OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Paul Lin Rader
Apr 19, 2013
Paul Rader, 71, Johnson City, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a Jonesborough, TN native and a son of the late Arnold Foster and Josie Lee Carder Rader. Mr. Rader was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Rader was a United States Air Force veteran. He was the former training manager for Burlington Industries....
Billy Joe Bowman
Apr 18, 2013
Billy Joe Bowman, age 79, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mr. Bowman was a Johnson City native and son of the late Samuel Lawson and Martha Tapp Bowman. He was a former employee of the Johnson City Country Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, Pauline Browning Bowman. Mr....
James M. Guinn
Apr 18, 2013
Mr. James M. Guinn, age 66, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Guinn was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Lewis Guinn and Mable Turner Guinn. Mr. Guinn was a Truck driver for General Shale for forty-one years. He is survived...
George Ronald Blackwell
Apr 17, 2013
George Ronald 'Ron'? Blackwell, 69, of Johnson City, passed away at his residence on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived most of his life here. Ron was the son of Herbert Francis of West Jefferson, NC and the late Marie Blackwell and step-father Clifton Blackwell. In addition to his mother and step-father,...
Linda Ruth Frazier
Apr 16, 2013
Mrs. Linda Ruth Frazier, age 66, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, April 16, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Frazier was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of Margaret Dunn Taylor and the late Elmer Taylor. Mrs. Frazier was a homemaker. She was a lifetime member of the Walnut Christian Church....
Valerie Ann Trimble
Apr 10, 2013
Mrs. Valerie Ann Trimble, age 78, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, April 10, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Trimble was a native of Elkton, Maryland. She was the daughter of the late Howard Issacs and Lillian Green Issacs. In addition to her parents her husband Tom Trimble also preceded her in death. Mrs. Trimble was a homemaker. Survivors include...
Marjorie Mccorkle Kitts Burleson
Apr 9, 2013
Mrs. Marjorie McCorkle Kitts Burleson, Johnson City, TN, died on April 9, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Her first husband, Tolbert H Kitts, Jr, a daughter, Karen Kitts Cragin, seven sisters and a brother, preceded Mrs. Burleson in death. She is survived by her husband, Reno G. Burleson, a son, Michael L. Kitts and wife, Danette; grandchildren,...
Anton Peter Gruhot
Apr 8, 2013
Anton Peter Gruhot, 86, of Johnson City, died Monday, April 8, 2013 at Broadmore Assisted Living of Johnson City. He was a native of Moline, IL, son of the late Anton and Jennie Debautt Gruhot. Anton was a retired Chief Petty Officer having served in the U. S. Navy for 22 years. He was a veteran of both WWII and...
Isaac William Nickles
Apr 5, 2013
Isaac W. 'Buck' Nickles, 45, of Johnson City, died Friday, April 5, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Carl Allen Nickles, Jr. and Myrtle Margaret Pritchard Nickles. Buck was a retired truck driver and attended the Gospel Light Tabernacle. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a...
Dorothy Baker Jenkins
Apr 4, 2013
Dorothy B. Jenkins, 92, of Bluff City, died Thursday, April 4, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Jenkins was a native and lifelong resident of Bluff City and a daughter of the late Robert and Lilly Cox Baker. She was a retired employee of the Univac Corporation. Mrs. Jenkins was a lifelong member of Chinquapin Grove Baptist Church,...
Edna Minks Leonard
Apr 3, 2013
Mrs. Edna Minks Leonard, age 91, of Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Leonard was a native of Johnson County. She was the daughter of the late Ross M. Minks and Ida Heck Minks. In addition to her parents her husband, Linkes J. Leonard; one brother, James E. Minks also preceded her in death. Mrs....
Patrick Lloyd Hilton
Apr 1, 2013
Patrick 'Pat'? Lloyd Hilton, 66, of Jonesborough, died Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Lloyd Dyer and Lucille Lawrence Hilton. Pat was a graduate of ETSU having a Bachelors of Science in Biology and a Bachelors of Science in Nursing. He worked in...
Verna L. Jackson
Apr 1, 2013
Verna L. Jackson, 85, of Johnson City, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Jackson was a Limestone, TN native and a daughter of the late Roy and Bonita Estep Faulkner. She was retired from employment with Whites Supermarkets. Mrs. Jackson was a member of Piney Flats First Baptist Church. Mrs....
Clara June Church Baines Jenkins
Mar 31, 2013
Clara June Church Baines Jenkins, age 86, of Johnson City passed away Easter Sunday morning at Franklin Woods Community Hospital, after a lengthy illness. She is preceded in death by her parents Samuel and Cora Church, sisters Ruth Lewis and Glenna Street, Brothers Elmer, Gene, and Harry Church. Her husband Gene Jenkins. She is survived by: one brother, George Church...
Gary D. Chatham
Mar 29, 2013
Gary D. Chatham, 69, of Johnson City, died Friday March 29, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Chatham was a Tyler, TX native who had lived in Oklahoma prior to relocating to Johnson City. He was a son of the late Ray Harold Newberry and Iona Elorna Walker. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Chatham was a...
Patty Ann Wahlberg
Mar 28, 2013
Dr. Patty Ann Gibbs Wahlberg, 65, of Kingsport, TN, died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the home of her friends in Greeneville, TN. She was born May 3,1947 in Steubenville, OH, the daughter of the late Robert Duane Gibbs and Helen Blankenship Gibbs Detrick. She received a masters degree in social work in 1971 and a doctoral degree in education...
Larry D. Guinn
Mar 28, 2013
Larry D. Guinn, Sr., 59, of Watauga, TN, died Thursday, March 28, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Guinn was a Banner Elk, NC native and a son of the late Edward George and Vannie Puckett Guinn. He was a former driver for Transit-Mix Concrete. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister,...
Wanda L. Hankal
Mar 27, 2013
Wanda L. Hankal, 75, went to be with the Lord at the Johnson City Medical Center on Wednesday March 27, 2013. She was a resident of Washington County, TN. As a member of Mountain View Baptist Church she served in many capacities when her health allowed. These include clown ministries, Shut-in ministries, VBS, and Childrens Church. She also volunteered for...
Jeanette B. Patterson
Mar 27, 2013
Jeanette Barker Patterson, age 81 of Johnson City, TN passed away at home on March 27, 2013 after a brave and determined fight against cancer. She faced her illness and death with humor, grace and dignity. Jeanette was born on January 20th, 1932 in Bristol, Virginia, to Beulah and Joseph Barker. She graduated from Virginia High School in 1950 and...
Henry L. Sievers
Mar 26, 2013
Mr. Henry L. Sievers, age 80, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, at the Center On Aging and Health, Erwin. Mr. Sievers was a native of Floral Park, New York. He was the son of the late Rudolph George Sievers and Elsie M. Walters Sievers. In addition to his parents his wife, Maureen Sievers; one brother, Richard...
