OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Robert Eugene Tate
Aug 5, 2020
Robert Eugene Tate, age 54, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away suddenly Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Robert was born November 23, 1965 to Donald Victor Tate and Ruby Mary Budden Tate in Biloxi, Mississippi. Robert graduated from high school in 1984 in Weisbaden, Germany. He continued his education at Northeast State Community College and...
Marsha Faye Dawson
Aug 4, 2020
Marsha Faye Dawson, 70, peacefully passed away Tuesday August 4, 2020 in Johnson City, TN. She was born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, August 29,1949, the daughter of Faye McCauley and Jim Dawson. Her early years were spent in Ohio. She graduated from Meredith Business College in Zanesville, Ohio, 1968 and moved to Tennessee in 1973. After working as an office...
Audrey Ellen Thompson
Aug 1, 2020
Audrey Ellen Dupay Thompson, age 98, of Johnson City, Tennessee died August 1, 2020 at Cornerstone Village in Johnson City. Audrey was born July 18, 1922 in Lewistown, Montana to the late Ralph and Audrey Vadnais DuPay. She graduated from Great Falls High School in Montana. Audrey met her future husband, Harold Wayne “Tommy” Thompson, in Great Falls. They got...
Nancy S. Jewell
Jul 30, 2020
Our most wonderful Nancy “Mama” Jewell has joined the heavenly choir and is talking and laughing with her husband, Richard, and other family and friends. Nancy celebrated her 97th birthday at Dominion Senior Living, where she has been a resident for almost three years, and started to decline the next day. Nancy’s determination began at a young age when she...
Hattie "Mouse" Skeans
Jul 29, 2020
Hattie “Mouse” Ruth Scalf Skeans, 74, of Watauga, left Earth to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, following a brief illness. She was a lifelong resident of Watauga, TN, and a daughter of the late Dewey Isaac Scalf and Lucy Humphries Scalf. Mouse was a people person with a big heart for everyone that she met. She...
Quency "Q.D." Dedrick Holly
Jul 27, 2020
Quency Dedrick Holly, also known as “Q.D.” and “Pappy,” age 92, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away peacefully Monday, July 27, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Q.D. was born April 14, 1928 to Alva and Mammie Leonard Holly in Johnson City. He attended Science Hill High School. He was an excellent skater with shoe skates. He learned the...
Gladys C. Maupin
Jul 26, 2020
Gladys Campbell Gentry Maupin, 98 of Johnson City, went to be with her Lord, Sunday, July 26, 2020 at The Waters of Johnson City. She was a native of Mitchell County, NC, daughter of the late Isaac and Alice Frances Campbell. Gladys was a loyal member of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist Church for over fifty years where she was...
Susan Claire Devane Carle
Jul 25, 2020
Susan Claire Devane Carle passed away quietly in the home on July 25th, 2020, after an extended, but unexpected illness. She was 74 years young. She was born on March 13th, 1946, in Colombia, S.C. to Charles E. Devane and Orien K. Devane. Susan was the oldest of three children. Although born in Colombia, S.C, she moved to Johnson City,...
Gladys Atkins Courtney
Jul 25, 2020
Gladys Atkins Courtney, PhD, 90, of Jonesborough, died Saturday, July 25, 2020 at her residence. She was an Erwin native and a daughter of the late James Berry Atkins and Martha Jane Fender Atkins. Dr. Courtney had a lifelong love of learning. She began her career as a registered nurse before attaining advanced degrees in zoology and physiology. During her...
John Michael Pearl
Jul 24, 2020
John Michael Pearl passed away peacefully Friday July 24th at the age of 68 surrounded by his children, siblings, and long time partner. John Michael Pearl was born January 29, 1952 in Dayton, Ohio to John and Rita (Drennen) Pearl. John grew up in Huber Heights, Ohio and served in the United States Army from 1970 to 1972. He worked...
