OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Michael Lynn Adams
Mar 19, 2018
Michael ?Mike' L. Adams, 65, Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 19, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Michael was born in Johnson City to the late Don and Evelyn Tyree Adams. In addition to his parents, Michael was preceded in death by his sisters, Donna Jill Adams Casteel and Robin Adams. Survivors include: his wife, Carolyn Hulse Adams; one...
Brenda Ann Holmes
Mar 18, 2018
Brenda Ann Holmes, 62, Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, March 18, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Brenda was born in Shiloh Valley, IL to the late Bobbie Lee and Eleanor Fay Enman Bicknell. Brenda was of the Christian faith. She was a member of First United Methodist Church since childhood, and later attended Calvary Church. Brenda loved to work with...
Sandra Cox
Mar 17, 2018
Sandra Kay Webb Cox (Sandy), age 69, of Gray, TN passed away Saturday, March 17, 2018 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was surrounded by her loved ones. A native of Johnson City, TN she was the daughter of the late Clyde Webb and Hattie Gardner Webb. Sandy graduated from Science Hill High School in 1967 and went on...
Lexie Helen Nelson
Mar 16, 2018
Lexie Helen Sprinkle Nelson, 93, of Johnson City died Friday, March 16, 2018 at the Cornerstone Health Care. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Charles and Mary Jane Hamilton Sprinkle. Lexie was a member of the Jonesborough Methodist Church. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, her husband G. B. Nelson preceded her...
Joan Isobel Sell
Mar 15, 2018
Joan Isobel Sell, 81, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, March 15, 2018 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Joan was a lifelong resident of Washington County and the daughter of the late Earl Walter Sell Sr. and Jeanne Lyle Sell. Joan was a graduate of Boones Creek High School and later of ETSU. She was an educator in her...
Betty Ann Arowood
Mar 12, 2018
Betty Ann Arowood, 79, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, March 12, 2018 in her home. She was the daughter of the late Luther Dunbar and Fannie Mae Oler, and was a lifelong resident of Washington County. Betty attended Rock Heritage Baptist and enjoyed her time there. She was also fond of her time employed as a Nursing Assistant...
C. Laveta Dr. Ligon
Mar 10, 2018
Dr. C. LaVeta Ligon, born June 12, 1924 in Altus, OK went to be with her Heavenly father, parents, and brothers, Saturday morning March 10, 2018, at Cornerstone Village, her Johnson City residence. Dr. Ligon had a long and notable life. She received many honors and designations throughout her career. She was an honored professor at ETSU and served there...
Olive Jean Kirk
Mar 9, 2018
Olive ?Jean' Kirk, 87, of Morristown, died Friday, March 9, 2018 at Agape Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Johnson City. She was a native of Ontario, Canada, daughter of the late Elno and Ina Anderson Beetham. Jean is much loved by her son, Larry and his wife Teresa, and daughter, Peggy. Jean is to be cremated and a private family...
Ronald Dean Messimer
Mar 8, 2018
Ronald Dean ?Ronnie' Messimer, 73, Johnson City, went home to Heaven Thursday, March 8, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Ronnie was born on February 26, 1945, in DeWitt, Arkansas. His parents, he and his four brothers moved to Johnson City in May of 1948 and were surrounded by many friends within the nine-block area. He lived his life enjoying...
Louise A. Kearley
Mar 4, 2018
Louise Atwell Kearley, 86, formerly of Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2018 at the Holston Manor, Kingsport. Mrs. Kearley was a Marion, Virginia native who had lived in Jonesborough for many years. She was the daughter of the late Jacob and Ethel McClellan Atwell. During her career she worked as a bookkeeper. She and her late husband were long...
Paul Lee Jones
Mar 3, 2018
JOHNSON CITY ? Paul Lee Jones, 84, Johnson City, went home to heaven on Saturday, March 3, 2018 from the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Jones was a native of Johnson City and the son of the late Paul and Ella Jones. He was preceded in death by three sisters and three brothers, his mother- and father-in-law, and a sister-in-law....
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...
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....
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...
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...
