OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Eva W. Starner Hare Lehman
Dec 3, 2013
Eva W. Starner Hare Lehman, 95, passed away peacefully December 3, 2013 at the Continuum Courtyards in Johnson City, TN. She was born in Harrisburg, PA November 12, 1918 to George F. and Cora A. Starner. Mrs. Lehman was a graduate of John Harris High School in 1936. She was a member of Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church since 1930. She...
Gloria Wroe Pierce
Nov 30, 2013
Gloria Wroe Pierce, 82, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 30, 2013 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was a native of San Pedro, CA, who had lived most of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Joseph Edward and Ruth Schwanker Wroe. Mrs. Pierce was a member of Cherokee United...
Beulah Mae Owens
Nov 30, 2013
Beulah Mae Bailey Owens, 90, of Gray died Saturday, November 30, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Keokee, Virginia and daughter of the late Earl Bailey and Ima Daisy Bailey Bledsoe. Beulah graduated from St. Charles High School, St. Charles, VA in 1941. She worked at Auntie Annes in the Mall at Johnson City and...
Iva Lee Gray
Nov 28, 2013
Ms. Iva Lee Gray, age 90, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013, in the Christian Care Center, Johnson City. Ms. Gray was a native of Valle Crucis, North Carolina who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Grady Mast and Emma Estridge Mast. In addition to her parents...
Lula Ellen Church
Nov 28, 2013
Lula Ellen Townsend Church, 90, of Johnson City died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at the Lakebridge Health Care Center. She was a native of Benhams, Virginia, daughter of the late John Robert and Nettie Herndon Townsend. Lula was retired from ETSU as a supervisor of student laws and grants for over forty years. She was a longtime member of the...
David C. Campbell
Nov 28, 2013
Mr. David C. Campbell, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Campbell was a native of Limestone Cove who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late James and Bessie Campbell. In addition to his parents his wife, Martha 'Ruth'? Campbell also preceded him...
John Randall Rosselot
Nov 25, 2013
John Randall Rosselot, 55, of Johnson City died Monday, November 25, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Akron, Ohio, son of Paul and Margaret Summerfield Rosselot. John was a Sergeant First Class having served in the U. S. Army for twenty years. He also served as a ROTC instructor at Science Hill High School for seventeen years...
Betty Jane Dempsey
Nov 24, 2013
Betty Dempsey, 82, of Johnson City, died November 24, 2013 at her home. She was born on November 25, 1930 to Ernest and Mildred Wagner. She was a member of Pinecrest Christian Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Jack Junior Dempsey, and her son-in-law, Robert Guinn. Survivors include: her daughter, Judy K....
Charles Lawrence Charlie Miller
Nov 24, 2013
Mr. Charles Lawrence 'Charlie'? Miller, age 60, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 24, 2013, at his residence, after an extended illness. Mr. Miller was a native of Johnson City who had lived most of his life in Carter County. He was the son of Billie Mae Morris Miller and the late Ernest Miller. In addition to his father,...
Carolyn Faye Debord Smith
Nov 23, 2013
Carolyn Faye DeBord Smith, age 75, Kingsport, TN, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013. She was a native of Johnson City who had lived most of her life in Kingsport. She was the daughter of the late Almer and Lucille DeBord. In addition to her parents two brothers, Harold and Glenn DeBord also preceded her in death. She was...
Dean L. Constant
Nov 21, 2013
Dean L. Constant, 62, of Jonesborough, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Constant was a lifelong resident of Tennessee and a son of the late Marion Robert and Edna Lee Robinson Constant. Mr. Constant served in the U. S. Army National Guard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: three brothers,...
Finis A. Hodges
Nov 20, 2013
Finis A. Hodges, 72, Gray, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at his home following a long illness. Mr. Hodges was a native of the Austin Springs community who lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late Elzia and Beatrice Feathers Hodges. He was a member of Gray United Methodist Church and a...
Reyburn H. Dennis, Jr.
Nov 19, 2013
Reyburn H. Dennis, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. in 1924 to Reyburn H. Dennis, Sr. and Grace S. Dennis. He spent his high school years in Washington D.C. graduating in 1942. He dated his future wife throughout their high school years and married in 1943. The day after his graduation from High School, he enlisted in the United States...
Edna Dockery Haney
Nov 17, 2013
Edna Dockery Haney of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Edna was the daughter of Lattie and Geneva Caldwell Dockery. She was a member of First Church of God, Johnson City. Edna worked for many years in the city school system of Asheville, N.C. Edna enjoyed music,...
Della Mae Taylor
Nov 17, 2013
Della Mae Brewer Taylor, 81, of Johnson City, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City, a daughter of the late Lee Roy and Hona LuLu Holley Brewer. Della Mae was a member of the Rock Creek Presbyterian Church in Erwin, TN. She was a retired RN, 1953 graduate of...
Roy Claude Couch
Nov 17, 2013
Roy C. 'Bill'? Couch, 81, of Johnson City died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Pine Ridge Care Center in Elizabethton. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late J. C. Couch and Gladys Ingle Couch Duncan. Bill was a retired truck driver for the B and B Produce Company. He was of the Baptist faith. He...
Kathy D. Hill
Nov 16, 2013
Kathy D. Hill, 59, of Johnson City died Saturday, November 16, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Frank Edward Green and Margaret Josephine Bates Caldwell. Kathy was a homemaker and member of the Fountain of Life Bible Church. In addition to her father, her brother Frank Green preceded her in death....
Ruby Helen Robbins
Nov 15, 2013
Ruby 'Helen' Riffey Robbins passed away at her home on Friday, November 15, 2013. She is preceded in death by her (Husband) Cecil Robbins November 13, 2006. Also, her (Parents) Martin Landon and Ora Myrtle Hall Riffey, (Brothers) Bartley Lee and Garnett, (Sisters) Hazel Tate, Maye Fleenor, Nell Roller, Ruth Thompson Smithson and Irene Trobaugh. She was a lifetime resident...
Judith Woodford Judy Surface
Nov 14, 2013
Judith 'Judy'? Woodford Surface, 72, of Gray, TN, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at home following a short illness. She was a native of Roanoke, VA, daughter of the late Cedric Woodford and Mamie Martin Woodford. Judy had a Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College where she was valedictorian of her class. She had a Master of...
Benjamin Ray Depriest
Nov 14, 2013
Benjamin Ray 'Ben'? DePriest, 27, of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of Michael and Melinda Miller DePriest. Benjamin was a carpenter and enjoyed working with his hands. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors including his parents are three brothers, Timothy DePriest of Jonesborough,...
