OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Haley Jade Stines
Feb 8, 2021
Haley Jade Stines, 9, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at Niswonger Children’s Hospital following a life-long battle with asthma. She was born in Johnson City on September 10, 2011, to Danny and Andi Warren Stines. Haley was in 3rd grade. She really enjoyed her homeschooling and reading. Haley especially loved to draw. She also enjoyed painting nails and...
Roy Lemual Bible
Feb 8, 2021
Roy L Bible, age 79, of Johnson City, TN died February 8, 2021 at the Center of Aging and Health in Erwin, TN. He was born in Morristown, TN on August 19, 1941 to the Benton and Flora Bible. He graduated from Boones Creek High School. After high school, he served in the United States Air Force. Roy worked in...
Thelma Sue Jones
Feb 3, 2021
Thelma Sue Isenberg Jones, 85, of Pulaski, TN, passed away on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. She was born in Piney Flats, TN, a daughter of the late Gentry and Mae Pickle Isenberg. Sue was a lifelong Christian, with a heart for service that drove her to work as a Registered Nurse. She found her niche at the hospital in becoming...
James David Lundy
Jan 29, 2021
Command Sergeant Major, U.S. Army (ret), James D. Lundy, marched off this mortal coil 29 January, 2021. Long a resident of Johnson City, Tennessee, he was born in Covington, Tennessee, 11 February, 1932. Raised in a farming community, at 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Army. Completing his basic Infantry courses, he was stationed in Korea, just as hostilities erupted....
Anita Crawford
Jan 28, 2021
Anita Roddey Crawford of Johnson City, TN died peacefully on January 28, 2021 at the age of 90. Anita was born in Lenoir City, TN on January 13,1931. She moved to Johnson City with her parents, Lillian and Jack Roddey, in 1946. She graduated from Science Hill High School, earned her Bachelor of Science from East Tennessee State University in...
James Holliday Carico
Jan 28, 2021
James Holliday Carico, age 76, of Piney Flats, Tennessee died Thursday, January 28, 2021 at Bristol Regional Medical Center. Jim was born January 24, 1945 in Dayton, Ohio to the late James William Carico and the late Josephine Sutherland Carico. He graduated from Lincoln Memorial University in 1967 where he studied business. James started his career at Texas Instruments as...
Mary Marhefka Day
Jan 27, 2021
Mary Marhefka Day, 100, of Falls Church, Virginia, passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2021, in the Fairfax Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Fairfax City, Virginia. Mary was a long time resident of Falls Church. She was the daughter of the late Michael Marhefka and the late Marian “Mary” Duffala. Mary graduated from Salineville-Southern Local High School in 1938 where she...
Paige Lynette Fletcher
Jan 25, 2021
Paige Lynette Fletcher, 53, of Johnson City, TN, went to be with the Lord, January 25, 2021. Paige was born in Kingsport, TN to Wayne and Katheryn Snodgrass. She graduated from Northeast State as a CNA. She worked at several Assisted Living and Rehab Facilities, one in which she met her husband of almost 20 years, Bill Fletcher. Bill was...
Gilbert Gray Rosenberger
Jan 24, 2021
Gilbert Gray Rosenberger, Jr., 80, of Jonesborough, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Roanoke, Virginia, son of the late Gilbert Gray Rosenberger, Sr., and Odelle Bean Rosenberger. After graduating from Davidson College, he went on the work at Nuclear Fuel Services as a health physicist until his retirement....
Dominga L. Mariano
Jan 24, 2021
Dominga “Mom” Mariano, 81, born in Angeles City, raised in Magalang Pampanga, Philippines, went to her heavenly home Sunday, January 24, 2021. Inga was a 26-year resident of Johnson City, Tennessee. Mom was a treasured wife, sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She cherished her loved ones both near and far. She was a homemaker. She loved to crochet beautiful flower...
James "Jim" Sell
Jan 23, 2021
James William Sell, 81, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2021, at his home. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County, and a son of the late Earl Walter and Jeanne Lyle Sell. Jim took joy from his work as a cattle farmer, and pride in his work at Sell Meat Company alongside his wife. He...
Ann Marlene Nelson
Jan 21, 2021
Ann Marlene Nelson, 80, Unicoi, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Ann was born in Johnson City to the late John R. Lowery and Blanche Mae Trew. In addition to her parents, Ann was preceded in death by: her husband, Paul Nelson; step-son, Sammy Nelson; step-daughter, Teresa Rhodes; and brother, Frank Lowery. Survivors include: her son,...
Frederick Harrison Sells
Jan 19, 2021
Fred Harrison Sells, 83, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, January 19th, 2021 at 9:00 pm at the Johnson City Medical Center due to a sudden illness. He was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. The son of John H. and Ada Tyree Sells. Fred enjoyed hunting, fishing, archery, and riding motorcycles. He was an avid archer and enjoyed shooting...
Mary Christina Fontanez
Jan 19, 2021
Mary Kristina Fontanez, 49, of Jonesborough, died at her residence on Tuesday, January 19, 2021. She was a native of Bethlehem, PA, daughter of the late Louis Fontanez and Shirley West Busby of Jonesborough. Kristina was a former employee of Eastman Chemical Corporation. She was a member of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. She loved her puppies, Yorkies and Malteses and...
Deborah Lynn Mckinney
Jan 19, 2021
Deborah Lynn McKinney, 62, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021, at Johnson City Medical Center, following a lifelong battle with spina bifida. Deborah was born in Johnson City to the late Kathleen and George Dewey McKinney. In addition to her parents, Deborah was preceded in death by: one great niece, Hannah Fitzgerald. Survivors include: three siblings, Maynard McKinney,...
Arlane Pearson Archer
Jan 19, 2021
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. 2 Timothy 4:7-8 Arlane Pearson Archer, age...
Celia Jane Presnell
Jan 19, 2021
Celia Jane Presnell, age 88, of Gray, Tennessee went to be with the Lord on January 19, 2021. Celia was born on July 21, 1932 in Washington County to the late Henry Garfield Goodwin and the late Josephine Dempsey Goodwin. She was a housekeeper and nanny for Rab and Nita Summers for over 40 years. Her hobbies consisted of gardening...
Jewel Shelton Greene
Jan 17, 2021
Jewel Shelton Greene, 72, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at her home. She was a native of Johnson City, and daughter of the late Grady Shelton and Thelma Tomlinson Pierce. Jewel loved life. She was committed to her family and friends, spending time with them whenever she was able. Whether it was crafting, sharing a...
Mary Sue Fitzgerald
Jan 16, 2021
Mary Sue Fitzgerald, age 98, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2021. To sit down at a table after Mary Sue Sanders Fitzgerald had cooked was an unparalleled experience. Baked apples with a crispy, sugar crust, buttery mashed potatoes, homemade yeast rolls, yellow squash and broccoli casseroles filled the table. And while you ate, the chocolate and...
