OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
William Earl Effler
Aug 20, 2009
Obituary: William Earl Effler (with photo) William Earl Effler, 85, of Johnson City, died Thursday, August 20, 2009 in the Asbury Place. Mr. Effler was a native of Erwin, TN and a son of the late John and Artie Rice Effler. He was a retired tile setter employed by East Tennessee Tile and Marble for over twenty years. Mr. Effler...
Robert Edward Dodson, Jr.
Aug 17, 2009
Robert Edward Dodson, Jr. of Johnson City was born April 18, 1924 in Rutledge, Grainger County, Tennessee and passed away on Monday, August 17, 2009 in Johnson City. Mr. Dodson was a son of the late Robert E. Dodson, Sr. and Trula Mae Smith Dodson. He attended Carson-Newman College in 1942. Mr. Dodson served his country in the U.S. Army...
Archie Lee Miller
Aug 17, 2009
Mr. Archie Lee Miller, 70, 121 Foster Court, Johnson City died Monday, August 17, 2009 at his residence. He was a Christian and a lifelong philosopher. Mr. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He is the son of Hazel Holsclaw Miller and the late Charles E. Miller. In addition to his father he was also preceded...
Helen Elizabeth Hollinger
Aug 16, 2009
Helen Lawson Hollinger passed away August 16, 2009, in Christian Care Center of Johnson City after an extended illness. Helen was born in the Austin Springs community and was the daughter of the late Willard and Ethel Smith Lawson. She resided in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and had moved back to this area in 1991. She attended Austin Springs United Methodist...
Hazel Louise Carden
Aug 15, 2009
Hazel Louise Carden, 84, formerly of Johnson City, died Tuesday, August 14, 2009 at the Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque, Iowa. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Roy Lee and Lenos Verta Harmon Munday. Hazel was a self-employed seamstress. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Charles Jay Murabito, Jr.
Aug 15, 2009
Charles Jay Murabito, Jr., 64, of Johnson City, TN passed away August 15, 2009 at the V. A. Hospital at Mt. Home. He was a native of Oswego, NY and a son of the late Charles Jay Murabito, Sr. and Mary Louise Lavere Murabito.Mr. Murabito was a self employed contractor and attended St. Marys Catholic Church.Mr. Murabito was a veteran...
Minnie Dunlap Fuller Wofford
Aug 13, 2009
MINNIE DUNLAP FULLER WOFFORD died on Thursday, August 13, 2009, surrounded by family in the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, Tennessee. She is predeceased by her parents, Katharine Anderson Dunlap and Edgar Brown Dunlap of Gainesville, Georgia; her brother, James Anderson Dunlap, of Gainesville, Georgia; and her husband of 51 years, John Peters Fuller, of Johnson City. She is...
Opal B. Mcghee
Aug 12, 2009
Mrs. Opal B. McGhee, 90, Johnson City passed away Wednesday August 12, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. McGhee was a native of Ritchie County, West Virginia who had lived in Johnson City since 1955. She was the daughter of the late Theodore and Arminta Herron Miller. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death...
Georgia Elizabeth Zillinger
Aug 11, 2009
Georgia Elizabeth 'Jo'? Zillinger, 91, formerly of Johnson City, died Tuesday, August 11, 2009 in Brandon, Mississippi. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late David Ross and Vaultie Elizabeth Leach. Jo was a member of the Southside Baptist Church. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband,...
Betty Ruth Miller-Holden
Aug 10, 2009
Betty Ruth Miller- Holden, 80, Johnson City, died Monday, August 10, 2009 at Asbury Place. Miss Miller-Holden was a native of Asheboro, NC and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Roy E. Miller and Leota Grace Bennett Holden and was also preceded in death by her step father, Richard Holden...
Adam Nolan James
Aug 9, 2009
Adam Nolan James, 16, of Gray, died Sunday, August 9, 2009. He was a native of Virginia, son of Lisa C. Grindstaff James and the late Dr. Gary Wayne James. Adam was a member of Central Baptist Church. He played traveling soccer, baseball and Parks and Rec basketball. Adam played freshman baseball and basketball at University High High School. Survivors...
Ada Mae Gibson
Aug 7, 2009
Ada Mae Gibson, 73, of 1438 Rainbow Road, Mountain City, TN Died Friday, August 7, 2009 in the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. Mrs. Gibson was a native of Sullivan County and had also resided in Johnson City, Chuckey, Unicoi and Mountain City. She was a daughter of the late Teddy Lee and Elsie Herrin Roberts. Mrs. Gibson was...
George Hugh Bailey, Jr.
Aug 6, 2009
George H. Bailey, Jr., 54, Johnson City, died Thursday, August 6, 2009 from injuries received in and automobile accident. Mr. Bailey was a native of Norton, VA and had lived in Johnson City for the past few years. He was a son of the late George H. Bailey, Sr. and Mary Cox Bailey. Mr. Bailey was an employee of Don...
Lorraine Payne Bolus
Aug 5, 2009
God made a wonderful woman named Lorraine. No sweeter angel ever, than her. Now the Lord has taken her home to be loved and blessed for eternity. The Lord taught her how to love, laugh and make a home here on earth. Now he can use her skills in heaven, of which she has many. A sweeter angel no one...
Jimmie Lee Rev. Harmon
Aug 3, 2009
Rev. Jimmie Lee Harmon, Sr., 71, 312 Weaver Hill Road, Johnson City died Monday August 3, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Harmon was a native of Sugar Grove, North Carolina. He was the son of the late Carl and Dolly Ward Harmon. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by two sisters, Cleo...
D.C. Reverend Byrd
Aug 3, 2009
Reverend D.C. Byrd died Monday, August 3, 2009 at Ivy Hall Nursing Home, Elizabethton. He was the son of the late Dewey and Matilda Street Byrd. He was born in Bakersville, North Carolina, but lived in Carter County all of his life. He served in the Air Force during WWII traveling to many different countries while in service. He was...
Harry Dennis Simmons
Aug 1, 2009
Harry Dennis Simmons, age 86 , of Elizabethton, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the James H. Quillen, V.A. Medical Center.He was a native of Washington County and a son of the late, Charles V. and Tullia Kinnick Simmons. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Dana and Cecil Simmons and by one sister, Ruby Jane Simmons. He...
James Walter Rose
Aug 1, 2009
James Walter Rose, 83, of Johnson City, died Saturday, August 1, 2009 at the North Side Hospital. He was a native of Knoxville, Tennessee, son of the late John Willie and Alma Waggoner Rose. James was a retired District Engineer with the Tennessee Department of Transportation. He was a veteran of the Korean War having served in the U. S....
Joseph Dwight Baird
Jul 31, 2009
Joseph 'Dwight'? Baird, 80, of Gray, passed away on Friday, July 31, 2009 at the Holston Valley Hospital in Kingsport.He was a native of Mt. City and a son of the late Carlton and Laura McGuire Baird. Mr. Baird was also preceded by three brothers, Dana, Dick and Dallas Baird and one grandson, Chad Barron.Mr. Baird was a forty year...
Myrtle Sue Bradley
Jul 31, 2009
Mrs. Myrtle 'Sue'? Bradley, 70, 4122 Ranch Road, Johnson City, died Friday July 31, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Bradley was the daughter of the late Roy and Margaret E. Cassell Suits. In addition to her parents one daughter, Tammy Sue Bradley, also preceded her in death. Mrs. Bradley was a homemaker and a member of the...