Shelton K Lewis
Jul 21, 2020
Shelton K. Lewis, 76, of Johnson City, left this earth for his Heavenly Home on Tuesday, July 21, 2020, with his wife and daughter at his side. He was a native of Hampton, Tennessee, a son of the late Paul and Beulah Lewis. Shelton graduated from Hampton High School in 1961, going on to serve his country in the U....
Jeffrey Michael Spear
Jul 18, 2020
Jeffrey “Jeff” Michael Spear, age 49, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away Saturday, July, 18, 2020 at his home. Jeff was born July 11, 1971 to Robert Lee Spear and Gayle Spear-Bergquist in Leesburg, Florida. Jeff was a passionate home builder for over 20 years. He built many of the homes in Johnson City. He was an active member of...
Eugene Legg
Jul 16, 2020
Eugene “Buck” Legg, 88 of Telford, passed-away on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Four Oaks Health Care and Nursing Home. He was a native of Parrottsville, son of the late Ralph and Mary McMillan Legg. Buck was owner and operator of West Side Radiator Shop for many years. He was a member of Second Baptist Church of Jonesborough and a...
Savitaben Patel
Jul 14, 2020
Savitaben Nagarji Patel, age 83, formerly of Gangadia, India passed away peacefully surrounded by family on July 14, 2020. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nagarji Patel; parents, Kunverji and Dudhiben Patel; brother, Mangubhai (Laliben); sisters, Shantaben (Maganlal), and Madhuben (Devabhai). Survivors include her brother, Gulabbhai (Narmadaben); daughter, Bhartiben Patel (Mahendrabhai); sons, Bipinbhai Patel (Ashaben), Jayantibhai Patel (Sarojben),...
Jimmy Grover Bassett
Jul 14, 2020
Jimmy Grover Bassett, of Fall Branch, TN, died peacefully in Franklin Woods Hospital in Johnston City on July 14, 2020. Jimmy was born in Louin, MS in 1946 to Hardee and Lissie Bassett. He attended Bay Springs High and was a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and East Tennessee State University. Jim joined Eastman Chemical (ECPI) in 1971...
Lourine Douglas Simpson
Jul 13, 2020
Lourine Douglas Simpson, 91, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, July 13, 2020, at The Waters of Johnson City. She is preceded in death by her parents, Leonard W. and Cleoria Cox Simpson, and one daughter, Gwen Story. Survivors include her daughter, Chima Christine Simpson, and a sister, Emma Jean Bricky. A graveside service will be held at 11:00...
Eugene Allen Chapman
Jul 7, 2020
Eugene Allen Chapman, 72, of Piney Flats, passed away following an extended illness on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Born in Bristol, Virginia, in 1948, Eugene was a son of the late Gene Clyde Chapman and Virginia Helen Worley Chapman. Growing up, Eugene worked on the family farm tending the tobacco fields with his father...
Christopher Avery Elliott
Jul 6, 2020
Christopher Avery Elliott, age 35 of Johnson City, passed away unexpectedly on Monday, July 6, 2020. He was born on August 25, 1984 in Johnson City. He was the son of Anita E. Kelly Elliott France and the late Dexter Gene Elliott Sr. He was a 2002 graduate of Unicoi County High School. He worked in the plumbing and construction...
Robert Bruce Shields
Jul 5, 2020
Robert Bruce Shields, 55, formerly of Elizabethton, died of cancer Sunday, July 5, 2020, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Robert was born November 1, 1964, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Rosemarie and Bruce Shields. The family moved to Tuebingen, Germany, and then to Lincoln, Illinois, where Robert graduated from high school. He then earned his bachelor’s degree from...
Bobby Kay Bennett
Jul 4, 2020
Bobby Bennett, age 77, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on Saturday, July 4, 2020. Bob is survived by his wife of 52 years, Claudette Honeycutt Bennett. He was adored by his two daughters and their families, Melissa and Bill Price and grandsons, William and Palmer and Lisa and Rob Stout and granddaughters, Abby and...
