OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Shirley Dean Tipton
Jun 3, 2014
Shirley Dean Tipton, 78, of Gray, Tennessee passed away Tuesday, June 3, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was a native of Washington County and the daughter of the late Floyd and Anna Mae Stout Tyree. She was of Baptist faith. Shirley enjoyed following the Atlanta Braves baseball team, the beach and loved her...
Delores Louise Thornberry
Jun 2, 2014
Delores Louise Thornberry, age 85, of Asheville, N.C. went home to receive her heavenly reward on June 2, 2014 surrounded by family members at her residence following a long illness. Delores loved her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Her passion for music, both vocal and playing the piano was an inspiration for her family and friends. She was born in...
Debbie Faye Davis
May 31, 2014
'They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.'? -Isaiah 40:31 Debbie Faye Cable (Davis), 50, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, May 31, 2014 at her residence in Johnson City. She was a native of Washington County...
Adgie Donald Tipton
May 31, 2014
Adgie 'Donald'? Tipton, 72, of Johnson City, died Saturday, May 31, 2014 at the Lakebridge Health Care Center. He was a native of Burnsville, North Carolina, son of the late Charlie and Marie Cousins Mitchell. Donald was a retired security guard. He had served in the U. S. Navy. In addition to his parents, two brothers, Charles and James Tipton,...
Wanda Faye Gregg
May 29, 2014
Wanda Faye Gregg, 47, of Piney Flats died Thursday, May 29, 2014 at the Welmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tennessee. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Robert and Shirley Fay Ellison Wilder. Wanda was an employee of Ridgewood Barbecue for over 28 years. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Nyoka Charlene Hammett
May 26, 2014
Nyoka Charlene Hammett, 57, Johnson City, died Monday, May 26, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hammett was a Washington County native and the daughter of the late Bill McKenny and Edith Greene McKenny-Nickles. She worked as a Certified Nursing Assistant. Survivors include: husband, James Hammett, who will truly miss her; one son, Jason Hammett, also of the...
Anna Louise Davis
May 24, 2014
Anna Louise Roark Davis, 74, Unicoi, died early Saturday, May 24, 2014 at her home. She was a Johnson City native and the daughter of the late William Oliver 'W. O.'? and Ina 'Frances'? Cash Roark. Mrs. Davis was a homemaker, devoting her entire life to her husband, children, and grandchildren. She was a member of King Springs Baptist Church....
Larry Dale Coleman
May 24, 2014
Mr. Larry Dale Coleman, 73, Jonesborough, passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Mr. Coleman was a Washington County native and a son of the late Thomas Haskel Coleman, Sr. and Marie Templeton Coleman. Mr. Coleman proudly served his country for twenty-one years with the US Air Force and was a Vietnam veteran....
Lewis Gordon Fair
May 24, 2014
Lewis Gordon Fair passed away in his sleep early May 24, 2014 due to complications of diabetes at the Highland Lake Center. He was 86. Born in Medford, Oregon April 21,1928 to Luna Hardin Fair and Homer Fair, he grew up in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Mr. Fair graduated high school in 1947 going on to Milligan College and graduated in 1952...
John Mckee
May 23, 2014
Arrangements under the direction of Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City, TN.
Joan Ruth Hill
May 22, 2014
Joan Fillers Hill, 74, Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, May 22, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. She was a Johnson City native and the daughter of the late Bruce and Bonnie Fillers. Joan was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother...
Mary Phyllis Miller
May 22, 2014
Mary Phyllis Miller passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, May 22, 2014, at her home at Colonial Hill Retirement Center. Phyl was a long time resident of Johnson City, having been the widow of Dr. Walter Rutledge Miller, a native of Johnson City. Phyl was born on March 2, 1917, in Roanoke, Virginia, where she graduated from Jefferson High...
Nyleen Perdue
May 21, 2014
Nyleen Perdue, 75, of Gray passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Murfreesboro, Tn, to Houston and Dorothy McBride. Nyleen lived most of her life in the tri-cities. Nyleen graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School. She attended Emory & Henry after high school and East Tennessee State University in her 40s and...
Bettylene Franzus
May 20, 2014
Bettylene Franzus, 86, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at her residence in Johnson City, TN. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late Herman Aaron and Rosalie Freida Sudak Welsch. She had a long career as a high school science teacher in New Jersey. She returned to school soon after arriving in Johnson City in...
Lola Street Thompson Cox
May 19, 2014
Lola Street Thompson Cox, 84, Jonesborough, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at her home. Lola was born March 11, 1930 in Mitchell County, NC. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Street and Daisy Street Whitson. Lola spent most of her life in Johnson City and has lived in Jonesborough for over 30 years. In addition to her parents,...
Lois Hayes Whitaker
May 18, 2014
Lois Hayes Whitaker, 89, Johnson City, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Whitaker was a Jonesborough native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late George and Dora McKee Hayes. She was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. Mrs. Hayes retired from J.C. Penney after thirty years of employment with...
Allen Carl Guinn
May 17, 2014
Allen Carl Guinn, 53, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Carl Guinn and Carolyn Smith Guinn. Allen was a retired maintenance employee of the Department of Water for the city of Johnson City for twenty eight years....
Johnny Dean Oliver
May 16, 2014
Johnny Dean Oliver, 75, of Johnson City passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native to Washington County and the son of the late George W. Oliver and Glenna Oliver Oliver. Johnny was a retired mechanic. He was of Baptist faith. Johnny loved gardening, special time with great granddaughter Emma and spending...
Wanda V. Mitchell
May 16, 2014
Wanda Vinson Mitchell, 69, Johnson City, TN, went to her heavenly home on Friday, May 16, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Wanda taught math at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, for 23 years. She was an inspiration to all her students. Wanda retired from teaching in 2007, the same year she received the 'Teacher of the Year'?...
Mary Ellen Mosier Baskett
May 15, 2014
Mary Ellen Mosier Baskett, 79, Jonesborough, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 in the Life Care Center of Gray. She was a Madison County, NC native and long time resident of the Johnson City area. Mary was the daughter of the late Clarence Cleveland and Eunice Roxanna Hill Mosier. In addition to her parents, her first husband, Jackie Robert Poarch, preceded...
