Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Nov 2, 2007

Ella Mae Curtis, 66, 810 Briarcliff Road, Johnson City, died Friday, November 2, 2007 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson County, Tennessee and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. Mrs. Curtis was a daughter of the late William and Gertrude Ethel Fletcher Younce. Mrs. Curtis was a retired seamstress and a member of the...

Nov 1, 2007

Dorothy P. Samier, 79, 301 Highland Ave., Johnson City, died Thursday, November 1, 2007 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Samier was a native of Johnson City who had lived all her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late J.J. Page and Minnie Miller Page. In addition to her parents her husband, Dale H. Samier in...

Oct 29, 2007

Bonnie Garland Lowery, 92, formerly of 130 Katanah Ln, went home to be with the Lord on Monday evening, October 29, 2007 at the NHC Healthcare Center after a long battle with Alzheimers. A daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Tipton) Garland, Mrs. Lowery was a Bakersville, NC native. She had lived in the Johnson City area since 1930...

Oct 24, 2007

Dora Lois Williams Proctor, 77, of Altamonte Springs, Fla., formerly of Greenway Drive of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at Life Care of Altamonte Springs Nursing Home in Altamonte Springs, Florida. She was a Warrenton, NC native and lived in Johnson City from 1963 until 2000. Mrs. Proctor was the daughter of the late Richard and Lucy...

Oct 22, 2007

Mary Elizabeth Torbett, 95, 832 Pickens Bridge Road, Piney Flats, died Monday, October 22, 2007 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Torbett was born January 12, 1912 in Mulberry, FL, the daughter of the late John and Azile Bragdon Peoples. She grew up on the Peoples/Melvin farm on Knob Creek Road, now the site of K-Mart. The Peoples Family was one of...

Oct 19, 2007

Charles E. Whitson, 79, 907 Afton Street, Johnson City died Friday, October 19, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Whitson was a native of Relief, N.C. and had lived in Johnson City more then forty years. He was a son of the late Calvin and Nerva Barnett Whitson. Mr. Whitson was a retired employee of Harris-Tarkett with thirty-seven...

Oct 18, 2007

Timmie Lynn Harvell, 40, of 108 Ridgeview Lane, Jonesborough, died Thursday, October 18, 2007 in Johnson City. He was a native of Washington County, son of Jackie Street and Marjorie Alice Harvell Hurd. Timmie was a siding and window installer and was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by an uncle, Johnny Luther Harvell. Survivors include: his...

Oct 17, 2007

Mr. James W. Jackson, Sr. age 88, of Johnson City won his battle with Alzheimer and Cancer. He was called home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 from the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Extended Care. Mr. Jackson was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Ruel S. Jackson and Lillie...

Oct 15, 2007

William Russell Berry, 39, 1220 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City, died Monday, October 15, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Berry was the son of Bill Berry and Barbara Berry. His paternal grandparents, Fred and Grace Berry and his maternal grandparents, Robert and Nannie Taylor, preceded him in death. Mr. Berry was an attorney. He graduated from the University of Memphis...

Oct 15, 2007

Oct 14, 2007

Frances Shoun Snyder, 86, formerly of 611 Holly Hill Road, Johnson City, died Sunday, October 14, 2007 at the NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City. She was a native of Doeville, Tennessee and daughter of the late Asa West Shoun and Pearl Laws Shoun. Frances was an educator, having started work with the Holston Ordinance and then attending Peabody College...

Oct 12, 2007

Michael Keller Brannock, 60, of Asheville, NC, formerly of Johnson City, died at the Mission Hospital in Asheville, on Friday October 12, 2007. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived in Asheville the last several years. Mr. Brannock was a son of the late Douglas Keller Brannock and Helen Murray Brannock. He was a charter member of...

Oct 11, 2007

Vivian Day Kelly, 84, #4 Lara Court, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Thursday October 11, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Nannie Byrd Day and the late John Harvey Day. She was a native of Johnson City and lived for 35 years in California before moving back to Johnson City. Prior to her...

Oct 9, 2007

George G. Hammonds, age 57, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at home. Mr. Hammonds was a Kingsport native and the son of George Raymond Hammonds, of Nevada, and Dorothy Banner Boyd, of Erwin, TN. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran, having served as a jet aircraft mechanic during the Vietnam era. Mr. Hammonds had a deep passion for...

Oct 9, 2007

2nd Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Tom Tipton, 73, of 3005 McKinley Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Unicoi County who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son...

Oct 9, 2007

Dorothy 'Dottie'? Grant Price, age 83, of 220 Gilmer Park passed away Tuesday, October 09, 2007. Dottie was born in LaGrange, North Carolina. She met her future husband Joe Price while working at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base during WWII. Following the war, they moved to Johnson City where she has resided ever since. . Mrs. Price was the daughter...

Oct 9, 2007

Melvin R. Hicks, 76, of 296 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was a native of Washington County and son of the late Hubert and Bea Ledford Hicks. Melvin was in the U. S. Army during peacetime serving as a Staff Sergeant stationed in Germany. He was a retired supervisor...

Oct 8, 2007

Virginia Roberts Saylor, age 98, formerly of 489 Woodlyn Avenue, Johnson City, died Monday, October 08, 2007, at Appalachian Christian Village. On October 26th, Mrs. Saylor would have been 99 years old. Mrs. Saylor was a native of Alvarado, Virginia, and had lived in Johnson City since her childhood. She was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Roberts and...

Oct 8, 2007

Clara Renfro Fillers, 81, 309 Roosevelt Street, died Monday October 8, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Fillers was a Mitchell County, NC native and had lived in Johnson City since 1943. She was a daughter of the late James H. and Daisy Hopson Renfro. Her husband, Allen Lee Fillers, preceded Mrs. Fillers in death. She was an active member of...

Oct 7, 2007

Ray Wiseman, 75, of 996 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at his residence.Mr. Wiseman was a native of Telford, TN. He was a son of the late, Charles and Grace Davis Wiseman. He was also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.He was a retired employee if Allied Metal.Mr. Wiseman is survived by; two...