OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Elizabeth Ann Byrd
May 21, 2016
Elizabeth Ann Hampton Byrd, 79, of Kingsport, TN, passed away, May 21, 2016 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Ada Hampton. She was the beloved wife of the late Jack Byrd. She is also preceded in death by her brothers, Jim and Bill Hampton. She is survived by: her brother, Jack Hampton of Suphur...
Helen Elizabeth Yelton
May 19, 2016
Helen Elizabeth Yelton, 94, of Johnson City, died Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Baltimore, Maryland, daughter of the late William M. and Mary K. Hagel Brady. Helen was a dietician who had worked in nursing homes. She was a longtime member of the First Free Will Baptist Church. In addition...
Steven H. Rebmann
May 17, 2016
Steven H. Rebmann, 70, of Johnson City, died on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at his residence, following a courageous battle with Alzheimer?s Disease. He was the son of the late Donald and Virginia Rebmann, both of Johnson City. Steve, by his own admission, spent his career ?mending broken parts.' He was an extraordinary machinist who was able to fabricate any...
Allen W. Dr. Campbell
May 17, 2016
Dr. Allen W. Campbell, 86, of Johnson City, went to be with his Lord on Tuesday, May 17, 2016. Allen was the son of the late Charles and Margaret Mercer Campbell. He retired from Tennessee Motor Company. He held a Doctor of Divinity degree from Bethel Bible College. He pastored at Biltmore Baptist, Elizabethton, and Knob Creek Church of Brethren,...
Velma Eunice Stuffle Norton
May 16, 2016
Velma Eunice Stuffle Norton, 83, Gray, went to be with the Lord on May 16, 2016, at Agape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief illness. She was born on May 27, 1932 in Hawkins County, TN to the late William Stuffle and Ollie Mae Cumbow Stuffle. Mrs. Norton was retired from Texas Instruments. She was an active member of...
Dorothy M. Wagner-Jackson
May 16, 2016
Dorothy Murr Wagner ? Jackson passed away peacefully on Monday, May 16, 2016 at Cornerstone Nursing Home. She was born in Johnson City on July 1, 1926. She lived in Washington, D.C. and Rockville, MD for 50 years before returning to Johnson City in 2006. Dorothy retired from the National Geographic society after working for 45 years, and only missed...
Dorothy Jane Greenwood
May 15, 2016
Mrs. Dorothy Jane Greenwood, 96, of Johnson City, TN died on Sunday, May 15, 2016, at her home. She was born July 25, 1919 in Wazata, MN to Forest Beal and Jimmie Lee Smith of Natchez, MS. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara Camera and Tari Greenwood Of Johnson City, TN. She was preceded in death by her husband...
Joseph Ryan Phillips
May 12, 2016
Joseph Ryan Phillips, 20, Johnson City, died Thursday, May 12, 2016, at his residence. Joseph was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and the son of John and Robin Bellar Phillips. He was a full-time student at ETSU who also worked for his family business, John Phillips Painting. Joseph was a member of St. Elizabeth?s Catholic Church, Elizabethton....
Elayne Laws Trent
May 12, 2016
Mrs. Elayne Laws Trent, 84, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, May 12, 2016, at the home she shared with her husband, Johnny Howard Trent. Elayne was born in Hartford, Tennessee. She lived much of her life in Morristown, Tennessee before moving to Johnson City in 1997. She was the daughter of the late Roy Allen Laws and Viola Hall...
Tim Broyles
May 9, 2016
Timothy Edward ?Tim' Broyles, 57, of Gray, died Monday, May 9, 2016 in Lebanon, TN. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Billy Joe and Anna Mae Garland Broyles. Tim was a truck driver. He was a member of the VFW #2108 and the Erwin Elks Lodge. In addition to his parents, a sister-in-law, Nora Broyles...
Beulah Dean Phillips
May 9, 2016
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints. Psalm 116:15 Mrs. Beulah Dean Phillips, age 84, entered into her eternal rest Monday morning May 9, 2016 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was a daughter of the late James Franklin and Mary Tipton Freeman. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County and...
Jack E. Collins
May 9, 2016
Arrangements under the direction of Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City, TN.
Susan Marie Carver
May 6, 2016
Susan Marie Carver, 72, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mrs. Carver was a native a Washington County. She was a daughter of the late John and Mary Franklin Presley. Survivors include one daughter, Anna Carver Biggs of Johnson City; two sons, Arthur Burrels of Johnson City and Steve...
Newell Wayne Parker
May 6, 2016
Mr. Newell Wayne Parker, 87, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, after an extended illness. He was born in Greene County and was the son of the late H.G. and Neta McDonald Parker. In addition to his parents, Wayne was preceded in death by an infant son and two sisters, Wanda Scott of Chuckey, TN and Marie...
Richard Lee Smith
May 6, 2016
Richard Lee Smith, 88, formerly of Kingsport, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 at Continuum Courtyard in Johnson City. Mr. Smith was born in Appomattox, VA and grew up in Elizabethton. He was a son of the late C.G. and Mima Smith. Mr. Smith graduated from Emory and Henry College. He retired from Eastman Chemical Company after 37 years of...
Martha Street Culp
May 6, 2016
Martha Street Culp, a resident of Life Care Center in Gray, died Friday, May 6, 2016, at 100 years, 7 months and 2 days of age. She was born on November 4, 1915, in Hokes Bluff, Alabama. She often recounted the story that she remembered when all the party-line telephones rang a week after her third birthday to announce the...
Margaret Bush Platt
May 6, 2016
Mrs. Margaret Bush Platt, 95, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 6, 2016 in Kingsport, TN. Margaret was born in Camilla, GA and resided in the Tri-Cities area for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Isaac Ashley Bush, Jr. and Blanche Greene Bush. Margaret graduated from Asbury College in Wilmore, KY. After raising a...
John Phillip Torbett
May 6, 2016
Mr. John Phillip Torbett, 59, of Piney Flats passed away Friday, May 6, 2016, at his home. Phillip was a lifelong resident of Piney Flats. He was the son of the late Farrell and Anna Jane Torbett. Phillip graduated from Sullivan East High School. He also graduated from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he received his Bachelor of Science...
Pauline Sells Cox
May 5, 2016
Pauline Sells Cox of Johnson City died Thursday, May 5, 2016, after an extended illness. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late William Abraham and Hattie Tolley Sells. Mrs. Cox was a secretary with the former Volunteer Natural Gas Company, now Atmos Energy, for over 27 years. She was a member of Tacoma Church of God...
Elmer L. Neal
May 2, 2016
Elmer L. Neal, Johnson City, passed away Monday, May 2, 2016, at NHC Healthcare. He was a native of Johnson City and most recently resided in Jonesborough. He began his career at an early age by delivering milk for Foremost Dairies throughout the Johnson City region. Elmer later established ABC Mobile Home Repair as his own successful business. In his...
