OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Joe Frank Denton
Dec 7, 2007
Joe F. Denton, 71, 2109 East Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died Friday December 7, 2007 in the Quillen VAMC Nursing Home at Mountain Home. Mr. Denton was a native of Carter County who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Joe S. and Dora Tolley Denton. In addition to his parents...
Hattie G. Webb
Dec 6, 2007
Hattie G. Webb, age 81, 146 Park Drive, Johnson City, died Thursday, December 6, 2007, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina and the daughter of the late John Garrett and Cartie Ebbs Gardner. In addition to being a homemaker, Mrs. Webb co-owned Webbs Gemstones with her late husband, Clyde D. Webb. She was...
Mina Marie Poteet
Dec 5, 2007
Mina Milks Poteet, of Johnson City, Tennessee and Peachtree City, Georgia, died a week short of her 96th birthday on Wednesday, December 5th at North Side Hospital in Johnson City. Mrs. Poteet was the daughter of the late Carolina Mina Stuart Milks and the late Floyd Edwin Milks. She was born in Lennox, South Dakota but spent her childhood, adolescence...
Luther Howard Grindstaff
Dec 5, 2007
Luther Howard Grindstaff, 73, 115 Woodlawn Drive, Johnson City, died Wednesday December 5, 2007 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center following a lengthy illness. He was the son of the late Frank and Polly Ellison Grindstaff. In addition to his parents a brother, Clarence Grindstaff, also preceded him in death. Survivors include: two brothers, Bill and David Grindstaff both of...
Teresa Ann Parker
Dec 5, 2007
Teresa A Parker, 58, 131 Woodland Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday December 5, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Miss Parker was a native of Johnson City who had lived most of her life in Baltimore, Maryland. She was a graduate of The University of Maryland and worked for the state of Maryland at University of Maryland Hospital. Miss...
James Watkins Smith, Sr.
Dec 3, 2007
James W. Smith, Sr., 59, of 118 East 10th Avenue, Johnson City died Monday, December 3, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Smith was a native of Nashville, TN and had lived in Johnson City for most of his life. He was a son of the late Jackson Wesley Smith, Sr. and Odie Iola Hand Smith. Mr. Smith was a member...
Annie Tipton Penland
Dec 2, 2007
Annie Tipton Penland, 97, Johnson City, died Sunday, December 2, 2007 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Penland was a Mitchell County, NC native and had lived in the Tri-cities area since she was nine years old. She was a daughter of the late Manuel and Mollie Jane Laughren Jones. Mrs. Penland was preceded in death by her first husband, Nathaniel Tipton,...
Virginia Pinkerton
Dec 2, 2007
Virginia 'Jenny'? G. Pinkerton, 52, 551 Boring Chapel Road, Gray, died Sunday December 2, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Pinkerton was a native of Cape Girardeau, Missouri who had lived the last twelve years of her life in Washington County, TN. She is the daughter of Mary Lambert and the late Norman Niederbrach. She was formerly employed...
Bernadine Ann Hill
Nov 29, 2007
Bernadine Ann Hill, 71, 2190 Dry Creek Road, died Thursday, November 29, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hill was a Highland Park, Michigan native and had lived in Johnson City for several years. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Daisy Allen Paquette and was preceded in death by one son, Michael Hill. Mrs. Hill...
Stella Davis Ellison
Nov 28, 2007
Stella Davis Ellison, 84, 1316 Imperial Court, Gray, TN died Monday, November 26, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Ellison was born and had lived most of her life in Carter County, TN. She was a daughter of the late Henry and Sarah Johnson Lyons and was the last child living of nine children. Mrs. Ellison was a...
Rebecca Ann Hodges
Nov 27, 2007
Rebecca Ann Hodges, 65, 117 Fleming Road, Johnson City died Tuesday, November 27, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hodges was a daughter of the late Earl and Mary Rebecca Johnson Siler. She was a Wal-Mart employee, a homemaker and a member of the Kings Springs Baptist Church. Mrs. Hodges is preceded in death by her parents; and...
Sam Henry Garst
Nov 27, 2007
Sam Henry Garst, 86, 925 Hawley Road, Blountville, died Tuesday, November 27, 2007 in the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Mr. Garst was a native of Sullivan County who had lived most of his life in Sullivan County. He was the son of the late Pierce and Bertha Wine Garst.In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by...
Florence Smythe
Nov 26, 2007
Florence Browder Smythe, 102, of 2020 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Monday, November 26, 2007 at the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Smythe was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Samuel and Elizabeth Patterson Browder. She was a very active member of the St. Johns Episcopal Church. Mrs. Smythe had also been as...
Myrtle Laws Freeman
Nov 26, 2007
Myrtle Laws Freeman, age 87, passed away suddenly, Monday, November 26, 2007. She resided in Jonesborough and was a member of Liberty Church in Gray. She served as a Red Cross Volunteer and was a member of the John M. Reed Home Auxiliary for many years. She was preceded in death by her husband James J. Freeman, Sr., a son...
Anna Faye Stanley
Nov 26, 2007
Anna Faye Stanley, 68, 154 Sheffield Circle, Gray, died Monday, November 26, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Stanley was a Jackson, KY native and had lived in Gray for the past few years. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Georgia Lawson Overbee. One brother, Charles Overbee, preceded Mrs. Stanley in death. She attended Victory Baptist Church. Survivors...
Larry Young Miller
Nov 26, 2007
Larry Young Miller, age 64, of 1184 Pickens Bridge Road, Piney Flats, Tennessee, died at his home Monday, November 26th following a lengthy illness. The son of the late Virginia Evelyn Mallonnee Miller and the late Lloyd Young Miller, Mr. Miller was a native of Johnson City and a lifelong resident of the area. Prior to his illness, Mr. Miller...
Billy Donald Lyon
Nov 25, 2007
Billy Donald Lyon, 63, 707 Pardee Street, Johnson City died Sunday, November 25, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Lyon was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a son of the late Albert and Blanche Vines Lyon. He was a nurse at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Hospital. Survivors include: one son, Bart A....
Judy Lewis Oliver
Nov 24, 2007
Judy Lewis Oliver, 55, lost her battle with cancer in her home on Saturday, November 24, 2007. She was a native of Aiken, South Carolina, a daughter of Boyd and Wanda Linville Lewis. Judy was a graduate of Science Hill High School and East Tennessee State University. She was a retired teacher in Washington County, having taught at both Barnes...
Varden Fox Roller
Nov 24, 2007
Varden Fox Roller, of 213 Oviedo Street, Gulf Breeze, Florida died Saturday, November 24, 2007 in the Gulf Breeze Hospital after celebrating her 81st birthday November 9th following a courageous battle with cancer. She was a native of Johnson City, TN, but later was a permanent resident of Florida. She was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Rachel Gertrude...
Emma Irene Trobaugh
Nov 23, 2007
Mrs. Irene Riffey Trobaugh was born September 20, 1913, and passed away at the age of 94 on November 23, 2007 at Johnson City Medical Center. Formerly of 4124 Ranch Road Johnson City, TN 37601, Mrs. Trobaugh lived in Asbury Center. Mrs. Trobaugh was a Washington County native where she lived most of her life. She was a daughter of...
