OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Jimmy Ray Rankin
Jan 11, 2015
Jimmy Ray Rankin, 40, of Johnson City, beloved brother and uncle, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 in the Johnson City Medical Center with the love of his life, Cindy Powers, by his side. Jimmy was a Johnson City native. He was a son of the late Stephen Riley Rankin and Anglyn Osborne Lipford. Jimmy worked as a tire tech...
Rickie Lynn Sells
Jan 11, 2015
Rickie L. Sells, 63, of Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at North Knoxville Medical Center in Powell, TN, following an extended illness. Mr. Sells was a Johnson City native. He was a son of Lillie Mae Ledford Sells and the late Kyle A. Sells. Mr. Sells graduated from East Tennessee State University. He proudly served with both the...
Selma Maltsberger
Jan 10, 2015
Selma Franklin Maltsberger, 89, of Johnson City, died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Marshall, NC, a daughter of the late Blanco and Bessie Bishop Franklin. Selma was an educator, having served as Biology and English teacher at both Lynnview High School in Kingsport and Science Hill High School in Johnson...
Margaret Joan Bentley
Jan 10, 2015
Margaret Joan Bentley, 72, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late William Howard and Ella Mae Bowman Bentley. Ms. Bentley was a member of Austin Springs United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Nancy Carolyn King
Jan 9, 2015
Nancy Carolyn King, 76, Greeneville, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015, at her home. She was a Johnson City native who had lived most of her life in Greeneville. She was the daughter of the late John Melvin and Maryanna Arietta Duncan King. Ms. King retired from teaching at Greene Valley Development Center. She was a member of Hardins Chapel...
Joyce Elaine Durkee
Jan 9, 2015
Joyce Elaine Durkee, 88, of Winston-Salem, NC, died Friday, January 9, 2015, at the Oaks of Forsyth in Winston-Salem. She was a native of Lake Odessa, MI, daughter of the late Alva R. and Bessie Marie Burns Tingley. Joyce was a homemaker and member of the Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. She served along side her husband in his ministry in...
Brenda Kay York
Jan 8, 2015
Brenda Kay York, 58, went to be with the LORD on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Albert and Nola June Yelton Hyder. Brenda was a homemaker and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. Brenda was...
Deborah Lynn Barnett
Jan 6, 2015
Deborah Lynn Barnett of Johnson City, was called back to Heaven after being an angel on earth for 59 years. She passed Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center due to complications from Alzheimers disease. She was born July 19, 1955, the daughter of Bill and Nell Hicks Barnett and was raised in Johnson City by grandparents,...
Theresa Harvey Luchini Whiddon
Jan 6, 2015
Theresa Harvey Luchini Whiddon, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in the Christian Care Center. Mrs. Whiddon was a Carter County native. She was a daughter of the late John and Irene Lacy Harvey. Mrs. Whiddon was a member of Central Church of Christ. She was an avid Bible reader and taught childrens Bible school for many years....
Linda Faye Peters
Jan 5, 2015
Linda Faye Peters, 57, of Jonesborough died Monday, January 5, 2015 at her home. Linda was a Carter County native. She was a daughter of the late Clarence and Marie Audrey Morris Moore. Linda worked at the Ridgewood Barbecue in Bluff City. She is survived by: her husband of 35 years, Dale Peters; one son, Chris Peters (Leslie Horton); one...
David L. Henry
Jan 2, 2015
Mr. David L. Henry, 70, of Unicoi, passed away Friday, January 2, 2015, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Henry was a native of Charles Town, West Virginia. He was the son of the late Charles Garland Henry and Mary Maud Ott Henry. Mr. Henry was a U.S. Navy veteran. He was a Meat Cutter for Stop and Shop....
Rondal Lee Boyer
Jan 1, 2015
Rondal L. Boyer Sunrise at December 15, 1934 '? Sunset at January 1, 2015 Another leaf has fallen from the Boyer family, Rondal L. Boyer, 80, of Johnson City, left his loved ones and friends to cherish his memory after a brief illness. Mr. Boyer was a Washington County native. He was the son of the late Nathan L. 'Roy'?...
Zeke Hubbard, Jr.
Dec 31, 2014
Mr. Zeke J. Hubbard, Jr., 78, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in Pine Ridge Nursing Home. Mr. Hubbard was a native of Roan Mountain, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Zeke Hubbard, Sr. and Sudi Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard worked for the Sanitation Department. He loved God and his church family. Zeke also loved animals, the outdoors, and...
John H. Cundiff
Dec 31, 2014
Mr. John H. Cundiff, Jr., 84, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 31, 2014, in the John M. Reed Nursing Home, Limestone. Mr. Cundiff was a native of Johnson City. He spent his working years in Orlando, Florida and returned to Johnson City after he retired. He was the son of the late John Harrison and Ruby Mae Vaught...
James Alfred Oliver, Sr.
Dec 27, 2014
James Alfred Oliver, Sr., 85, Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014, at the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center. Mr. Oliver was a native and lifelong resident of Piney Flats and a son of the late Robert Lee and Vona Mae Jeter Oliver. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Okinawa during the Korean War. Mr....
James Alfred Oliver, Sr.
Dec 27, 2014
James Alfred Oliver, Sr., 85, Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, December 27, 2014, at the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center. Mr. Oliver was a native and lifelong resident of Piney Flats and a son of the late Robert Lee and Vona Mae Jeter Oliver. He was a U.S. Army veteran who served in Okinawa during the Korean War. Mr....
Betty Lou Costner Pierce
Dec 25, 2014
Mrs. Betty Lou Costner Pierce, 84, passed away on Christmas Night, December 25, 2014, at her home with her daughter, Lorry, and her grandchildren, Rob, Tony, and Jake Canaday, by her side. She was a Cocke County native and the only daughter of the late Bruce Wilson Costner and Ada Melton Costner of Newport, TN. Upon completion of high school...
Joyce Faye Arnett
Dec 25, 2014
Joyce Faye Arnett, 66, of Johnson City, died Thursday, December 25, 2014 at her home. She was a native of Elizabethton and was a daughter of the late Alfred and Elizabeth Treadway Deloach. Joyce was a homemaker. She was a member of Upper Room Family Worship Center. Survivors include: her husband, Jerry Arnett; two daughters, Kim Miller, and her husband...
Olen Alexander Talley
Dec 24, 2014
Mr. Olen Alexander Talley, age 91, of Johnson City passed away Wednesday, December 24, 2014, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Morristown and grew up there. He was the son of Thurman A. and Lucy M. Talley. A World War II veteran, Mr. Talley served in the Army Air Corp in Cairo, Egypt. He became...
Lester B. Shaw
Dec 24, 2014
Lester B. Shaw of Butler, TN was surrounded by his loving family when called from this life on December 24, 2014. Mr. Shaw was born in Dante, VA. and the son of the late James and Queen Shaw. A loving husband, father, grandfather and patriot who served his nation during the Second World War in the United States Army Infantry,...
