OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Howard Yelton
Apr 1, 2006
Mr. Howard Yelton, 94, of Johnson City, passed away, Friday, March 31, 2006 at the Center on Aging and Health in Erwin, where he and our mother was very well taken care of for about two years. Howard was a native of Mitchell County, NC and had lived in Johnson City since 1944. He was a son of the late...
Nellie Campbell
Mar 31, 2006
Nellie Riddle Campbell, age 77, died Monday, March 31, 2006, at Pine Ridge Nursing Home, Elizabethton, Tennessee. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, the daughter of the late Charles Nelson Riddle and Nora Price Riddle. Mrs. Campbell had attended One Way Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Campbell; four brothers and...
William Joseph Braly
Mar 30, 2006
William J. Braly, 53 , 127 Hawk Lane, Gray, TN died Thursday, March 30, 2006 at his residence after a lengthy illness. Mr. Braly was a native of Hampton and had lived in Johnson City for the past thirty three years. And was the son of the late John Howard and Virginia Rose Blevins Braly. Mr. Braly retired from Snap-On...
Richard Bennett
Mar 27, 2006
Richard Bennett, 84, 109 Jim McNeese Road, Johnson City died Sunday, March 26, 2006 in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Mr. Bennett was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a son of the late Harrison and Georgia Pearl Arnett Bennett. He was a veteran of WW II serving in the Marine Corp. Mr. Bennett was a...
Ellen Pocahontas Neale
Mar 27, 2006
Mrs. E. Pocahontas Neale, 95, of 2018 Sherwood Drive, Johnson City, passed away on Monday March 27, 2006 at North Side Hospital. She was a native of Richmond, Virginia, and had lived in Johnson City since 1951. She was the daughter of the late James Malone Edwards and Mary Frances Rush Edwards of Richmond. She was preceded in death by...
Minnie B. Blankenship
Mar 25, 2006
Minnie B. Blankenship, 88, 115 Woodlawn Drive, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Blankenship was a Johnson County native and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Floyd Conley Hicks and Sadie Luster White Hicks and was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Glen...
Jeanette Rev. Carver
Mar 23, 2006
Rev. Jeanette Carver, age 40, of 301 W. 3rd Avenue, Watauga, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at her residence. She was a native of Russell County, Virginia but had lived in Watauga the past 8 years. She was a daughter of Edna May Dean Jessee and the late Robert Blaine Jessee. She was also preceded in death by one brother,...
Michael Francis Spence
Mar 23, 2006
Michael Francis Spence, 63, 503 West Watauga Avenue, Johnson City Died Thursday, March 23, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Spence was a native of Nashville, TN and had lived in Johnson City since 2001. He was a U.S. Navy veteran. Survivors include a best friend, Larry Dewayne Fagre of Johnson City. A graveside service for Michael Francis...
Charles Howard Bowman
Mar 22, 2006
Charles Howard Bowman, 87, formerly of 4005 Sanford Drive, Johnson City died Wednesday, March 22, 2006 in the Life Care Center of Gray. Mr. Bowman was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and was a son of the late Charles Thomas and Fannie Mae Mohler Bowman. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in WW II. Mr. Bowman...
Sam W. Dr. Huddleston, Iii
Mar 21, 2006
Dr. Sam W. Huddleston III, passed away on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at his vacation home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina, Dr. Huddleston served during World War II in the United States Navy in the submarine service. He studied engineering at North Carolina State University, attended Cornell University and graduated from Vanderbilt University....
Charles Anthony Johnson
Mar 21, 2006
Charles Anthony Johnson, 49, Gray, TN, went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. A native of Lynchburg, VA, he was the son of C.W. and Jerry Harbour Johnson of Lynchburg, Virginia. Charles graduated from E.C. Glass High School in Lynchburg, VA and received...
Bessie Marie Oliver
Mar 21, 2006
Bessie Marie Oliver, 90, Johnson City, died Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Oliver was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison and Phoebe Bennett Hill and was preceded in death by her husband, Leslie James Oliver, three brothers, George D. Hill, Ernie Hill and Fred Hill....
Frank Landon Kimbrough
Mar 20, 2006
Frank L. Kimbrough, 69, 110 Colorado Street, went to be with the Lord, Monday, March 20, 2006 after an extended illness. Mr. Kimbrough was a native of Jefferson County, TN and had lived in Johnson City since 1965. He was a son of the late Lawrence Gus and Florence Sinard Kimbrough and was preceded in death by two brothers, Jackie...
Walter G. Ball
Mar 18, 2006
Walter G. Ball, 70, of Johnson City, died Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Ball was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, son of the late Neil Ball and Mattie R. Ball Cole. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving first wife, Dorothea Ramsey Ball. He was...
Kenneth Edmund Boyle
Mar 17, 2006
Kenneth Edmund Boyle, 70, of Johnson City, passed away on March 17, 2006 at the V. A. Medical Center Hospital. He was a native of Kansas City, Missouri but had lived in Johnson City since 1968. He was a 16 year veteran of the U. S. Marine Corp and served in Korea and Vietnam. He was retired from the Post...
Oma Lucille Trent
Mar 15, 2006
Oma Bearfield Trent, 89, 410 Riverview Drive, Johnson City died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Trent was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and was a daughter of the late Robert B. and Lola Ellen Ford Bearfield. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hawthorne Brethren Church where she sang in...
Audrie Allen Webster
Mar 15, 2006
Audrie Allen Webster, 82, 18 Shallowbrook Lane, Gray, died Wednesday, March 15, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Webster was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Arnold and Vinie Hodge Little and was preceded in death by her husband, Roland Webster. Mrs. Webster was a retired secretary for National Life Insurance and...
Belle Cylesta Fletcher
Mar 12, 2006
Belle Cylesta Fletcher, 100, 111 Happy Valley Road, Johnson City died Sunday, March 12, 2006 in the Asbury Place. Miss Fletcher was a native of Wilder, VA and had lived in Carter County, Tennessee since the mid 1940?s. She was a daughter of the late Albert Dolan and Anna Lilly Bott Fletcher. She was an active and longtime member of...
Robert Blaine Jessee
Mar 11, 2006
Robert Blaine Jessee, 64, 113 South Second Street, Watauga, TN died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Jessee was a native of Russell County, Va and had lived in Tennessee for the past 36 years. He was a son of the late Robert Garfield and Lauralee Nora Minton Jessee. Mr. Jessee was a retired truck driver with Gouge...
Vera Lee Weaver
Mar 11, 2006
Vera Lee Weaver, 85, 1000 Hunters Lake Drive, Johnson City, TN, died Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Weaver was a native of Kennesaw, GA and had lived in Johnson City since 1993. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Vista Lou Payne Duvall and was preceded in death by her husband Robert L. Weaver...
