. Father, Charles Blaylock, Mother, Minnie Hicks, Svc. Graveside, Rev. Tommy Tester, Born ? / Died 4291/2 Clinton Ave., Br. Va. / Dr. Philip Morrison / Buried Wyndale, Va./ 682.50
  55. Nichalos Patrick Blaylock- Feb. 17, 1906 – Oct. 15,1976, 838 Portsmouth Ave. Bristol, Va. Wife, Laura Bell Tester, Father, Hugh Blaylock, Mother, Mattie Fleenor, Svc. Chapel, Rev. Clarence Shoemaker, Born, Bristol, Va. Died, Bristol Memorial Hospital, Dr. Wade H. Nowland Buried Mountain View Cemetery, 2314.89
  56. Nora Elizabeth Blaylock / Apr. 30, 1900 -Apr. 19, 1977, 76 Rt. 4, Bristol, Va. Husband, Hagy H. Blaylock, Charge To Mrs. Edith Leonard, Father, John Singleton, Mother, Lillie Anderson, Svc. Blevins, Rev. J. D. Neeley, Born Hayters Gap, Va. Died Abingdon, Va. Dr. Guy Barrow, Buried Mtn. View Cem. 2784.60
  57. Infant Charlotte Ann Canter / June 27, 1976 – June 27, 1976, Rt. 3 Reedy Creek Rd. Bristol, Va. Father, William Joe Canter, Mother, Lola Mary Lester, Svc. Graveside, Rev. Oscar Edwards, Born And Died Bristol Memorial Hospital, Dr. W. C. Grigsby, Buried East Hill Cem. / 175.00
  58. Rosa Bell Rhymer / Sept. 26, 1901 – May 16, 1975, 807 Norfolk Ave. Br.Va., Husband, Clyde Spencer Rhymer, Charge To Louise Sorrells – 920 163rd St. Calume, Ill. / Father, Rufus Brown Whitaker, Mother, Katherine Canter, Svc. Chapel, Rev. Howard Robinson, Born Washington County, Va. Died Bristol Mem. Hosp./ Dr. Thomas Greene, Buried Mtn. View Cem./ 2172.09
  59. Homer Edmond Whitaker / Oct. 31,1910 – March 12,1976, Rt. 4, Bristol, Tn. Wife, Pauline Moore, Charge To Ernest Whitaker, Rt. 3 Box 28, Brooksville, Fla. Svc. Chapel, Rev. Austin B. Cooke, Born Washington County, Va. Died V A C Mountain Home Tn. Father, Harley M. Whitaker, Mother, Maggie Lee Thompson, Buried Glenwood Cem. / 2189.94
  60. Charles Butler Rhymer / July 16,1912 – Aug. 12,1979, 67, 424 Russell St.Br. Va. / Charge To Mrs. Mary Anders, Occ. Watchman And Plumber, Born Sullivan County, Tn. Died Br. Mem. Hosp., Dr. L. D. Strader Jr. Father, Butler Rhymer, Mother, Ida Bell Rhymer, Svc. Chapel, Rev. John A. Thrasher, Buried Forest Hills Memory Gardens / 2570.40
  61. William Rutledge Thomas / Dec. 29, 1955 88yrs., Charge To Mrs. James L. Martin Mullins, S. C. / Svc. Cold Springs, Ralph Brown, Father And Mother Not Listed. 345.00
  62. David Andrew Whitaker / 13 Yrs. 28 Days, Aug. 14, 1931 / 712 Harmeling St. Bristol, Va. Father, George Whitaker, Va. Mother, Emma Smith, Va. Buried East Hill Cemetery. / 45.00