OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Donna Gail Bosze
Jun 20, 2018
Donna Gail Bosze, 58, Gray, died Wednesday, June 20, 2018, at the home of her daughter surrounded by her family. She was a West Chester, PA native who had lived most of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of Dorothy Ann Gooslin of Gray. Donna was a member of Johnson City Alliance Church. She was...
Mary L. Lester
Jun 20, 2018
Mary L. Lester, loving mother and devoted pastor?s wife, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, June 20, 2018, after an extended battle with polycystic kidney disease. She was born January 7, 1956 to the late Jack Burks and Betty (Lafferty) Burks Blevins, of Baileysville, WV. She was a graduate of Baileysville High School, Class of 1974. She graduated...
Larry Ronald Harper
Jun 19, 2018
Larry Ronald “Ronnie” Harper, 63, of Johnson City died Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Bristol, son of the late Donald R. and Julia Louise Johnson Harper. Ronny was a safety manager for BAE and TEC in the construction industry. He was of the Methodist faith. Survivors include: his wife, Norma...
Bryan C. Thompson
Jun 18, 2018
Bryan C. ?Boo' Thompson, 59, Jonesborough, passed away Monday, June 18, 2018, at his residence. Bryan was born in Augusta, GA on June 30, 1958 to the late Lola S. Cox, who passed away in 2014, and William S. ?Sam' Thompson, who passed away in 1961. Bryan was an outstanding Rugby athlete for 35 years. He loved his family and...
Rhonda Gross
Jun 18, 2018
Rhonda Monkus Gross, 59, of Telford, died Monday, June 18, 2018 at her residence. She was a native of Pickens, SC, daughter of the late David Madison and Bethel Joann Holiday Monkus. Rhonda was a retired golf ball maker for the Dunlop Corporation. She loved to crochet and was an avid scrapbooker. In addition to her parents, a brother, Terry...
Annunziata C. Lester
Jun 17, 2018
Annunziata (Anna) Lester, of Johnson City, entered into her eternal rest on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at 12:08 AM, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was born April 1934 in Naples, Italy and married the love of her life, Billy Lester, in February 1960. Anna retired in 1999 from TPI Corporation where she worked as a material planner. Anna was...
Grace Abel Whitson
Jun 17, 2018
Grace Helen Abel Whitson, 93, of Johnson City, passed to her home in Heaven June 17, 2018, at NHC. She entered this earthly life on April 1, 1925, to her beloved parents Gilbert Greenway and Lucy Gobble Abel. Her father passed in 1931, after being hit by a car when Grace was only six years old. Her mother passed in...
Linda Ann Smith
Jun 15, 2018
Linda Ann Smith, 73, Johnson City, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Linda was born in Johnson City to the late John and Kizzie Gobble Shepard. Linda was a member of Liberty Fellowship Church. In addition to her parents, Linda was preceded in death by: her husband, Freddie Joe Smith; and one brother, Bill Watson....
Kay Taylor
Jun 15, 2018
Myra Kay Taylor, 62, Johnson City, passed away Friday, June 15, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Kay was born in Greenville, SC to Ray Eugene and Helen Ruth Bailey Taylor. She was a member of Locust Street Church of Christ. She worked at Texas Instruments and as a licensed cosmetologist. She was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army. In...
Forrest Hunter Bailey
Jun 12, 2018
Forrest Hunter Bailey, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, June 20, 2018, after 20 days of life. He was the son of Roger and Aimee LaCroix Bailey. Forrest was loved by all who met him and his days were cherished by his family. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Henry and Peggy Bailey. In addition to his...
Marie Antoinette Hensley
Jun 10, 2018
Marie Antoinette ?Toni' Hensley, 54 of Johnson City, died on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Toni was a native of Arlington, Virginia, daughter of the late Thurman Hensley and Patricia H. McAllister. She was a former employee of ACT and Sears. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a very special...
Marie V. Davis
Jun 7, 2018
Marie V. Davis, 97, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2018, at The Waters of Johnson City. Marie was born in Clarinda, Iowa to the late Foster and Eva Vines. Marie worked at Howard Brother?s Discount Store and in the Johnson City School System. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Marie was...
Ida H. Wilson
Jun 7, 2018
Ida H. Wilson, 93, Johnson City, died Thursday, June 7, 2018 at NHC Healthcare, Johnson City. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late William and Ethel Summers Hilton. Mrs. Wilson attended King Springs Baptist Church. She was a devoted and loving homemaker for her husband and four children. In addition to...
Buddy Lee Bowman
Jun 6, 2018
Buddy Lee Bowman, 75, Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Bowman was a native and life long resident of Washington County and the son of the late Pearline Bowman. He was a U. S. Army veteran. Mr. Bowman was formerly employed as a butcher for Giant Foods but retired as a security...
Otis Doyle Holsclaw
Jun 5, 2018
Otis Doyle Holsclaw, 81, Johnson City, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, with his loved ones by his side. He retired from Easy Painter after 35 plus years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, races and being with his family. Born on December 22, 1936, in Traphill, NC, son of the late Linny and Maggie Holsclaw. He was preceded in...
Deborah Mcintire
Jun 5, 2018
Deborah Ellis McIntire, 87, went to her rest on June 5th, 2018 in Johnson City, Tennessee. Deborah was preceded in death by her parents, Mackinnon ?Kin? Ellis, MD and Elizabeth ?Kel? Ellis. A debutante of the Baldwin School, she graduated with her degree in mathematics and music from Middlebury College. A lifelong committed volunteer, singer, master gardener and member of...
Catherine Rita Thomas
Jun 5, 2018
Catherine Rita Thomas, 53, of Kingsport died on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport. She was born in Batavia, NY and raised in Alden, Ny, she moved to Kingsport in 1992. Daughter of the late Joseph E. Osucha and Ernestine Strzelczyk Osucha. Catherine was a chemist for the last five years for AGC in Church...
Altonia Conley
Jun 3, 2018
Altonia Conley, 72, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Altonia was a native of Breathitt County, Kentucky, and spent most of her life in and around Warsaw, Indiana. She moved to Johnson City in 2008. She was a daughter of the late George and Stella Burton Vires. In addition to...
Thelma Mills
Jun 3, 2018
Thelma Haswell Mills, 99, of Johnson City, formerly of Harlan, Kentucky, died on June 3, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was the widow of Basil Mills, who died on December 13, 1997. She was born in Barbourville, Kentucky on September 6, 1918 to the late John Tate and Bertha Miles Smith. After the death of her mother...
Clarence Stuart Fair
Jun 1, 2018
Clarence Stuart Fair, 72, Hampton, passed away Friday, June 1, 2018, at Agape Nursing & Rehab. Mr. Fair was born in Johnson City to the late Clarence C. and Queen E. Dempsey Fair. He worked over 30 years at A. O. Smith Water Products Company. In addition to his parents, Mr. Fair was preceded in death by one niece, Christy...
