Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Oct 17, 2006

Billy Lee Humphreys, age 52, 165 Youngstown Road, Flat Rock, AL, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Humphreys was a Cincinnati, OH native who was raised in Watauga. He had recently relocated to Flat Rock, AL. He was a son of the late John 'Jay' and Elsie Humphreys. Mr. Humphreys was of the Baptist...

Oct 16, 2006

James 'Jay' Lawson, 79, 1714 Persinger Drive, Watauga, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Lawson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Willard G. and Ethel Smith Lawson and was also preceded in death by one daughter, Lorie Ann Arnett and one sister, Margaret Carver. Mr. Lawson retired...

Oct 15, 2006

Oct 15, 2006

Gladys Street Douglas, 88, of 405 Colorado Street, died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at her residence following an illness. She was a native of Yancey County, North Carolina, and had lived most of her life in Tennessee, daughter of the late, Sam and Vista Troutman Street. Gladys was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her...

Oct 14, 2006

Thomas 'Jack' Jackson Weaver, 84, of 254 Weaver Hollow Road, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, son of the late James Dalton and Bessie Short Weaver. Jack was a retired fireman for East Tennessee State University and was a veteran of WWII having served in the...

Oct 14, 2006

Rebecca Jane Peters, 42, of 1294 Bluefield Avenue, Elizabethton, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center as the result of an automobile accident. She was a native of, and had lived most of her life in Washington County and was a daughter of Paul Edward Hartley and Dorothy Ann Coffey. Rebecca was a homemaker and was...

Oct 14, 2006

Mrs. Carolyn King Enkema Chapo, 91, of 2101 Christian Lane, Village Tower, Apt. 406, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Morrison, Tennessee and a daughter of the late Philip and Susie St. John King. She had lived in Elizabethton since 1941, before moving to Appalachian Christian Village in...

Oct 14, 2006

Grace Woodward, 75, formerly of 1805 E. 8th Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Lakebridge Healthcare Center. She was a native of Ashe County, NC, daughter of the late Lester and Ruby Woodard. Grace was a homemaker. She was a member of the Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...

Oct 13, 2006

Jo Chapman Gibson, 93, of the Appalachian Christian Village, Johnson City, died Friday, October 13, 2006 at Takoma Adventist Hospital in Greeneville. She was a native of Washington County but resided from time to time in various parts of the United States primarily Washington D. C. Mrs. Gibson was the daughter of the late William J. and Lillie Wiseman Chapman....

Oct 10, 2006

Oct 10, 2006

Glenn Sherman Bennett, 92, 403 Cottonwood Lane, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN. He was born Dec. 13, 1913 in Washington County., TN and he retired from ITT North Electric Company. He was a member of Avoca Christian Church, Bristol, TN. He was the son of the late Coy S. and Nellie Dove Bennett of...

Oct 9, 2006

Verda Oakes Hughes, 100, 710 Treadway Street, died Monday, October 9, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Hughes was an Avery County, NC native and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Charles Oakes and Ebbie Oakes. . Mrs. Hughes was preceded in death by her husband, Cephus C. Hughes in 1994;...

Oct 5, 2006

Sarah Kathryn McCaa Bolton, Johnson City, died Thursday, October 5, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Bolton was born April 14, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Gladys Estelle McGill and Charles Gordon McCaa. She lived in Germantown, TN, attending school in Memphis and college at the University of Alabama, until marrying and moving to Johnson City in 1950. Mrs....

Oct 5, 2006

Robert Wayne Leonard, Sr., 66, 613 Lacasa Drive, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Leonard was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Keevil and Becky Scott Leonard. Mr. Leonard was preceded in death by one grandson, Robert Wayne Leonard, III. He retired after 38 years as a supervisor...

Oct 4, 2006

Oct 2, 2006

Kathryn B. Osborne, 85, 2802 W. Walnut Street, died, Monday, October 2, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Osborne was a native of Comers Rock, VA and had lived in Johnson City since 1950. She was a daughter of the late Birket F. Taylor, Sr. and Ruth Sutherland Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...

Sep 30, 2006

Mrs. Florence Freeman Quinton, 98, formerly of 160 Max Jett Road, Johnson City passed away September 30, 2006 at the Four Oaks Health Care Center in Jonesborough. She was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late William Hamilton and Polly Jane Ward Freeman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son Norman L....

Sep 28, 2006

Patricia Ann Fann, 51 of 141 Market Street, Johnson City, died Thursday, September 28, 2006 at her residence. She was a native of Honolulu, Hawaii and was a daughter of Hobert Cambridge and Wilma Darnell Gentry. Mrs. Fann had lived in the area since 1972 and was of the Christian faith. In addition to her parents, she was survived by...

Sep 27, 2006

John Price, 69, died at his home on Bill Bennett Road, Johnson City on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 from a bout with cancer. John was a native of Carter County, Tennessee and had lived in Michigan, Florida and North Carolina before returning to Tennessee. John was an avid bird watcher and bird feeder. He loved nature and all living things....

Sep 27, 2006