OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Elizabeth Gray Mays
Dec 12, 2007
Elizabeth Gray Mays,90, of 3600 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, VA died Wednesday, December 12,2007 in the Elizabeth Adam Crump Manor in Glen Allen. Mrs. Mays was a native of Gray, Tennessee and a daughter of the late James P. and Nancy Hall Gray. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Fred C. Mays and daughter...
Patsy Marie Sanders
Dec 12, 2007
Patsy Marie Fitzgerald Sanders, 69 of Gray, passed away peacefully at her residence on December 12, 2007 after a courageous battle with Parkinsons Disease. She was born to Clyde and Lizzy Ford Fitzgerald. She was a lifetime member of Hales Chapel Christian Church. She was a retired mail carrier and County Commissioner. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Toy Luther Nelson
Dec 10, 2007
Toy Luther Nelson, 66, of 517 Griffith Way, Erwin died Monday, December 10, 2007 in the Erwin Health Care Center. Mr. Nelson was a native of Washington County and had lived most of his life there. He was a son of the late Robert and Bertha Perry Nelson. He was retired employee of the Johnson City Park and Recreation Department...
Helen Marie Argenbright
Dec 9, 2007
Helen Argenbright, 72, of 4110 Navajo Drive, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief bout with cancer. She was a native of Johnson County, daughter of Danford Grace Bowman and the late Dana Bowman. Helen had resided in Quincy, Illinois and Jacksonville, Florida. She returned to Johnson City following her...
James Harold Warren, Sr.
Dec 9, 2007
James 'Harold'? Warren, Sr., Ph.D., age 69, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 at Appalachian Christian Village Health Care Center after a lengthy illness.Dr. Warren was born in Columbia, LA on March 29, 1938 and had lived in Johnson City since 1969. He was a son of the late Amos M. Warren and Katherine Barnett Warren of West Monroe, LA.He was...
Mary Victoria Wright
Dec 9, 2007
Mary Victoria Wright, 81, 1408 Knob Creek Road, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Johnson City medical center. Mrs. Wright was a native of Marion, VA and had lived most of her life in Johnson City.She was a daughter of the late J.C. and Linda Lou Bonham Testerman. Her husband, Herman Dean Wright,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
