OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Virginia Bawgus
Apr 23, 2006
Virginia Rowland Bawgus, 90, of 923 Piney Grove Avenue, Johnson City, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Newport, daughter of the late Charles 'Jake' Rowland and Harriett Hagan Rowland Cook. Mrs. Bawgus was a retired homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd...
Robert Bobby Townsend
Apr 22, 2006
Robert 'Bobby' Townsend, 65, 110 Wilson Avenue, Johnson City died Saturday, April 22, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Townsend was a native of Carter County and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late James and Edith Bell Hayes Townsend. He was a retired drywall finisher and was of the Christian faith....
Joseph F. Pace, Jr.
Apr 21, 2006
Joseph F. Pace, Jr., 81, Piney Flats, died Friday, April 21, 2006, at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Pace was a native of Greeneville, SC and had lived in Piney Flats since 1995. He was a son of the late Joseph Pace, Sr. and Virginia Prince Pace. Mr. Pace was a WWII US Navy veteran. He...
Clotele E. Burleson
Apr 20, 2006
Clotele E. Burleson, 88, 400 N. Boone Street, Johnson City died Thursday, April 20, 2006 in the Asbury Place. Mrs. Burleson was a native of Bulls Gap, TN and had lived in Johnson City since 1936. She was a daughter of the late Robert Franklin and Jennie Ellenburg Eason. Mrs. Burleson was a homemaker and had attended Bob Jones College...
David L. Chatman
Apr 20, 2006
David L. Chatman, 56, 4671 Cherokee Road, Jonesborough, died Thursday, April 20, 2006 at North Side Hospital. Mr. Chatman was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of Jack Chatman, Jonesborough and the late Bobbie Whaley Chatman. Mr. Chatman was a retired employee of Chatman?s Union 76 and an auto mechanic. He attended Embreeville Cove...
Derrick Antionne Gordon
Apr 13, 2006
Derrick Antionne Gordon, 39 of Johnson City died suddenly at his residence April 13, 2006. He was a native of Brooklyn, NY but had resided most of his life in the Tri-Cities. Mr. Gordon was a son of Rosemary and David Pete, Jr. of Spartanburg, SC. He was a cook and attended the Guiding Light Bible Church. He was preceded...
Magretha Y. White
Apr 12, 2006
Magretha Y. White, 55, 102 Heritage Court, Jonesborough, has gone to be with her Saviour on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. White was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of Susie Hopson, Johnson City and the late Earl M. Hawkins. Her stepfather, Jack Hopson, preceded Mrs. White in...
Gwen Lee Walden
Apr 12, 2006
Gwen Lee Walden, 56 of Johnson City, was found deceased at his residence on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, son of the late Chester Lee Walden and Mrs. Peggy Ruth Woodruff. He was an employee of American Water Heater for 38 years and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to...
Gertrude B. Toncray
Apr 10, 2006
Gertrude B. Toncray, age 83, died Monday, April 10, 2006 at Asbury Center. The daughter of the late Gertrude Clark Toncray and the late George W. Toncray, Sr., Mrs. Toncray was born in Unicoi County but lived most of her life in Johnson City. She had graduated from ETSU with a BS degree and had graduate work in English at...
John W. Cretsinger, Sr.
Apr 9, 2006
John W. Cretsinger, Sr. 59, 112 Miller Hill Road, Johnson City, TN. died Sunday, April 9, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Cretsinger was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a son of the late Raymond E. and Rosland Baker Cretsinger. Mr. Cretsinger was a auto mechanic and a Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He is preceded...
William Earl John D Miller
Apr 8, 2006
William Earl ?John D. 'Miller, 87, of 1101 Persimmon Ridge Road, Jonesborough, died Saturday, April 8, 2006 in Four Oaks Health Care Center in Jonesborough. Mr. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a son of the late William Alexander and Emma Ethel Miller. He was a farmer and a member of the McCarty?s United Methodist...
Barbara Ellen Oliver
Apr 8, 2006
Barbara Oliver, 72, 540 Washington Ave., died Saturday, April 8, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Oliver was a native of Roan Mountain, TN and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Landon and Doshie Hartly McKinney and was also preceded in death by two sisters, one brother and...
Eva Smith
Apr 7, 2006
Eva Pollock Smith, 87, Appalachian Christian Village, died Friday, April 7, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was a native of Johnson City and a resident of Florida for twenty-nine years before returning to Johnson City in 1991. She was a daughter of the late Benjamin L. and Flora Trent Pollock. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death...
Patricia Ann Truelove Underwood
Apr 6, 2006
Patricia Ann Truelove Underwood, 68, of 856 Dry Creek Road, Johnson City, died Thursday, April 6, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William Hill and Gladys Oliver Truelove. She was also preceded in death by one son, Donnie Knicely and two daughters, Debbie Walker and Tammy Colyer. Ms. Underwood was of the...
Iva Lee Gibson
Apr 5, 2006
Iva Lee Gibson, 78, of 282 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at her residence. She was a daughter of the late Bob and Lula Shell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Billie Joe Gibson in June of 2005 and by 5 sisters and 1 brother. Mrs. Gibson was of the Baptist...
Edith Jobe
Apr 5, 2006
Edith Patrick Jobe, 71, 6 Parwood Court, Johnson City, died Wednesday, April 5, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Jobe was a native of Sullivan County and had lived most of her life in Washington County. She was a daughter of Nannie Myers Patrick, Gray and the late Noah Patrick. Two brothers, J.C. Patrick and Howard Patrick, preceded...
Roger Ramsey
Apr 4, 2006
Roger Ramsey, 64, Gray, Tn., died Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center, after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Ramsey was a Carter County native and had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late Dana Harmon Ramsey, Sr. and Zella Lee Haire Ramsey and was also preceded in...
Inez Laverne Branscomb
Apr 2, 2006
LaVerne Hawkins Branscomb, 88, of the NHC Healthcare Center, died Sunday, April 2, 2006. Mrs. Branscomb was a native of Roswell, GA and had lived in the Johnson City area since 1978 and was a daughter of the late Thomas Earl and Myrtle C. King Hawkins. She was a retired homemaker and member of the Cherokee United Methodist Church. In...
Jimmy Lee Johnson
Apr 2, 2006
Jimmy L. Johnson, 61, of Claude Simmons Road , Johnson City died Sunday, April 2, 2006 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. Mr. Johnson was a native of Jonesborough and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of Willie Fay Vaughn Johnson of Johnson City and the late...
Ruth Curd
Apr 1, 2006
Ruth Shell Curd, 84 of Watauga, died April 1, 2006 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton. She was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County, daughter of the late, Ollie E. and Nellie Humphrey Shell. Mrs. Curd was a homemaker and dedicated wife and mother. She was a member of the Lick Creek Christian Church and had served the...
