OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Gordon T. Bacon
Jan 20, 2013
Mr. Gordon T. Bacon, age 78, of Johnson City, passed away January 20, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Bacon was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late Paul Landon Bacon and Lex Ingle Bacon. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his first wife Georgia...
Paul L. Woodby
Jan 19, 2013
Paul Woodby Paul L. Woodby, 85, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2013 at his residence. He was a lifelong Washington County resident and a son of the late David S. and Bertha Hopson Woodby. He was also preceded in death by three sisters, Betty Woodby Kirk and Peggy Woodby Davis both of Johnson City and Barbara...
Lillian Grace Davidson
Jan 18, 2013
Mrs. Lillian Grace Davidson, age 86, of Johnson City, passed away January 18, 2013, in the Asbury Place, Johnson City. Mrs. Davidson was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late James David Carver and Mary Naomi Waycaster Carver. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Rev....
Doris Snyder Harding
Jan 17, 2013
Mrs. Doris Snyder Harding, age 95, of Johnson City, passed away January 17, 2013 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Harding was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late D.R. Snyder and Stacy Holloway Snyder. In addition to her parents, her husband Samuel Young Harding, Jr. also preceded her in death. Mrs. Harding was a...
Anna Jane Torbett
Jan 17, 2013
Anna Jane Torbett, 91, of Piney Flats, died at her residence on Thursday, January 17, 2013. She was a native of Piney Flats, daughter of the late Roy Lee and Mary Agnes Jeeter Glover. Anna Jane was a homemaker and co-owner of F. J. Torbett Plant Farm. She was a member of the New Bethel Presbyterian Church and was dedicated...
Michael W. Crum
Jan 16, 2013
Mr. Michael Wayne Crum, age 44, of Johnson City, passed away January 16, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Crum was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Frank Crum and Crecie Frazier Crum. Survivors include one son, Matthew Crum of Johnson City; one daughter, Ashley Crum of Johnson City;...
Coy Argil Phipps
Jan 14, 2013
Coy Argil Phipps, 87, of Johnson City, died Monday, January 14, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson County and son of the late John and Amanda Wilkins Phipps. Coy was a veteran of WWII having served in the U. S. Navy on the U. S. S. Halford. He attended Milligan College, was a...
Richard Charles Calcatera
Jan 12, 2013
Richard Charles Calcatera, 90, of 763 Old Elizabethton Highway, Bluff City, died Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 2 p.m. at his residence. He was a native of Grosse Pointe, Michigan, a former resident of Florida and lived with his son Kevin in Bluff City for the past eight years. Richard was a son of the late Charles A. and Mary...
Harry Hyder Shoun
Jan 10, 2013
2nd Timothy 7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Harry Hyder Shoun, 86, went peacefully to be with the Lord on Thursday, Jan. 10. He was a native of Johnson City, Tenn. Mr. Shoun was the son of the late Robert Stacy and Anna Lee Shoun. He was the youngest...
Peggy Ann Bentley
Jan 6, 2013
Peggy Ann Bentley, 74, of Gray, passed away Sunday, January 6, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of McDowell County, West Virginia and a daughter of the late Beverly Bower and Thelma Williams. Mrs. Bentley was a retired Registered Nurse having worked at the Washington County Detention Center before retirement. Survivors include; three children, Peggy...
Paul Theodore Bonnet
Jan 5, 2013
Paul Theodore Bonnet, age 81 of Gray, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2013 at the Holston Valley Hospice House. Paul was a resident of Gray TN for the past 32 years. He was a member of Highland Baptist Church, and had retired from Electrolux Inc. as a Mechanical Engineer. He is now in the presence of his Lord and...
Elizabeth Jean Lowe Liz Munsey
Jan 5, 2013
Mrs. Elizabeth Jean 'Liz' Lowe Munsey, age 69, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 5, 2013. Mrs. Munsey was a native of Highland Park, Michigan. She lived in Johnson City in her earlier years and moved to Pennington Gap, Virginia, for twenty-seven years before returning to Johnson City in 1989. She was the daughter of the late Ned Tilley...
Dawna Lynn Herbst
Jan 3, 2013
Dawna Lynn Herbst, 66, of Johnson City, TN, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. She was a native of Salina, Kansas, daughter of the late James V. Morse and Marian Maxine Chesser. Dawna was a retired social worker and of the Christian faith. She loved animals and gardening but spending time with her...
John Paul Thornton
Jan 2, 2013
Mr. John Paul Thornton, age 58, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Thornton was a native of Jesup, Georgia. He was the son of the late Paul Thornton and Doris Jean Walker Thornton. In addition to his parents two sisters, Paula Puccio and Zelda Deloach also preceded him in death. Mr. Thornton was...
Lydia Cattell Johnson
Jan 1, 2013
Lydia Cattell Johnson, 98, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Appalachian Christian Village in Johnson City, Tenn. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on August 10, 1914, the daughter of James William and Mary Ellen Cattell. She graduated from Strayer, Bryant and Stratton College in Baltimore and attended Johns Hopkins University. In the 1930s, she worked as an...
Douglas Harman Dr. Crockett
Dec 31, 2012
Dr. Douglas Harman Crockett former Johnson City Eye Hospital Ophthalmologist died on Monday, December 31, 2012 following complications from a stroke. Dr. Crockett was born to Robert V. Crockett and Eva Harman Crockett of Bluefield, Virginia on January 13, 1924. He received a B.S. Degree from Bluefield College and a B.A. Degree from the University of Virginia in 1944 and...
Robert Washington Odham
Dec 29, 2012
Robert Washington Odham, Jr., 89, of Gray, died Saturday, December 29, 2012 at the Holston Valley Medical Center. He was a native of Smyth County, Virginia, son of the late Robert W. Odham, Sr. and Lulzy May Overbay Odham. Robert was a retired heavy equipment operator for the Tennessee Eastman Corporation. He was a member of the Piney Grove Free...
Joe Loren Bradshaw
Dec 27, 2012
Joe Loren Bradshaw, 60, of Piney Flats, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Emery E. Bradshaw and Dorothy Mae Barnett Mays. Joe was a painter and had worked for the VAMC and won an award for Historical Restoration for painting the...
Lockey D. Pryor
Dec 27, 2012
Mrs. Lockey D. Pryor, age 85, of Johnson City, passed away December 27, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Pryor was a native of Sparta, Tennessee but lived in Knoxville, Tennessee until her marriage. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Woods L. Bryant and Annie McBell Bryant. In addition to her parents, her husband, Amos Pryor; one son, John...
Donald E. Jackson
Dec 26, 2012
Donald E. Jackson, 76, Johnson City, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Mr. Jackson was a native and life long resident of Johnson City and a son of the late William Johnson and Sarah Elizabeth Head Jackson. He was an active member of First Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Mr....
