OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
James Jacob Range, Ii
Oct 2, 2012
James Jacob Range, II, 94,of Johnson City, passed from this world Oct. 2, 2012. He was a son of the late Harry G. Sr., and Rita S. Range, James was a brother of the late, Eugenia Range Diller and Harry G. Range, Jr. He was a graduate of Duke University and University of Maryland Medical School. After Medical School he...
Frank Edward Snodgrass
Oct 1, 2012
Frank Edward Snodgrass, 72, of Johnson City, died Monday, October 1, 2012 at the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late Frank Chase and Elizabeth Berry Snodgrass. Frank was a chemist for Great Lakes Chemical Company and a graduate of East Tennessee State University, and then he went back to college and...
William Bill Wright, Jr.
Sep 30, 2012
William (Bill) Wright, Jr., 85, passed away at Appalachian Christian Village after a long illness. Mr. Wright was the son of the late William and Mary Miller Wright. He was born in Erwin, TN and was member of the Erwin Masonic Lodge 491 for over 55 years. Mr. Wright served in the Merchant Marines and in the Navy and was...
Sinister Vexion Reyna
Sep 30, 2012
Sinister Vexion Reyna, 5 days, of Johnson City, died Sunday, September 30, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born at the Medical Center five days earlier. Survivors include: his father and mother, Joe Reyna and Ava Marie Pilkay of Johnson City; paternal grandparents, David and Linda Chandaiais of Knoxville; paternal grandmother, Carrie King of Knoxville; maternal grandmother,...
Mary Nell Rader
Sep 29, 2012
Mary Nell Rader, 96, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Born in Mitchell County, North Carolina, November 8,1915, she has been a resident of Johnson City since 1925. She was a daughter of Sam Morris and Lee Anna Ledford, and sister of Earl Ledford, Mae Franklin, Bertie Hicks, Lou Texie Lipps, William (Rob)...
Wiley Tipton
Sep 29, 2012
Wiley Tipton, 77, of Gray, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012 in the Greystone Healthcare Center in Blountville.He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late, Leater and Sarah Johnson Tipton. He was also preceded by three brothers, Talmadge Tipton, Clifford Tipton and Floyd Tipton, also one sister, Pearl Dennis Mr Tipton retired as...
Anna Ruth Mckinney
Sep 29, 2012
Anna Ruth McKinney, 81, of Johnson City passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late W. Ray and W. Ruth Hunt Anderson. Also preceding her were her husband, Harlow McKinney, a grandson, Josh McKinney and a daughter in law, Shirley McKinney. Mrs. McKinney was a retired...
Mary Louise Baker
Sep 28, 2012
Mrs. Mary Louise Baker, age 78 of Piney Flats, passed away Friday, September 28, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Baker was a native and lifelong resident of Piney Flats. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence Walter Feathers and Dimple Rachel Carr Feathers. In addition to her parents, her husband Roy Edward Baker, preceded her in death. Mrs. Baker...
Jerry Lynn Jenkins
Sep 28, 2012
Mr. Jerry Lynn Jenkins, age 64 of Johnson City, passed away Friday, September 28, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Jenkins, a native of Johnson City, was the son of the late Ernest Hardin Jenkins and Margaret Widener Jenkins. In addition to his parents, two brothers, Hardin Jenkins and Fred Jenkins; one sister, Betty Thompson, preceded him in...
Leon George Peters
Sep 28, 2012
Leon George Peters, 77, of Gray, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2012 at the Lifecare Center of Gray. Mr. Peters was a native of Carter County and a son of the late John C. and Bessie Lowe Peters. He was also preceded by two sisters and seven brothers. He was a member of Boones Creek Church of Christ. Mr....
Helen Caroline Clay
Sep 23, 2012
Mrs. Helen Caroline Clay, age 84, of Johnson City, passed away, Sunday, September 23, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Clay was a native of Clintwood, Virginia and was born in Coeburn, Virginia the daughter of the late Conley Harvey and Nellie Hicks Harvey. Mrs. Clay was a homemaker, a former member of Clintwood Bible Church and was...
Joan Marie Daniel Loy
Sep 22, 2012
Joan Marie Daniel Loy passed away on Saturday, September 22, 2012 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN at the age of 52. Originally from Cleveland, TN, Joan had lived the past 30 years in Johnson City. She was a team member of Mountain States Health Alliance for twenty-two years and had worked at Northside Hospital prior to...
Elizabeth Geneva Cummins
Sep 20, 2012
Elizabeth W. Cummins, age 83, of Johnson City, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the NHC Healthcare Center, Johnson City. She was a native of Brevard, NC, who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Dicie Grogan and John Nevitt Waters. Mrs. Cummins was a member of St. Marys Catholic Church....
Adele Townsend
Sep 20, 2012
Adele B. Townsend, 76, of Johnson City, died Thursday, September 20, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City and daughter of the late Walter P. and Margaret Sawyer Brownlow. In addition to her parents, two sisters, Jean Compost and Alma Brownlow and a brother, Pete Brownlow, preceded her in death. Survivors include her...
Anna Lorene Gresham
Sep 20, 2012
Lorene Barry Gresham, of Gray, passed away on September 20, 2012. She was a life-long resident of Washington County where she was born on April 1,1922; the daughter of Fuller and Ruby Range Barry. Mrs. Gresham graduated from Sulphur Springs High School in 1939 and Johnson City Business College. She married Gordon Wine Gresham in May of 1946 when he...
Bill D. Booth
Sep 18, 2012
Mr. Bill D. Booth, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away, Tuesday September 18, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Booth was a native of Washington County. He was the son of the late Mack Booth and Beryl Blair Booth. In addition to his parents, one son, Steve Booth also preceded him in death. Mr. Booth was owner and operator of...
Charlotte Grindstaff
Sep 17, 2012
Ms. Charlotte Grindstaff, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, September 17, 2012, in the NHC Healthcare. Ms. Grindstaff was a native of Greene County. She was the daughter of the late Troy Parris and Zouria Hampton Parris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Jerry Grindstaff; two sisters, Lucy Hankins and Gladys...
Henry Craven
Sep 17, 2012
Henry Craven, Jr., 83, of Johnson City, formerly of Orangeburg, SC, died Monday, September 17, 2012 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Orangeburg, SC, son of the late Keegan and Thelma L. Croft Craven. Henry was a veteran of three wars; WWII, Korea and Vietnam and served his country in both the...
Robert Bruce Mcfall
Sep 12, 2012
Robert Bruce McFall died Wednesday, September 12, 2012, as a result of a fall. He was born June 28, 1934, the only child of the late Taylor Bruce and Verna Barnes McFall. He was educated in the Johnson City School System and graduated from George Tech with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation, he became a Commissioned Officer in...
Paul E. Zeke Freeman
Sep 11, 2012
Paul E. 'Zeke'? Freeman, age 65, of Jonesborough, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Norfolk, Virginia. He was the son of the late George Freeman and Vivian Dallas Evans Freeman. In addition to his parents one brother, Keith Freeman also preceded him in death. He was a Barber at...
