OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
William Burl Crawford
Oct 1, 2011
Mr. William 'Burl'? Crawford, age 88, of Johnson City, passed away, Saturday, October 1, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Crawford was a native of Washington County and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late William Alexander Crawford and Stella May Crawford. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in...
Don Eugene Cline
Sep 30, 2011
Don Cline, 80, died Friday, September 30, 2011 at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. He was born in Hunington County, IN and was a graduate of Union Township High School. After serving two years in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, he worked on the Erie Railroad for a short time before attending I. U. and graduating from...
Lanny Dean Murray Peeks
Sep 28, 2011
Lanny Dean Murray Peeks, 54, of Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Elizabethton and a son of Darrell Peeks of Gray and the late Geraldine Peters Peeks. In addition to his mother he was preceded in death by his wife, Jill Payne Peeks and a brother, Roy 'Lucky'? Peeks.He...
Birta Lucille Harshbarger
Sep 28, 2011
Birta Lucille Harshbarger, 95, of Jacksonville, FL, died Wednesday, September 28, 2011, at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Lula Pritchard and James Wesley Moody. She was a Greeneville, TN native who had lived in Johnson City for years prior to relocating to Florida. Mrs. Harshbarger was a former member of Central Baptist Church, Johnson City. Mrs....
Gladys Cooke
Sep 27, 2011
Mrs. Gladys Lawson Foulk Turbyfill Cooke, age 79, of Jonesborough, went home to be with the Lord, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Cooke was a native of Sullivan County. She was the daughter of the late George Lawson and Anna Hawk Lawson. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by...
Margaret E. Freeman
Sep 24, 2011
Margaret E. Freeman, 77, of Johnson City, died Saturday, September 24, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of New York, daughter of the late Arthur J. and Agnes Lose Bush. Margaret was a member of Tacoma Church of God. She was a retired employee of Snap on Tools. In addition to her parents a sister,...
William Howard Hughes
Sep 24, 2011
William Howard Hughes, died September 24, 2011 in Telford. Howard was born in Erwin to Howard W. and Lena Mae Foster Hughes. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister Pamela Gail Hughes. He is survived by his wife Cleo Ray Hughes and his children and their families; Susan Creutzinger and her husband Patrick and their son Nathan...
Tony Nelson
Sep 22, 2011
Mr. Tony Nelson, age 40, of Unicoi, passed away, Thursday, September 22, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Nelson was a native of Washington County. He is the son of Ed Nelson and Judy Hughes Blevins. Mr. Nelson was a Pipefitter for Gene Cox Mechanical Contractors. Survivors other than his mother and father include: his wife, Janice Lynn Deyton Nelson; one...
Alan C. Pete Starnes
Sep 19, 2011
Alan C. 'Pete' 'Turtleman' Starnes, 74, of Sale Creek, passed away Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, at his home. He was a member of Sale Creek First Baptist Church. He retired from Asbestos Workers Union Local 46. He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Hildred Starnes. He is survived by his children, Larry Starnes, Tony (Becky) Starnes,...
Ollie Elizabeth Faust
Sep 19, 2011
Elizabeth Stark Faust, age 83, of Johnson City, TN, formerly of DeRidder, LA passed away on Monday, September 19, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. She was a native of Merryville, LA and had lived most of her life in Louisiana and for several years in Johnson City, TN. She was a graduate of McNeese...
Sara Fay Norris
Sep 18, 2011
JOHNSON CITY- Mrs. Sara Fay Norris, 75, of Johnson City, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, September 18, 2011, at Parkridge Medical Center in Chattanooga. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. Fay was a member of The First Church of the Brethren. She was born in Ooltewah on October 24, 1935, and grew up in...
Harold Ray Hamby
Sep 18, 2011
Mr. Harold R. Hamby, Johnson City, 71, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2011, at the Johnson City Medical Center after an extended illness. Harold was the only child of the late Rufus C. and Martha C. Hamby. He was a retired employee of Eastman Chemical Company and an avid collector. A member of Rich Acres Freewill Baptist Church, Harolds love...
Peggy C. Gregory
Sep 16, 2011
MRS. PEGGY C. GREGORY Certified Dental AssistantMrs. Peggy C. Gregory passed away in Augusta, GA on Friday evening, September 16,2011. Mrs. Gregory was born October 26th, 1924 in Erwin, TN to the late Maude Crowe. She was the much-beloved granddaughter of the late Louise and Joe McInturff. Mrs. Gregory lived in Johnson City, Tennessee for 43 years before moving to...
Katie Angeline Abbott
Sep 15, 2011
Katie A. Abbott, 93, of Johnson City, died Thursday, September 15, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, daughter of the late Arthur and Dora Clark Allison. Katie was a secretary at ETSU in the Department of Health. She was a longtime member of Tacoma Church of God, the Order...
Billie Hawkins
Sep 14, 2011
Mrs. Billie Hawkins, age 99, of Johnson City, passed Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Hawkins was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William Barnes and Clara Daniels Barnes. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband Charles C. Hawkins; son Charles C....
J.C. Curd
Sep 12, 2011
Mr. J.C. Curd, age 88, of Watauga, passed away, Monday, September 12, 2011 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Curd was a native and lifelong resident of Watauga. He was the son of the late Wesley Cross Curd and Lola Humphries Curd. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Katherine Barron...
Gladys Jean Potter
Sep 11, 2011
Jean Tucker Potter, 78, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Sunday evening, September 11, 2011. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late William 'Bill'? and Ruth Garst Tucker. In addition to her parents, an infant daughter, Vicki Ruth Potter, a brother, Dorman Tucker and a son-in-law, Alan G. Delany...
Margaret Marie Norris
Sep 11, 2011
Margaret Marie Norris, 82, of Kingsport, went to be with the Lord at her residence on Sunday, September 11, 2011.She was a native of Kingsport and a daughter of the late Garvie M. and Lovely M. Templeton Lane. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Sidney A. Norris and a brother, Deward L. Lane, Mrs. Norris was a...
Willie Matalene Smith
Sep 9, 2011
Willie Matalene Fugate Smith, 82, died on Friday, September 9, 2011, at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN. Born October 25, 1928, in Kingsport, TN, she was the daughter of the late Claude Fugate and Verna Rhoda Ward Fugate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by Lee Bruce Smith, her beloved husband of 59 years, and four...
Jack Harlan Carpenter
Sep 8, 2011
Jack Harlan Carpenter, 66, of Johnson City, died Thursday, September 8, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Jack and Betty Brien Carpenter. Jack was a veteran of Vietnam, having served in the U. S. Army. He was an Attorney; he served as counsel for East Tennessee State University,...
