OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Bessie Riddle Watson
Mar 2, 2018
Bessie Riddle Watson, 95, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, March 2, 2018 at her home. Bessie was born in North Carolina, the daughter of James and Carrie Harris Riddle. In addition to her parents, Bessie is preceded in death by her husband, Everett C. Watson; two brothers, Lawrence Riddle and Mack Riddle; four sisters, Berdie Harris, Ethel Price, Inis...
Johnny Lou Shelton
Feb 27, 2018
Johnny Lou Shelton, 66, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, February 27, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Lula Johnson Rollins. Johnny was a good mother, loving grandmother, and cherished friend. She will be remembered fondly and missed by many. Johnny is survived by: two daughters, Sherry Dugger, of Bluff City,...
Phyllis Ann Adams
Feb 25, 2018
Phyllis Ann Hoffman Adams, 82, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018, at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. Phyllis was a native of Huntington, Indiana, and was the daughter of the late Walter and Beulah Kessler Hoffman. Phyllis spent her formative years in Huntington, where she grew up attending Trinity Methodist Church. She graduated from Huntington High School...
Marilyn J. Watkins
Feb 22, 2018
Mrs. Marilyn Watkins, 76, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was raised in Gary, IN and moved to Johnson City in 1983. She attended Calumet High School in Gary, IN. She was the daughter of the late Jeanetta and Arthur Elea. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by:...
Helen B. Rossman
Feb 19, 2018
Helen B. Rossman, 96, Johnson City, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018, at NHC HealthCare. Helen was born in Minpro, NC to the late G.H. Glass and Lockie Buchannan Glass. Helen was a member of North Johnson City Baptist Church for over 40 years. In addition to her parents, Helen was preceded in death by: her husband, George Rossman; two...
Joe Lundy
Feb 19, 2018
Joe Connor Lundy, 81, of Elizabethton, passed away Monday, February 19, 2018 at Signature Healthcare of Elizabethton. He was the son of Connor Ruskin and Kathryn Druett Lundy. A lover of knowledge, Joe spent a fair amount of his life going to school in both the capacity of student and of teacher. He achieved a master?s degree in Mathematics and...
Mary Ann Sutphin
Feb 18, 2018
Mary Ann Sutphin, 79, of Johnson City, passed away February 18, 2018 at Agape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and the daughter of the late Charles and Nancy Davidson. Mary graduated from Happy Valley High School. During her working life she worked for Mor-Flo as a secretary and later at K-Mart...
Debra Kay Hart
Feb 18, 2018
?After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever.' Thessalonians 4:17 Debra Kay Hart, 60, of Johnson City, passed peacefully into the Kingdom of Heaven on February 18, 2018, following a lengthy illness....
Hugh Tackett
Feb 16, 2018
Hugh Riley 'H.R.' Tackett, 74, Bluff City, passed away February 16, 2018 under hospice care at his family home. He was born November 20, 1943 in Charleston, WV to the late Ivah (Clay) and Earl M. Tackett. Hugh grew up in a small town in West Virginia with his younger sister, Earline, and they attended St. Albans schools together. He...
Helen Delaine Lewis
Feb 16, 2018
Helen Delaine Lewis, 93, of Johnson City died Friday, February 16, 2018 at her residence. She was a native of Bourbon, Missouri, daughter of the late Frank and Elsie Newman Rector. Helen was a retired caregiver. She was a longtime member of Central Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, her husband Arthur D. Lewis preceded her in death in...
Osco-Bear Onesimus Jones
Feb 16, 2018
Osco-Bear Onesimus Jones, 4 months and 20 days, of Johnson City went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 16, 2018 at his residence. He was a son of Eric and Emily Taylor Jones. Osco?s name carries a specific meaning and story. His first name, Osco, is taken from his maternal great-great-grandfather, Osco Beeler. A man of incredible faith...
Bobby Foster
Feb 15, 2018
Bobby Foster, 68, Johnson City, died Thursday, February 15, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Foster was a Unicoi County native and a son of the late Clinton and Helen Stockton Foster. Prior to his retirement, he worked as a roller operator with the Washington County highway department. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved to...
Quinton Madison Britt
Feb 14, 2018
Quinton Madison ?Buster' Britt, 90, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at the James H. Quillen VAMC. He was a native of Atlanta, GA, son of the late Ivy and Pearl Norton Britt. Quinton was co-owner of East Tennessee Transmission, which he sold in 1987; he then opened Britt?s Transmission in Kingsport. In 1987 he also started Love...
Frank Kalman Pastor Chapo
Feb 14, 2018
Pastor Frank Kalman Chapo, 96, of Johnson City died Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at The Waters. He was a native of the village of BabonyMegyer, Hungary, son of the late Joseph and Margit Csermak Chapo. Frank served in the Hungarian Army during WWII, he was a POW and was Tran Scripted into the German Army and he went AWOL and...
Bryon K. Bogart
Feb 13, 2018
Bryon K. Bogart, 60, of Johnson City, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, son of Charles Edward and Shirley Sluder Bogart. Bryon graduated from Science Hill High school in 1975, followed by East Tennessee State University in 1980. He achieved his master?s in Project...
Pearl Frye
Feb 11, 2018
Pearl Frye, 84, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, February 11, 2018, at NHC Healthcare. Pearl was a native of Maryland, North Carolina, daughter of the late William and Dora Frye. She was a loving woman who cared for her family and friends with her whole heart. Pearl was devoted to the Lord and could be found at the Salvation Army...
Louise Crumley Curtis
Feb 8, 2018
Louise Crumley Curtis, 94, of Piney Flats died February 8, 2018 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born January 2, 1924 in Washington County, the daughter of George Luther Crumley and Martha Nave Crumley Hatley. She worked in retail as a buyer for King?s, Brit?s, and Belk department stores. Mrs. Curtis was preceded in death by her husband, John...
Ann Joyce Klugewicz
Feb 7, 2018
Ann Joyce (n?e Dale) Klugewicz, 86, of Johnson City, died on Wednesday, February 7, 2018, at home. Mrs. Klugewicz was born on Staten Island, New York, to Alfred J. and Ann Marie Gordon Dale. She was also raised by her foster parents, John and Ruth Adams, on Long Island, New York. She had lived in Johnson City for the past...
Doris Elaine Cooter
Feb 7, 2018
Doris Elaine Cooter, 96, passed away Wednesday, February 7th, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center following a lengthy illness. Doris was born on December 27th, 1921 and was a resident of Johnson City, TN. She was the daughter of the late William Hubert Cooter and Clara Kate Miller. Doris devoted much of her time and energy as a caregiver to...
Danny Stanley
Feb 6, 2018
Mr. Danny Stanley, 66, of Bluff City, passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at his residence. He was born in Williamson, WV but lived most of his life in Canada, Pike County, Kentucky. Danny was a son of the late Willie W. and Ethel Mae Davis Stanley. He moved to Tennessee in 1999. Danny loved working on cars, especially Mustangs....
