Eugene Quillen

February 7, 1967

Morrison City -- Eugene W. Quillen, 24, of 609 Bell Ridge Road, Morrison City, was found dead at his home Tuesday apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

His wife, Mrs. Virginia S. Quillen found the body at 9:30 a.m.

Quillen was born in Scott County, Va., and had lived in Kingsport for the past 10 years.  He was a graduate of Lynn View High School and was a member of State Line Baptist Church.

He was employed as a salesman for the Jewel Box of Kingsport for the past six years.

Survivors include, besides his widow, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walker P. Quillen of Kingsport; three sisters, Mrs. George Bailey of Kingsport, Mrs. Virginia Adams of Detroit, Mich., and Miss Peggy Ann Quillen of Kingsport; and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Strong of Gate City, Va.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at State Line Baptist Church with the Rev. Tony Gonzales and Rev. Hubert Reneau officiating.  Burial will follow in the Holston View cemetery.

The body will be taken to the church one hour before services.  The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Carter's Chapel.

Marshalina Quillen (McClellan)

April 17, 2009

MT. CARMEL-Marsha Quillen McClellan, 65, passed away Friday (April 17, 2009) at the Bristol Specialty Hospital.

She was Born in Kingsport, and had spent most of her life in this area. She was a 1961 graduate of Lynn View High School. She worked at Eastman until 1966, after which she left to start a family. She also served at the Mt. Carmel Library for 30 years.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond and Ruth Stubblefield Quillen, and sister, Sonja Davenport.

She is survived by her husband, Johnny McClellan, two sons, Brian McClellan of Mt. Carmel, Kelly and LuLu McClellan of Akworth, Georgia, grandchildren, Jesse, Marley, and Jack, niece, Kim Flannary, three nephews, David Davenport, Chad McClellan, Joe McClellan.

Graveside services will be conducted Sunday at 1:00 P.M. at Church Hill Memory Gardens with Rev. Earl Miller officiating. Everyone wishing to attend is asked to meet at the funeral home by 12:30 P.M. to leave in procession.

Family and friends will serve as pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers will be Freddie Alley, Bob Boyd, Dayton Christian, David Davenport, Wayne Dean, Eddie Hicks, Chuck McClellan and Gilbert Vance.
The family will receive friends in Celebration of Mrs. McClellan’s life Sunday at Johnson Funeral Home of Church Hill from 5 to 8:00 P.M.

Special thanks to all the staff of Specialty Select Hospital in Bristol.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Friends of the Mt. Carmel Library, P.O. Box 1421, Mt. Carmel, TN, or the Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church.

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Johnson Funeral Home is serving the McClellan family.