OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Elizabeth Ann Musser
Mar 11, 2013
Elizabeth Ann 'Beth'? Musser, 69, of Jonesborough, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late, Edward and Gwen Evans Swanson. Beth was a graduate of Denison University in Ohio with a BA in Theater, also a graduate of ETSU with a BS in Nursing. She was an RN who...
Ella Nicole And Layla Marie Bishop
Mar 8, 2013
Ella Nicole and Layla Marie Bishop, age 1 day, of Johnson City, died at the Johnson City Medical Center on Friday, March 8, 2013. They are the twin daughters of Lauren M. Chase and Harold R. Bishop, III. There will be a graveside service at Washington County Memory Gardens on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 1:00 pm. The family will...
Peggy Gennett Slagle
Mar 8, 2013
Peggy Gennett Dugger Slagle, 69, of Johnson City, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Johnson City area and a daughter of the late Carrie Lavada Dugger. Mrs. Slagle was retired from employment with American Water Heater. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Slagle loved her flower garden and...
Mark D. Slagle
Mar 5, 2013
Mark D. Slagle, 61, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX, while waiting for a bilateral lung transplant. He was born in Coral Gables, Florida and a son of the late Clay Hart and Roberta Jenkins Slagle. Mark was a 1973 graduate of East Tennessee State University and a 1976 graduate of the...
Peggy Ruth Woodruff
Mar 4, 2013
Mrs. Peggy Ruth Woodruff, age 85, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Woodruff was a native of Harlan, Kentucky who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William 'Bill'? Lamons and Fannie Abel Lamons. In addition to her parents her first...
David D. Ltc Dukes
Mar 4, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel David Dukes, U. S. Army Retired, 83, of Jonesborough, died March 4, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was the son of the late Dennis Dukes and Mildred Sutherland of Memphis, TN. LTC Dukes was a 1951 Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Tennessee. He retired from the Army in 1971 after more than twenty...
Clyde Denton Cole
Mar 3, 2013
Clyde Denton 'Bud'? Cole, 73 of Gray, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Gray. He was a native of Carter County, son of the late Don and Mary Cole. Buds wishes to be cremated are to be carried out, and there are no public services scheduled.
Samuel L. Rev. Gerace
Mar 3, 2013
The Rev. Samuel L. Gerace, Jr., age 49, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Samuel was born in Baltimore, MD in 1963 and spent his early years in Maryland and New York. Samuel graduated from Liberty University in 1987 with a BA from the School of religion....
Roseanna Rosie Baker
Mar 1, 2013
Mrs. Roseanna 'Rosie'? Baker, age 62, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Baker was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William Baxley and Anna Laura Blevins Baxley. In addition to her parents one daughter, Diana Kay Baker Blowers, also preceded her...
Luke B. Scott
Feb 28, 2013
Mr. Luke B. Scott, age 71, of Jonesborough, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Scott was a native of Carter County who had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was the son of the late A.E. Scott and Onis Willis Scott. In addition to his parents his wife of thirty-seven years, Alice...
Ruth Crockett Haynes
Feb 25, 2013
Ruth Crockett Haynes, age 89, of Johnson City, died Monday, February 25, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Haynes was a Wytheville, VA native who had lived in Johnson City since 1966. She was a daughter of the late Joseph G. and Ruth Stephens Crockett. Along with her late husband, Herbert W. Haynes, she owned and operated the...
Martha Ruth Dillenbeck
Feb 18, 2013
Martha R. Dillenbeck, 93, of Johnson City, died Monday, February 18, 2013 at the NHC Johnson City. She was a native of Reading, PA and had lived in Johnson City since 1962. She was a daughter of the late Nathan I. And Margaret Boldt Ruth. As an active member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, she had served on Church Council,...
Constance Hope Shannon
Feb 16, 2013
Hope Shannon, 99, passed away peacefully on Saturday, February 16, 2013 at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She had resided at Colonial Hill Retirement Center for the past 20 years. Hope was born on August 19,1913 in Pittsford, Vermont. She was the daughter of Thomas E. and Constance Gulick Adams. Hope graduated from Pittsford High School and from Castleton State...
Mary Keene Lane
Feb 15, 2013
Mrs. Mary Keene Lane, age 85, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, at the Asbury Place, Johnson City. Mrs. Lane was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John Nelson Keen, Sr. and Ida Mae Keene. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her...
Mildred Jean Livesay Combs
Feb 14, 2013
Mildred 'Micki'? Jean Livesay Combs, age 39, of Jonesborough, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Ross and Charlotte Hawkins Livesay. She attended University High School and nursing school. She formerly worked for MSHA. She is survived by: her son, Conner Combs; brother, David Hinkle; half-brother and sister, Scott...
Rebecca Ephraim
Feb 14, 2013
Rebecca 'Becky'? Ephraim, 74, of Jonesborough, died Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the John M. Reed Nursing Home after a lengthy illness. She was a native of Washington County, a daughter of the late Filmore D. and Mary Hay Sanders. Becky was a member of the Munsey Memorial Untied Methodist Church but had most recently attended the First Church of...
Lois Katherine Lowe Hill
Feb 14, 2013
Lois Katherine Lowe Hill, age 85, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, February 14, 2013, at her residence. She was a native of Johnson County who had lived in Elkhart, Indiana, from 1950 to 1986,where she was a Union Steward for the UAW with the Exel Corporation for eighteen years. She was the daughter of the late Dewey William and...
Lawrence Richard Love
Feb 12, 2013
Lawrence 'Larry'? Love, 85, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Glendale, Massachusetts, son of the late Martin B. and Mary Elizabeth Spaulding Love. Larry was a former Assistant Superintendant for the Meade Corporation. He later developed and managed a 41-acre campground in Lanesborough, Massachusetts. Larry was a...
Julia Alice Thompson Winters
Feb 12, 2013
Julia Alice Thompson Winters, age 70, of Johnson City passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at her residence. She was born November 23, 1942 to J. Harold and Wilda Trotter Thompson of Johnson City. She was preceded by her parents; three brothers, William Harold Thompson, Joseph Lewis Thompson, and Steven Charles Thompson; one sister-in-law, Ann Rice Thompson, and a...
Julia Alice Thompson Winters
Feb 12, 2013
Julia Alice Thompson Winters, age 70, of Johnson City passed away on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at her residence. She was born November 23, 1942 to J. Harold and Wilda Trotter Thompson of Johnson City. She was preceded by her parents; three brothers, William Harold Thompson, Joseph Lewis Thompson, and Steven Charles Thompson; one sister-in-law, Ann Rice Thompson, and a...
