OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Daniel Henry Gerard
Mar 13, 2009
D. H. Gerard, Sr., of Johnson City ,84, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Saginaw, MI and had lived in Johnson City since 1943. He was a son of the late, Oscar Burton and Bessie Wiltse Gerard. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Martha Cambron...
Lewis Franklin Dr. Cosby, Jr.
Mar 13, 2009
Dr. Lewis Franklin Cosby, Jr., of Johnson City, died Friday March 13,2009, at the Community Life Center at Mountain Home, Tennessee. He was born April 7, 1919 in Abingdon, Virginia. He was the son of Dr. and Mrs. Lewis F Cosby of Abingdon. He graduated from William King High School, Emory and Henry College and the University of Virginia Medical...
Ester Louise Copas
Mar 11, 2009
Ester Louise Copas, age 84, Johnson City, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Copas was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was retired from the Johnson City School System and a member of East Park Methodist Church. She was a daughter of the late George Turner and Robbie Arwood Tucker Cox and was also...
J.B. Whitson
Mar 8, 2009
Mr. J.B. Whitson, 59, 907 Afton Street, Johnson City died Sunday March 8, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Whitson was a native of Relief, North Carolina who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Charles E. and Rose Mae Vance Whitson. In addition to his parents his grandparents,...
Kaylie Trinity Adkins
Mar 6, 2009
Kaylie Trinity Adkins, two month old daughter of Jessica Renee Adkins and Russell Dean Long died Friday, March 6, 2009 at the residence in Johnson City. Survivors other then the parents include : one sister, Lillianna Long of the home; the Paternal Grandmother, Linda R. Stone of Johnson City; the Maternal Grandmother, Melissa Adkins of Erwin and the Maternal Grandfather,...
Glenna Gay Morrison
Mar 4, 2009
Glenna G. 'Nanny'? Morrison, 98, 3613 Courtland Circle, Kingsport, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Morrison was a native of Greene County and had lived in Johnson City for 35 years and relocated in Colonial Heights for the past 20 years. She was a daughter of the late Eli and Pearl Alice Malone Gass and was also...
Charlie Campbell
Mar 4, 2009
Charlie Campbell, 77, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord Jesus on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at 903 E. Myrtle Street in Johnson City.He was born May 23, 1931 to the late, John and Elizabeth Diane Wagner Campbell. Mr. Campbell was also preceded in death by his wife, Renia Campbell and a son, Johnny Campbell. Charlie was...
Kyler Ray Johnson
Mar 4, 2009
Kyler Ray Johnson infant son of Justin and Clarinda Johnson of Jonesborough went to be our little Guardian Angel March 4, 2009. He is survived by big sister Kaylee Johnson of the home. Paternal grand-parents Dana and Libby Scott of Jonesborough, Vernon Johnson of Chuckey; great grandparents Lawrence and Glenda Phillips of Telford, Joann Feathers, JB and Jean Johnson all...
Sam Lee Grogg, Sr.
Mar 1, 2009
Sam L. Grogg, Sr., 90, Johnson City died Sunday, March 1, 2009 at the NHC of Johnson City. He was a native of Rural Retreat, Virginia, son of the late Luther P. and Matilda Hanshew Grogg. Sam was the retired Chairman of the Board of Giant Wholesale Grocery Corporation where he and Carl Young, Sr. were founders. He was a...
Joan Cicely Dunkelberger
Feb 28, 2009
Joan Cicely Dunkelberger, an 84 year old beautiful loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother of Johnson City passed away February 28, 2009. She was a native of Brandon, Suffolk, England and a naturalized United States citizen since March 1949.Joan is survived by her husband of 65 years, Robert, and was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert and Alice...
John Chris Stout
Feb 28, 2009
John C. Stout, 85, of 1913 Preston Road, Johnson City died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Carter County, but had lived most of his life in Johnson City. John was a son of the late Earl G. and Annie Glover Stout. He was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U. S....
Patsy Ruth Mitchell
Feb 28, 2009
Patsy Mitchell, 71, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Northside Hospital. She was a native and lifelong Johnson City resident. Mrs. Mitchell was a member of the North Johnson City Baptist Church.She had worked for many years as an LPN at Johnson City Internal Medicine.Survivors include; her husband, Jesse 'Mitch'? Mitchell of the home, one...
Bertie Riddle Blankenship
Feb 27, 2009
Mrs. Bertie Blankenship, 89, of 2332 Eastside Avenue, Johnson City died Friday, February 27, 2009 at her residence. She was a native of Embreeville, daughter of the late William N. and Elizabeth Jones Riddle. Bertie was a retired dietetic technician for the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church....
Novella Fleenor Bowman
Feb 26, 2009
Novella F. Bowman, 80 of 112 East Mill Street, Elizabethton, died Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was a native of Kingsport, son of the late Lonzo and Myrtle Watts Fleenor. Novella was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Scottie...
Ella Mae Dove
Feb 26, 2009
Ella Price Dove, 69, of 130 Old Turnpike Road, Jonesborough died Thursday, February 26, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Roy S. and Myrtle Lance Price. Ella retired after 30 years at Burlington Industries. She was a member of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church. In addition to her parents,...
Rose Dequino Bawgus
Feb 24, 2009
Mrs. Rose DeQuino Bawgus, 92, 2419 Vine Street, Johnson City, died Tuesday February 24, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Bawgus was a native of Coalwood, West Virginia who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Louis and Mary Schrader DeQuino. In addition to her parents she was also...
Harold Webb Debord
Feb 24, 2009
Harold W. DeBord, age 65, 4102 Brookmyra Drive, Orlando, Florida 32837, died February 24, 2009. Mr. DeBord was a native of Johnson City, Tennessee, and lived there for fifty-three years. He moved to Orlando, Florida, in July of 1999. He was a son of Almer and Lucille Webb DeBord. He was a teacher and Principal in the Johnson City, TN,...
James Alfred Laursen
Feb 24, 2009
On Tuesday, February 24, 2009, our husband, father, brother and friend, James A. 'Jim'? Laursen passed away following a valiant fight with cancer at the Johnson City Medical Center. With his wife, sons and future daughter-in-law with him, Jim left us with the same simple unassuming grace that he exemplified during his entire life. Jim was an avid outdoorsman who...
Clem Douglas Yates
Feb 23, 2009
Clem Douglas Yates, 65, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, February 23, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a long illness. He was a native and lifelong Johnson City resident, and a son of the late James Cecil and Nancy Julina Waycaster Yates. He was also preceded in death by one son, James Douglas Yates. Mr. Yates retired...
Edith Walker Trivett
Feb 20, 2009
Edith Walker Trivett, 78, Johnson City, died Friday, February 20, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Trivett was a native of McClure, VA but had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Edgar Stephen and Pearl Mae Hurt Oakes. Her first husband, Robert C. 'Red'? Walker in 1989 and two brothers, Raymond Oaks...
