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OBITUARY - The Kingsport, Tennessee Times, July 24, 2006:

Dorothy Overbay Bach, Kingsport.

Dorothy Overbay Bach, died Thursday at Indian Path Medical Center. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport. Services will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Mountain Home National Cemetery.

Obituary (findagrave.com):

Melvin was born August 14, 1929, to Ben and Maude Overbay in Fordtown, Tennessee.

He was preceded in death by his only son, Melvin, Jr., his parents and three siblings.

Melvin was a retired captain for the Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department and he was a retired veteran of World War II. He was a dearly loved husband, father, "Poppie," Great Grandfather and friend. He will be forever missed in our hearts.

Melvin passed away on February 10, 2012, at the Kansas City VA Medical Center.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Carole Overbay; three daughters, Kathy Sams (Everett), Deborah Peterson (Eric), Cindy Ridenour (Kenny); 11 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren and cousins, nieces and nephews.

Visitation was held Tuesday, Feb. 14, at E. S. Eley & Sons Funeral Chapel, Inc. Funeral service will be held at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15, at the funeral chapel. Burial 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. at Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kan. (Arr.: E. S. Eley & Sons Funeral Chapel North, 4707 E. Truman Rd, KCMO.

Published in Kansas City Star from February 12 to February 15, 2012.

OBITUARY - Johnson City, Tennessee Press; May 19, 1982:

MRS. FLORENCE B. DEVAULT

KINGSPORT – Mrs. Florence B. DeVault, Mill Creek community, Rt. 10, died Tuesday afternoon at her residence following a brief illness.

Mrs. DeVault was a native of Washington County, but had lived in Kingsport since her marriage.

She was a former elementary school teacher in Johnson City.

Mrs. DeVault was a communicant of St. Paul Episcopal Church.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton DeVault, in 1978.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Betty Tate, Kingsport; one son, David W. DeVault, Kingsport; two sisters, Rose Baum and Mrs. Ann Chamberlin, both of Johnson City; two grandchildren.

Hamlett-Dobson is in charge.

FUNERAL NOTICE - Johnson City, Tennessee Press; May 19 1982:

HAMLETT-DOBSON FUNERAL HOME

Kingsport

Mrs. Florence B. DeVault

The order for the burial of the dead for Mrs. Florence B. DeVault, Mill Creek community, Rt. 10, Kingsport, who died Tuesday afternoon at her residence, will be conducted Thursday 11 a.m. at St. Paul‘s Church with the Rector and the Rev. J. Thomas Barnett officiating. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home’s downtown chapel. The family requests that those wishing make memorial gifts to the Shriner’s Hospital for Crippled Children. Hamlett-Dobson Funeral Home, Kingsport, is in charge of the funeral arrangements.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Kingsport Times (TN), November 13, 1927

Milton DeVault Buys Interest in Holston Coal

Milton DeVault, local young man and former star athlete of Kingsport High School, has purchased and interest in the Holston Coal Corporation of this city, it was announced yesterday. Mr. DeVault and Cam A. King, another member of the firm, are now in active charge of the concern.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Kingsport Times (TN), July 23, 1931

Milton DeVault of Kingsport, visited his grandmother, Mrs. Melvina DeVault.

NEWSPAPER ARTICLE - The Kingsport Times (TN), August 4, 1955

DeVault Attends Governor's Meet

City manager D. W. Moulton said Mayor Milton DeVault was to be a guest of Governor Frank Clement Thursday morning for breakfast.

The governor invited the mayors of a number of Tennessee cities to the breakfast to discuss the highway safety program.

The mayor flew to Nashville Wednesday and was expected to return Thursday night.

Note: There are literly dozens of articles in the Kingsport Times that mention Milton Devault.

MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENT, Kingsport Tennessee Times News; Sunday, June 18, 1972; page 2-D columns 3-5; (Ancestry.com):

Betty DeVault is Mrs. Donald Tate

Oak Grove Baptist Church was the scene of a double ring ceremony uniting Elizabeth Ann (Betty) DeVault, 1701 John Dennis Highway, and Donald Wayne Tate, Route 4, Jonesboro, yesterday at 2:00 p.m.

The Rev. John Gilbert officiated at the ceremony.

Parents of the bride and bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. Milton DeVault, 1365 Watauga St. and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tate Jr., Route 9, Jonesboro.

URN ARRANGEMENTS of white stock, fuji mums, and starburst pom with palms and candelabra formed the background for the wedding party.

A short afternoon dress with re-embroidered Chantilly lace was worn by the bride. The empire bodice had a high ruffled neck and long fitted sleeves were gathered at the wrist. A train effect at the back of the dress was suggested by a loose panel of lace. The bride's wedding ensemble was completed with an open crown headpiece of Chantilly lace. The bride carried a white bible topped with a white orchid.

MATRON OF HONOR was Mrs. David (Charlotte) DeVault, sister-in-law of the bride, who wore an aqua dress with a skirt of chiffon over taffeta. It had a scalloped neckline and empire bodice of French lace. Her headpiece had a rose petal design and she carried a nosegay of sweetheart roses and gypsophilia.

Brother-in-law of the groom, Jack Harrison was best man. David W. DeVault, brother of the bride and Bruce A. Chamberlin, cousin of the bride, were ushers.

PARENTS OF the bride gave a reception for the newlyweds at the Crescent Drive home of the David DeVaults, brother and sister-in-law of the bride. Following a wedding trip to Atlanta, Ga. the couple will reside at Route 10.

The bride was graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School and the University of Kentucky where she was a member of Delta Zeta Sorority. She is a member of the Junior League of Kingsport and is employed at the Tennessee Eastman Co.

The groom, a graduate of Boone's Creek high School is employed at Kingsport Press.

