OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Carl W. Almany, Jr.
Aug 29, 2012
Carl W. Almany, Jr., age 89, of Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. He was a native of Washington County. He was the son of the late Carl W. Almany, Sr. and Flora M. Haney Almany. Carl was a retired truck driver for Holston Defense in Kingsport. He was of the Christian faith....
Iva Jean Goode
Aug 26, 2012
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness. II Timothy 4 7-8 Iva 'Jeannie'? Goode, 68, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the...
Jessie Starnes
Aug 26, 2012
Jessie Phipps Starnes, 89, of Johnson City, died Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her residence. She was a Watauga, TN native who had lived all of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Jacob Anderson and Nona Jane Blevins Phipps. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Starnes was a member of Tri-Cities Church of...
Betty Ann Edwards
Aug 24, 2012
Betty Ann Carriger Edwards, 77, of Johnson City, died Friday, August 24, 2012 at the Four Oaks Health Care Center in Jonesborough. She was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late David King Carriger and Ida Grindstaff Carriger. Betty was a retired manager of the Motherhood Maternity Store. She was a member of the Snow Memorial Baptist Church...
Jennifer Kay Campbell
Aug 22, 2012
Jennifer Kay Campbell, 57, of Watauga, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Lifecare Center in Elizabethton after fighting a long battle with cancer. She was a daughter of the late James H. and Ida Berry Campbell. Jannifer was a 1972 graduate of Elizabethton High School. She then attended Elizabethton Vocational School and graduated as a Medical Transcriptionist. She was...
Jessie Lee Dugger Frye
Aug 21, 2012
Mrs. Jessie Lee Dugger Frye, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012, in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Frye was a native of Elk Park, Avery County, North Carolina, born October 11, 1924. Her parents were the late Milton Harold Dugger and Jessie Cornell Dugger. She married Harold Frye on August 27, 1954 in New York,...
Lona Miller
Aug 21, 2012
Mrs. Lona Miller, age 95, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Miller was a native of Roaring Fork, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Sidney Kissinger and Mary Virginia McPherson Kissinger. In addition to her parents her husband, Stephen Miller; two sisters, Elsie McCoy and Samatha Rose; three brothers, Lama, Virgil...
Gwendolyn Clark Curtis
Aug 19, 2012
Gwendolyn 'Doe'? Clark Curtis, 91, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Horace Greeley and Lena Lacy Clark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Miles Curtis after 29 years of marriage. She was also preceded by two sisters,...
Phillip Brion Webb
Aug 17, 2012
Mr. Phillip Brion Webb, age 55, of Gray, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Webb was a native of Kingston, TN, but lived in the Gray area for the last 35 years. He was the son of the late Paul Queener Webb and Cora Aileen Webb. He was preceded in death by...
Bobbie Helen Kabool
Aug 14, 2012
Bobbie Helen Starnes Kabool, 79, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Norton, Virginia, daughter of the late Robert Hiram and Laura Effie Kilgore Starnes. Bobbie was sales manager for WJCW Radio Station for many years. In addition to her parents, a son preceded her in death, F. Donald Kabool; two...
Mary Miller
Aug 13, 2012
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Johnson City, died Monday, August 13, 2012, at Asbury Place. A native of Bluff City, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Bertha Bunton Nelson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Frank Miller; three brothers; four sisters; and one granddaughter Amy Renee Miller. She is survived by...
Charles Red Slagle
Aug 13, 2012
Charles 'Red'? Slagle, age 64, of Johnson City, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN, and a son of the late Ruth Garland and Harry Thurman Slagle. Mr. Slagle was employed as a baker with Rainbo Bakery, and was a proud member of the Confectionary Workers of America....
Jack E. Potter
Aug 13, 2012
Mr. Jack E. Potter, 77, of Gray, went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, August 13, 2012, at his home. A native of Jonesborough, he was the son of the late Estal and Pearl Shipley Potter. Mr. Potter was a member of East Unaka Christian Church and an avid golf enthusiast. In addition to his parents he is...
Matthew Garrett Hampton
Aug 12, 2012
Matthew Garrett Hampton, age 32, of Johnson City, passed away last week at his residence. Mr. Hampton was a native of Johnson City. He was the son of Jeffrey Hampton and Rebecca Rowe Hampton. Survivors other than his mother and father include one sister, Megan Davis; one brother, Marcus Hampton; his paternal grandmother, Lois Hampton; and several aunts, uncles and...
Bessie Dean Bacon
Aug 11, 2012
Bessie Dean Bacon, 86 of Johnson City, died Saturday, August 11, 2012 at the Asbury Place in Johnson City. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Walter and Molly Wilson Baker. Bessie was a former employee of the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She was a member of the Lynnwood Church of Christ. In...
Violet Ruth Pealer
Aug 11, 2012
Violet Ruth Pealer, 67, of Watauga, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Asbury Place in Johnson City.She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Harry C. and Viola White Campbell. She was also preceded by her husband of 41 years, George Pealer, by one daughter, Mary 'Sissy'? Babb,...
Kathy Sue Parker
Aug 8, 2012
Kathy Sue Parker, 63 of Piney Flats, died Wednesday, August 8, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Gallion, Ohio, the only daughter of the late Clarence and Esther Baker Brennamen. Kathy was a longtime member of the Piney Flats United Methodist Church and was in the choir. She was Administrator of Pensions and Health Benefits for the...
Arlee Leonard Arnold
Aug 8, 2012
Mrs. Arlee Leonard Arnold, age 89, of Johnson City passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2012 in the Asbury Place, Johnson City. Mrs. Arnold was a native of Sullivan County. She was the daughter of the late Rev. David Leonard and Agnes Louvania Sampson Leonard. In addition to her parents her husband, Fred W. Arnold; three sisters and three brothers also...
Marie Sims Miller
Aug 7, 2012
Marie Sims Miller, 86, passed away, Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at her apartment at Magnolia Crossing in Appalachian Christian Village. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry C. Miller; her parents Mac and Ethel Newton Sims of Hilton, Virginia; sister Francis Sims Kern of Kingsport; and brother Malcolm J. Sims of Hilton, Virginia. She is survived by her...
Lillie Iva Arnold
Aug 6, 2012
Mrs. Lillie Iva Arnold, age 87, of Johnson City passed away peacefully into the arms of her savior Jesus Christ on August 6, 2012, at the Center On Aging and Health, Erwin. Mrs. Arnold was a native of Athens, Tennessee but lived the majority of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late, Alec and Sadie...
