OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Lonnie G. Laws
Jul 31, 2014
Lonnie G. Laws, 97, of Johnson City passed away Thursday July 31, 2014, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was a World War II Veteran serving on the USS West Virginia in the South Pacific. His service to his country was followed by a lifetime of service to others. He was honored to lay a wreath at...
Janet Evelyn Breeden Harvey
Jul 29, 2014
Mrs. Janet Evelyn Breeden Harvey, 69, of Jonesborough, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at her residence. Janet was the daughter of the late Hollis S. and Lorene Berniece Butler Breeden. Janet grew up in Cosby, TN. She taught at David Crockett High School and Greeneville High School for thirty-five years and was a member of Jonesborough Presbyterian Church. She...
A.J. Monteith
Jul 29, 2014
A J Monteith, 84, passed away Tuesday July 29, 2014, at home, surrounded by his loving family. A J, the son of the late Fred and Mamie Monteith, was born in Bushnell, NC, and grew up in Brevard, NC. AJ joined the Air Force and traveled the world with his family for twenty-three years, retiring to Brevard, NC. He then...
Bill J. Pate
Jul 29, 2014
Bill J. Pate, 84, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. He was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Jessie Earl Pate and Anna Geneva Wright Pate. He was a retired Service manager in the automotive industry. He was a member of the Grandview Christian Church....
Fred Chambers Holloway
Jul 28, 2014
He has showed you'?what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. Micah 6:8 Fred C. Holloway, 80, Johnson City, passed away peacefully on July 28, 2014, after a brief illness. Fred C. Holloway was born September 30, 1933 in Piney Flats, TN to...
Jerry Marshall Wagner
Jul 28, 2014
Jerry M. Wagner, 81, of Greer, SC, went to be with the Lord Monday, July 28, 2014. Mr. Wagner was a son of the late James Bert Wagner and Grace Landingham Wagner of Johnson City. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: his wife, Delma, H. Wagner, who died earlier this year and whom he missed...
Harold Gillespie Jenkins
Jul 26, 2014
Harold Gillespie Jenkins, 84, of Johnson City passed away after a brief illness July 26, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. He was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Searle G. Jenkins and Georgia Carder Jenkins. Harold retired from the V.A. Hospital after 30 years of service as a nursing assistant. He was...
Helen Mckinney
Jul 26, 2014
Helen VanHoy McKinney, 88, of Johnson City, went home to Gods Kingdom at the Johnson City Medical Center on Saturday, July 26, 2014. Mrs. McKinney was a longtime member of the Austin Springs United Methodist Church. She was active in the church and taught Sunday School for many years. Helen was a member of the Adult Senior Sunday School class...
Jean Burgess Vest
Jul 23, 2014
Jean Burgess Vest, 91, passed away Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. She was born in Montclair, New Jersey to the late Charles Edward Burgess and Williamina Cunningham Campbell Burgess. She was a member of Central Baptist Church for most of her adult life. Jean was a veteran of World War II having served in...
Ruby Fields Tabor
Jul 19, 2014
Ruby Fields Tabor, 78, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ruby lived in Johnson City for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late George and Margaret Greer Fields. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, George Tabor, Sr. in...
Katherine Love Morgan Lilly
Jul 19, 2014
Katherine Love Morgan 'Gigi'? Lilly, 93, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at NHC Health Care in Johnson City. Gigi was an Erwin native and a daughter of the late John Clayton and Carrie Pauline Roberts Morgan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Felix Eugene Lilly; brother, John Morgan; and two...
Ruby Edith Bishop
Jul 18, 2014
Mrs. Ruby E. Bishop, 78, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Bishop was a native of Longwick, England. She was the daughter of the late Harold and Edith Burch Bunker. Mrs. Bishop was a homemaker and a member of the Pinecrest Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was...
Agnes Lucille Jones
Jul 15, 2014
'She fought the good fight.'? Agnes Lucille Garland Jones, 94, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Agnes was a native of Cocke County who had lived in Johnson City for many years. She was the daughter of the late David and Chipty Keller. She is survived by: daughter, Wanda...
James Walter Greene
Jul 14, 2014
James Walter Greene, 86, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Erwin, TN. and the son of the late William Courtney Greene and Ethel McCurry Greene. He retired from Burlington Industries where he was employed as a textile worker for over 50 years. James was a veteran of the United...
Cynthia Lynn Widner
Jul 13, 2014
'Lord, when my soul takes flight, may it rise swiftly to live forever in your love and care.' Cynthia Lynn Hopson Widner, 39, Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, July 13, 2014, following a long illness. Cynthia was a Johnson City native and a daughter of William Robert Hopson and Brenda Sue Grindstaff Hopson. She was a...
Roy Kenneth Luster
Jul 12, 2014
Roy Kenneth Luster, 73 of Jonesborough passed away Saturday July 12, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Fall Branch, TN. and the son of the late Thomas Franklin Luster and Ida Frank Hensley Luster. He was a veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Dorothy Louise Hobbs
Jul 11, 2014
Dorothy Louise 'Dot'? Hobbs, 60, of Jonesborough, died Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Iaeger, West Virginia, daughter of the late Benjamin Thomas Johnson and Barbara Payne Johnson. Dorothy was a homemaker and her hobby was her family. She was a member of the Watauga First Church of God. In addition...
Judy White Parlier
Jul 10, 2014
Judy White Parlier, 62, Elizabethton, died Thursday, July 10, 2014 at her home. She was a Camp Lejeune, NC native and a daughter of the late Albert William and Doris George White. Mrs. Parlier worked for the Johnson City School system for twenty-one years, retiring as the cafeteria manager at Cherokee Elementary. She is survived by: her husband, Marvin Richard...
Betty Ruth Moulton
Jul 10, 2014
Betty Ruth Moulton, 84, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She was born in Kingsport, TN. and the daughter of the late James Elmer Hood and Monnie Dillow Hood. Betty started her local career in Johnson City as a sales associate and interior decorator with Walker Furniture Company. She spent...
Betty Ruth Moulton
Jul 10, 2014
Betty Ruth Moulton, 84, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She was born in Kingsport, TN. and the daughter of the late James Elmer Hood and Monnie Dillow Hood. Betty started her local career in Johnson City as a sales associate and interior decorator with Walker Furniture Company. She spent...