Obituaries:

King College News, September 2, 2009

Margaret Masengill DeVault (‘35)

Margaret Masengill DeVault (‘35) was born in 1914 to attorney Charles H. Masengill and Sara Akard Masengill in Blountville, Tenn., and passed away April 29, 2009. She received a two-year degree from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol and a four-year degree from King College. Margaret had the highest grade point average of her graduating class at King College and was also selected the College's May Queen. In 1939, Margaret married Chauncey DeVault. She taught mathematics and geometry at Blountville High School before moving to Bristol with her husband. In 1945, Chauncey and Margaret opened DeVault's Sporting Goods Store in Bristol, Va. Margaret later taught at Fairmount Elementary School in Bristol, Tenn., and then moved to Vance Junior High School, where she taught mathematics until she retired in 1979. Margaret served her community as a member of the Bristol Charter Review Committee and the Bristol Planning Commission. In 1982, Margaret was elected to the Sullivan County Commission, where she served the county for 12 years.

Bristol Herald Courier, April 29, 2009

Margaret DeVault

Margaret Masengill DeVault was born in 1914 to attorney Charles H. Masengill and Sara Akard Masengill in Blountville, Tenn. She received a two-year degree from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol and a four-year degree from King College. Margaret had the highest grade point average of her graduating class at King College and was also selected the College's May Queen.

In 1939, Margaret married Chauncey DeVault, who had played football at Kingsport's Dobyns-Bennett High School and had captained Emory & Henry College's football team. As Chauncey matriculated for his master's degree at Columbia University and received specialized naval training at Princeton University, he and Margaret temporarily relocated to New York City and then to Princeton, N.J. Margaret lived with her parents in Blountville while Chauncey served as a naval officer in the Pacific theater during World War II.

Margaret and Chauncey are survived by three children; daughter, Meredith DeVault Pence resides in Nashville, Tenn., with her husband Ken and their two children, Charlton DeVault Pence and Meredith Masengill Pence. Meredith is a senior counsel to the Tennessee Attorney General and her husband Ken is a professor at Vanderbilt University; son, Merle Masengill DeVault is retired from his management position at Levi-Strauss and continues to live in San Francisco; and son, Charlton R. DeVault Jr. practices law in Kingsport, Tenn.

Growing up, Margaret's three children listened in amazement as their mother recounted episodes of her sojourn in the northeast, described her naive walks through New York's Harlem district and Central Park, her rides on the city's subway system, and told them about her acquaintance with Albert Einstein at Princeton. Margaret's memories of her repeated trips from Bristol to San Francisco on troop trains to see Chauncey after his ship had docked for leave are bittersweet. She had to watch from the Golden Gate Bridge as her husband sailed back out to war.

Margaret taught mathematics and geometry at Blountville High School before moving to Bristol with her husband. Chauncey had coached at Appalachia Virginia High School and Virginia High School and had been principal of Virginia High School immediately before the war. In 1945, Chauncey and Margaret opened DeVault's Sporting Goods Store in Bristol Virginia. Chauncey operated the store and also served as president of Major League Baseball's Appalachian Rookie League until his death in 1980.

After her youngest child was of school age, Margaret began teaching the fifth grade at Fairmount Elementary School in Bristol Tennessee. During the mid-1960s Margaret transferred to Vance Junior High School, where she taught mathematics until she retired in 1979. Margaret was active in various State Street United Methodist Church circles and classes, in local Bristol book clubs and in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Margaret also served her community as a member of the Bristol Charter Review Committee and the Bristol Planning Commission. In 1982, Margaret was elected to the Sullivan County Commission, where she represented her Bristol constituency and the entire county for 12 years. In addition to chairing the county's administrative committee and serving on various other committees, Margaret chaired specially designated justice center committees which promoted, co-ordinated, planned and monitored the construction of the Kingsport Justice Center and the Sullivan County Justice Center in Blountville, Tenn. Her justice center committee also initiated the planning for the City County building in Bristol.

At the time of her death on Wednesday, April 29, 2009, Margaret was residing at The Oaks in Kingsport, Tenn.

The memorial service for Mrs. DeVault will be held at 3 o'clock Saturday, May 2, 2009, at State Street United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dr. Mike Jackson officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following the service. The committal service will be at 3 o'clock Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Glenwood Cemetery.

In memoriam, the family requests that contributions be made to the State Street United Methodist Church, 300 W. Valley Drive, Bristol, VA 24201. Condolences and memories may be sent to and viewed by visiting www.oakley-cook.com.

Mrs. DeVault and her family are in the care of Oakley Cook Funeral Home and Crematory.

Newspaper article:

Long-time Sullivan County officials are mourning the loss of one of their own this week, following the death Wednesday of Margaret Massengill DeVault.

A memorial service is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday at the State Street Methodist Church.

DeVault represented the city of Bristol on the Sullivan County Commission from 1982 to 1994. She also taught fifth-grade classes at Fairmount Elementary School and math at Vance Middle School before retiring in 1979.

“She was just an exceptional commissioner,” said County Commissioner John McKamey of Piney Flats. “She served on the commission just like she taught school. She did everything by the book.”

McKamey said he worked side-by-side with DeVault when she served on the commission. They were especially tight at the end of her tenure when McKamey served as county executive and DeVault chaired the commission’s Administrative Committee.

In addition to her duties with that committee, DeVault headed up the commission’s justice center committees, which played a role in designing and building the Kingsport and Blountville Justice Centers.

“She stayed on top of everything,” McKamey said. “Her mind was as sharp as a tack.”

DeVault was 94 at the time of her death and is survived by three children: Meredith Pence, Merle DeVault and Charlton DeVault.