OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ruth Greenwell
Apr 15, 2014
Ruth Greenwell, 96, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, April 15, 2014 in the Appalachian Christian Village nursing wing. She had been a resident of ACV since December 2007. Ruth was a Washington County native and a daughter of the late Lemuel Tine Greenwell and Hazel Phillips Greenwell. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by five brothers:...
Frederick H. Kasten
Apr 14, 2014
Dr. Frederick H. Kasten, 87, Johnson City, died Monday, April 14, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a lengthy illness. The son of the late Isaac Kasten and Anna Goldblum Kasten, he was born in Harlem, New York City and raised in the Bronx. He maintained contact with the 'Amerks Club'? , a group of childhood friends. He...
Billy R. Stone
Apr 14, 2014
Billy R. Stone lost his battle with ALS and went to his heavenly home April 14, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Stone was born November 17, 1934. He was the son of the late Hubert Earl Stone and Mary Lou Owens Stone of Olive Branch, Mississippi. He is survived by his loving wife of fifty eight years, Joan...
Audrey Marie Christian
Apr 13, 2014
Audrey 'Ginger'? Christian, age 88, passed away on Sunday, April 13 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Born on April 29, 1925 she was the daughter of the late William and Raphael Ashley Thomas. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Christian was preceded in death by one daughter, Kristy Christian, and seven brothers and sisters. She was a member of...
Mark London Henson
Apr 9, 2014
Mr. Mark London Henson, 53, Limestone, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mark was a Johnson City native and the son of E.L. and Sandra Leonard Henson. Mr. Henson proudly served in the U. S. Navy. He was a member of Nolichucky Baptist Church. Mark was preceded in death by his grandfather, John Leonard...
Adam Michael Culbert
Apr 9, 2014
Adam Michael Culbert, 21, of Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in Johnesborough. Adam was a lifelong resident of Jonesborough. He was the son of Michael Culbert and Sheila Elrod Culbert. Adam was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Leroy and Myrtle Elrod; paternal grandparents, Kemp and Wanda Culbert; great grandmother, Effie Elrod Survivors include other than his...
Darrell Pappy Crowe
Apr 8, 2014
Mr. Darrell 'Pappy' Crowe, 75, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Pappy was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Manuel and Geraldine Arnett Crowe. Pappy graduated from Science Hill High School where he was an outstanding basketball player. He graduated from East Tennessee State...
Flora Nell Lawson
Apr 3, 2014
Flora Nell Lawson, 77, of Johnson City passed away at the Johnson City Medical Center Thursday, April 3, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Mib and Nellie Ruth Miller Wishon. She was born April 16, 1936 in Johnson City, Tennessee. She is survived by: sons, Charles Lawson of Johnson City, Tennessee and Tony Lawson (wife Jennifer Shell Lawson)...
Barbara Lee Britt
Apr 2, 2014
Barbara Lee Moffitt Britt, 70, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Vester and Pearl Moffitt. In addition to her parents, her sister, Ruth Moffitt Nave, her brothers, June, Malone, Bruce, and Howard Moffitt, preceded her in death. Barbara was a...
Zeph Mcleod Bowman
Mar 30, 2014
Zeph McLeod Bowman passed away Sunday morning, March 30, 2014 at the JCMC following a brief illness. She was the daughter of Zeph McLeod Bowman and Adam B. Bowman. Zeph graduated from SHHS in 1947 and then attended Whitworth College in Brookhaven, Miss. In 1954, Zeph was a proud graduate of Louisiana State University where she was active in student...
Vincent A. Visconti
Mar 29, 2014
Vincent A. Visconti, of Jonesborough, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at the age of 73, surrounded by family, after a lengthy battle with cancer and respiratory disease. He was born in Boston, MA and resided in Waltham, MA, Palm Harbor, FL, and North Reading, MA until his retirement 10 years ago to Jonesborough, TN. He was the son...
Delores Marie Gurley
Mar 28, 2014
Mrs. Delores Marie Gurley went to be with her heavenly family early Friday morning March 28, 2014, at the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her family. She was a native of Bristol who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Kenneth and Gertrude Salts Dison. In addition to her parents...
Bettie Kirk Wilson
Mar 28, 2014
Bettie Kirk Wilson died peacefully at her home in Johnson City on March 28 following an extended illness. The daughter of the late Nelle Moody Kirk and Guy Robert Kirk, she was born on October 4, 1942 in Huntingdon, Tennessee. She was a 1965 graduate of the University of Tennessee College of Pharmacy, Memphis, where she was valedictorian. She moved...
Patsy Ellen Wooten
Mar 27, 2014
Mrs. Patsy Ellen Eastridge Wooten, age 72, of Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, March 27, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Wooten was a native of Carroll County, VA. She was the daughter of the late Okard Charlie and Eva Combs Eastridge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her beloved husband, Gerald Wooten; three...
Helen Kerstetter
Mar 25, 2014
Mrs. Helen Kerstetter, 89, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2014 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Helen was a native of Pennsylvania and the daughter of the late Romolo and Ida Zalla Pedergnana. She worked as a high school English and reading teacher before retiring. Helen was of the Catholic faith. The family of Mrs. Helen Kerstetter will receive...
Robert Junior Garland
Mar 24, 2014
Robert Junior Garland, 91, of Johnson City passed away at the Hermitage Nursing Home Monday, March 24, 2014. He was the son of the late Hobert Robert and Mae Hughes Garland. He was born in Bakersville, North Carolina August 22, 1922. Robert was a proud Army veteran and served in France and Germany during World War II. He was a...
David O. Warren
Mar 19, 2014
David O. Warren, Sr., 57, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, March 19, 2014 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late James Edward Warren, Sr. and Wilhelminia Lorraine Hager Warren. David served in the U. S. Army in the 1970s and worked for 29 years for Snap On Tools, also for Marcos Pizza and...
Margaret Jean Snapp
Mar 18, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Hodge Snapp, age 71, of Piney Flats, passed away Tuesday, March 18, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Snapp was a lifelong resident of the Tri-Cities area. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Vernon and Fairlena Fraizer Hodge. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandson, James Bailey; sister,...
Joan Lee Crawford
Mar 16, 2014
Mrs. Joan Lee Cozad Crawford, 85, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014 in Colonial Hills Retirement Center. Mrs. Crawford was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Floyd Benjamin and Olive Gertrude Wright Cozad. In addition to her parents, her beloved husband, Ralph Reeves Crawford, five brothers, and two sisters, preceded...
Wanda Wright Lewis
Mar 15, 2014
Wanda (Wright) Lewis passed away quietly on March 15, 2014 at St. Francis Medical Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Johnson City, Wanda was born on June 19, 1924 to the late V.C. 'Jake'? and Emma (Gray) Wright. She graduated from Science Hill High School. Wanda worked at Oak Ridge before working at...
