OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Nancy Rebecca White
Feb 11, 2009
Mrs. Nancy Rebecca White, 82, 207 Meridale Drive, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. White was a native of Erwin who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Walter D. and Sally Taylor Foster. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by...
Soule Ora Bowyer
Feb 10, 2009
Soule O. Bowyer, 95, of Colonial Hills Retirement Center, Johnson City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Bowyer was a native of Valdosta, Georgia and had lived in Johnson City for the past seven years. She was a daughter of the late Ross G. and Nellie Bly Gleaton Grier. She was...
Wilburn Heishell Goodman
Feb 10, 2009
Wilburn Heishell Goodman, 65, of 1608 E. Fairview Avenue, Johnson City, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Flint, Michigan, son of the late Howard and Stella Price Goodman. Wilburn was a former employee of Empire Furniture. He attended the First Free Will Baptist Church of Keystone. Survivors include: his wife,...
Robert L Hodges, Jr.
Feb 9, 2009
Robert L. Hodges, Jr., 85, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 9, 2009 . A native of Johnson City, Mr. Hodges was born on Sept. 28, 1923, as the son of the late Robert L. and Pinkie Lay Hodges. He graduated from Science Hill High School and attended East Tennessee State College. A veteran of...
Ernest Heaton
Feb 9, 2009
Ernest Heaton, 77, of 313 Chambers Drive, Elizabethton, died Monday, February 9, 2009 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Harlan, Kentucky, son of the late Dud and Tilda Johnson Heaton. Ernest was a retired mechanic for the Herb and Metal Company in Elizabethton. He was a member of the Zion Baptist Church....
Ben F. Huckaba
Feb 8, 2009
Ben F. Huckaba, 80, Johnson City, died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Huckaba was a native of Russellville, AL and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Ernest Frank and Lillie Staggs Huckaba. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
Ralph Clifford Reagan
Feb 6, 2009
Mr. Ralph C. Reagan, 86, of 1404 West Lakeview Drive, Johnson City died peacefully in his sleep Friday, February 6, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Reagan was a native of Seymour, TN and lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Lawrence Clifford and Neva Murrell Householder Reagan. Mr. Reagan left the family...
Grace Ruth Brinkley
Feb 5, 2009
Grace Ruth Brinkley, 94, of 305 Shadowood Drive, Johnson City died Thursday, February 5, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Brinkley was a native of Buladean, NC and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Gibbs and Martha Mosley Honeycutt. Mrs. Brinkley was owner with her husband, Walter J. 'W.J.'? Brinkley as...
Michael Fredrick Tucker
Feb 4, 2009
Michael Fredrick Tucker, 58, of 500 E. 10th Avenue, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Matthew Tucker and Mrs. Jean Smith Tucker. Michael was a former member of the University of Tennessee Swim Team, the Wytheville Jaycees and the Wytheville Golf Club. He was an...
Thelma Humphrey White
Feb 4, 2009
Thelma Humphrey White, 73, of Johnson City, beloved wife and mother,went to be with the Lord, February 4, 2009 at her residence.She was a lifelong Johnson City resident and a daughter of the late David Frank and Helen Pauline Treat Humphrey. Mrs. White was also preceded in death by her brother, Raymond Humphrey.Mrs. White was a member of River of...
Evelyn Cochrane
Feb 3, 2009
Evelyn Bither Cochrane, 91 of Taunton, MA died Tuesday, February 3, 2009 in Johnson City,TN. She was born in Grafton, MA and lived in Taunton, MA, and spent the winter season in Jonesborough TN with her family. She was a daughter of the late Rutherford and Amelia LaFlower Bither. Mrs. Cochran is also preceded in death by: her first husband,...
Sam Fiorenza
Feb 2, 2009
Sam Fiorenzo, 80, Johnson City, died Monday, February 2, 2009 at NHC Healthcare. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced in a later edition.
Jerry L. Copas
Feb 1, 2009
Jerry L. Copas, 67, Johnson City, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Copas was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Horace and Dansford Copas. Mr. Copas was preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. He was a former employee of ARC Tile Company. Survivors...
Kaggal V. Umakantha
Feb 1, 2009
Dr. Kaggal V. Umakantha, MD, DABMA, age 65, of Johnson City, Tennessee died Sunday, February 1, 2009, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Born in Bellary, India, Dr. Umakantha lived a distinguished life of tireless dedication to family, friends and those in need, with a kind heart and warm smile. As Chief of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at...
Cecil Vernoy Davis
Feb 1, 2009
Cecil Vernoy Davis, (also known as 'Vernon'? to many of his friends), age 70, of 2907 Newton Street, Johnson City, died Sunday, February 1, 2009 at his residence following a long illness. He was a native of Miller, Arkansas, son of Lena Marie Bradford Davis and the late Cecil Elija Davis. Cecil was an experienced welder and had worked many...
Mildred C. Ingram
Jan 31, 2009
Mildred C. Ingram, 78, of 1004 North Barton Street, Johnson City, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Jasper, Tennessee, daughter of the late Ben and Mollie Shelton Collins. Mildred was a claims representative for the Social Security Administration and had received a Commissioners Citation for Outstanding Performance. She was a...
Sylvia Esther Krouse
Jan 31, 2009
Sylvia Cox Krouse, 86, of 1009 Grover Street, Johnson City, died Saturday, January 31, 2009 at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late, John W. and Esther Laughren Cox. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by two sisters, Ethel Plummer and Goldie Barnard and four...
Aubrey Jean Blount
Jan 30, 2009
Jean S. Blount '' JOHNSON CITY, TN Mrs. Jean S. Blount, 87, Johnson City, passed away Friday, January 30, 2009, at Lakebridge Healthcare Center, Johnson City.Jean S. Blount was born in Ponce de Leon, Florida. Jean was a school teacher (retired), D.H.S. Newport, Tn. social case worker (retired) and was an active member of the Boones Creek Congregation of Jehovahs...
Aiden Cain Royce Tinker
Jan 25, 2009
Aiden Cain Royce Tinker, infant son of Joseph Tinker and Rhonda Wheeler, passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center.Survivors in addition to his parents include; his Maternal Grandparents, Ronald and Bobbie Wheeler of Hampton, four brothers, Dakota Zachery, Matthew and Isiah; one sister, Josie; several aunts and uncles.Graveside services will be conducted at 12:...
Jerry Cliner Jackson
Jan 22, 2009
Jerry Cliner Jackson, 51, of 3321 Old Stage Coach Road, Telford, died Thursday, January 22, 2009 at the residence of his sister in Lake City, Tn.. He was a native of Washington County and son of the late Karloff and Loucinda Ward Jackson. Survivors include: a brother, Gary Jackson of Lake City; a sister Lisa Jackson of Lake City; a...
