OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Bob Mcdaniel Green
Dec 23, 2015
Bob McDaniel Green, 84, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Bob was a native of Johnson City and was the son of the late William McKinley and Edith Green. Bob graduated from the law school at the University of Tennessee in 1960 and began practicing law in Johnson City with his father in...
Frieda Arney
Dec 23, 2015
Frieda Arney, 88, of Johnson City passed peacefully into Heaven December 23, 2015 at the National Health Care Center in Johnson City. She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, Paul Arney, and daughter, Sonja Schmidt. Frieda Daiker Arney was born March 23, 1927 in Aichach, Germany and lived there throughout WWII. She married Paul Arney, of Johnson County, TN...
Teresa Ann Leonard
Dec 23, 2015
Mrs. Teresa Ann Leonard, 68, Piney Flats, TN, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015, at home after a brief and short-term illness due to cancer. Mrs. Leonard was originally from Beckley, WV. She was a graduate of Marshall University and finished her Masters Degree in Education at ETSU. Mrs. Leonard was a highly awarded teacher in the Washington County, TN...
Betty Ann Mcgee
Dec 21, 2015
Betty Ann McGee, 69, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a Unicoi County native and daughter of the late Dana Harmon and Emily Hardin Rice. She attended Bowmantown Elementary School and Sulphur Springs High School. She later obtained her GED from Daniel Boone High School. Ms. McGee worked for many years as a...
James C. Martin
Dec 19, 2015
James C. Martin, 88, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born May 8, 1927 in Wilson, NC to V.C. and Nannie Stokes Martin. He graduated from Wilson High School in 1944, then went on to earn his B.S. in chemistry at the University of North Carolina in 1947. While there, he...
Mildred Barlow Prevett
Dec 18, 2015
Mildred Barlow Prevett, 93, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mildred was a native of Banner Elk, NC who had lived in Johnson City since 1939. She was a daughter of the late Harrison and Lunda Ramsey Barlow. Mildred worked as an accounting clerk at North American Rayon Corporation before her...
Martha Matherly Hauff
Dec 17, 2015
Mrs. Martha Matherly Hauff, 87, of Johnson City, passed away peacefully Thursday, December 17, 2015, in the Unicoi County Long Term Care. Mrs. Hauff was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Ray and Pearl Puckett Townsend. Mrs. Hauff graduated from Science Hill High School in 1947. She received her Bachelor?s Degree from ETSU in...
Harold W. Dr. Burnette
Dec 16, 2015
Dr. Harold W. Burnette, 84, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Dr. Burnette was a native of Lynchburg, VA. He was a son of the late Herbert Marion Burnette, Sr. and Mary Clay Burnette Taylor. Dr. Burnette was a veteran of the Korean Conflict, having served in the U.S. Naval Reserve....
Lawrence Strong Dr. Moffatt
Dec 15, 2015
Lawrence Strong Moffatt, M.D., 89, of Johnson City, TN, passed away on December 15, 2015, following a brief illness. A native Tennessean, Dr. Moffatt was born in Columbia, TN, November 27, 1926. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret (Birmingham) Moffatt; four children, Elizabeth Jayne Moffatt (John), of Columbia SC, Lawrence Strong Moffatt, Jr, 'Chip' (Trish), of...
Bea Boyd
Dec 10, 2015
Bea Boyd, 85, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a Carter County native, and daughter of the late Jacob and Lola Mosley Byrd. Mrs. Boyd loved her work and all children. She was a pediatric nurse, starting at Bowman clinic, later working at Memorial Hospital, and worked private duty for the...
Weston Larry Harvey
Dec 10, 2015
Weston Larry Harvey, 2 months, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Vanderbilt Children?s Hospital. He was a Johnson City native, and son of Mary and Joseph Harvey. Weston is preceded in death by the two men he was named after: his papaw, Brian West Harvey and his great grandpa, Larry Edward Baker. In addition to his parents, survivors include:...
Teresa Ann Gouge
Dec 9, 2015
Teresa A. Gouge, 58, Unicoi, passed away Wednesday, December 09, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Gouge was born in Greeneville, TN and the daughter of Williane Law Ramsey and the late Robert W. Ramsey. For the last 20 years, Mrs. Gouge worked in the OR at JCMC as an RN. Mrs. Gouge was a member of Grace Fellowship...
Ellen Worthy Campbell
Dec 9, 2015
Ellen Worthy Campbell, age 88, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2015, in her residence. She was born in Washington, D.C. and lived her childhood in Saltville, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Eleanor White Worthy and Ray Bonner Worthy. Ellen graduated from Stuart Hall, Staunton, Virginia in 1945 and Wellesley College in 1949. Ellen moved to...
Teruko Shaw
Dec 7, 2015
Teruko Shaw of Butler, TN passed away unexpectedly on 6 Dec 2015. She was born in Choshi, Japan and was the daughter of Ishitaro Sekiya and Shime Toyoda Sekiya. In addition to her parents, Teruko was preceded in death by her loving husband Lester Shaw, daughter Leslie Shaw and sister Yoshiko Sekiya. She is survived by her son Anthony and...
James Andrew Jim Flowers, Jr.
Dec 5, 2015
James ?Jim' Andrew Flowers, Jr., 79, passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior Sat., Dec. 5, 2015. Jim was a life long resident of Johnson City and Jonesborough, TN. He was a son of the late James A. Flowers, Sr. and Pauline Rebecca Chatman Flowers. He was a 1956 graduate of Science Hill High School. Further education included...
James M. Mike Snapp
Dec 5, 2015
Mr. James M. ?Mike' Snapp, 63, of Johnson City and Jonesborough, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, 5 December 2015. Mr. Snapp was a lifelong resident of Johnson City and Jonesborough, Tennessee. He was the son of Lurlia Bernice Snapp and the late Wendell Daniel Snapp. Mr. Snapp graduated from Science Hill High school in 1970 where he played basketball. He then...
Rufus Paul Palmer, M.D.
Dec 4, 2015
JOHNSON CITY ? Rufus Paul Palmer, M.D., 82, of Johnson City passed away on Friday, December 4, 2015 at Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Baroda, India, Rufus was a graduate of Oberlin College and Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Prior to retiring to Johnson City, he practiced medicine as a surgeon in California and Florida. Rufus was preceded...
Beryl Johnson
Dec 2, 2015
Beryl Johnson, age 98, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2015, at the Lowman Home in White Rock, SC. She was preceded in death by her wonderful husband Glenn Johnson , her five siblings, and her granddaughter Amy Bishop Todd. Beryl was born in Johnson City, TN in 1917 and resided there until 2007. She was lifelong, devout member of...
Deborah Ann Francis
Nov 29, 2015
Deborah Ann ?Debbie' Francis, 59, of Jonesborough, died Sunday, November 29, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Charlotte, NC, daughter of the late Billy Fred Campbell and Blanche Ann ?Shirley' Potter Campbell. Debbie was a retired computer programmer. She attended the Boones Creek Christian Church. Survivors include: her two daughters and son?s-in-law, Tammy and...
James Lonnie Mann, Jr
Nov 28, 2015
James ?Jim' Lonnie Mann, Jr. of Johnson City passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence early Saturday, November 28, 2015. He was a native of Kingsport, son of the late James ?Lonnie' Mann, Sr. and Kathleen Nolen Mann. Jim was a Kingsport resident for 46 years before moving to Johnson City in 1985. He was a member of...
