OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Jessie Rector Oaks
Nov 22, 2014
Mrs. Jessie Rector Oaks, 97, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Oaks was a native of Fall Branch. She was the daughter of the late Aulden and Nannie Daugherty Rector. Mrs. Oaks retired from Leon-Fehrenbach after fifty years of service. In addition to her parents, her first husband, William Maynor the...
Kenrita A. Hopson
Nov 21, 2014
Kenrita 'Rita'? Hopson, 67, Johnson City, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Rita was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Ruth Imogene Arrowood. Rita worked as a dietician for the VA Medical Center and Asbury Place before her retirement. She was a very active member...
Earlene Hilda Isaacs
Nov 20, 2014
Earlene Hilda Isaacs, 84, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014 in NHC HealthCare. Earlene was a daughter of the late Elbert Jones and Agnes Head Dillinger. She had lived in Johnson City for most of her life. Earlene worked in food service for Johnson City schools for 27 years before her retirement. She was a member of Piney...
Leveda M. Peters
Nov 20, 2014
Mrs. Leveda M. Peters, 69, Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Peters was a native of Salina, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late John G. and Hermenia Younger Waldschmidt. Mrs. Peters retired from Tennessee Plastics in 1995. In addition to her parents, her husband, Conley H. Peters, Sr. and a...
Geneva Christine Weaver Vines
Nov 19, 2014
Mrs. Geneva Christine Weaver Vines, 82, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Vines was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Robert Taylor and Dora Belle Nichols Weaver. Mrs. Vines was a homemaker and a devoted member of Pleasant Beach Baptist Church. In addition to her...
Maxine E. Smiley
Nov 18, 2014
Maxine E. Smiley, 81, Johnson City, passed away peacefully Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at Lakebridge Health Care Center. Born in Johnson City, she was the daughter of the late Edward Whittaker and Mary Ellen Looney Whittaker Wright. She was raised by her mother and step-father, the late Thurman Wright, after Edward died. Maxine worked at Steinway, Watauga Apparel, and retired...
John Howard Bernhardt
Nov 15, 2014
John Howard Bernhardt, 71, of Jonesborough, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 15, 2014 in Mountain City, TN. Mr. Bernhardt was an Ohio native and the son of the late Howard and Lillian Bernhardt. He had worked at H. H. Robertson, of Pittsburgh, PA, as vice president of the Non Union Construction Division; Flour City Architectural Metals, of Johnson City, TN;...
David Allen Buchanan
Nov 12, 2014
David 'Allen'? Buchanan, 54, of Johnson City passed away Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at his home in Carter County. He was the son of the late Mary Ethel Watson Buchanan and (Stepfather) Mac McCullen. He was of Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, Allen is preceded in death by: grandson, Jacob Mitchell; two brothers, Greg Buchanan and Roger Davis;...
Ruth Phyllis Holmes
Nov 12, 2014
Phyllis Phlegar Holmes, age 95, of Johnson City, passed away on November 12, 2014. A native of Johnson City, she was the daughter of the late W. C. Phlegar and Georgia Seaver Phlegar. She was preceded in death by her husband, James M. Holmes, and a brother, Donald Reeve Phlegar. Mrs. Holmes was Assistant Professor Emeritus at East Tennessee State...
John Aulden Hughes
Nov 11, 2014
John Aulden Hughes, 81, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, November 11, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. John was a Johnson City native and was the son of the late Ernest and Elsie Haynes Hughes. He retired from Wylie Theaters, and was previously a pipefitter and member of Local 538. John was of Presbyterian faith. In addition to...
Betty Jo Emmert
Nov 9, 2014
Betty Jo Emmert, 69, of Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, November 9, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Betty Jo was born in Erwin and was a daughter of the late George W. and Myrdith Bailey Emmert. She worked as a healthcare giver and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by:...
William Brock Miller
Nov 8, 2014
Mr. William Brock Miller, Johnson City, Tennessee died on November 8, 2014 at home. He was born on December 18,1922, in Sparta, Tennessee the son of the late Thomas Butler and Annie Mae Miller and grew up in Sparta, Tennessee. Besides his parents he was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-seven years, Betty B. Miller, October 30, 2014,...
William Brock Miller
Nov 8, 2014
Elder Companions (Dedicated to Bill and Betty Miller) In sunset amber, Baffled in untamed growth, I search through woods For something of enlightened meaning. But all I come upon are branches Bent, bowed, and broken. An unkempt sight, eerily familiar. In exploration, it seems To be a skipping record repeating. So many lives tangled in circling disarray. There must be...
Charles Dean Draper
Nov 8, 2014
Charles Dean 'Charlie'? Draper, 56, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 8, 2014 in Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Charlie was a son of the late Leonard and Dorothy Ledford Draper. He was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He worked as a carpenter and also enjoyed working on cars. Charlie was known as a jack-of-all-trades. In addition to his...
Kermit Edward Young
Nov 4, 2014
Kermit E. 'Champ' Young, Jr., aged 66, passed away at home unexpectedly on November 2, 2014. Music was at the center of Champs life. He was a widely respected keyboard player, composer, and lyricist. Champ was born in and grew up in Kingsport, where he attended Dobyns-Bennett High School. He and his family then moved to Johnson City, where he...
Amanda Grace Minutolo
Nov 4, 2014
Amanda Grace Minutolo, age 19, passed away suddenly Tuesday November 4, 2014. Amanda was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, and the daughter of Ms Dedri Lentz Minutolo and Mr. John Minutolo. Amanda was a 2013 graduate of Science Hill High School where she was an outstanding student and a cheerleader. She attended Milligan College and was currently enrolled at...
Margie Nell Campbell
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....
Joyce Gentry
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...
Sam Preston
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...
Edward J. Ryan
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...
