OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Leonard Evanosky
Jul 5, 2007
Leonard Evanosky, 40, 141 W. Market Street, Johnson City, died at his residence on July 5, 2007. He was a native of Washington D.C., son of the late Raymond Leonard Evanosky and Jane Rachel Lees. He was a student at East Tennessee State University and was of the Catholic faith. Leonard had served in the U. S. Air Force during...
Helen Van Huss Hensley
Jul 4, 2007
Helen Van Huss Hensley, 85, 1501 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hensley was a native of Washington County who had lived all her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late B.F. Van Huss and Florence Vest Van Huss. In addition to her parents she...
Barbara Pierce
Jul 4, 2007
Barbara Pierce, 50, 1004 King Richard Blvd., Johnson City, died Tuesday July 3, 2007 at home. Miss. Pierce was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City . She was the daughter of the late Dayton O. Pierce and Dorothy Wood Pierce. She was owner of Pierce Realty. She attended Vanderbilt University and graduated Cumlaude from East Tennessee State University...
Howard Hamilton
Jul 1, 2007
Howard Hamilton, 81, former assistant general manager of the Johnson City Press, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007 in Knoxville, TN. Mr. Hamilton was a Sullivan County native and lived most of his adult life in Jonesborough. He was a son of the late R. L. and Virgie Cox Hamilton. Three brothers, Frank, Niles and Bill preceded him in death....
Chuck Mason, Sr.
Jul 1, 2007
Chuck Mason, Sr. ,76, of 1956 Kings Springs Road, Johnson City died Sunday, July 1, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Mason was a native of Zebulon, North Carolina and had lived in Johnson City for more then fifty years. He was a son of the late Lerlon 'Jack'? and Mattie Williford Mason. Mr. Mason started into business...
Herbert Henry Ferguson
Jul 1, 2007
Herbert Henry Ferguson, 70, 810 Briarcliff Road, passed away suddenly, July 1, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Washington County and a former resident of Aurora, Illinois. He was a son of the late Herbert and Nellie Crawford Ferguson and was also preceded in death by one sister, Mabel Miller and one brother-in-law, Lee Miller. Mr....
Virginia Walker Wiley
Jun 29, 2007
Virginia Walker Wiley, 98, of 1110 North Roan Street, Johnson City died Friday, June 29, 2007 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Wiley was a native of Chattanooga, TN and had lived in Johnson City since she was nine years of age. She was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Rachel Ellen Fowler Walker. Mrs. Walker retired...
William Lee Debter
Jun 28, 2007
William Lee Debter, 83, of 132 Rockhouse Road, Jonesborough, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Cullman County, Alabama, son of the late Neil Gilbert and Lottie Arnold Debter. William was retired from the Power Board of Chicago, Illinois. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Army...
Thelma Bailey Johnson
Jun 28, 2007
Thelma Bailey Johnson, 84, 4114 Navaho Drive, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Lola H. Bailey and Waitsie Human Bailey Coulter. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by: her husband, Charles Allen Johnson in 1998; one daughter,...
Willis K. Johnson
Jun 27, 2007
Willis K. Johnson, 77, 379 Bill West Road, Limestone, died Wednesday, June 26, 2007 at Indian Path Hospital. Mr. Johnson was a St. Charles, VA native and had lived in Washington County, TN for the past several years. He was a son of the late Cecil and Maxie Kegley Johnson and was also preceded in death by his wife, Joyce...
George M. Haws, Jr.
Jun 26, 2007
George M. Haws, Jr., 76, 108 Joe Hale Drive, Gray passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at his home after a long illness. Mr. Haws was a native of Washington County who had lived all his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late George M. Haws, Sr. and Mary Hammett Haws. He was a U.S. Army...
Glen A. Brock
Jun 24, 2007
Glen A. Brock, age 82 died Sunday June 24, 2007 at NHC in Johnson City. Mr. Brock was a veteran in the U. S. Army serving as a medic in World War II. He had a long business career with Park-Davis Pharmaceuticals and Federated Department Stores in Atlanta, GA. He moved to Johnson City to be close to family in...
Lelia Virginia Anderson
Jun 23, 2007
Lelia Virginia Jones Anderson, 81, of 308 Hicks Road, Piney Flats, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was a native of Marion, Virginia, daughter of the late Charles Garland and Lottie Snavley Jones. Virginia was a retired cashier for the American General Life Insurance Company and a member of the Piney Flats...
Harvey John Adkins
Jun 23, 2007
Harvey John Adkins, 59, of 910 Woodland Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at his residence after succumbing to mantle cell lymphoma. He was a native of Oklahoma, son of the late George and Mary Francis McKelvey Adkins. Harvey joined the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps during his undergraduate years at the University of Oklahoma, a product of...
Wade Canipe
Jun 20, 2007
Wade Canipe, 68, 138 Pond Hill Road, Jonesborough, died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Canipe was a Bakersville, NC native and had lived in Jonesborough for several years. He was a son of the late Ernest and Mae Roark Canipe. Mr. Canipe was preceded in death by his first wife, Francis Scott Canipe. He...
Martha Lou Brockwell
Jun 19, 2007
Martha Lou Reaves Brockwell, 81, of 808 East Hillcrest Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday, June 19, 2007 at the Fort Sanders Hospital in Sevierville. She was a native of Greene County, daughter of the late Ira Hansom and Alma Vance Stanton Reaves. Martha was a retired legal secretary who was employed by Thomas E. Mitchell and Tony Seaton for fifty...
John Harold Leach
Jun 18, 2007
John Harold Leach, age 86, of Wellington Place in Johnson City, died June 18, 2007, at his residence. Harold was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Porter Paris and Margaret Huskins Leach. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Kyle Leach, and a sister, Lucille Leach Gough. Harold was a member...
Willard L. Musick, Jr.
Jun 15, 2007
Willard L. 'Will'? Musick, Jr. 60, of Horn Lake, MS, a former resident of Piney Flats,TN died Friday, June 15, 2007 in the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto in Southaven, MS.Mr. Musick was a native of Richlands,VA and had lived in Horn Lake for the past two years. He was a son of the late Willard Leslie Musick, Sr. and Zennie Kiser...
