OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
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...
Leota F. Cox
Feb 24, 2008
Mrs. Leota Carroll Cox, age 91, West Columbia, SC, died Sunday, February 24, 2008 in West Columbia, SC. Mrs. Cox was born in Gray (Station), Tennessee and lived most of her life in Johnson City, Tennessee. She attended schools at Gray and Sulphur Springs. She moved to South Carolina in 1997. She was the daughter of Ethel Bowman Carroll and...
Elizabeth Swoyer
Feb 15, 2008
Elizabeth Ffolliott Swoyer '' died February 15, 2008, at age 97 at Appalachian Christian Village. She was born in 1910 in Everett, Washington, a daughter of the late Frederick Kerr Ffolliott and Ella Lyons Harvie Ffolliott. She moved with her family to Johnson City, Tennessee, in 1917 where she has continued to live until her death. She was predeceased by...
Herman F. Bradtmueller
Feb 14, 2008
Herman F. Bradtmueller, 86, Johnson City, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Bradtmueller was an Allen County, Indiana native and had lived in Johnson City since 1986. He was a son of the late William C. and Caroline Berning Bradtmueller and was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters. Mr. Bradtmueller was retired from the federal...
Holly Anderson
Feb 13, 2008
Holly McAfee Anderson, 49, of 4019 Timberlake Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Julian G. and Elsie Syathers McAfee. Holly was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. She loved her family and animals, she lived off the road and there were many...
Margaret Eleanor Ashworth
Feb 12, 2008
Margaret E. Ashworth, of 115 Peachtree Street, Johnson City, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Bun and Hattie Murphy Price. Margaret was a retired employee of American Bemberg Corporation. She was a member of the Clark Street Baptist Church. In addition to her parents...
Gilmore O. Sahlin
Feb 12, 2008
Gilmore O. Sahlin, 85, formerly of Keefauver Road, Gray, TN died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in the NHC Health Care in Johnson City. Mr. Sahlin was a native of New York and had lived most of his life in Washington County, TN. He was a retired Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer with the Holston Defense Plant in Kingsport. Mr. Sahlin was...
Fred Lane Hodges
Feb 11, 2008
Fred Hodges, 83, of 167 Price Road, Johnson City, passed away, Monday, February 11, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Avery County, NC, and a son of the late Charles and Rose Droughn Hodges. Mr. Hodges was also preceded in death by his wife, Roberta, on January 19, 2008 Mr. Hodges was a W.W....
Etta Ray
Feb 11, 2008
Etta Ray, 48, of 245 Scioto Road, Unicoi died Monday, February 11, 2008 in the Center on Aging and Health in Erwin. Mrs. Ray was a native of Johnson City who had just recently moved to Unicoi. She was a daughter of the late Eugene and Thelma Margaret Brown Tittle. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in...
Charles Kelly Hamilton, Jr.
Feb 10, 2008
Charles Kelly Hamilton, Jr., 37, 444 Harmony Circle, Gray, died Sunday, February 10, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Hamilton was a Durham, NC native and had lived in Washington County, TN for the past few years. He was a son of Charles Kelly Hamilton, Sr, Gray and the late Janie Leslie Robbins Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was an employee of Wal-Mart...
Pollack Ann Williams
Feb 8, 2008
Pollack 'Polly'? Ann Williams, age 33, of 1421 Cloverdale Dr., Hixson, Tennessee died Friday, February 8, 2008 at her residence. Polly was born in Memphis, Tennessee and had lived most of her life in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Susan Lancaster Rule and George Alex Williams, II. Her stepfather was Jim Rule. Polly was a graduate of...
Ruby Jewel Shipley
Feb 3, 2008
Ruby Jewel Shipley, 52, of 310 Ridge Drive, Piney Flats, passed away February 3, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Pontiac, Michigan, daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Ruby Faxter Shaffer Osborne. Survivors include; her husband, Ron Shipley, one daughter, Sheina Shipley, Johnson City; two sons, Mikey Shipley and Ronnie Dean Shipley both...
Elizabeth L. Betty Berry
Jan 30, 2008
Elizabeth J. 'Betty ' Berry, 71, of 1437 Piedmont Road, Johnson City went home to the Lord on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a lingering illness. Mrs. Berry was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Scott J. and Pearl Winters Lawson. She is also preceded in...
Carl Bradley Couch
Jan 30, 2008
C. Bradley Couch, 71 of 1308 W. Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. He was a native of Jonesborough and a son of the late I. Bert and Jennie Pippin Couch. He was also preceded in death by a son, Anthony B Couch. Survivors include his wife, Judy Couch; one son,...
Edward Smithpeters
Jan 29, 2008
Edward Smithpeters, Sr., 91, of 503 Pardee Street, Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Newport, son of the late Sam and Lonnie Greene Smithpeters. Edward was a self employed demolition contractor. He was a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was...
