OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Shawn Roger Hall
Jun 25, 2022
Shawn Roger Hall, 46 of Unicoi, died on Saturday, June 25, 2022 at the Johnson County Community Hospital following a four wheeling accident. He was a native of Mesa, Arizona, son of Earl Hall and Carol Lawler. He was most at home in East Tennessee. Shawn was a veteran of the Iraq War, having served in both the U. S....
Dianna Carroll
Jun 23, 2022
Dianna Carroll, 59, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, June 23, 2022, peacefully at her residence. Dianna was born in Washington County, TN to the late Charlotte Virginia and James David Surcey. She graduated from Happy Valley High School in 1980. Dianna never met a stranger and took care of many people over the years. She loved everyone in her life...
Rachael Huff Jenkins
Jun 20, 2022
Rachael Marie Huff Jenkins, of Bluff City, went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 20, 2022 after a lengthy illness. She was 83 years old. Rachael was truly a very special person. She was giving and loving, and you were blessed to have met her. She is preceded in death by her beloved son, John Eddie Osborne;...
Ricky Carver
Jun 16, 2022
Ricky Wayne Carver, 51, Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2022. Ricky was born in Johnson City to Wanda Copas Carver and the late William David Carver. Ricky is survived by two daughters, Alicia Carver and Emily Arrowood. A memorial service will be held for Ricky Carver at 6:00 PM on Saturday, June 25, 2022, at Piney Flats...
Billy Gene Grace, Sr.
Jun 11, 2022
Billy Gene Grace, Sr, age 79, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, June 11, 2022. Bill was a man who loved his family and showed his love well by his hard work ethic. Bill worked many years for the City of Johnson City in the Waste Management Division, and upon retiring from the City, he went to work...
Michael Carter Overton
Jun 11, 2022
Michael Carter Overton, 35, Johnson City, passed away at home, on June 11, 2022. He was born in Riverdale, GA on August 22, 1986, to Randy and Mary Ellen Overton. He graduated form Libertyville High School in Chicago, IL in 2005 and attended East Tennessee State University form 2006 to 2009. After college, he stayed in Johnson City, working in...
Daniel Raymond Honeycutt
Jun 10, 2022
Daniel Raymond Honeycutt, age 38, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 10, 2022. Daniel was born June 26, 1983, to Dannie Boling and Diane Honeycutt in Maryville, Tennessee. He attended Happy Valley High School. He was a construction worker by trade. Daniel loved life. He was a loving person with a goofy and...
Janine Johnston Wilson
Jun 8, 2022
Janine J. Wilson, age 75 of Johnson City, Tennessee, died peacefully in her sleep in June of this year following a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's Disease. After 56 years of marriage, she has now gone to be with her Lord, predeceased family, and friends. Preceding her in death were her parents, Jane and William T. Johnston.Those left to...
Nancy Carolyn Carr
Jun 6, 2022
Nancy Carolyn Carr, age 81, of Gray, Tennessee, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family after a lengthy illness on Monday, June 6, 2022, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Nancy was born October 1, 1940, to the late Munsey Jett Dye, Sr. and Addie Dunn Dye in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Growing up, Nancy proudly attended Oak Hill School in Jonesborough....
Jerry Frank Evans
Jun 1, 2022
Jerry Frank Evans, 78 of Johnson City died on June 1, 2022 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Clyde Spencer and Hazel Mae Tucker Evans. Jerry was a veteran of the Viet Nam War, having served in the US Navy. He was also former Naval Reserve member. Jerry held...
Haynes Miller Wilkes, Sr.
Jun 1, 2022
Haynes Miller Wilkes passed away on June 1, 2022, at the age of 73. He was born on April 2, 1949, in Johnson City, TN and, other than a brief period residing in Spartanburg, SC, called the city home his entire life. Haynes worked for two local banks before opening the Haynes Wilkes Insurance Agency in 1995, a business he...
Jill Lilley Gage
May 29, 2022
Jill Lilley Gage, 84, treasured mother, grandmother and great grandmother, most recently of Johnson City, TN, passed away peacefully on May 29th, 2022. Born in Piney Flats, TN, she was the beloved daughter of the late Roy E. Lilley and Nadine Allison Lilley. She was a 1955 graduate of Elizabethton High School, and a 1957 graduate of University of TN-Memphis....
Steve Conerly
May 24, 2022
Steve Conerly, 85, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. Steve was born in Spring Creek, LA to the late JT and Myrtle Conerly. Steve was a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. He received his master’s degree from LSU, obtained a meteorology degree from Texas A&M, received his PhD...
Robert Lewis Weaver
May 23, 2022
Robert L “Bob” Weaver, 71, passed from this life on May 23, 2022. A giant of a man in spirit, Bob spent his life trying to care for those around him. He met the love of his life, Linda, at David Lipscomb University in 1968. They enjoyed 51 years of marriage. As they would both tell you, not every year...
Joy Phillips Strickland
May 22, 2022
Joy Phillips Strickland, age 75, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at Wellmont Hospice House in Bristol, Tennessee. Joy was born March 6, 1947 in Texarkana, Texas to the late Otha Fulton Phillips and Nellie Faye Lurry Phillips. After graduating from Texas High School, she went on to earn a bachelor’s degree from Tusculum University....
Zachary Bryan Hayes-Willis
May 21, 2022
Zachary Bryan “Zak” Hayes-Willis, 28, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Johnson City, where he remained a lifelong resident and graduated from David Crockett High School. While in school he most enjoyed wrestling, going to state twice and earning his space as captain. Zak’s greatest love was his daughter, Ella, who inherited...
John Glen Payne
May 20, 2022
John “Jack” Payne, age 74, of Johnson City, Tennessee, entered eternal rest on Friday, May 20, 2022. He leaves behind a beautiful legacy filled with love, family, friends and plentiful memories. Jack was born February 23, 1948 to the late Harry Lee Payne and Shirley Ann Blane Payne in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a graduate of Frayser High School,...
Martha Lou Lewis
May 20, 2022
Martha Lou Cash Lewis, 84, of Gray, passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022 at NHC Healthcare. She was a lifelong resident of Washington County, born on August 21, 1937, to the late William Clyde Cash and Sarah Milhorn Cash. Martha was a strong Christian, attending Boones Creek Christian Church and raising her family there. She was a woman of...
Wanda Joyce Burbach
May 19, 2022
Wanda Joyce Burbach, age 76, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, May 19, 2022 after a COVID illness. Wanda was born July 1, 1945 to the late Ralph Cagle and Nellie Blanche Carver Cagle in Waynesville, North Carolina. She graduated from Waynesville High School in 1963. She moved to the Tri-Cities in the summer of 1981. This is...
