Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Nov 2, 2014

Margie Nell Peters Campbell, 87, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014 in Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was born in Mountain City and was the daughter of the late James D. and Nona Mae Davis Peters. Margie worked for Texas Instruments before her retirement. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Elizabethton....

Nov 2, 2014

Joyce Campbell Godsey Gentry, 86, passed away Sunday, November 2, 2014, at Cedarcrest Care Center, Broken Arrow, OK. She was born in Johnson City, TN, the daughter of the late Lloyd E. and Mabel Blankenship Campbell, and resided in Johnson City many years. Mrs. Gentry was a loving mother, wife and homemaker. She was employed as an office manager many...

Oct 31, 2014

Samuel Rankin Preston left us to join his maker Friday, October 31, 2014 at his home. We are saddened to have lost him, but we rejoice in the memories he left us. Sam was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, and was a son of Sam and Sarah Preston. Sam graduated from Science Hill High School in 1983...

Oct 31, 2014

Edward J. Ryan Jr. 88 of Jonesborough TN, died Friday, October 31, 2014 at home. The family will receive friends on Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at Morris Baker Funeral Home A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, November 3, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. at St. Marys Catholic Church, 2211 East Lakeview...

Oct 30, 2014

Betty B. Miller, Johnson City, Tennessee died on October 30, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born on August 9,1924 in Glomar, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Arthur and Millie Bryant and grew up in Sparta, Tennessee. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her son James William Miller, of Johnson City in 2012;...

Oct 27, 2014

Mrs. Mary C. Bradley, 89, Johnson City, passed away Monday, October 27, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Bradley was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late David C. and Clety Bowman Dickey. Mrs. Bradley was a homemaker and a member of the Cherokee Church of Christ. In addition to...

Oct 27, 2014

Mildred Louise Clark, age 90, of Johnson City, passed on to her heavenly home on October 27, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center after a short illness. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Jacob and Ora Easley Clark. After graduation from Columbia Bible College, Columbia, SC, in 1948, she taught for 35 years in the Bristol, TN/VA,...

Oct 27, 2014

Dot Smith passed peacefully on the morning of October 27, 2014, at the age of 88, at the Johnson City home of her youngest daughter, Teresa Drone, where she had been receiving hospice care. Dot was a stunningly beautiful and vibrant lady, admired and loved by all who knew her. Dot was born on August 14, 1926, and raised in...

Oct 25, 2014

David Thomas 'Tommy'? Williams, Jr., 40, of Knoxville, died Saturday, October 25, 2014 in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, due to complications following surgery for a pituitary gland tumor. Tommy was a Johnson City native and the son of David Thomas 'Tom'? Williams, Sr. and Freddie Hyder Williams. He was a 1992 graduate of University High School, where he was...

Oct 22, 2014

Mr. A.R. Barnett, 90, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, October 22, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Barnett was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late A.R. and Julia Peterson Barnett. Mr. Barnett was a veteran of the U.S Air Force. He retired from the United States Postal Service after forty-five...

Oct 20, 2014

Mrs. Wanda Sue Persinger, 71, Jonesborough, passed away Monday, October 20, 2014, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Persinger was a native of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Arlene Campbell Arwood. Mrs. Persinger was a long time employee of Texas Instruments. She was a member of Lynnwood Christian Church. In addition to her...

Oct 19, 2014

Jan Elizabeth Hart, 78, of Johnson City, died Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the Christian Care Center. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin 'Frank'? and Mary Laws Hart. Jan was a Registered Nurse having served in the medical field in many ways. She was a graduate of Science Hill High School; the first...

Oct 19, 2014

Margaret Collins of Unicoi, Tennessee, died October 19, 2014. She was born in Banner Elk, NC, on December 28, 1919. She resided in Unicoi, TN since 2001, and prior to that she was a Carter County resident for approximately 65 years. She was an alumnus of Milligan College in Milligan, TN where she graduated in 1942 with a BS degree...

Oct 16, 2014

Linda Chatman Toney, 70, of Jonesborough, died at the residence of her daughter on Thursday, October 16, 2014. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late James Frank and Mary Kate Carder Chatman. Linda was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, a son, Ronald Toney, her husband,...

Oct 16, 2014

Alice Ellenburg Smith, 88, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, October 16, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Alice was a native of Greene County. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Lora Shelton Ellenburg. Alice worked for Bemberg Company for twenty-five years and later worked at Texas Instruments and retired from there. She was a member...

Oct 13, 2014

Billy G. France, 82, of Paisley, Florida, passed away Monday, October 13, 2014 at the Leesburg Regional Medical Center. Billy was a native of Johnson City and was the son of the late Millard and Dorothy Powell France. A longtime resident of Johnson City, he had recently lived in Paisley, FL. Billy was a retired employee of East Tennessee State...

Oct 10, 2014

Elouise Jenkins Gilbert, 85, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, October 10, 2014 in Appalachian Christian Village. Elouise was born in Tupelo, MS but lived most of her life in the Johnson City and Kingsport area. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Jenkins and Norah Flowers Cuison. Elouise graduated from high school in Paducah, KY. She worked as...

Oct 8, 2014

Oct 7, 2014

Jesse Herbert 'Herb' Wheelock Following a brief illness at Johnson City Medical Center, Herb Wheelock, age 66, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday evening, October 7, 2014. Mr. Wheelock was a Washington County native and was the son of the late Wade Hampton Wheelock and Vivian Edwards Wheelock. In addition to his parents, he was also...

Oct 7, 2014

Frances Thompson, 94, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Frances was a Watauga, TN native and a lifelong resident of the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late John C. and Emma Lacey Dempsey. She was a homemaker. Throughout her life, Mrs. Thompson was active with her husband...