OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ayden Chance Ledman
Jan 5, 2023
Ayden Chance Ledman, 15, Piney Flats, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, January 5, 2023.
Ayden was born in Bristol, TN to Chris and Beth Mullins Ledman. He was a sophomore at Sullivan East High School.
Ayden was your lovable country boy who was happiest with a fishing pole in his hand or in a deer stand. He was tough, fun loving, and...
Elinor Rebecca Lewis
Jan 3, 2023
Elinor Rebecca “Becky” Milhorn Lewis, 94, Piney Flats, passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at The Waters of Bristol, following a battle with dementia.
Becky was born in Vinton, VA to the late James and Kathrine Stanley Overstreet.
Becky was a member of Piney Flats Presbyterian Church since 1961. She worked at Kings Department Store, Nettie Lee Boys and Girls Shop and...
Peggy Jean Wallen
Jan 3, 2023
Peggy Jean Wallen, 77, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord, on Tuesday, January 3, 2023.
Peggy was born into the loving home of Oscar and Emma Ester Pickett Gibson.
She retired from Volunteer Blind Industries after a long career spanning almost 30 years.
Peggy was a very devoted mother and grandmother, and the most loving, caring, and passionate person...
C. Richard "Rick" Dobson, Sr.
Dec 30, 2022
All About Jesus
C. Richard “Rick” Dobson, Sr., also affectionately known as “Papa”, a beloved husband, dad, and grandfather, passed away peacefully at his home in Johnson City, Tennessee, on Friday, December 30, 2022, at the age of 70.
Rick was born February 24, 1952, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, the oldest of three sons born to the late Charles and Doris Dobson....
Mary Ann Brown
Dec 29, 2022
Mary Ann Large Brown, passed away at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City, Tennessee on December 29, 2022.
Mary was one of eight children born into the loving home of Frank and Maggie Louise Weaver Large.
Mary graduated from Big Creek High School in West Virginia.
She then met and married the love of her life, Price Brown, and they made their house a...
Harry B. Watson
Dec 29, 2022
Harry B. Watson, age 102, of Johnson City, Tennessee, walked into the arms of Jesus on Thursday, December 29, 2022, at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center.
A lifelong resident of Carter County, Harry was born February 8, 1920, to the late David Lawson Watson and Stella Mae Leonard Watson. He enlisted in the Army to serve in the Western Front...
Curvin Charles Monroe Laughman
Dec 25, 2022
Curvin Charles Monroe Laughman, 33, of Hanover, PA, passed away Sunday, December 25, 2022, at UT Knoxville, following a brief illness.
Curvin was born in Pennsylvania to the late Elmer and Peggy Laughman.
In addition to his parents, Curvin was preceded in death by: brothers, Elmer “Bo” Laughman and Sam Laughman Shull; father-in-law, Steven W. Miller; and grandfather, Floyd Fannon.
Survivors include: one...
Caroline White Miller
Dec 24, 2022
Caroline White Miller, 76, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Caroline was born in Erwin to the late James and Nancy Foster White.
She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church for 20 years, where she sang in the choir. Caroline worked as an RN for the VA and retired from JCMC after many...
Betty June Rutherford
Dec 23, 2022
Betty June Jones Rutherford, 81, of Johnson City, Tennessee, gained her beautiful wings after suffering a stroke on Friday, December 23, 2022.
Betty was born to Elmer and Pearl Dunn Jones on March 23, 1941, in the Forge Creek Community of Johnson County.
She was a 1959 graduate of Johnson County High School, where she was the artist for her senior yearbook...
Marie Dye
Dec 22, 2022
Betty Marie Cromwell Dye, 88, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
She was born in Watertown, New York, a daughter of the late Oliver Cromwell and Betty Marie Wolters Cole.
Marie is remembered as a wonderful person and a joy to know, spending many years caring for others as an LPN before her...
