OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
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...
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...
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...
Suzanne Stanford Gunter
May 30, 2018
Suzanne Stanford Gunter, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Suzanne was born on March 21, 1941 to NJ and Nina Stanford in Nashville, TN. She grew up in Spring Hill, TN, and graduated from Spring Hill High School in 1959. She received her BS from Harding College in 1963 and her Masters from the University of Tennessee in...
Walker W. Dr. Hay
May 28, 2018
Dr. Walker W. ?Jack' Hay, 80, Johnson City, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Jack was born on October 14, 1937 to the late James Earl and Nova Toona Edwards Hay. Jack graduated from Haysi High School Class of 1956 and was president of his senior class. He attended East Tennessee College from 1957-1959. He...
Greta Sue Copas
May 28, 2018
Greta Sue Copas, 81, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, May 28, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Greta was a native of Lee County, Virginia, and a daughter of the late Guy and Hazel Tester Mullins. Greta was a member of Clark Street Baptist Church, and was passionate in her service to God. She also loved to spend...
Stella Emily Miller
May 25, 2018
Stella Emily Ledford Miller, 76, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Emily was a lifelong resident of Johnson City and the youngest daughter of the late Neville Lynn Ledford and Corra Mae Pate Ledford. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Johnson City....
Paul Epperson Fields
May 25, 2018
Paul Epperson Fields, 79, of Watauga, passed away Friday, May 25, 2018 at Johnson City Medical Center. Paul was born in Washington County, Virginia, a son of the late Luther Dixon and Eula Chapman Fields. He moved from Virginia to Tennessee and worked at Johnson City Foundry for seventeen years. He moved on to work at American Water Heater for...
Anthony Delbove
May 24, 2018
Anthony DelBove, 102, Piney Flats, TN, died Thursday, May 24, 2018 at his residence. He was a New York City native who lived most of his life on Staten Island. He was a son of the late Giuseppe and Giuseppina Figliozzi DelBove. Mr. DelBove was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. During his career he owned a popular...
Virginia Arwood
May 22, 2018
Virginia ?Ruthie' Arwood, 90, Telford, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2018, at her residence. She was of the Christian faith. Ruthie was preceded in death by: her husband of over 50 years, Ralph W. Arwood; her mother, Mimie Cobble McMackin; one sister, Juanita Ledford; and one brother, Edward McMackin. Survivors include: one son, Ralph S. Arwood; two nieces, Jami L....
Lowell Wayne Snodgrass
May 22, 2018
Lowell Wayne Snodgrass, 83, of Oak Ridge, passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at Canterfield Assisted Living in Oak Ridge. Wayne was born in Piney Flats in a home with no electricity, no running water or indoor plumbing, raised by a single mother until he was thirteen years old. After high school he hiked from Piney Flats to ETSU for...
Barry Curtis Elswick
May 22, 2018
Barry Curtis Elswick, 47, of Kingsport, died on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at his residence. He was a native of Bluefield, West Virginia, son of Billy Curtis Elswick and the late Joyce Ann Matney Elswick. Barry was a retired employee of the Optical Fiber Technology Company. In addition to his mother, a step-mother, Judith Lynn Elswick also preceded him in...
