OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Immogene Jean Louise Conerly
Nov 25, 2017
Immogene ?Jean' Louise Conerly, 77, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at Johnson City Medical Center. Jean was born in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana to the late James Curtis and Allie Brown. Jean was incredibly family oriented and loved her whole family dearly, especially her husband Steve, he was her world. Jean and Steve enjoyed traveling and taking trips...
Frances A. Graybeal
Nov 25, 2017
Frances Arleen Graybeal, 84, Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Sullivan County and a daughter of the late Baxter Deward and Mattie Pealer Simpson. Mrs. Graybeal worked as a cake decorator at Allison?s Bakery for several years prior to her employment at the Johnson...
Calvin Booth Garland
Nov 25, 2017
Mr. Calvin Booth Garland, 90, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 25, 2017 at the Waters. Mr. Garland was a lifelong resident of Washington County, TN, born, June 16, 1927, and he was the son of the late Holden N. and Ella Mary Booth Garland. Mr. Garland graduated from Washington College Academy, attended Maryville College and graduated from East...
Carl Matthew Schmidt
Nov 25, 2017
Carl Matthew Schmidt, 30, of Unicoi died on Saturday, November 25, 2017 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City, son of Paul and Kathy Lowe Schmidt. Carl lived in Greenback for over two decades with his maternal grandmother before moving to Johnson City where he became a member of the Dawn of Hope family. He attended Clover...
Carlene D. Sluder
Nov 24, 2017
Mrs. Carlene D. Sluder, 85, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton. She was the daughter of the late Roy and Bessie Perry Proffitt. Mrs. Sluder was a graduate of Mary Hughes High School. She attended Steed College. Mrs. Sluder retired after thirty-two years of service from the Tennessee Virginia Energy Corporation...
Donald R. Dr. Wilkinson
Nov 24, 2017
Dr. Donald Ray Wilkinson, 80, Johnson City, died Friday, November 24, 2017, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Dr. Wilkinson was a Willow Springs, Missouri native who lived in the Johnson City area for over forty years. He was a son of the late Lloyd and Thelma Oaks Wilkinson. Dr. Wilkinson started his teaching career at Rolla High School in...
Frances Sulzberger
Nov 24, 2017
Frances Sulzberger, 84, of Johnson City died Friday, November 24, 2017 at the Hermitage Nursing Home, in Elizabethton. She was a native of Erwin, TN, daughter of the late Carmen Harvey and Pansy Higgins Deaton. Frances was a retired caregiver. She attended the First Church of the Brethren. In addition to her parents, her husband Leo Sulzberger (1980), three sisters,...
Bobbie Jane Armstrong
Nov 22, 2017
Bobbie Jane Kellett Armstrong Fountain Inn, SC - Bobbie Jane Kellett Armstrong, 80, widow of John Verdin Armstrong, Sr., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Mrs. Armstrong was the daughter of the late Robert Milton Kellett, Sr. and Mary Armstrong Kellett. She was a member of Fairview Presbyterian Church. Bobbie Jane had a love for...
Richard Dick Scott
Nov 19, 2017
Mr. Richard P. ?Dick' Scott, 85, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 19, 2017, at NHC Health Care. Dick was born in Tokyo, Japan, on April 6, 1932. He was the son of Ralph Walker Scott and Rose Ferraris Scott and the brother of Michel R. Scott, all of whom predeceased him. Dick was educated (grades 1-12) in Frankfurt,...
William N. Bill Compton, Sr.
Nov 18, 2017
Mr. William ?Bill' N. Compton, Sr., 77, of Johnson City, TN passed away Saturday, November 18, 2017. Bill was born in Lynville, TN on December 20, 1939. He and his wife Cathy moved to Johnson City, TN a little over one year ago, after relocating from Pasco County, Florida where he was a longtime resident for over fifty plus years....
Daniel John Lawicki
Nov 12, 2017
Daniel John Lawicki, 63, passed away Sunday, November 12, 2017, at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Mr. Lawicki was born in Toledo, OH to the late Daniel Lawicki, Sr. and Lee Balish. Mr. Lawicki was U.S. Marine Corps Veteran. Survivors include: two brothers, Dennis E. Hubbell and Dave Lawicki and his wife Denise, of Rapid City, MI; one sister,...
Ardis L. Dr. Nelson
Nov 8, 2017
Dr. Ardis Lorraine Nelson, 75, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on Nov. 8, 2017, at her home after an extended illness. Ardis was born Aug. 14, 1942, in Auburn, New York, to parents Hazel and Louis Nelson. She spent her 75 years on this Earth making her community and the world a better place. She lived peacefully and generously...
Kelly R. White
Nov 7, 2017
Mr. Kelly R. White, 46, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, November 7, 2017 in his home after a long illness. Kelly was born in Johnson City, to Angela Hopson White Sheehan of Johnson City and Daniel R. White of Allardt, Tennessee. Kelly struggled bravely and mightily for many years dealing with mounting health issues. So, for Kelly,...
Harry L. Hodgie Callahan, Jr.
Nov 7, 2017
Harry 'Hodgie' Levi Callahan Jr., 49, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Johnson City Medical Center. He is survived by: daughter. and son-in-law: Ashley and Jason Taylor; 2 sons: Trey Callahan and Brie Furches, Christian Callahan; 5 grandchildren: Annabeth Taylor, Levi Callahan, Zoey Callahan, Kennedy Callahan, Gavin Bunting; mother: Betty Callahan; 2 sisters and brother-in-law:...
Douglas Eugene Graybeal
Nov 7, 2017
Douglas Eugene ?Gene' Graybeal, 84 of Johnson City died Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Dana and Selma Stout Graybeal. Gene was a retired truck driver who last worked for Mor-Flo. He was a long-time member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church. In addition to...
Winnie Mae Wainscott
Nov 7, 2017
Millie Wainscott, 58, Jonesborough, died Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at Johnson City Medical Center. She held a Bachelors of Applied Science from Clinchfield Community College. Millie was a social worker with Upper East Tennessee Child Development Agency for a number of years. She was a social butterfly, who loved to talk to anybody who would listen. She also enjoyed spending...
Betty Walker
Nov 3, 2017
Betty Walker danced her way past the pearly gates into Heaven on Nov. 3, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents Kenneth and Hazel Walker, Sisters; Georgia and Norma Walker, Sister Dorothy Pealer; Brother Jim Walker, Granddaughter Regina Bishop, Great-Great Granddaughters Ella and Layla Bishop, Special Niece and Nephew Joy Fox and Mickey Walker II, Daughter-in-Law Judy L....
Adelaide Ada Muller Erwin
Oct 31, 2017
Adelaide ?Ada' Muller Erwin, 92, Cornerstone Village in Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Germany, and had been a resident of Johnson City since 1948, where she came as a war bride after escaping from Poland in 1945. Mrs. Erwin was the daughter of the late Alphonse and...
Beulah Faye Hicks
Oct 30, 2017
Beulah Faye Hicks, 73, Limestone, TN, died on Monday, October 30, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Springfield, KY, and a daughter of the late Elvin and Alma Mae Mattingley Shirley. Beulah Faye was retired from nursing in the medical industry. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, her daughter,...
Mary Marie Hankla
Oct 30, 2017
Mary M. Hankla, 84, Limestone, passed away Monday, October 30, 2017, at Life Care Center of Gray. Mary was born in Hawkins County to the late Edward David and Amanda Lou Carpenter Sliger. Mary was of the Baptist faith and was a member of Shanendoah Presbyterian Church. You could often find Mary in the kitchen because she enjoyed cooking. She...
