OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Shirley Ellen Dye
Aug 11, 2020
Shirley Ellen Dye, 73, of Jonesborough, went to be with her Lord on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at her residence. She was a native of Elizabethton, daughter of the late James R. and Thelma Grace Freeman Russell. Shirley was a retired nutrition supervisor who worked at Washington County Schools for over twenty years. She was a member of Knob Creek...
Mary Eva Birchfield
Aug 11, 2020
Mary Eva Birchfield, 85, of Johnson City, Tennessee died August 11, 2020 at NHC Healthcare Johnson City. She was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Oscar and Anna Mae Carwell Miller. Mrs. Birchfield was a homemaker. She was a long-time member of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist, Johnson City. In addition to...
Glay Morgan Hood
Aug 9, 2020
Glay M. Hood, 102, of Johnson City, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 at Cornerstone Village, Johnson City. He was a native of Fall Branch and a son of the late Thomas and Mary Fink Hood. At a young age, Mr. Hood earned his pilot’s license and worked for the federal government surveying tobacco planting from the air. This experience led...
Lillie F Greer
Aug 9, 2020
Lillie Faye Buchanan Greer, 70, of Jonesborough, died Sunday, August 9, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Yancey County, NC, daughter of the late Jess Willard and Kathleen Davis Buchanan. Lillie was a retired employee of the Mays Brothers Manufacturing Company. She was of the Baptist faith. Lillie loved being outdoors, especially fishing. In...
Dewey Williams
Aug 8, 2020
Dewey Melvin Williams, 81, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Agape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Elmer Ray and Nellie Hodge Williams. Dewey was a Christian and attended service at First Freewill Baptist Church. In his younger years, Dewey enjoyed racing cars and motorcycles, and...
Carol P. Dula
Aug 8, 2020
Carol P. Garland Dula, 62, Erwin, passed away peacefully Saturday, August 8, 2020 at her home comforted by family and friends following a lengthy illness. She was a native of Unicoi and the daughter of the late Stewart Bowman Garland and Betty Ann McCurry Garland. Carol was a registered nurse and spent many years in practice at the Johnson City...
Juanita Marie Collida
Aug 7, 2020
Juanita Marie Collida, 73, of Knoxville, formerly Gray, TN, passed away peacefully on Friday, August 7, 2020, at Elmcroft Memory Care in Knoxville. Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, Juanita was the daughter of the late Rev. Doyle Hoilman and Delouris Phillips Hoilman. Juanita loved the Lord and enjoyed leading children’s church and youth activities at The “Y” Free Will Baptist...
Robert Theodore Maletich
Aug 6, 2020
Dr. Robert Theodore Maletich, 93, of Johnson City died Thursday, August 6, 2020 at his residence. He was a native of St. Louis, Missouri, son of the late Joseph and Barbara Grubeh Maletich. Robert proudly served his country in the U.S. Navy as a signalman on the U. S. S. Geneva in WWII from 1944-1946. He was a graduate of...
John Burns Windsor, Jr.
Aug 6, 2020
John Burns Windsor Jr., 87, of Johnson City, TN, passed away on Thursday, August 6th, 2020, at The Waters of Johnson City. He was a native and lifelong resident of Fairmont, West Virginia, the only son of the late John Burns Windsor and Doris Helen Johnson Windsor. He moved to Johnson City, TN, in recent years to be nearer to...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
