OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Harry Leon Casteel
Dec 7, 2008
Harry Leon Casteel, 65, of 2734 East Oakland Avenue, Johnson City, died Sunday, December 7, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Russell County, Virginia, son of the late Troy Isaac and Mary Ruth Alley Casteel. Harry was a brakeman and conductor for the Clinchfield Railroad, later the CSX Railroad. He attended the Central Church...
Annie Lee Blevins
Dec 5, 2008
Annie Lee Blevins, 82, 0f 282 Horseshoe Bend Road, Jonesborough, died Friday, December 5, 2008 at the NHC Healthcare, Johnson City. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late William Monroe and Nellie Mae Brown Beard. Annie Lee was raised in Blowing Rock, North Carolina and was of the Baptist faith. She was a homemaker, devoted mother...
Jessie Inez Lloyd
Dec 4, 2008
Whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lords. Romans 14:8 Jessie Inez Lloyd, age 91, formerly of 210 West Poplar Street, Johnson City, died Thursday afternoon, December 4, 2008 at Appalachian Christian Village following complications of an illness of several years. Our beloved Wife, Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Aunt and friend, went to spend Eternity in Heaven.She was...
David Ward Tipton
Dec 4, 2008
David Ward Tipton, 84, 247 Poplar Ridge Road, Piney Flats died Thursday, December 4, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Tipton was born July 2, 1924 in Piney Flats and was a son of the late Frank W. and Euna Weaver Tipton. He attended Poplar Ridge and Mary Hughes Schools. In June 1940 at the age of 15, he entered the...
Dean Reece Snyder
Dec 3, 2008
Dean R. Snyder, 72, 205 Meridale Drive, passed away Wednesday, December 3, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a loving husband, daddy and Papaw. A Celebration of Life Service for Mr. Snyder will be conducted at 7 pm Friday, December 5, 2008 from the Morris-Baker Funeral Home South Chapel. Pastor Charlie Delaney will officiate. Military graveside services...
Barbara H. Humphrey
Nov 29, 2008
Barbara Helen Johnson Humphrey,69, of 11 Willow Tree Court, Johnson City died Saturday, November 29, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Humphrey was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late Charles S. and Elmira Ford Johnson and Edgar and Novella Humphrey Ford. Mrs. Humphrey was a member of the Watauga First Church of God in Watauga, TN....
Louise Danielson Kelly
Nov 27, 2008
KELLY, LOUISE DANIELSON '' age 80, of Johnson City, went home to the Father peacefully early Thursday morning, November 27th, at her residence. Mrs. Kelly was born on October 26, 1928 in Fontana, NC, lived in Kingsport, TN, Knoxville, TN and Johnson City, TN for the majority of her life. She was a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in...
Christa Ingrid Hungate
Nov 27, 2008
Christa Ingrid Thyson Hungate of Johnson City died Thursday, November 27, 2008 at her home. She was a native of Kaiserslautern, Germany and was a daughter of Walter and Wilhelmine Thyson. Mrs. Hungate was educated in Germany and also studied in France and attended Cambridge University in England. She received degrees from the University of Alabama in Birmingham and the...
Bill Wayne Collins
Nov 26, 2008
Bill Wayne Collins, 76, 1408 Squibb Drive, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Asbury Place. Mr. Collins was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was a son of the late Roy Joseph and Kate Beulah York Collins. Mr. Collins was preceded in death by his wife of 31 years, Louise Emmert Collins in 2000 and an infant...
Billy Gene Barnett, Ii
Nov 26, 2008
Billy Gene Barnett, II, 40, of 14930 Kingsport Highway, Chuckey, died Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at the Fort Sanders Hospital in Knoxville, following a brief illness. He was a native of Washington County, son of Billy Gene and Marolyn Holder Barnett. Billy was a pipe fitter in the construction industry and attended the New Harvest Missionary Baptist Church. He was...
Gwendolyn Lamb
Nov 25, 2008
Gwendolyn Wade Lamb, 92, of 2003 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Lamb was a native of Scottsville, Kentucky and had lived in numerous locations before coming to Johnson City to reside. She was a daughter of the late Euclid and Bessie Maude Mayhew Wade. She was a beloved middle school...
Gwendolyn Lamb
Nov 25, 2008
Gwendolyn Wade Lamb, 92, of 2003 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Lamb was a native of Scottsville, Kentucky and had lived in numerous locations before coming to Johnson City to reside. She was a daughter of the late Euclid and Bessie Maude Mayhew Wade. She was a beloved middle school...
Mary Frances Murray
Nov 25, 2008
Frances R. Murray, 80, of 644 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a daughter of the late Samuel D. and Cora Mae White Ricker.Mrs. Murray was a member of Austin Springs United Methodist Church, a member of the Utopia Chapter # 27 Order of the Eastern Star,...
Ralph J. Oliver
Nov 24, 2008
Ralph Oliver, 85, 3500 W. Market Street, passed away Monday, November 24, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was retired from Holliston Mills, Church Hill, TN and was a member of the Teamsters Retirees Chapter of Local 549. He built and owned the 11-E Motel in Johnson City. Mr. Oliver was a member of the Brookmeade Church of...
Cloda B. Lewis
Nov 20, 2008
Cloda B. Lewis, 86, 2018 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Thursday, November 20, 2008 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Lewis was a native of Tazewell, Tenn. who lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John H. and Lilly Pearson Barnard. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death...
Robert Beryl Miller
Nov 19, 2008
Rev. Robert B. 'Bob'? Miller, 78, of 126 Valley Point, Gray, died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at the Life Care Center of Gray. He was a native of Limestone, son of the late Clyde Elmer and Trula Kate Murr Miller. Bob was associate pastor at the Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church for 28 years. He served in the U. S. Army...
Bill B. Laningham
Nov 19, 2008
Lt. Colonel (Retired) USAF Bill B. Laningham, 88, of 3022 Vicksburg Road, Johnson City died Wednesday, November 19, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Lt. Colonel Laningham was a native of Pennington Gap, VA and had lived in Johnson City since 1999. He was a son of the late James Elliott and Anne Wynn Laningham. Lt. Colonel Laningham was...
Patricia Margaret Pond
Nov 17, 2008
Patricia 'Pat'? Pond, 94, 2022 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City, died Monday, November 17, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Pond was a native of Boston, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Agnes ONeill Brill. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by one son, Jerome Pond; one sister, Marian Martin; and...
Harold Leroy Frye
Nov 17, 2008
Harold L. Frye, 91, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN. Mr. Frye was a native of Sturgis, Michigan and had lived in Johnson City for the past several years. He was a son of the late Bernice and Katherine Linseisen and was also preceded in death by three brothers, Cleon,...
Billie Jean Darr-Lowe
Nov 17, 2008
Billie Jean Darr-Lowe, 75, Johnson City, died Monday, November 17, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Darr-Lowe was a native of Unicoi County and was raised in Johnson City. After graduating high school and Steed Secretarial College, she moved to Washington, D.C. where she worked for the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. She married Kenneth Howard Darr in 1958 and...
