OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
William Howard Bill Wise
Jan 23, 2016
William ?Bill' Howard Wise, Sr., 93, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2016 at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center nursing home. Mr. Wise was a life long resident of Washington County, lived most of his life in Johnson City and was the son of the late Dewey Lee and Oma Della Light Wise. Mr. Wise served in the...
Tyler P Taylor
Jan 22, 2016
Tyler P. Taylor, 69, Johnson City, passed away Friday, January 22, 2016. Mr. Taylor was a Davidson County native, and son of the late Howard Ramsey and Margaret Price Taylor. Mr. Taylor was a U.S. Marine veteran. Mr. Taylor was a CPA for Pet Dairy. Mr. Taylor was a loyal friend with a huge heart. He was a very giving...
Mary Duncan
Jan 19, 2016
Mary Duncan, 90, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at NHC HealthCare in Johnson City. Mrs. Duncan had suffered a life-altering stroke in May 2008. Her work career began as a teenager at HP King Co. in Bristol. After marriage, she was a homemaker and mother. After her children started college, she returned to work as the first fountain...
William Grady Bill Hensley
Jan 19, 2016
William Grady 'Bill' Hensley, age 83, entered heaven on January 19, 2016 after a lengthy illness. He was born to the late William Shuford Hensley and Blanche Reed Hensley on June 10th, 1932, in Southwest Virginia. Bill lived most of his life in Johnson City, Tennessee, but had moved to Cedar Park, Texas in 2013. Bill graduated from ETSC Training...
Hazel A. Miller
Jan 17, 2016
Hazel A. Miller, 45, Hampton, passed away Sunday, January 17, 2016 at Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Miller was a Washington County native, and is the daughter of David Loren and Kathy Miller Thorton. Ms. Miller worked for DoubleTree for eight years. Ms. Miller?s favorite thing to do was babysitting her grandbaby. Ms. Miller is preceded in death by: one...
Virginia Humphrey
Jan 16, 2016
Mrs. Virginia Humphrey, 82, of Johnson City, TN celebrated a glorious homecoming Saturday, January 16, 2016, at NHC HealthCare surrounded by her three children. Virginia was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Reverend Elmer and Bessie White. Mrs. Humphrey was a founding member of River of Life Baptist Church. She was a very...
Earl Lady
Jan 16, 2016
Mr. Earl Lady, 82, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016, at his residence. Earl was a native of Greene County who had lived most his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late David and Cora Lady. Earl was a 1952 graduate of Science Hill High School, where he had played football. He was...
Wilma D. Carpenter
Jan 16, 2016
Wilma Carpenter, 80, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2016 in her home. Wilma was a native of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Lela Tyree and Paul Jones. Wilma joined the church when she was 15 years old. She spent 18 years as treasurer of the Johnson City Church of the Nazarene and 20...
Cooper Shelnutt
Jan 15, 2016
Cooper Shelnutt, 24, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away Friday, January 15th, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Cooper lived his entire life in Johnson City. He graduated from University School in 2009. He enjoyed playing soccer throughout his school years. He received a bachelors degree from East Tennessee State University in 2015. Cooper was a cook in several eateries...
Gary Lynn Anderson
Jan 15, 2016
Mr. Gary Lynn Anderson, 69 of Limestone, received his new heavenly body on January 15, 2016. He passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his family. Gary was born May 16, 1946, in Washington County to Harold and Dimple Anderson. He attended Washington College Academy, where he later served as the President of the Washington College Academy Alumni Association. He served...
Arthur Larry Stanton
Jan 14, 2016
Arthur ?Larry' Stanton, 64, of Johnson City, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, January 14, 2016 at his residence. Larry was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a son of Jane Wilson Stanton and the late Arthur Leander Stanton. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his sister, Dixie Lee Stanton; brother, Ron Stanton; and niece, Rhonda Aburomi. The family...
Lorraine Moore
Jan 13, 2016
Mrs. Lorraine Moore, 88, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2016, in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Mrs. Moore was a native of Baltimore, Maryland but had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Steiner. In addition to her parents, her husband Ford Moore preceded her...
Janet Lea Fields
Jan 13, 2016
Janet Lea Fields, 55, of Unicoi, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, January 13, 2015 in the Unicoi County Memorial Hospital. Janet was a native of Johnson City. She was a daughter of Billy Grace, Sr. and Ernestine Bradshaw Grace. Janet was of the Baptist faith. She loved baking and had been a baker her whole life. Janet deeply loved her family...
Roger Dean Shipley
Jan 11, 2016
Mr. Roger Dean Shipley, 59 of Johnson City, TN passed away Monday, January 11, 2016, at his residence. He was a graduate of Happy Valley High School where he was an outstanding football player. He worked for Rainbow Bakery in Johnson City until he transferred to Charlotte, NC where he worked for many years as an Assistant Superintendant of Manufacturing....
Fletcher Lloyd Parsons
Jan 10, 2016
Fletcher Lloyd Parsons, 98, of Johnson City, died Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Lakebridge Health Care Center. Fletcher was a native of Jonesborough, son of the late William S. and Margaret Briggs Parsons. Fletcher was a retired employee of Klopman Mills and owner of Parsons Gift Shoppe. He was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Jonesborough. Fletcher...
Mildred J. Martin Walker
Jan 10, 2016
Mildred J. Martin Walker, 83, of Johnson City, Tennessee, formerly of Norfolk, Virginia, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2016 in Cornerstone Village, Johnson City. She was known as ?Midge' to family and ?Millie' to friends, coworkers, and her church family. She was the widow of James M. Walker, Jr. and the daughter of the late Lloyd Owen and Bonnie Hazel...
Georgia Juanita Peeks
Jan 9, 2016
Georgia Juanita Peeks, 88, of Gray, died Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Heritage Hall Nursing Home of Wise, Virginia. She was a native of Dickenson County, Virginia, daughter of the late James and Lucreta McCoy Stanley. Georgia was a retired operator eventually the company she retired from was Sprint. She was a longtime member of Boones Creek Baptist Church, having...
Robert Stephen Steve Miller
Jan 8, 2016
Robert Stephen ?Steve' Miller died January 8, 2016 at home. He was born December 28, 1957 in Nashville, Tennessee the son of the late William B. and Betty B. Miller, living most of his life in Johnson City, Tennessee. Steve attended University High and East Tennessee State University. He was a member of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church. In addition...
Kathleen Vivian Hill
Jan 8, 2016
Kathleen Vivian Hill, 69, Johnson City, was called home to the Lord on Friday, January 8, 2016, while in the loving arms of her husband, Kenneth. Born April 7, 1946, she was a Johnson City native, daughter of the late Rev. Theodore and Gladys Black Fleenor. Kathleen was a member of Rich Acres Free Will Baptist Church. She served the...
Joetta Fehr Wilch
Jan 5, 2016
Joetta Fehr Wilch, 80, of Johnson City, TN and Fostoria, OH died on Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 at her daughter?s residence in Johnson City TN with her three children in her company. She was born on April 10, 1935, in Delphene, Jackson Township, PA to the late Donnis and James Anderson. She graduated from Waynesburg High School in 1953. She...
