OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Charlice Francie Love
Mar 16, 2008
Charlcie Love, 83, formerly of 902 W. Hillcrest Drive, Johnson City passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2008 very quietly and with much dignity at the Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City. She was a lifelong Johnson City resident and a daughter of the late Phil and Flora Downs. She was preceded in death by her husband, Max H....
Dorothy Elizabeth Bowman
Mar 14, 2008
Dorothy Elizabeth Bowman, 97, of 4213 Englewood Boulevard West, Johnson City, died Friday, March 14, 2008 at the NHC Health Care Center. She was a native of Ramseytown, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Robert Suel and Rachel Delila Ramsey Randolph. Dorothy was a coner for the Leon Ferenbach Company for 27 years and had lived in Johnson City...
Adrian Lester Tate
Mar 14, 2008
Adrian Lester, Tate, 86, of 126 Bart Green Drive, Gray, passed away on Friday, March 14, 2008 at his daughters home in Roan Mountain. Mr. Tate was a native of Washington County and a son of the late, William Gentry Tate and Lizzie Mitchell Tate. He was also preceded in death by his wife ,Dorothy Lee Rash Tate and by...
Hortentia Mccoy
Mar 13, 2008
Hortentia Phillips McCoy, 82, of 410 East Grand Avenue Extension, Johnson City, died Thursday, March 13, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City a daughter of the late Willard O. and Mae Hughes Phillips. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Haskell H. McCoy in 2005. Hortentia...
Chancey Franklin Dugger
Mar 12, 2008
Chancey Franklin Dugger, 85, 1010 Beechwood Drive, Johnson City, died Wednesday March 12, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Dugger was a native of Butler who had lived in Johnson City for most of his life. He was the son of the late Robert Newton and Nancy Ellen Sheets Dugger. In addition to his parents he was also...
Thelma Naomi Mayfield
Mar 11, 2008
Thelma Naomi Mayfield, 97, Johnson City, began her Life with the Lord, March 11, 2008 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mrs. Mayfield was a native of Weir City, KS and had lived in Johnson City for the past twenty years. She was a daughter of the late Stephen Robert and Mabel Rose Underwood Briggs. Mrs. Mayfield was...
Gary Lee Hopkins
Mar 9, 2008
Gary Lee Hopkins, 48, of 1183 Corby Bridge Road in Chuckey, passed away Sunday, March 9, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a son of Wayne B. and Mary H. Johnson Hopkins. Survivors in addition to his parents include; two brothers, Norman Wayne Hopkins of Iowa and Robert Curtis Hopkins of TN; four Nephews and two Nieces...
Mark A. Rhodes
Mar 9, 2008
Mark Anthony 'Marky'? Rhodes, 26, of 426 S. Broadway, Johnson City died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at the residence. 'Marky'? was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a son of Donna Salts Rhodes of the home and the late Ernest M. Rhodes. 'Marky'? was a musician and had played the drums with these bands, 'Maddas, 'Eternal Chaos'?,...
Mildred Patsy Lewis
Mar 8, 2008
Mildred 'Patsy'? Lewis, 93, 905 Smalling Road, died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Lewis was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County. She was a daughter o the late John and Nannie Gobble Hughes. Mrs. Lewis was a member of King Springs Christian Church. Survivors include on son, Ross Lewis and his wife, Freddie, Griffin, GA;...
Lena Mae Gray
Mar 7, 2008
Lena Mae Gray, 87, resident of Appalachian Christian Village since 1996, died March 6, 2008 after a lengthy Alzheimers illness. She was a native of the Boones Creek community and the daughter of the late Charlie and Lori Adams Mitchell and the wife of the late Cecil Earl Gray. She was a member of the Boones Creek Christian Church where...
Mary Hyder Foxx
Mar 5, 2008
Mary Hyder Foxx, 88, 1403 Lynnwood, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was an Elizabethton native and a daughter of the late W. Ray and Bertha Elizabeth Hyder. She was a graduate of Elizabethton High School and East Tennessee State College. Mrs. Foxx retired from teaching home economics at Happy Valley High School....
Rachel Benfield Slaughter
Mar 5, 2008
Rachel Woodby Benfield Slaughter, 96, formerly of 814 Exum Street, Johnson City went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at North Side Hospital. Mrs. Slaughter was a native of Unicoi County and had lived most of her life in Carter and Washington Counties. She was a daughter of the late Charlie and Rhoda Carver Woodby....
Irene Cantrell Lacey
Mar 4, 2008
Irene Cantrell Lacey, 88, 145 Hilltop Drive, Fall Branch, formerly of Gray died Tuesday March 4, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Lacey was a native of Sparta, Tennessee who had lived in Washington County since she was a young girl. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Julia Lack Cantrell. In addition to her parents she was also...
Richard Clarke Way
Mar 3, 2008
Richard Clarke Way, 44, 3211-1 McKinley Road, died Monday, March 3, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Way was a native of Winfield, IL and had lived in Johnson City for the majority of his life.
He was a son of the late Donald and Sandra Ballou Way.
Mr. Way was a drywall finisher. He was a Johnson City Major...
Caolyn Ann Spurling
Mar 3, 2008
Carolyn Spurling, 63, Jonesborough, died Monday, March 3, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Spurling was a native of Greeneville, TN and had lived in Washington County for the past few years. She was a daughter of the late Afton and Mable Jones Brotherton and was preceded in death by one sister, Phyllis Grasham and one brother, James...
Ross L. Good
Mar 3, 2008
Ross L. Good, 84, of 315 Delmer Salts Road, Gray, TN died Saturday, March 1, 2008 in the James H. Quillen, VAMC at Mountain Home. Mr. Good was a native of Emerson, Iowa but had lived most of his life in East Tennessee. He was a son of the late Isaac T and Mary McClain Good. Mr. Good was a...
Garland Duncan
Mar 1, 2008
Garland Duncan, 82, of 1102 E. Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, March 1, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Sioux, North Carolina, son of the late Molt and Augusta Garland Duncan. Garland was a self-employed carpenter and loved to work with wood. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Clarence...
Sadie B. Casey
Feb 28, 2008
Sadie B. Casey, 97, of 1404 John Exum Parkway, Johnson City, died Thursday, February 28, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Casey was a native of Unicoi County and had lived in Johnson City for many years. She was a daughter of the late Frank and Lynnis White Blevins. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by...
William Thomas Hughes
Feb 26, 2008
William Thomas Hughes of Johnson City passed away Tuesday at his home. A World War II veteran and a native of the Watauga community, he was born July 3, 1924. During the war, he served with U.S. Admiral Russell S. Berkeys 7th Fleet on a minesweeper in the South Pacific. Operating only at night, his minesweeper received a presidential citation...
Frank Charles Coffman
Feb 25, 2008
Frank Charles Coffman, 52, beloved father, brother, and friend, went to be with the Lord Monday, February 25, 2008. Mr. Coffman was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Ed and Tennie Mae Miller Coffman and a sister, Mary Louise Greene. Survivors include three daughters and a son-in-law; Dorothy Marie Coffman of Gray, Cindy...
