OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Trula Belle Martin
Jul 18, 2011
Trula Shipley Martin, 95, passed away on Monday, July 18, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. She was a resident of the Appalachian Village. She was a devoted Mother , Grandmother and housewife who enjoyed gardening and traveling. Her love for her family will never be forgotten and can never be replaced. She worked in her...
Ruby Cofer Williams
Jul 15, 2011
Ruby Cofer Williams, 69, of Johnson City passed away on Friday, July 15, 2011 in Kingsport. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the late William Joseph Cofer and Lorena Cofer Johnson. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Scott and Greg Williams and one daughter, Pamela Williams. Mrs. Williams was a member of...
Floyd Henry Edwards
Jul 15, 2011
Dr. Floyd H. Edwards, age 83, passed away following a lingering illness on Friday, July 15th at his residence. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and the son of the late Burnie and Sindia Edwards. He was also preceded in death by a brother Wendell Edwards. Dr. Edwards, A Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at East...
Roger Leon Hecht
Jul 14, 2011
Dr. Roger Hecht went to be with his Lord on July 14, 2011, following a lengthy illness. He was born January 17, 1926 in rural Smith County, Kansas, where he grew up and graduated from Kensington High School. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julius and Cora Panter Hecht, and his sister Dorothy Hecht Snyder. He is survived...
William Philllips
Jul 14, 2011
William 'Bill'? Phillips, 81 of Johnson City, passed away at his residence on Thursday July 14 2011. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC and a son of the late Willlard O. and Mae Hughes Phillips. Bill was a job Superintentant with J. I. Cornett Construction Co. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Sue Philips; one daughter, Kathy Parrott and...
Mary Gage Martin
Jul 13, 2011
Mary Gage Martin, 82, of Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 in Elizabethton. She was a native and lifelong Johnson City resident and a daughter of the late Fred and Minnie Byers Daugherty. She was also preceded by her 1st husband, Howard 'Worm'? Gage and by her 2nd husband, D. C. Martin and by one son, Jim...
Merle Ellis
Jul 11, 2011
Merle McCracken Ellis, 87, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011 at Appalachian Christian Village. She was born in Telford, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Lillie Bailey McCracken and Hugh Foy McCracken. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, W. A. McCracken, and a sister, Martha McCracken Archer. She was...
Louise Christine Davis
Jul 11, 2011
They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary; and they shall walk and not faint. Louise C. Davis, 81, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, July 11, 2011 at her residence. She was a native of Boone, NC but had lived in...
Larry E. Richey
Jul 10, 2011
Mr. Larry E. Richey, 56 of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2011 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Richey was a native of Buford, Georgia. He was the son of the late Robert Richey and Charlotte Richey Parker. In addition to his parents one brother, Bob Richey and one brother-in-law, Ricky Brown also preceded him in death....
Jack Edwin White
Jul 9, 2011
Mr. Jack Edwin White, age 81, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 9, 2011 in the NHC Healthcare. Mr. White was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Oliver Craig White and Lucy Elizabeth Scott White. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by three brothers, Frank...
Betty Ann Buck
Jul 7, 2011
Betty Ann Lee-Buck of Johnson City died on July 7, 2011 after a lengthy illness. She was married for 55 years to the late Guy C. Buck and was the daughter of the late Robert 'Bob'? and Eva Lou Guffey-Lee of Elizabethton. Mrs. Buck was a 1951 graduate of Elizabethton High School and a 1952 graduate of the Steed Business...
Lewis Templin
Jul 6, 2011
Mr. Lewis Templin, age 57, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011. Mr. Templin was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and grew up in Kingsport. He was the son of the late William Lewis Templin and Frances McCrary Templin. Mr. Templin was an U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors include: one sister, Anne Schwartz of Nashville; one niece, Kris Dixon of...
Lorraine Mary Stukel
Jul 5, 2011
Mrs. Lorraine Mary Stukel, age 86, passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Mrs. Stukel was a native of Chicago, Illinois. She was preceded in death by her husband, Matthew Stukel and their infant son; parents, James and Hermina Vlach. Survivors include: daughters, Sandy (Lawson Little) Watson, Millicent (John) Palese; sister, Shirley (Nick) Bensfield; granddaughter, Cathy Palese. A Mass of Christian...
Nora B. Cook
Jul 3, 2011
Nora B. Cook, 92, of Johnson City, died Sunday, July 3, 2011 at the NHC of Johnson City. She was a native of Minneapolis, NC, daughter of the late Jefferson Franklin and Martha Young Puckett. She worked at Pucketts Grocery for many years. Nora was a member of the Johnson City Lioness Club and was a hostess for the First...
Jimmy Eric Whetsel
Jul 2, 2011
Mr. Jimmy Eric Whetsel, age 48, of 2002 Michael Drive passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Whetsel was a native of Kingsport. He was the son of the late Horace Whetsel and Buena Bowser Fleenor. In addition to his parents his step-father, Gene Fleenor also preceded him in death. Mr. Whetsel was an Industrial Electrician for...
Charles Howard Story
Jul 1, 2011
Dr. Charles H. Story, died Friday, July 1, 2011 at his residence at Piney Flats, Tennessee. He was born May 21, 1939 in Murray, KY the son of the late Jesse Bryan and Eron Desiree Howard Story. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William Bryan Story. Dr. Story received a B.S. degree from...
Ella Louise Ward
Jun 30, 2011
Ella ' Sissy Street'? Ward, 45, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Johnson City as the result of an automobile accident. She was a daughter of Frances Sue Yelton Street of Johnson City. Mrs. Ward was a member of Abundant Grace Church in Watauga. She was a 1984 graduate of Science Hill High School and had attended a...
Donald Earl Hixson
Jun 29, 2011
Donald 'Don'? Earl Hixson, 85, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 29 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Virginia, son of the late Edward and Rachel Barbee Hixson. Don was an electrician who retired from Holston Defense a subsidiary of Tennessee Eastman Company. Don was a veteran of WWII having served in the Pacific...
Earlene L. Leonard
Jun 29, 2011
Earlene Laws Leonard, 89, 105 Steeple Circle, Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was an Avery County, North Carolina native who lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Aaron and Sarah Minerva Katherine Oaks Laws. Mrs. Leonard was a homemaker. She was a member...
