OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
Beverly Larae Walker Mcafee
Feb 20, 2009
Beverly LaRae Pope Walker McAfee, 83, of 4019 Timberlake Road, Johnson City died Friday, February 20, 2009 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. McAfee was born Nov. 24, 1925 in Salt Lake City, Utah. She was a daughter of the late Garland and Doris Mulcock Pope . Beverly spent her youth in the wide-open spaces of the west. She was swept off...
Daniel Stouffer Sheesley
Feb 20, 2009
Daniel Stouffer Sheesley, 59, died Friday, February 20, 2009 at the John Sevier Center. Mr. Sheesley was a Harrisburg, PA native and had lived in Johnson City for the past several years. Survivors include his friend Ann Markland and his beloved cat, Susie. A graveside service will be held at 1 pm Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at Mountain Home National...
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...
Howard H. Holmes
Feb 19, 2009
Mr. Howard Hicks 'Red Eye'? Holmes, 84, 1602 Boones Creek Road, Johnson City died peacefully at his home with his family. Mr. Holmes was a native of Jonesborough. He was born May 21, 1924.He was one of eight children of the late Albert Jackson and Ethel A. Hicks Holmes. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Ed, Gordon...
Charles W. Samples
Feb 19, 2009
Charles William Samples, 70, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Samples was a native of Cocke County. He worked and lived in several states, and returned to Carter County, where he has resided since 1990. He was a son of Edith R. 'Becky'? Samples, Johnson City, and the late Hollie Samples. Mr. Samples graduated...
Walter J. Myers
Feb 18, 2009
Walter J. Myers, 85, Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord, his wife and a host of family and friends, Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Myers was a native of Carter County but had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Henry D. and Cora Shoun...
Anna Mae Gilley
Feb 18, 2009
Mrs. Anna Mae Gilley, 76, 425 West Maple Street, Johnson City died Wednesday February 18, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Gilley was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Ethel Buda. Mrs. Gilley worked in the office of the Washington County 911. She attended the First Presbyterian Church in...
Laura Lee Barham
Feb 16, 2009
Laura Lee Barham, 94, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mrs. Barham was a native of Amherst County, VA and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Roy and Irene Branham Johns and was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Franklin Barham; one brother,...
Danny A. Day
Feb 16, 2009
Danny A. Day, 56, of Anderson, South Carolina went to Heaven to be with his Father and Mother on Monday ,February 16, 2009. Danny was a native of Johnson City and had lived in Anderson for twenty-three years. He was a son of the late Norvan C. Day, Sr. and Artie Mae McEylea Day. He was a former TV cable...
Clyde H. Robinson
Feb 16, 2009
Mr. Clyde H. Robinson, 79, 1905 Waters Edge Drive, Johnson City, died Monday February 16, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Robinson was a native of Mars Hill, North Carolina who had lived in Johnson City since 1999. He was the son of the late Ernest B. and Georgia McLaughlin Robinson. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in...
Floyd Aaron Sartain
Feb 14, 2009
Floyd A. Sartain, 76, of 1177 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord after a long battle with leukemia and lung cancer. Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Appalachian Christian Village. He was a native of White Pine, son of the late Andrew and Martha Alice Sinnard Sartain. Floyd was a general manager and salesman at...
Barbara Boyd Lancaster
Feb 12, 2009
Barbara B. Lancaster, age 84, of 112 Barberry Road, Johnson City, Tennessee died Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Gertrude Llewellyn Boyd and the late Augustus Pollack Boyd. She graduated from Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga in 1943 and from Gulf Park College in Gulfport,...
Phillip A. Stokes
Feb 12, 2009
Philip A. Stokes, 85, of Atlanta, GA died Feb. 12, 2009. A native of Darlington SC, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mattie Stokes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Kathryn Garland Stokes, son Philip Stokes, Jr., brother Orville Stokes, brother in laws David G. Garland and...
