OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Esther Wise
May 26, 2005
Esther K. Wise, 85, of 903 Tulip Street, Johnson City died Thursday, at Asbury Place following an illness. Mrs. Wise was a native of Claypool, Indiana, daughter of the late A. Vere and Vera Blue Kelley. She was a registered nurse both in the Hospital setting and also private duty. Esther was the widow of Jack W. Wise and a...
Josephine Estel Reece
May 25, 2005
Josephine Reece, 83, 152 Boone Drive, Gray, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Reece was a native of Carter County and had lived in Washington County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Samuel and Nancy Evans Good and was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Reece,...
Helen Louise Austin
May 24, 2005
Helen Louise Austin, 81, 207 Avonlea Place, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Austin was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late John Bascomb and Ruby Lamons Wise and was also preceded in death by one brother, Robert 'Bob' Wise. Mrs. Austin was a lifelong member...
Iradia Hyatt
May 24, 2005
Iradia Odom Hyatt, 82, 2508 Park Avenue, Johnson City, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the NHC Healthcare Center following an illness. Mrs. Hyatt was a Mitchell County, North Carolina, native who had lived in Johnson City since 1941. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Sam and Levi Green Odom. Mrs. Hyatt was a homemaker. She was a...
Paul J. Hackbarth
May 22, 2005
Paul J. Hackbarth Jr., age 81, 4 Wilmar Circle, Johnson City, died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at North Side Hospital. Mr. Hackbarth was born August 7, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan to the late Katherine Doran and Paul James Hackbarth Sr. He lived most of his life in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before relocating to the Johnson City area forty years ago...
Charlotte Jean Parlier
May 22, 2005
Charlotte Jean Parlier, age 21, died Sunday, May 22, in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the result of an auto accident. She was born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, but had lived in Tennessee for the past 16 years. She was the beloved daughter of Rebecca and Mark Finley of Rogersville and the daughter of Lester Parlier of South Carolina. Charlotte was a...
Marilyn Mitchell Black
May 21, 2005
Marilyn Mitchell Black, 59, 2822 Brown?s Mill Road, died Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Black was a Kingsport native and had lived in Johnson City for the past 23 years. She was a daughter of the late Ralph C. Mitchell and Dorothy Smith Mitchell. Mrs. Black was retired from Eastman after 37 years of service....
Robert Carver
May 20, 2005
Robert Carver, 69, 111 Clark Drive, Johnson City died Friday, May 20, 2005 in the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. Mr. Carver was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and a son of the late J.C. and Hazel Simpson Carver. He was a retired employee of Burlington Industries. Mr. Carver was of the Baptist faith. He is preceded...
Alice S. Webb
May 20, 2005
Alice S. Webb, 95, 110 Boone Drive, Gray, died Friday, May 20, 2005 at Asbury Place. Mrs. Webb was a native of Wilmington, NC and had lived in Johnson City since 1935. She was a daughter of the late Theo Stancel and Minnie Agnes Sellers Simmons and was also preceded in death by her husband, Darrell E. Webb in 1985,...
Leonard Stiltner
May 20, 2005
Leonard Stiltner, 83, 166 Hicks Acres Drive, died Friday, May 20, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Stiltner was a native of Grundy, VA and had lived in Gray since 2000. He was a son of the late D.C. Stiltner and Pearly Stiltner. Mr. Stiltner was also preceded in death by his wife, Lestel Mullins Stiltner, six brothers, Ralph Stiltner, Amos...
Agnes Aileen Clark
May 19, 2005
Agnes 'Aileen' Clark, 73, formerly of 503 Wendover Road, died Thursday, May 19, 2005 at the home of her son at 3215 McKinley Road, Johnson City. A native and lifelong resident of Washington County, daughter of the late Ben Collins and Mrs. Mollie Shelton Collins. A retired employee of the Kingsport Press, she had been a plate maker, proofer and...
Carroll Good
May 18, 2005
Carroll 'Bud' Good, 69, of 5602 Kingsport Highway, Gray, died Wednesday, May 18, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Washington County, son of the late Walter A. and Ruth E. Good. Mr. Good was also preceded in death by one brother, Richard R. Good and one sister, Carolyn Weaver. He was a retired employee of Klopman...
Robert Caldwell
May 17, 2005
Robert Calloway, 67, 1605 Lynnwood Drive, Johnson City died Tuesday, May 17, 2005 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Calloway was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, Tennessee . He was a son of the late Robert L. and Sarah Hughes Calloway. He was a retired paving machine operator with Summers-Taylor Paving Co. with thirty-five years of...
Sam O. Mosier
May 17, 2005
Sam O. Mosier, 76, 107 Austin Springs Road died Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at his home. He was a native of Piney Flats and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. Mr. Mosier was a son of the late Worley and Maggie Hyatt Mosier and was also preceded in death by two sons, Bobby Lee and Richard J....
Catherine T. Canary
May 16, 2005
Catherine T. Canary, 72, of 301 Old Embreeville Road, Jonesborough, died , Monday, May 16, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Troy, New York and had lived in Jonesborough the past few months. She was a retired employee of the Lee County Florida School District. Mrs. Canary is survived by her husband, Chester Canary;...
Stephen Hinton Adams
May 15, 2005
Stephen H. Adams, 52, 926 Tester Hollow Road, Piney Flats, died Sunday, May 15, 2005. Mr. Adams was a native of Charlotte, N.C., was a former resident of Atlanta, and had lived in Johnson City since 1990. He was a security guard with Murray Security, Inc. and was a former District Manager with Ryder, Inc. in Gray, TN. He was...
Jeffery Dean Showman
May 15, 2005
Jeffery Dean Showman, age 55, of 302 Willowbrook Drive, Morganton, North Carolina died Sunday, May 15, 2005 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived there until moving to Morganton in 2003. He was the son of the late Lonnie L. Showman and Hazel Rebecca Ramsey Showman. Mr. Showman had been employed as a respiratory...
Sue Lyle
May 14, 2005
Sue Lyle, of Johnson City, died Saturday, May 14, 2005 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, daughter of the late J. Raymond and Sue Thomas Lyle. Ms. Lyle was a retired interior decorator and former owner of The Drapery Shop. She was a member of the Watauga Avenue Presbyterian Church, the...
Milner Collins
May 13, 2005
Mrs. Milner McNees Collins , 86, Johnson City, Tennessee, died May 13 in Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a member of Central Baptist Church. She was the corporate Secretary of the Alabama Bankers Association in Montgomery, Alabama for many years, a member of The Monday Club of Johnson City, the Beta Sigma Phi Social Sorority,...
Thomas M. Gardner
May 12, 2005
Thomas M. Gardner, 74, 152 Hudson Drive, Gray, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, May 12, 2005, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. Mr. Gardner was a native of Johnson City and was a son of the late Grace Gardner Nave, who passed away in 2000. Mr. Gardner was a graduate of Science Hill High School. He was...
