OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Arthur Lonnie Painter
Apr 12, 2009
Arthur Lonnie Painter, 66, 1411 W. Main Street, Jonesborough died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, Ohio. Mr. Painter was a native of Johnson City and was a son of the late Earl Oscar Painter and Thelma McCurry Painter of Jonesborough. Mr. Painter was a graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science in 1970...
Jasmine Marie Holmes
Apr 7, 2009
Jasmine Marie Holmes, infant daughter of Joey and Ashley Holmes, of Elizabethton, died Thursday, April 7, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Jasmine was preceded in death by her grandfather Thomas 'Eddie'? Holmes. Survivors other than her parents include: five brothers and one sister; her maternal grandparents are, Eddie Fink and Hazel Lane both of Johnson City; her paternal...
Sherry Ann Garnett
Apr 6, 2009
Sherry A. Garnett, 45, died Sunday, April 12, 2009. Sherry was a native of Philadelphia, PA and had lived in Gray since 1999. She was a daughter of the late Jake and Delores Butler. She graduated from ETSU in 2007 with an Associate Degree in Engineering. She was a former employee of the American Water Heater Company. She was a...
Charlotte Bowers
Apr 5, 2009
Mrs. Charlotte Smith Daniel Bowers, age 104, of Academy Hill, Jonesborough, Tennessee passed away Sunday morning, April 5, 2009, at her home. Born in Upatoi, GA on October 4, 1904, Charlotte grew up in Forsyth, GA. She attended Georgia Womens College, Valdosta, and business school. Before her marriage she worked in Atlanta as a banking secretary and lastly for architect...
Clinton Russell Martin
Apr 5, 2009
Mr. Clinton Martin, 81, 285 Possum Hollow Road, Gray died Sunday April 5, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Martin was a native of Washington County who had lived in Lake City, TN for thirty years. He was the son of the late Jesse and Fannie Isenburg Martin. In addition to his parents one brother, Jesse Martin, Jr,...
Clara Belle Arwood
Apr 2, 2009
Clara Belle Arwood, 85, died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Arwood was a native of Bakersville, NC and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late John and Lillie Hoilman. Mrs. Arwood was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert Arwood, Jr., one brother and five sisters. She...
Ruth C. Holben
Apr 2, 2009
Ruth C. Holben, 95, of 2012 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Thursday, April 2, 2009 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Holben was a native of Turtle Creek, PA and had lived in Johnson City since 1970. She was a daughter of the late John Frank and Mabel E. Park Hannum. Mrs. Holben received her Education Degree from the Akron...
Calvin C. Tipton
Apr 1, 2009
Mr. Calvin C. Tipton, 79, 2627 Cherokee Road, Johnson City died Wednesday April 1, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Tipton was a resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Calvin and Frankie Linville Tipton. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by his wife, Mary Ruth Tipton; one grandson Matthew Wayne Walsh;...
Stella Mae King
Apr 1, 2009
Stella Mae Vanhoy King, of 319 E. Grand Avenue, Johnson City died Wednesday, April 1, 2009 in the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. Mrs. King was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Ray and Addie Juanita Casey Vanhoy. She was a retired employee of East Tennessee State University with twenty-five years of...
Susan Kathleen Huff
Mar 30, 2009
Susan Kathleen Huff, Johnson City, entered into eternal rest on Monday, March 30, 2009 at her residence. She was born in Houston, Texas to Edwin and Evelyn Tremaine on August 8, 1957. She was preceded in death by daughter Misti Tremaine Huff, father, Edwin Tremaine and grandparents, Darwin and Lillian Tremaine, Nona Duncan and William Taylor. She is survived by...
Emily Julie Fleshman
Mar 29, 2009
Emily Julie Fleshman, 65, of 357 Sam Aikens Road, Telford died Sunday, March 29, 2009 in the Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Fleshman was a native of Brooklyn, New York and had lived in Tennessee twice for 30 years in time. She was a daughter of the late Julius and Josephine Gursky Aviles. Mrs. Fleshman was a homemaker and of...
Lillian Penix
Mar 26, 2009
Lillian Catherine Simms Collins Penix, 73, of Austin Springs Road, Johnson City died Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was a native of Beach Mountain, North Carolina, daughter of Ruby Blevins Simms and the late Frank R. Simms, but had lived most of her life in Johnson City. Lillian was retired...
Rachel Louise Smith
Mar 23, 2009
Rachel Louise Griffith Smith, born in Greenville, SC, to Hanson and Greta Etheridge Griffith on April 20, 1922, passed away Monday March 23, 2009 at the Oaks at Town Center in Harrisburg, NC. She was predeceased by her husband of 55 years, John W. Smith, in 2000 and by four brothers Frank Griffith, Pert Griffith, and Charles Griffith, all of...
William D. Garman
Mar 23, 2009
Rev. William D. 'W. D.'? Garman, 81, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 23, 2009 at the Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville. Rev. Garman was a native of Chambersburg ,PA and had lived in Johnson City since 1954. He was a son of the late William Harry and Ora Grace Martin Garman. Rev. Garman was an Air Force veteran...
Margaret Louise Martin
Mar 20, 2009
M. Louise Martin, 86, Piney Flats died Friday, March 20, 2009 in Piney Flats. Mrs. Martin was a native and lifelong resident of Sullivan County. She was a daughter of the late Robert Lee and Vona Mae Jeter Oliver. Her husband, John Herbert Martin, two sisters, Geraline Brumit and Lula Belle Hammer; one brother, John Oliver and a son-in-law, Richard...
Anna Lee Smith
Mar 18, 2009
Mrs. Anna Smith, 82, 146 Shenandoah Drive, Johnson City died Wednesday March 18, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Earl Walters and Hazel Hopper Curl. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Ray...
Robert Michael Nachman
Mar 17, 2009
Robert Michael Nachman, 51, of 4119 Sanford Drive, Johnson City died Tuesday , March 17, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Nachman was a native of Johnson City, had lived in Nashville, TN for ten years and returned to Johnson City to reside. He was a graduate of Science Hill High School in 1975 and was a long distance truck driver....
Sarah Napier Volkman
Mar 17, 2009
Mrs. Sarah Napier Volkman, 38, 140 Hughes Lane, Johnson City died Tuesday March 17, 2009, at the home of her parents at 1500 Valley View Dr., Johnson City, Tn. 37601. Visitation anytime prior to Church services. Mrs. Volkman was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She is the daughter of Harold Odell Napier, Jr. and Sandra Kay Kinnick...
Gareth C. Weaver
Mar 17, 2009
Gareth C. Weaver, 85, 1312 E. Chilhowie Ave., died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Weaver was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late C.K. and Molly Price Weaver and was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Henry Weaver; three sisters, Carmen Keats, Gladys Hendrix...
Cy Warden Anders
Mar 17, 2009
Cy Warden Anders, 57, of 1001 Parkway, Sevierville, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at the Fort Sanders Sevier Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City and a son of Joyce Anders and the late Claude Anders. Cy was President and CEO of Ober Gatlinburg, Inc. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and...
