OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
Mary Alberta Buxrude
Nov 13, 2008
Mary Alberta Buxrude, 80, of 158 Tucker Lane, Johnson City died Thursday, November 13, 2008 in the NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Buxrude was a native of Johnson City and was a daughter of the late Albert and Etta Benfield Campbell. She was retired from Leon-Fernback and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Buxrude was preceded in death by: her parents; her...
Romania I. Drayne
Nov 13, 2008
Romania I. Drayne, 88, Johnson City, died Thursday, November 13, 2008 at Continnum Court Yards. Miss Drayne was a native of Greene County and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late William H. and Trula Crabtree Drayne and was preceded by one sister, Mary Churchill. Miss Drayne was retired from Burlington...
Anna Lea Bennett
Nov 11, 2008
Anna Bennett, 78, 2500 Wynn Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday, November 11, 2008 in the NHC Healthcare, Garden City, South Carolina. Mrs. Bennett was a native of Mitchell County, North Carolina who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Jason and Sally Mosley Bryant. In addition to her parents three brothers,...
Beulah D. Smith
Nov 10, 2008
Beulah D. Smith, 63, of Johnson City went to be with her Heavenly Father on Monday, November 10, 2008 . Mrs. Smith of a native of Johnson City, lived in Carter County and was a daughter of the late Wallace Mays .and Vista Martin Mays. Mrs. Smith was a wonderful Christian lady and had attended the Keystone Free Will Baptist...
Alfred Frank Rigsby
Nov 10, 2008
Alfred 'Frank'? Rigsby, 69, of Gray, passed away Monday, November 10, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a son of the late, Hurley and Ina Kathryn Rector Rigsby. Mr. Rigsby was born in Washington County, TN. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Hurley Rigsby, Jr. Ernest 'Buck Rigsby and Jimmy Rigsby and sister, Velma Clouse.He...
Mary Alice Furches
Nov 9, 2008
Mary Alice Mottern Furches, 83, Gray, died Sunday, November 09, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Furches was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Horace and Bessie Carter Mottern and was also preceded in death by her husband, Joseph B. Furches. Mrs. Furches was retired from the Washington County...
Virginia M. Marx
Nov 8, 2008
Virginia M. Marx, 87, of the Colonial Hill Retirement Center, began her new journey with Christ as she passed away Saturday, November 8, 2008 at the residence of her daughter, Eleanor Snow in Johnson City.She had a large and loving family with her parents, eleven siblings, and then, all of their families. Virginia was the eldest daughter of the late...
Joseph Bowers
Nov 6, 2008
Joseph ' Joe'? Bowers, 77, of 1402 Rock Garden Road, Johnson City died Thursday, November 06, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Bowers was a native of Carter County and had lived in Johnson City since 1955. He was a son of the late Rev. Emmert Caleb and Rowena Brown Bowers. He was a Navy veteran of the Korean War and...
Blanche Kathryn Boy
Nov 5, 2008
Blanche Roland Boy, 96, of 155 Bright Ridge Drive, Gray, died Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at the Lakebridge Healthcare Center. She was born in Forest City, North Carolina, daughter of the late, James Milton and Florence Kate Hall Roland. Blanche was a homemaker and member of the Boone Trail Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Norris F. Reaves
Nov 4, 2008
Norris F. Reaves, 79, Johnson City, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at Lake Bridge Healthcare Center. Mr. Reaves was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was a son of the late Fain and Martha Jane McCoy Reaves and was also preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters. Mr. Reaves was a retired produce manager and...
Gary Eugene Aesque
Nov 4, 2008
Gary Eugene Aesque, 67, of 2740 West G Street, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at the Charles George VA Medical Center, Asheville, North Carolina. He was a native of Kingsport, Tennessee but had lived most of his life in Elizabethton, a son of the late John Henry Aesque and Ann Elizabetht Boyd Guy. Gary was a longtime employee at...
John Robert Lyons
Nov 4, 2008
John R. Lyons, 56, of Johnson City passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Born on June 1, 1952 in Union City, Indiana the son of the Late Joseph 'Tubby'? and Charlotte LeFevre Lyons. John attended Divine Heart Seminary in 1966-67, graduated from Union City Community High School, United Electronic Institute, and East Tennessee...
Stanley Freeman
Nov 2, 2008
Stanley Freeman, 80, of 4671 Cherokee Road, Jonesborough died Sunday, November 2, 2008 at the residence. Mr. Freeman was a native of Unicoi County and had lived in both Unicoi and Washington Counties . He was a son of the late George William and Minta Storey Freeman. Mr. Freeman was an Army veteran of WW II serving in the European...
I Steven Walter Love
Nov 1, 2008
Steven Walter Love Born in Johnson City, Tennessee on October 28, 1975 to Steven Jeffrey Love and Sarah Annette Lundy Love deceased. Stevie attended elementary first grade at Columbus Powell and thereafter, Ormond Beach, Florida second through sixth grade. He was accepted at University High where he graduated. He attended ETSU with a concentration on Engineering. He is survived by...
Birdie H. Garland
Oct 31, 2008
Birdie H. Garland, 80, of 2614 Browns Mill Road, Johnson City died Friday, October 31, 2008 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Garland was a native of Buladean, NC, a former resident of Roan Mountain and had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Roosevelt and Etta Moffitt Hughes. She was a...
Wilma Lee Gentry
Oct 29, 2008
Wilma Lee Gentry, 76, 1704 Jackson Terrace, Johnson City, died Wednesday October 29, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Gentry was a native of Marshall, North Carolina who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Vestal and Oma Plemmons Darnell. In addition to her parents one daughter, Patricia Fann...
Alma L Vanover
Oct 26, 2008
Alma L. VanOver, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, October 26, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center, following a brief illness. She was a native of Washington County and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. Her husband, Edward F. VanOver preceded her in death on March 15, 1973. She was also preceded in death by her...
Leota L. Woods
Oct 24, 2008
Leota Taylor Woods, 82, of 1005 E. Main Street, Jonesborough, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Carter County, a daughter of the late Isaac Caswell and Nelia Johnson Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Leota was of the Baptist faith, having been raised...
Josie Lee Pavone
Oct 24, 2008
Josie Lee Pavone, 88, of 2306 Camelot Circle, Johnson City, died Friday, October 24, 2008 at the Erwin Center on Aging and Health. She was a native of Mitchell County, North Carolina, daughter of the late William A. and Virgie Hughes Garland. Josie was a homemaker and member of the Heritage Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was...
