OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ethel Catherine Nelson
Sep 11, 2008
Ethel C. Nelson, 97, passed away on September 11, 2008, at the Christian Care Center surrounded by her family. She was born October 17, 1910 in Durham, NC to the late Parham 'Penn'? and Susan (Whitfield) OBriant. She was a member of South Roanoke United Methodist Church in Roanoke, VA. Ethel felt it was her calling to be a registered...
David William Wilson
Sep 11, 2008
David William Wilson, 70, of 652 Oak Grove Road, Gray, died Thursday, September 11, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Los Angeles, California, son of the late Cecil Leroy and Thelma Merle Williams Wilson. David was a production manager in the pharmaceutical industry. David was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church. He had served in...
Jack Hicks
Sep 8, 2008
Jack Hicks, 84, of 308 Sycamore Drive, Jonesborough, died Monday, September 8, 2008 at the Aurora Medical Center in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was a native of Glen Ayre, North Carolina, son of the late Jess and Pansy Yelton Hicks. Jack was a retired forklift operator for the International Harvester Company. He was a member of the Church of Jesus in...
George Vernon Freeman
Sep 8, 2008
George Vernon Freeman, 87, of 724 Liberty Church Road, Gray, died Monday, September 8, 2008 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Roan Mountain, son of the late Henry Campbell and Dollie Lee Arnett Freeman. George was of Baptist faith. He was a veteran of both WWII and Korea, having served in the...
Bonnie Adeline Cox
Sep 8, 2008
Bonnie Adeline Godsey Cox, 85, passed away on Monday, September 08, 2008 at her home in Johnson City following a lengthy illness.She was the co-founder of Gene Cox Mechanical Contractors and served as vice president and secretary until her retirement in 1982.She was a member of East Watauga Avenue Baptist Church and served in many positions during her early life.Born...
Abigail Lee Speer
Sep 7, 2008
Abigail Lee Speer, 24, Johnson City passed away, Sunday, September 7, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center, Johnson City, TN. Abby was a native of Arkansas and had lived in Johnson City, TN for the past six years. She was a daughter of Paul Wyatt Speer, Mountain Home, Arkansas and Lisa Hemmert Speer, Jonesborough, TN. Her paternal grandfather, William...
Todd Harrell
Sep 6, 2008
Second Timothy 4: 6 and 7 And the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the Faith. Todd Harrell, 42, 2738 W. Walnut Street, Johnson City died Saturday, September 6, 2008 in Belvidere, Illinois. Todd was a native of Johnson City and is the beloved son...
Irene Street
Sep 6, 2008
Irene Street, 72, of 2002 Patterson Park Drive, Lawrenceville, Ga. died Saturday, September 6, 2008 in the Emory Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, GA. Mrs. Street was a native of Dickerson County, VA and was a daughter of the late Mack and Hattie Mae Jones Davis. She was a kitchen prep worker in a deli in Georgia. She attended the...
Robert George Smith
Sep 4, 2008
Robert G. 'Bobby'? Smith, 78, 1707 Buccaneer Drive #306, Johnson City, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 in the Lake Bridge Health Care Center. Mr. Smith was a native of Johnson City who lived in Germany for several years before moving back to Johnson City in 2001. He was the son of the late Vernie Williams and Gertrude Loveless Smith. In...
Deward Henry Captain Mccall
Sep 4, 2008
Captain Deward H. McCall, 85, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 at Magnolia Health Care Center, Asheville, NC. Captain McCall was a native of Bristol, VA, had resided in many places during his military career and more recently in New Smyrna Beach, FL and Mars Hill, NC. He was retired from the US Air Force and had served with the US...
Samuel True Mckinney
Sep 4, 2008
Samuel True McKinney, 82, 142 Pritchard Drive, Jonesborough, died Thursday, September 4, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. McKinney was a native of Bakersville, NC and was a son of the late Samuel G. and Ella Herrell McKinney. Mr. McKinney enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the age of seventeen and fought in six major Pacific battles during...
Maybelle Street
Sep 3, 2008
Maybelle Street, 83, 906 Afton Street, Johnson City, died Wednesday, September 3, 2008 in the NHC Health Care Center. Mrs. Street was a native of Johnson City who lived in Baltimore, Maryland from 1951 to 1983 and returned+ to Johnson City in 1983. She was the daughter of the late Wilburn R. and Minnie Lewis Blevins. In addition to her...
Daniel Craig Kehs
Sep 3, 2008
Daniel Craig Kehs of Johnson City, died Wednesday Sept. 3, 2008 at his residence after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Buffalo, NY and had lived in Johnson City for the past 25 years. Mr Kehs was a graduate of Milligan College and worked for the Tennessee Department of Correction until his injury in 1994. He was preceded...
Larry Gene Bunton
Sep 3, 2008
Larry Gene 'Bobsled'? Bunton, 59 of 210 Bunton Road, Johnson City, TN died Wednesday evening, September 3, 2008 in Johnson City from injuries received in a motorcycle accident. Larry was a son of the late Charles A. Bunton, Sr. and Nannie Mae Perkey Bunton of Johnson City. He was a retired insulator installer. Larry was a member of the International...
Felix Eugene Lilly
Sep 2, 2008
Felix Eugene 'Gene'? Lilly, 90, of 503 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City died Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at Asbury Place. Mr. Lilly was a native of Johnson City and was a son of the late Dallas Monroe and Mary Kate White Lilly. He was a retired salesman of office supplies and a former employee of Summers Hardware. Mr. Lilly served...
Novada Pansy Wishon
Sep 1, 2008
I have finished the race. I have fought the good fight. I have kept the faith. Novada P. Wishon, 86, entered her heavenly home surrounded by her loving family on Monday, September 1, 2008 at the Appalachian Christian Village in Johnson City. Novada was born in Washington County and had lived in the area all her life. She was a...
Everett Barnett, Jr.
Sep 1, 2008
Everett 'Junior'? Barnett, 78, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 1, 2008 at the Lifecare Center of Gray. A Mitchell County, NC native, he was a son of the late J.C. and Hannah (Miller) Barnett. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Barnett is survived by his wife Betty, of the home; a son, Keith Barnett and...
Julia Adelaide Reedy
Sep 1, 2008
Julia Adelaide Lawson Reedy, fondly remembered as Tom, 96, a life long resident of Washington County, passed away Monday, September 1, 2008, at Appalachian Christian Village following an extended illness. She was born May 14, 1912, and lived her entire life in the Austin Springs-Boones Creek-Johnson City area. She was the daughter of the late J.P. and Cora Lee McQueen...
Pauline Pierce
Aug 30, 2008
Pauline Pierce, 83, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the residence of her daughter in Johnson City.She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Charles William and Nina Florence Miller Berry. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 43 years, Nick Robinson ' Rob'? Pierce in 1984....
James Kevin Underwood
Aug 30, 2008
Kevin Underwood, 41, 866 Dry Creek Road, Jonesborough, died Saturday, August 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center.Kevin was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County.He was a son of the late Jack and Patricia Truelove Underwood.Kevin was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Knicely and two sisters, Debbie Walker and Tammy Colyer.Survivors include two daughters, Ashley...
