OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Dean L. Rose
Jan 27, 2018
Dean L. Rose, 64, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Dean was born in Johnson City to the late Paul Landis and Frances Bennett Rose. He graduated from Science Hill High School and attended ETSU. He retired from Brunswick Corp, where he managed bowling centers for over 30 years in NC, GA, FL...
Garry Scott Pritchard
Jan 26, 2018
Garry Scott Pritchard, 76, Florida, passed away Friday, January 26, 2018. The family of Mr. Pritchard is conducting a committal service at the Happy Valley Memorial Park, on Sunday, February 3, 2018 at 2:00 pm under the direction of Rev. Mike Richards. The visitation and funeral service that were scheduled prior to this service has been cancelled due to illness...
George Garvin Berry
Jan 24, 2018
A Heros Welcome by Robert Longley Time to come home dear brother Your tour of duty through Youve given as much as anyone Could be expected to do Just a few steps further The smoke will start to clear Others here will guide you You have no need of fear You have not failed your brothers You clearly gave it...
William Madison Bill Horton
Jan 24, 2018
Mr. William Madison 'Bill' Horton, 76, Elizabethton, TN passed away Wednesday, Janauary 24, 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. Born 05/17/1941, Bill was a son of the late William Harlan Horton and Mary Ada Harrison Horton. He lived and worked in several cities but had made his home in Elizabethton for the past several years. Bill was a native of...
Ralph Dean Vines
Jan 22, 2018
Ralph Dean Vines, 87, Johnson City, passed away Monday, January 22, 2018, at his residence. He was born in Washington County to the late Eugene and Ann Lee Walch Vines. Ralph was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was a bricklayer for JE Green and the town of Jonesborough. He was a handyman and enjoyed working on anything and...
Ada Cross Umbarger
Jan 22, 2018
Mrs. Ada Cross Umbarger, 87, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, January 22 2018, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a resident of Johnson City but was born and lived her childhood years in Piney Flats. She was the daughter of the late Earl and Elizabeth ?Lizzie' Cross and stepmother Mae Cross. Ada attended Rocky Springs School in Piney...
Eva Oteeve Elrod
Jan 21, 2018
After 101 great years of loving and serving her family and others, Eva Oteeve Elrod left this world in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 21, 2018 to spend eternity with the Lord. She was a native of Greene County, daughter of the late John Andrew and Sarah Catherine McIntosh Smith. Eva was a homemaker and true matriarch of...
Iva Lee Webb
Jan 21, 2018
Iva Lee Webb, 93, Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, January 21, 2018, at her residence. Iva was born and raised in Washington County, to the late Dave Hilman and Sudie E. West Hilman. Iva was a member of Midway Baptist Church. She retired from Burlington after 55 years of admirable service. In addition to her parents, Iva was preceded in death...
Katie Campbell
Jan 19, 2018
Katie L. Campbell, 94, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 19, 2018, at NHC Healthcare Center. Katie was born in Unicoi County to the late Geter and Cora Howell. She spent 33 years living in Columbia, South Carolina, where she was an award-winning employee for the K-Mart Corporation. After moving back to the Tri-Cities...
Paul V. Williams
Jan 18, 2018
?Say not in grief ?He is no more? But in thankfulness that he was.' Paul V. Williams, 80, of Gray, passed with peace on January 18th with his family and special friends at his side. Paul was a member of the Gray United Methodist church and always enjoyed listening to the choir. He also enjoyed being a member of the...
Dawn Conner
Jan 16, 2018
Dawn S. Conner, 63, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 16, 2018, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, daughter of the late Norman and Jean Campbell. Dawn was dedicated to her work as a medical transcriptionist for more than thirty years. She loved to laugh, spend time...
James Wesley Wright, Ii
Jan 11, 2018
?I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept my faith; Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day; and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.' James Wesley ?Turbo' Wright, II, 43, Jonesborough,...
Clay E. Boyd, Jr.
Jan 11, 2018
Mr. Clay E. Boyd, Jr, 88, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018, at the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Rock Springs, Tennessee, Clay was the son of the late Clay E. Boyd, Sr. and Nell King Boyd. He was a 1947 graduate of Dobyns-Bennett High School, served in the United States Army during the...
Ralph Jones
Jan 11, 2018
Ralph Jones, 86, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, January 11, 2018, at Agape Nursing & Rehab. Ralph was born on June 15, 1931 to the late Bernie and Belle Bowman Jones. Ralph was born in Johnson City, spent 27 years in Aurora, IL, ten years in Detroit, MI and then returned to Johnson City. He was a very talented wood...
James E. Jim Carden
Jan 10, 2018
Mr. James E. ?Jim' Carden, 90, of Johnson City passed away Wednesday, January 10, 2018 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and the son of the late Thomas B. and Martha Miller Carden. Jim retired from Caudle Homes after many years of service. He was well known and loved by everyone he met....
Bertha Janette Oliver Foxx Conley
Jan 10, 2018
Bertha Janette Oliver Foxx Conley, of Gray, passed away on Wednesday, January 10, 2018, at Holston Valley Hospital, in Kingsport. She was the daughter of the late Robert Paul and Ora Glenna Bowers Oliver. Janette graduated from Jonesborough High School in 1958. She worked as a secretary and then a Radio Copy Writer at WETB Radio Station in Johnson City,...
Eva C. Tester
Jan 9, 2018
Eva Conner Tester, 98, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, January 9, 2018, at Cornerstone Village, where she has lived for the passed 17 years, one day before her 99th birthday. Eva was born on January 10, 1919, in Washington County to the late Charlie and Nannie Hardy Conner. Eva previously resided in Piney Flats. She was a member of St....
Billie L. Miller
Jan 7, 2018
Billie L. Miller, 71, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Cornerstone Village following an extended illness. She was a native of Roan Mountain, the fourth child of the late Bill and Grace Miller. She had retired to her East Tennessee home after a career spanning for more than thirty years with the International Association of Machinists and...
Hannah B. Crain
Jan 6, 2018
Hannah B. Crain, 81, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Hannah was born in Washington County to the late George F. and Polly E. Street Keene. She was a member of The Bible Church for many years where she loved to sing and play her guitar. In addition to her parents, Hannah...
Joseph William Adams
Jan 6, 2018
Joseph William Adams, 88, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his home. He was a Tullahoma, TN native and a son of Woodward Abernathy and Marvel Gossage Adams. Mr. Adams received his Masters of Divinity from Emory University. He served as a Methodist minister for a number of years, as well as chief copy editor for...