Larry Eugene Rogers
Dec 20, 2022
Larry Eugene Rogers, 84 of Johnson City, died on Tuesday, December 20, 2022 at his residence. He was a native of Greensboro, NC, son of the late Frank James Rogers, II and Mildred Wolf Rogers.
Larry attended Wake Forest on a football scholarship had to serve his country in the U. S. Army then returned to school in Guilford College in...
Rickey Lynn Smith
Dec 20, 2022
Rickey Lynn Smith, age 63, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on December 20, 2022, at the Johnson City Medical Center.
He was born in Norton, Virginia to George Hugh Smith and Joann Christine Smith.
Rickey was of the Baptist faith.
Those left to cherish his memory include his mother, Joann; brothers, Jeffrey Smith and George Hugh Smith II; sister, Kim Harrison; aunt,...
Gertrude Olean Fann
Dec 17, 2022
Gertrude (Trudy) Olean Bradley Fann went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday, December 17, 2022. She was 99.
Born on May 22nd, 1923, on the Qualla Boundary in Cherokee, North Carolina, she was the eldest daughter of nine children born to the late Julia Emma McCoy Bradley and General Washington Bradley. She was a proud,...
Joseph Lynn Young
Dec 15, 2022
Joseph Lynn “Joe” Young, 63 of Bluff City, TN died on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Orchard View Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center in Kingsport.
Joe was a native of Biloxi, Mississippi. Son of the late Ellen Cardon Young and Lynn Budd Young.
Joe served his country by serving in the U. S. Navy.
He was a graduate of ECPI in Richmond.
Joe enjoyed...
Barbara Ann Clark
Dec 12, 2022
Mrs. Barbara Ann Leonard Clark, age 87, of Johnson City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, December 12, 2022, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital, following a brief illness surrounded by loving family. She was born in Johnson City and was the daughter of the late L.G. and Ollie Mae Leonard. She was also...
Evelyn Hinkle
Dec 12, 2022
Evelyn Harris Hinkle, 80 of Elizabethton died on Monday, December 12, 2022 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Hubert and Regina Carver Harris.
Evelyn was a supervising RN at the Johnson City Medical Center for many years.
She attended the East Side Free Will Baptist Church.
Evelyn enjoyed her flower garden and taking care of...
Jimmy R L Scott
Dec 11, 2022
Jimmy R “Scotty” Scott, age 80, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on December 11, 2022, at the Waters of Bristol after a lengthy illness.
He was the son of the late John F Scott and Bessie Humphrey Scott and lived in Watauga, Tennessee.
He was a proud Navy veteran. His passion was cars, especially fast cars; he loved building street rods,...
Phyllis Ann Morgan Holmes
Dec 10, 2022
“It is not the destination that’s important, it’s the journey”
Phyllis Ann Morgan Holmes
Jonesborough , TN - Phyllis Holmes was born in Elizabethton, TN, to Thomas O. Morgan and Nancy Elizabeth Houser, on June 2, 1944. Phyllis died of interstitial lung disease on December 10, 2022 at 3:42AM, at home in Jonesborough, TN, holding her husband’s hand. She told him she...
Kathlene P Gremillion
Dec 10, 2022
Kathlene Precious Stroud Gremillion, 90, passed away December 10, 2022 at Four Oaks Healthcare Center in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Kathlene was born March 11, 1932 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana, to the late Thomas Jackson Stroud and Linda Magdalene Horton Stroud.
After graduating from Florien High School, Kathlene worked for BellSouth as a telephone operator before marrying Jude Adolphe Gremillion of Moreauville, Louisiana. They...
Ralph Lee Ruble, Jr.
Dec 9, 2022
Ralph “Lee” Ruble Jr., 71, of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, December 9, 2022, at Agape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Johnson City.
He was born in Johnson City on Christmas Day of 1950, the greatest blessing and only child of Patricia Burdick Ruble and the late Ralph Lee Ruble Sr.
Lee was a loving, giving, and thoughtful person. He enjoyed...
