OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Sue Copas
Feb 1, 2012
Sue Copas, 58, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late John A. and Frances Collins Garst. Sue was a homemaker and of the Free Will Baptist faith. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by four infant brothers. Survivors...
Ruby Alice Duncan Painter
Jan 30, 2012
Ruby 'Alice'? Duncan Painter, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a former member of Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Chuckey. She made her home in Johnson City for over 75 years. She was a retired supervisor of the telephone operators and receptionists at...
Billy J. Gentry, Sr.
Jan 30, 2012
Mr. Billy J. Gentry, Sr., age 79, of Johnson City, passed away, Monday, January 30, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Gentry was a native of Elizabethton and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Clayton Gentry and Radar Bowers Gentry. In addition to his parents he was also...
Velma Louise Ferguson
Jan 29, 2012
Velma Louise Ferguson, 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was a native of Watauga and a daughter of the late, William James Pealer and Cordia Allen Simpson Pealer. She was also preceded in death by her husband Herbert and by five brothers and one sister. Mrs. Ferguson was of...
Velma Louise Ferguson
Jan 29, 2012
Velma Louise Ferguson, 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2012 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was a native of Watauga and a daughter of the late, William James Pealer and Cordia Allen Simpson Pealer. She was also preceded in death by her husband Herbert and by five brothers and one sister. Mrs. Ferguson was of...
Clinton Norris Edwards
Jan 29, 2012
Mr. Clinton Norris Edwards, 79, of Jonesborough, went to be with his loving savior on January 29, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center. Clinton was a native of Mitchell County, North Carolina and had been a resident of Johnson City and Jonesborough since 1950. He was born in Mitchell County, NC on February 9, 1932 and was the son of...
Don Scott
Jan 29, 2012
Mr. H. Don Scott, 93, resident of The Carriage Club of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Sunday, January 29, 2012. Mr. Scott, a native of Ohio, was the son of the late Harold and Mabel Scott. He was a graduate of Muskingum College and earned a M.A. degree from Ohio State University. Mr. Scott had a long, distinguished, career as a...
Mildred Davis
Jan 27, 2012
Mrs. Mildred N. Davis, 85, died Friday, January 27, 2012, at her home. A native of Watauga County, she was the daughter of the late John Fred and Ann Yates Baird. At age six, Mildred decided she wanted to be a nurse. She nursed for 50 years and was a member with her best friend Eloise Campbell, of the private...
Mary Grace Stinson
Jan 23, 2012
Mary Grace Stinson, 93, formerly of Washington County, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012 in Dalton, GA. She was a daughter of the late William C. Scott and Mary Wolfe Scott. She was also preceded by two brothers, two sisters, one grandson and one son-in-law. Mrs. Stinson was an avid gardener and button collector. She was also a very...
Charlotte Phillips
Jan 23, 2012
Charlotte Blankenship Phillips, 85, passed away Monday, January 23, 2012 surrounded by her loving family after a brief illness. Charlotte was a true Southern Lady, who welcomed everyone into her home. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. She loved to read and was an outstanding cook. She was a devoted Christian and faithful member of Fairhaven...
Alice Marie Scott
Jan 22, 2012
Alice Marie Scott, 69 of Jonesborough, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Russell County, VA. and had lived most of her life in Washington County, Tn. She was a daughter of the late Wiley A. and Ethel Byrd Stewart. She was also preceded in death by five brothers,...
Nettie Ruth Hankal Norris
Jan 22, 2012
Nettie 'Ruth'? Hankal Norris, age 89, went home to be with the Lord on January 22, 2012 in the NHC Nursing Center. Ruth was born on August 11, 1922 in Johnson City, TN. She grew up in the Boones Creek community, and was a graduate of Boones Creek High School. Ruth was married in 1943 to the late Samuel Norris....
Jolene Whitehead
Jan 22, 2012
Jolene Bailey Whitehead passed away unexpectedly January 22, 2012. She was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, TN. She was a graduate of Science Hill High School and a Certified Nursing Assistant. She spent most of her life as a stay at home mother raising her two sons, whom she cherished. In recent years, she worked as a private duty...
Jane Shipley
Jan 21, 2012
Mrs. Jane Brumit Shipley age 84, of 324 Jonesboro Rd., Piney Flats, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 21, 2012, after a brief stay at the Pigeon Forge Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native of Johnson City, TN and lived in Elizabethton and St. Petersburg, FL. She was the daughter of the late Luther...
Gertrude Tibbs Ezell
Jan 20, 2012
Gertrude Ophelia Tibbs Ezell joined her Heavenly Father on January 20, 2012. She resided in Jonesborough; TN. Ms. Ezell was born on May 17, 1912 in Nashville, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Clarence Dewitt and Mamie Andrews Tibbs. She was a school teacher in Davidson County, Tennessee for over thirty years. She is survived by her two daughters, Dorothy...
Ivan Eugene Carrier
Jan 19, 2012
Ivan Eugene 'Gene'? Carrier, 86, of Jefferson City, TN formerly of 715 E. Watauga Ave., Johnson City passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2012 in Jefferson City. He was a native of Washington County and a son of the late Everette Hubert and Lena Greene Carrier. He was also preceded by a Grandson, Deke David Eugene Carrier and a brother,...
John E. Jones
Jan 18, 2012
Mr. John E. Jones, age 64, of Blountville, passed away, Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Jones was a native of West Virginia. He was a U.S. Marine veteran having retired in 1987. He was a self-employed mechanic. Mr. Jones loved dogs, birds and gardening. He was a simple man and took things one day at a time....
Jerry L. Slagle
Jan 17, 2012
Mr. Jerry L. Slagle, age 70, of Johnson City, passed away, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Slagle was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late LeeRoy Slagle and Beatrice Reedy Slagle. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by one brother, Dean...
Josephine Russell Good
Jan 16, 2012
Josephine Russell Walker Good, 86, of Gray, died Monday, January 16, 2012 . She was born in Greeneville, TN and moved to Johnson City with her family as a very young child. She graduated from Science Hill High School and began a career in the clothing industry with Steinway Manufacturing. She retired from Levi Strauss as a Regional Quality Control...
Margaret Ellen Reece
Jan 15, 2012
Mrs. Margaret Ellen Reece, 83, died Sunday, January 15, 2012, at The Christian Care Center. A native of Johnson City, she was the daughter of the late, Dawson and Julia Mabel Taylor McKee. Mrs. Reece was a member of Southside Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Grady Paul...
