Doris Sebastain

November 9, 2012 at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson, Mississippi.

Doris was born in Atlanta, GA and was a longtime resident of

Kingsport. During World War II she volunteered for the USO. Doris

was a member of the Greater Kingsport Republican Women and Colonial

Heights Baptist Church. Her last twenty three years were devoted to

raising her grandson, Stephen.

She was the daughter of Gladys Elzada Medlock Payne and Edgar Payne.

She was preceded in death by her husband, C.M. “Cal” Sebastian; son,

Steve Sebastian; and daughter, Vivian Sebastian. Survivors include

her daughter, Gladys Lynn Sebastian and husband George Klemp of

Westport, CT; grandson, Stephen Craig Sebastian, II of Reformed

Theological Seminary, Jackson, Mississippi; uncle and childhood best

friend, Thomas Medlock of Atlanta, GA; and one brother, Ray Payne of

Beaver Damn, VA.

The family will receive friends Saturday, November 17th from Noon

until 2:00 p.m. at Colonial Heights Baptist Church. A celebration of

life service will follow at 2:00 p.m. at the church, officiated by Dr.

Greg Burton and Rev. Curtis DuBose. Burial will follow immediately at

East Lawn Memorial Park. Honorary pallbearers include Mark Brockwell,

Tom Medlock, Steve Helton, Ruth Martin, Lt. Governor Ron and Sindy

Ramsey, Mary Lee Davis, Sally Smith, Ruth Stanley, Mary Wood Smoot,

Congressman Phil and Pam Roe, John Martin, III, Vicki Shell, U.S.

Magistrate Judge Ed and Cyndi Bryant and Linda Buckles. Stephen

especially appreciates the care and support over the past year for

himself and his grandmother of Mark Brockwell, Ruth Martin, and our

church families at Colonial Heights Baptist Church and Mitchell Road

Presbyterian Church in Greenville, SC. Scholarship donations to

Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS would be appreciated in

lieu of flowers. East Lawn is honored to serve the Sebastian family;

please visit www.eastlawnkingsport.com to leave a condolence.