OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ronald Royce Wheeler
Nov 7, 2009
Ronald Royce Wheeler, 58, of Hampton passed away on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Yancy County, North Carolina and a son of the late Royce and Essie Randolph Wheeler. He was also preceded in death by one grandson, Aiden Cain Royce Tinker.Mr. Wheeler was a veteran of the US Army and was of...
Taylor Alf Sims
Nov 6, 2009
Taylor Alf Sims, 92 of Johnson City, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born May 10, 1917. He was a son of the late, Delia Mariah Morris Sims. and Pettibone Sims. Taylor was a World War II veteran. He was a retired painter from East Tennessee State University. He was a member of...
Shirley Etta Tester
Nov 5, 2009
Shirley Etta Tester, 66, of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late John Thomas and Sophie Adams. Shirley was a retired seamstress; she had worked for the Levi Strauss Company. She was a member of the Keystone Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to...
Fletcher Hancock Dyer
Nov 5, 2009
Fletcher Hancock Dyer, age 22, died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Johnson City, TN. Fletcher was a Johnson City native who attended Science Hill High School and was a senior in the Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University. Fletcher is one of the brightest lights of our life. He did more...
Barbara Blevins
Nov 5, 2009
Barbara Joan Pickering Blevins, 70, 606 Pardee Street, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Blevins was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Olive Stout Pickering. In addition to her parents one daughter, Ruby Blevins, also preceded her in death. She was a...
Brian Charles Rinehart
Nov 2, 2009
Brian Charles Rinehart, 36, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at his residence in Johnson City. He was a native of North Ridge, California, son of the late Charles Francis and Vickie Lynn Johnson Rinehart. Brian was a chef. He loved comics, music and collecting records and comics. Survivors include: his sister, Teresa L. Rinehart of Gastonia, NC; a niece, LaShea...
Lela R. Lowe
Nov 2, 2009
Lela R. Lowe, 85, Johnson City, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Hermitage Health Center, Elizabethton. Mrs. Lowe was a Johnson County native and had lived in Johnson City since the late 1940s. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roby K. Lowe, in 1972. She was retired from Baxter Inc. Mrs. Lowe was a member of Roan Hill...
Jack H. Wells
Nov 1, 2009
Mr. Jack H. Wells, age 95, 810 Forest Avenue, Johnson City TN, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Wells was born on March 16, 1914 to the late Jesse J. and Agnes Morefield Wells of Knoxville, Tennessee. Two brothers, Walter Burl Wells, Robert Lee Wells and one sister, Mamie Ruth Wells, preceded him...
Steven Paul Fisher
Oct 29, 2009
Steven Paul Fisher, 58, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, October, 29,2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center.He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late Andrew Bartel Fisher and Mary Souter Fisher. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by four brothers, Elmer, Robert, Benny and Gary; one sister, Belle. Stevie resided...
Jo Ann Fox Richardson
Oct 29, 2009
Mrs. Jo Ann Fox Richardson, 72, 1112 Ridgecrest Road, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Richardson was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Millard Ralph and Dorothy Elizabeth Powell France. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Bob V....
Billie Graham Dye
Oct 28, 2009
Billie Graham Kinkead Dye, 77, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Bristol, Virginia, daughter of the late William Carlyle and Maude Lucille Fouch Kinkead. Billie was a retired nurse for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mt. Home, where she won the LPN of...
Gregory Ford Peterson
Oct 27, 2009
Gregory Ford Peterson,40, of Fort Myers,Florida died unexpected Tuesday, October 27, 2009 in Florida. He was a native of Rock Island, Illinois. Gregory and family moved to Johnson City where he first attended school. His high school years were in Florida where the family relocated following the death of his mother. He is the son of Ford H. Peterson of...
Charline Jack
Oct 26, 2009
Mrs. Charline Jack, 93, Johnson City, passed away Monday, October 26, 2009 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Jack was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Charles Worley and Lucille Potts Swingle. In addition to her parents her husband, Walter Pat Jack in 1995, precedes her in death. Mrs. Jack retired from...
Patti Pickel
Oct 25, 2009
Patti Pickel, 65, our loving wife, daughter, mom and nana went to her heavenly home on October 25, 2009 following a brief illness. She loved being outside in the summer sunshine working in her flowers. The true love and devotion of her life were her children and grandchildren; she was awaiting the arrival of her fourth grandchild. Patti Pickel of...
Patricia Karen Pickel
Oct 25, 2009
Patti Pickel, 65, our loving wife, daughter, mom and nana went to her heavenly home on October 25, 2009 following a brief illness. She loved being outside in the summer sunshine working in her flowers. The true love and devotion of her life were her children and grandchildren; she was awaiting the arrival of her fourth grandchild. Patti Pickel of...
Mary Jewel Dempsey
Oct 24, 2009
Mary 'Jewel'? Dempsey, 86, of Johnson City died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Northside Hospital. She was a native of Watauga, daughter of the late John C. and Julia Emmaline Lacey Dempsey. Jewel was member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church, Elizabethton. She was also very active in the community, a former member and past president of the Johnson City...
Jude Adolphe Gremillion
Oct 24, 2009
Jude Adolphe Gremillion, 77, of 751 Old Gray Station Road, Gray, died Saturday, October 24, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Moreauville, Louisiana, son of the late Joseph Whitney and Isabelle Delephine Gremillion. Jude was a retired Tech Sergeant, having served in the U. S. Air Force for twenty years and was a veteran...
Nancy Jane Odendhal
Oct 23, 2009
Nancy Jane Hyre Odendhal died in Johnson City, Tennessee, on October 23, 2009. She was born in Knoxville, TN, to Russell A. and Harriet Cruit Hyre. She grew up in Newark, Delaware, graduating from Newark High School. A life-long student, Nancy received her Batchelors degree in Nursing from Duke University. She went on to earn a Masters in Social Work...
Norma J. Long
Oct 22, 2009
Mrs. Norma J. Long, of Johnson City, died a peaceful death and went to be with the Lord, surrounded by her family and friends on Thursday October 22, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Norma was a native of Johnson City and the daughter of the late Pal and Ruby Malone Shell and the second of five children. She...
Lois W. Fuller
Oct 22, 2009
Lois W. Fuller, 85, of 208 West Watagua Avenue, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Ocotober 22, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Ezra and Nanny Cox Feathers. Lois was a retired bookkeeper for the McKee '' Wilson Eye Hospital, later renamed the Johnson City Eye Hospital....
