OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Elise Wilson
Apr 18, 2005
Elise Rouse Wilson, age 81, 1033 Waterbrooke Lane, died April 18, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Born on June 22, 1923, in Beulaville, NC, Mrs. Wilson was a long-time resident of Fayetteville, NC. Mrs. Wilson and her Husband of 62 years, George Dean Wilson Sr., moved to Johnson City, TN, in 2004 to be near her Sons, Daughter-in-Law...
Tommie Wolfe
Apr 17, 2005
Mrs. Tommie Kirby Wolfe, 92, of 217 Main Street, Piney Flats, died Sunday, April 17, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. Wolfe was a daughter of the late Robert M. and Myrtle Kirby. She was a native of Carroll County, Tennessee but had lived in Piney Flats most of her life. In addition to her parents Mrs. Wolfe...
Kate Lee Hamlet
Apr 17, 2005
Kate Lee Hamlet, age 97, died Sunday, April 17, 2005, at Hanover Manor, Ashland, Virginia. Mrs. Hamlet was a Limestone Cove native who had lived in Bristol for forty years before taking residence in the Appalachian Christian Village for over twenty-two years. Mrs. Hamlet was a daughter of the late William and Mary Lee Shultz Garland. She was a member...
Carl W. Looper
Apr 15, 2005
Carl W. Looper, 76, 2821 Browns Mill Road, Johnson City, died Friday, April 15, 2005, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Looper was a native of Johnson City, had resided in Washington D.C., Oak Ridge, TN, and Knoxville before returning to Johnson City in 1961 to make his home. He was a son of the late Dewey and Monnie...
Alvah B. Al Ferguson
Apr 15, 2005
Alvah B. 'AL' Ferguson Jr. 62, 1701 Fairway Drive, Johnson City, died Friday, April 15, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Detroit, Michigan, and came to Johnson City in 1953. He was a son of the late Alvah B. Ferguson Sr. Mr. Ferguson was an Insurance Agent and a member of the Life...
James William Jim Barker
Apr 15, 2005
James William 'Jim' Barker, age 62, 377 Douglas Chapel Rd. Jonesborough, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 15, 2005 after a long, courageous battle with cancer and with his family by his side. Mr. Barker was born in Pocahontas, West Virginia on July 12, 1942. He came to Tennessee at the age of 15 and went to...
Sandra Bolton
Apr 14, 2005
Sandra 'Sandy' Lowe Bolton, 61, of 30 E. Jessica Lane, Mojave, California, died Thursday, April 14, 2005, at her home. She was born in Highland Park, Michigan, on June 16, 1943, but grew up in Johnson City. She has resided in Mojave, CA, for twenty years. She was a daughter of the late Ned T. Lowe and the late Sarah...
Mary Ruth Ramsey
Apr 12, 2005
Mary Ruth Ramsey, 77, died Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center following an illness. Mrs. Ramsey was a native of Greene County and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late L. C. and Vesta Shelton LaFollette. She was a member of the Piney Grove Free Will Baptist...
Daisy Lane
Apr 10, 2005
Daisy Lane, 69, 2110 E. Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City died Sunday, April 10, 2005 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Lane was a native of Wythe County, VA and had lived in Johnson City since 1970. She was a daughter of the late Robert and Lillian Quesenberry Snavley. Mrs. Lane was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus...
Dorothy Joan Reasor
Apr 10, 2005
Dorothy Joan Reasor, 79, 116 Roseview Drive, Gray , died Sunday, April 10, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Reasor was a native of Knoxville and had lived most of her life in Gray. She was a daughter of the late Roy and Nell Keller Cornwell. She was a member of the Gray United Methodist Church and was a loving mother...
William C. Buddy Price
Apr 8, 2005
William C. 'Buddy' Price, age 81, 3902 Sage Drive, Johnson City, passed away, Friday, April 8, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native and life long resident of Washington County and a son of the late Joseph Preston and Wilma Bell Price. Mr. Price was a graduate of Science Hill High School and Milligan College. He...
Wilder Street
Apr 8, 2005
Wilder Street, 78, 4203 Ranch Road, died Friday, April 8, 2005, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Street was a native of Mitchell County, NC, and had lived in Johnson City for the past 43 years. He was a son of the late Charlie and Frances Ingram Street and was also preceded in death by three brothers, Arthur Street,...
Norman E. Mcgaha
Apr 7, 2005
Norman E. 'Mac' McGaha, age 79, Johnson City, Tennessee, died April 7th, 2005. He was the son of the late Howard C. and Rosa Mae Gaddis McGaha. Mac was a native of Jefferson County, TN. He had lived in Johnson City for the last 50+ years. He was a member of First United Methodist Church since 1951 and the Asbury...
Virginia L. Hathaway
Apr 6, 2005
Virginia L. Hathaway, 74, of 820 Johnson Avenue, died at her residence April 6, 2005, following an illness. A native of Washington County, she had lived most of her life here and was a daughter of the late Robert F. and Ida Casteel Henson. Mrs. Hathaway was a homemaker and had worked for the E.T.S.U. grill and ITT North Electric....
Martin J. Jerry Mettetal
Apr 6, 2005
Martin J. 'Jerry' Mettetal, 79, of 1010 Nottingham Place, Johnson City, died on Wednesday, April 6, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Johnson City, he was the son of the late Ray A. and Gwendolyn Wallace Mettetal. Mr. Mettetal had served in the US Army Infantry during World War II as a staff sergeant. He received...
Euphemia Robinson
Apr 4, 2005
Euphemia Marshall Robinson, age 91, formerly of 5575 Gulf Boulevard, Apt. 335, St. Pete Beach, Florida, died Monday, April 4, 2005, at Colonial Hill Retirement Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was a native of Pitcarin, Pennsylvania, the daughter of the late William Alexander Marshall and Euphemia Sparks Marshall. After marriage, Mrs. Robinson resided in New Jersey; Genoa, Italy; Tokyo,...
David Nash Martin
Apr 4, 2005
David Nash Martin, 74, died Monday, April 4, 2005 at the Veterans Affairs Nursing Home at Mt. Home, following an illness. Mr. Martin was a native of Washington County, son of the late James C and Lelia Wilkinson Martin, he had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was disabled, and had served in the U. S. Navy....
Lucille Anderson
Apr 4, 2005
Lucille B. Anderson, age 80, formerly of 416 Peachtree Street, Johnson City, died Sunday, April 4, 2005, at Life Care Center of Gray. She was the daughter of the late Stacy Hensley Buckner and Levi Buckner. She was a native of Burnsville, North Carolina, but lived most of her life in Johnson City. Prior to her retirement, Mrs. Anderson had...
James Clifton Blackwell
Apr 3, 2005
James 'Clifton' Blackwell, 81, was called to his heavenly home Sunday afternoon, April 3, 2005. He was a native of Marion, North Carolina and had lived in Johnson City since 1928. He was a son of the late James L. and Bertha Ricker Blackwell. Clifton was a member of Cornerstone Church. He was a World War II veteran having served...
Collins Sr. Garrie Allen
Apr 3, 2005
Garrie Allen Collins Sr., 50, of 112 E. Lakeview Dr., Johnson City, died Sunday, April 3, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, son of the late William T. Collins Sr. and Mrs. Alice Oakes. Before retiring due to health, he owned his own aluminum siding company. Garrie was of...
