OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Mary Jewell Elliott
Dec 8, 2012
Mary Jewell Stepp Elliott, age 101, passed away peacefully at her residence Saturday, Dec.8 2012. Born October 28, 1911 in Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Silas Henry and Bessie Mae Reynolds Stepp. Jewell was a loving wife and devoted mother who always put family first. Her oldest son, Bill, a Hurrican Hunter in the Air Force,...
David Edward Stout
Dec 6, 2012
David E. 'Bud or Eddie'? Stout, 66, of Johnson City went to be with his heavenly Father on Thursday, December 6, 2012 at his residence in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Spencer David and Beulah Stevens Stout. Mr. Stout was also preceded in death by his sister, Eunella Stout May. He was a native of Johnson...
Sherry Len Ledford
Dec 6, 2012
Mrs. Sherry Len Ledford, age 56, of Telford, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Ledford was a native of Washington County. She was the daughter of Mary Angeline Waldrop Head and the late Roy Gilbert Campbell, Sr. In addition to her father, one son, Chad Byers; one brother, Randy Campbell also preceded her...
Leanne Morgan Hilliard
Dec 6, 2012
A memorial service for LeAnne Morgan Hilliard, 41, of Johnson City, Tenn., will be conducted at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at the Morris-Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. Lon Tobin will officiate. Mrs. Hilliard, who died Thursday, Dec. 6, at her home, was a Johnson City native and daughter of Edna Carolyn May Morgan of Johnson City and the...
Claude Williamson
Dec 5, 2012
Mr. Claude Williamson, age 80, of Johnson City, passed away, Wednesday, December 5, 2012, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Mr. Williamson was a native of Cosby, Tennessee. He was the son of the late Jethro Williamson and Belva Megaye Williamson. In addition to his parents, two brothers, Clyde and Clay; two sisters, Irene and Girlene, also preceded...
Mary Nell Kegley
Dec 4, 2012
Mrs. Mary Nell Kegley, age 84 of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, December 4, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Kegley was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Wesley Stewart and Nell Godsey Stewart. In addition to her parents, her husband, James M. Kegley; one brother, Bill Stewart;...
Leonard Henry Draper
Nov 28, 2012
Leonard Henry Draper, 63, of Jonesborough, died Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at his residence. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late Leonard Richard and Dorothy Ledford Draper. Leonard was an electrician for the Jones Electric Company. He was a veteran of both Korea and Veitnam, was awarded the Purple Heart, having served in the U. S....
Ina Jones
Nov 28, 2012
Ina 'Gladys'? Jones, 98, of Johnson City passed away on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at her residence. She was a daughter of the late, Dave W. and Ida Morton Campbell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Lee Roy Jones in 1984 also by six sisters and three brothers. She was a native of Carter County but had...
Ursula Jane Hough
Nov 27, 2012
Ursula Jane Hough, 51 of Blountville, died at the Greystone Health Care Center in Blountville on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. She was a native of New York City, NY. Ursula was a cartoon artist and member of the Second Baptist Church in Worcester, MA. She loved singing, traveling, reading and doing arts and crafts. When she was around friends and...
Mary Smith Nicely
Nov 27, 2012
Mary Smith Nicely, 89, Johnson City, passed away peacefully at the Johnson City Medical Center on Tuesday, November 27, 2012. A native of Erwin, TN, Mary was preceded in death by parents Reece and Elizabeth Deal Smith, sister, Edna R. Smith and brothers Reece Smith, Jr., Gilbert Smith, Jack Smith, Bennie C. Smith and Joe K. Smith. Mary is survived...
Helen Bonnie Wise
Nov 27, 2012
Helen Bonnie Wise, 91, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, November 27, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Gray. She was a native of Greene County, TN, daughter of the late, Henry Rex and Dessie Mae Lane Gass. Helen was a homemaker and member of the Johnson City Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, her first husband...
Joan Luther Oakley
Nov 26, 2012
Joan Luther Oakley, 78, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. She was a native of Thomasville, NC but had lived most of her life in Carter County. She was a daughter of the late, Herbert L. and Maude Carter Luther. Mrs. Oakley was a retired Registered Nurse and was of the...
John James Morey, Jr.
Nov 23, 2012
Mr. John James Morey, Jr., of Johnson City, passed away November 23, 2012, at the age of 63. Jack, as he was called, was eldest son of the late John James Morey, Sr. and Anna Vinacco Morey. He grew up in Taunton, Massachusetts, served in the US Army during the Vietnam conflict, married Joanne Cordeiro Morey and together they raised...
Geraldine Jean Range
Nov 23, 2012
Geraldine McKay Range, 83, of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, November 23, 2012 at the Christian Care Center in Johnson City. She was a native of Morristown, TN and a daughter of the late Carl E. and Vallie Harmon McKay. She was also preceded in death by one sister, Bobbie Ann McKay. She was a member of Central Baptist...
L B Nipper
Nov 23, 2012
Mr. L B Nipper, age 84, of Florida, passed away November 23, 2012, at his residence in Florida. Mr. Nipper was a native of Nars, Virginia. He was the son of the late Bradford Nipper and Viola Gouch Nipper. In addition to his parents, his wife of fifty-three years, Doris Nipper also preceded him in death. Mr. Nipper retired from...
Lucille Bridgers Frizzell
Nov 23, 2012
Lucille Bridgers Frizzell, Johnson City passed away peacefully on Friday, November 23, 2012 in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Maie Hollingsworth and Thomas Alfred Bridgers. Lucille was born in Yazoo City, Mississippi on December 17, 1925, and has been living in Johnson City since 1954. She was christened in Trinity Episcopal Church; Yazoo City, MS,...
Harold Edward Brimer
Nov 22, 2012
Harold Edward Brimer, 81, formerly of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 27, 2012 at the Bristol Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived most of his life in Johnson City, son of the late Walter Kenneth and Nellie Esther Wright Brimer. Harold was a retired member of the United States Marine Corps and...
Mary Ann Peterson
Nov 22, 2012
Mary Ann Peterson, 69, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, November 22, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, TN and a daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Baker and Mary Wanda Collins Baker. She was also preceded by two brothers Larry and Wayne Baker. Survivors include; three daughters, Tywania Moffitt of...
Lee Hall Archer
Nov 20, 2012
Mrs. Lee Hall Archer passed away at the age of 90 at the Four Oaks Health Care Center in Jonesborough on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. Mrs. Archer was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Iva Hall. She was born in Springfield, Missouri August 22, 1922 and grew up in and around Saltville, Virginia. Mrs. Archer graduated from Mary Washington...
Patton Lyons Christian
Nov 20, 2012
Patton L. Christian, 73, went to be with his LORD at his residence on Tuesday, November 20, 2012. He was a native of Church Hill, son of the late James Clifton and Teresa Mae Jones Christian. Patton was a 34-year employee of Holston Defense Corporation. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a loving husband, father, brother and devoted...
