OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Brian F. Palmer
Oct 19, 2023
Brian Franklin Palmer (33), a witty and fun-loving individual, unexpectedly passed away of natural causes on October 19, 2023.
He was born on June 16, 1990, in New Milford, CT. He was a graduate of Science Hill High School in Johnson City, TN and Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA. Brian spent the last 4 years living and working in...
Karen Elizabeth Shields
Oct 17, 2023
Karen Elizabeth Shields of Elizabethton died October 17, 2023, in the Johnson City Medical Center.
Karen was born in Johnson City October 2, 1958, to Rosemarie and Bruce Shields. The family moved to Cogan House, Pennsylvania, then to Allentown, and later to Tubingen, Germany, where Karen completed Wildermuth Gymnasium. She graduated from Milligan College in 1980, moving to Madison, Wisconsin, and...
Lesa Kay Whittamore
Oct 15, 2023
Lesa Kay (Graybeal) Whittamore, 66, died at her home surrounded by family on Sunday evening October 15th, 2023, following an extensive battle with lung disease.
She was born on June 5th, 1957 in Johnson City, TN to the late B.H. and Mary Nell Street Graybeal. Lesa was a 1975 graduate of Daniel Boone High School, where she was a member of...
Teresa Sharon Hale
Oct 12, 2023
Teresa Sharon Hale of Johnson City, TN, joined her daughter in heaven on October 12th, 2023, after a lengthy illness. Teresa was born May 27, 1953, in Trammel, VA and devoted her life to the complete care of her special needs daughter, Amanda.
Teresa was a member of Fort Gibson United Methodist Church in Castlewood, VA, the town where she lived...
Jacklyn Marie Reed
Oct 9, 2023
Jacklyn “Jackie” Marie Reed (also known as Sasha), born in Annapolis, Maryland and raised in Johnson City, Tennessee, went to her heavenly home on October 9, 2023. Jackie was tragically taken from us at the young age of 30, due to a senseless act of violence. Although she leaves behind a void that cannot be filled, we have gained the...
Dennis Ray Price
Oct 9, 2023
Dennis Ray Price, 76, Gray, passed away on Monday, October 9, 2023, at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Dennis was born in Kingsport, Tennessee to the late Troy and Tina Moore Price.
He was a member of Greenvale Baptist Church in Gray and taught a Sunday School class for several years. He was a Little League Coach and a...
Janey Louise Cain
Oct 9, 2023
Janey Louise Cain, age 84, of Gray, Tennessee, went Home to be with her Heavenly Father while surrounded by her loving daughters on Monday, October 9, 2023.
Janey was born January 15, 1939, to the late John and Ada Starks Owens in Elizabethton, Tennessee.
She was a longtime member of Union Christian Church.
Janey always put her family first. She was a homemaker,...
Kenneth Garland King
Oct 7, 2023
Kenneth Garland King, age 87, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord and those who left before him, on Saturday, October 7, 2023, at American House Kingsport.
Kenneth was born August 6, 1936, to the late Raymond and Viola Hughes King, in Unicoi County. He graduated from Unicoi County High School. It was here that he met his...
Shirley Ann Lane
Sep 28, 2023
Shirley Ann Lane, 81, of Jonesborough, Tennessee, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 28, 2023, after a brief stay in the Johnson City Medical Center, with her family by her side.
She was born in Johnson City, however, she resided in the same home for the last 50 years in Jonesborough.
She graduated from University School in 1960. She was mainly a...
Daniel Eugene Ingram
Sep 28, 2023
Daniel “Danny” E. Ingram, 48, Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at Johnson City Medical Center following an unexpected cancer diagnosis that quickly took his life.
Danny will be remembered for his smile that would light up any room he walked into and his beautiful blue eyes. He could make anyone laugh. He loved music and playing his...
Elizabeth Milhorn Jones
Sep 26, 2023
Elizabeth Milhorn Jones, 82, transitioned into the next life on Tuesday, September 26, 2023.
Elizabeth was born on April 6, 1941, the only child of Roy E. Milhorn and Sarah P. Brown Milhorn of Kingsport, Tennessee. She was raised on their farm, where they raised cattle and grew tobacco, vegetables, and apples.
She married her husband and life partner, Dallas Jones, in...
Margaret Ann Leavitt
Sep 25, 2023
Margaret Ann Cody Leavitt, 67, of Piney Flats, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, September 25, 2023, at Franklin Woods Hospital. Margaret was born into the loving family of Arthur Cody and Margaret Mary Hebrank Cody in Bainbridge, Maryland. As Margaret passed, her two sons and husband were present in her final moments to share their love for her. Jerry Leavitt,...
Sally Muse Kohn
Sep 24, 2023
Sally Muse McKinney Kohn passed away peacefully, Monday, September 24, 2023, in Franklin, TN, with family by her side after a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native of Johnson City and attended Science Hill High School and got her B.S. in Education from East Tennessee State University.
She taught for many years at Jonesboro Elementary, Boones Creek Elementary and...
Bradlee Edward Fleming
Sep 21, 2023
Bradlee Edward Fleming, age 34, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 21, 2023, at his home.
Bradlee was born May 26, 1989, to Ronald and Beth Savage Fleming in Annapolis, Maryland. He graduated from Elizabethton High School. He worked in construction and prided himself in being a trim master.
In his free time, Bradlee loved camping, rafting, tubing,...
Garrick Daniel Swartz
Sep 20, 2023
Garrick Daniel Swartz, age 41, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at his residence. Garrick was born on April 20, 1982, in Greeneville, Tennessee, the son of Gary and Eva Wallace Swartz.
Garrick was known for two things…being able to cook and a man who passionately loved the Tennessee Vols. His latter career was being...
Thomas E. Brock
Sep 18, 2023
Thomas “Tom” E. Brock, age 90, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
Tom was born May 20, 1933, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to the late John C. Brock and Isabel Hamilton Brock. He attended college at McMaster University in Ontario. He also served as a pilot in...
Bobbie Bivens Taylor
Sep 17, 2023
Bobbie Bivens Taylor, age 66, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at the Johnson City Medical Center.
Bobbie was born October 8, 1956, to the late Robert Ovbey Bivens and Agnes Anne Harrison Bivens in Knoxville, Tennessee. She earned her master’s degree in education from ETSU. In addition to being a wife and mother, she worked...
Dorothy Jean Davis
Sep 16, 2023
Dorothy Jean Smith Davis, 80, of Bristol, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Courtyard Senior Living of Johnson City.
She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of the late George T. Smith and Louise Savage Smith Spradlin.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, James Woodrow Davis; daughter, Karen...
James Thomas Hall
Sep 14, 2023
James Thomas Joseph “Jamie” Hall (AKA Mötley Crüe), age 53, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went home to be with “Jesus and his Daddy.” He left unexpectedly on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
He has joined the many that went on before him, including: parents, Birt “Tommy” Hall and Debrah Ellis Hall; grandparents, George and Betty Jo Hall, Robert and Mildred Ellis; aunts,...
Charles Emory Hicks
Sep 9, 2023
Charles Emory Hicks, 61, of Johnson City, took his walk with the angels to Heaven on September 9, 2023.
He was born on February 19, 1962. He was a graduate of Davy Crockett High School, working and retiring form the Johnson City Press.
Preceding him to Heaven are his parents, William Hart Hicks and Elizabeth Chandler Hicks; older brother James Hicks, and...
