OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
James David Pierson
Jul 4, 2006
SFC (ret) James David Pierson, 78, of 4721 Cuttermill Road, Martinez, GA, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. He was a Jonesborough, TN native and a son of the late David James and Pearl Goff Pierson. Mr. Pierson was a retired employee of Magnavox and was of the Baptist faith....
Fred Terrence Moody
Jul 3, 2006
Fred Terrence Moody, 81, a Monican Indian, dropped his body on July 3, 2006 in Jonesborough. He was a First Class Seaman in the United States Navy. He served during World War II. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He attended Dry Creek Church. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Ellen Tolley Moody; four...
Alice Geri Pate
Jul 3, 2006
Miss Alice 'Geri' Pate, 74, formerly of 1200 Glyn Ridge Avenue, Johnson City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday July 3, 2006 at the Appalachian Christian Village. Miss Pate was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN and the daughter of the late, Jessie Earl and Anna Wright Pate. She was also preceded in...
Edward L. Essick
Jul 2, 2006
Edward L. Essick, 71, 909 Millercrest Drive, Johnson City went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 2, 2006, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Essick was a native of Ware, Iowa, and had lived in Johnson City for the past fifty years. He was a son of Beulah Allee Essick of Tampa, FL and the late Wayne...
Billy Joe Grindstaff
Jul 2, 2006
II Corinthians 5:8. ' We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' Billy Joe Grindstaff, 73, 609 Morningside Drive, went to be with the Lord, July 2, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Grindstaff was a native of Unicoi County and had lived in Washington County most of...
Stephan Toth
Jul 1, 2006
Stephan Toth, 56, of Johnson City, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. He was born in Buckroe Beach, Virginia who had lived most of his adult life in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of the late Louis Toth, Jr. and June Vera Katcham Toth. Mr. Toth was a decorated U. S. Marine Corps veteran who served proudly in Vietnam. He...
Walter Lee Sims
Jun 30, 2006
Walter Lee Sims, 50, 135 Fairway Drive, died Friday, June 30, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Sims was a native of Furstenfeldbruck, Germany and had lived in Johnson City for the past twenty years. He is a son of Emma Robl Sims and the late Fredrick Sims Sr. He was also preceded in death by one brother,...
Rex Allen Marshall
Jun 29, 2006
Rex Allen Marshall, 42, 107 Jamie Elaine Drive, Elizabethton died Thursday, June 29, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Marshall was a native of Kingsport and had lived in Elizabethton for the past ten years. He is a son of Dessile Juanite Scarberry Marshall Collins. Mr. Marshall was retired from the United States Armed Forces and the Veterans...
Charles Dennis Hamilton
Jun 27, 2006
Charles Dennis Hamilton, III, 19, of 148 Russell Hill Road, Elizabethton died Tuesday, June 27, 2006 in Bristol VA. Mr. Hamilton was a native of LaPlata, Maryland and had lived in Tennessee for the past four years. He was a son of the late Charles Dennis Hamilton, II. Mr. Marshall was of the Baptist faith and was learning to be...
Jane Johnston
Jun 27, 2006
Jane Moore Johnston, age 79, 602 W. Mountain View Rd., Johnson City, TN, died of cancer at her home on June 27, 2006, surrounded by her loving family. Born on July 19, 1926, in Boston, MA, Mrs. Johnston grew up in Southern Pines, NC, where she attended The Arc School and Southern Pines High School, where she was a varsity...
Ronda E. Paw Hathaway
Jun 25, 2006
Ronda 'Paw' Eugene Hathaway, 78, formerly of 820 Johnson Avenue, Johnson City, died Sunday, June 25, 2006 at the Life Care Center in Gray. He was a native of Carter County and had lived in Johnson City since 1947. He was a son of the late Walter and Bessie Campbell Hathaway. He was also preceded in death by his wife,...
Geneva Newman
Jun 24, 2006
Darlene Newman, 57, 121 Stepp Lane, Johnson City, died Saturday, June 24, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Newman was a native of Canton, Ohio and had lived in Johnson City for the past twenty years. She was a daughter of the late Spurgeon and Betty Bradley Eudy. Mrs. Newman was a Food Service Manager with Aramark for ten years. She...
Andrew Charles Varricchio
Jun 23, 2006
Andrew C. Varricchio, 83, of 2324 W. Brook Lane, Johnson City, died Friday, June 23, 2006 at his home. He was a member of St. Mary?s Catholic Church . He was preceded in death by his wife, Judy, his parents Joseph and Margaret Varricchio, his sisters, Lena and Loretta and brother, Louis. He was a U. S. Army veteran having...
Patricia Irene Davis
Jun 23, 2006
Patricia Irene Davis, 67, formerly of Cameo Apartments #3 on Fairview Road, Johnson City, died Friday, June 23, 2006 at the Greystone Healthcare Center, Blountville following a lengthy illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, daughter of the late Joseph W. and Stella Mae Akins Cross. She was a homemaker and was of the Freewill Baptist...
James Emmett Grant, Sr.
Jun 22, 2006
James Emmett Grant, Sr., aged 77, of 610 Ridgeview Dr., Johnson City, Tennessee died June, 24th, 2006 at Veterans Affairs Hospital at Mountain Home, Tennessee. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, the son of the late Ruth Mason Grant and the late Emmett Calvin Grant. Having worked at John Sevier Middle School in Kingsport as a...
Gladys Stacy
Jun 22, 2006
Gladys Myers Stacy, 88, formerly of 1817 Sundale Road, Johnson City, died Thursday, June 22, 2006 at the Center on Aging and Health in Erwin. She was a native of Unicoi County, daughter of the late Green Henry and Nettie Owens Myers and had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was of the Methodist faith and was...
Grover Jennings Bud Cooper
Jun 19, 2006
Grover 'Bud' Jennings Cooper, 93, 1000 East Chilhowie Ave., died Monday, June 19, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Cooper was a native of Carter County, a former resident of Miami, FL and had lived in Johnson City since 1984. He was a son of the late William H. and Jennie Houston Cooper. His wife, Ruth L Tribble...
Bonnie Herrell
Jun 18, 2006
Bonnie Herrell, 91, of 4108 Sanford Drive, Johnson City, died Sunday, June 18, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Yancey County, NC but had lived in Johnson City since 1950. She was a daughter of the late W. A. and Lillie Mae Adkins Watts. Mrs. Herrell was also preceded in death by her husband,...
Phyllis G. Campbell
Jun 17, 2006
Phyllis G. Campbell, 60, 503 Earl Street, died Saturday, June 17, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Campbell was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Thomas and Ellen Poore Hilton and was preceded in death by three brothers, Jim Bill Hilton, Jackie Hilton and Bobby Hilton. Mrs. Campbell is...
Jewel D. Richardson
Jun 16, 2006
Jewel D. Richardson, 46, 2462 Mint Hill Road, Johnson City, died Friday, June 16, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Richardson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Nola Yelton Hyder. Mrs. Richardson was survived by one daughter, Jacqueline Richardson, Jonesborough; three brothers, Carl Hyder and Jimmy Yelton both of...
