OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Clarice Cleeta Painter
Jan 6, 2007
Clarice Cleeta Painter, 87 formerly of 2103 E. Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at the Lakebridge Health Care Center. She was a native of Unicoi County and lifelong resident of East Tennessee, daughter of the late Jeter and Cora Bennett Howell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Hodge F....
Gurney Leroy Morgan
Jan 6, 2007
Gurney Leroy 'Roy' Morgan, 71, of 1403 Orleans St., Johnson City died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at Life Care of Gray. He was a native and lifelong Johnson City resident. Mr. Morgan was a son of the late Gurney L. Morgan, Sr. and Lurlie Elizabeth Campbell. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Floyd Morgan in 2000....
Helene Elizabeth Romaine
Jan 6, 2007
Helene Elizabeth Romaine, 82, died at her residence in Greer, S.C., Saturday, January 6, 2007, following a brief illness. She was a native of Washington County, Tennessee, and lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Joseph D. Romaine, her parents, Betty and Meredith Russell, and her brother, Robert...
Floyd Raymond Atkins
Jan 5, 2007
Floyd Raymond Atkins of Johnson City, died January 5, 2007 in Johnson City following a long illness. Born August 8, 1935 here in Johnson City, TN. He grew up and lived most of his life as a native of Johnson City. He also lived in various places. He served in the U. S. Army for 22 years. He was in...
Angelyn Osborne Lipford
Jan 4, 2007
Angelyn Osborne Lipford, 56, of 709 Franklin Street, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at her residence. She was a native of Carter County but had lived most of her life in Washington County. Angelyn was a daughter of the late Edward Calvin Osborne and Mabel Rhea Clark Osborne. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Arthur Harrell Reedy
Jan 4, 2007
Arthur Harrell Reedy, 55, of 810 Lincoln Avenue, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. Mr. Reedy was in both the U. S. Army and the U. S. Marines. He was a son of the late Charles Ralph and Mildred Harrell Reedy. In addition to his parents,...
Geieve Jean Lett
Jan 4, 2007
Genieve 'Jean' Lett, 85, 810 Briarcliff Road, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Lett was a native of Helvey, Nebraska and had lived most her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William Howard Hayes and Adah Salina Hayes. Ms. Lett was also preceded in death by one...
Queenie Mitchell Chandler
Jan 4, 2007
Queenie Mitchell Chandler, 83, formerly of Sunrise Dr., Elizabethton died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, a daughter of the late, John Ira and Maude Irene (Briggs) Mitchell. Mrs. Chandler formerly attended the Tacoma Church of God. She retired from North American Rayon Corporation after 42 years...
Maria Fraga
Jan 4, 2007
Maria 'Susie' Brown Tittle Fraga, age 52, of 1749 Todd Drive, Johnson City, Tennessee died Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, the daughter of the late Margaret Brown Tittle and the late Eugene 'Gene' J. Tittle. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Ms. Fraga was a licensed practical nurse for...
William R. Deyton
Jan 3, 2007
William R. 'Rit Deyton, 64 of 3706 Timberlake Drive, Apt. 100, Johnson City, died Wednesday, December 3, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Burnsville, NC who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. Son of the late John Wesley Deyton and Mary Tipton and was of the Baptist faith. Rit was in...
Ina P. Blevins
Jan 2, 2007
Ina P. Roark Blevins, 47, 2622 Park Ave., died Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Blevins was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late William O. Roark, Jr. and Shelby J. Green Roark. Ms. Blevins was an employee of STL Appalachian Distribution. She attended Cherokee Free Will Baptist Church....
Mary Nadine Saults
Jan 1, 2007
Mary 'Nadine' Saults, 63, 915 E. Unaka Ave., died Monday, January 1, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Saults was born in Carter County and had lived all of her life in Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Ollie and Della Norris Bowman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one...
William Harold Rowe
Dec 31, 2006
William Harold Rowe, 82, 153 Rowe Lane, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 at Four Oaks Healthcare Center. Mr. Rowe was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Robert Edward and Myrtle Ledford Rowe. In addition to his parents, Mr. Rowe was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Hodges Rowe and one...
Evelyn Adams
Dec 31, 2006
Evelyn Carr Adams, age 64, of 185 Carr Cemetery Road, Johnson City, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord and into the loving arms of all her family that had gone on before her on Sunday, December 31, 2006 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, the daughter of the late...
Lois M. Jarrett
Dec 31, 2006
Lois Holt Jarrett, 78, of 2012 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City died Sunday, December 31, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Jarrett was a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother who will be missed by all those who knew her. She was a native of Watauga, TN and had lived in Georgia and Tennessee. She was a daughter of the...
Madeline E. Saults
Dec 29, 2006
Madeline E. Saults, 86, 1804 Mary Street, died Friday, December 29, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Saults was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Andrew Franklin Edwards and Alta Mae Clouse Edwards. She was a preceded in death by her husband, Robert Ray Saults and three sisters. Mrs. Saults was a...
Georgia Cleota Baird
Dec 29, 2006
Georgia C. Baird, 88, of Johnson City, formerly of Berry Branch Road, Mountain City, TN died Friday, December 29, 2006 in the North Side Hospital in Johnson City. Mrs. Baird was a native of Ashe County, NC and lived most of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Stillman and Lula Thomas Snyder....
Alta Pearl Holland
Dec 29, 2006
Alta Shepherd Holland, age 93, of 521 Dru Lane, Johnson City, Tennessee died Friday, December 29, 2006 at her daughter?s residence. Mrs. Holland was a native of Unicoi County and a lifelong resident of the area. She was the daughter of the late Anna Horton Shepherd and the late Arthur Shepherd. She was a member of Piney Grove Free Will...
Anthony Dwayne Lewis
Dec 28, 2006
Anthony 'Tony' Dwayne Lewis, 45, of 302 Winter Street, Johnson City, was called from his earthly home, December 28, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Chattahoochee, Florida and had lived in Johnson City. Tony was a son of James W. and Betty Burke Lewis. He was of the Baptist faith and had worked as a printer for...
George Lloyd Courtney
Dec 28, 2006
George Lloyd Courtney, 85, 279 Flourville Road, Gray, died Thursday, December 28, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Courtney was a native of Russellville, Tn. who had lived in Greenville, South Carolina for twenty-four years and moved to Johnson City in 1974. He was the son of the late James F. Courtney and Mary Etta Susong Courtney. He...
