OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Wilbert C. Schwartz
May 29, 2017
Mr. Wilbert C. Schwartz, 89, Johnson City, passed away Monday, May 29, 2017, at his home. Mr. Schwartz was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late George and Nellie Shorts Schwartz. He was a graduate of Science Hill High School, ETSU and received his Master?s from University of Montevallo. Mr. Schwartz enjoyed playing golf...
Willie Faye Johnson
May 24, 2017
Willie Faye Johnson, 89, of Johnson City, died on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 at Lakebridge Health Care Center. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late James ?Jim' and Anna Carr Vaughn. Willie Faye was a retired homemaker, mother and grandmother. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, two sons and a daughter...
Thomas S. Cox
May 23, 2017
Mr. Thomas S. Cox, 69, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2017 at Hillview Health Center in Elizabethton, TN. Tom was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Stanley and Francis Honeycutt Cox. Tom graduated from Science Hill High School and attended ETSU, majoring in engineering and business management. During this time...
Betty Lou Fair
May 21, 2017
Betty Lou Fair, 80, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Fair was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Ada Copas Ford. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Fair was preceded in death by: her husband, Bobby Frank Fair; two brothers, Johnny and Larry...
Diane Tittle
May 21, 2017
Diane Tittle, 56, of Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, May 21, 2017 at her home. Diane was a native of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Roy Lee and Ethel Burleson Forbes. Diane was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She enjoyed spending time with her family, working in her flower gardens, scrapbooking, sewing and quilting. In addition...
Jack Edward Sausman
May 21, 2017
Mr. Jack Edward Sausman, 88, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2017, in Shavano Park, TX. Jack was a native Tennessean, born in Mosheim and reared, educated and earned his first buck in Johnson City, TN. He was the son of the late Gordon 'Earl' Sausman and Ann Hendry Sausman, both from Greene Co. Jack attended Henry...
Gail Joan Franklin
May 19, 2017
Revelation 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. Gail Joan Franklin, 69, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 19, 2017 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Gail was a native of...
Deborah Debbie Dixon
May 19, 2017
Deborah Lynn ?Debbie' Dixon, 63, of Greeneville died Friday, May 19, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center following an illness. She was a native of Asheville, NC, daughter of the late Roger White and Charlotte Ann Morgan. Debbie was of the Baptist faith. She was a longtime childcare provider, who loved working with children. In addition to her parents,...
Ed Nelson
May 18, 2017
Ed Nelson, 83, of Johnson City died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at his residence. He was a native of Bluff City, son of the late Robert Dan and Bertha Perry Nelson. Ed was a retired launderer in the clothes cleaning business. He was a member of the Moose Lodge #1831. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Serenity Williah Mannie Dweh
May 17, 2017
Serenity Williah Mannie Dweh, passed away peacefully in the arms of her loving and caring parents on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. She was a blessing from God; we called her our miracle baby. She was a blessing to us for only two months but she touched all of us. She was born on February 19, 2017 at the Johnson City...
Carl Gilson Lt. Col. Collins
May 17, 2017
Lt. Col. (USMC retired) Carl Gilson Collins, age 83, of Johnson City, TN passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Carl was the youngest son of the late James F. (Ram) and Anne C. Collins. Carl graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1952. Upon graduation from East Tennessee State University in 1957, he then entered the...
Clara M. Rose
May 16, 2017
Clara M. Rose, 87, of NHC Healthcare in Johnson City, peacefully passed away on May 16, 2017. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Geneva McIntyre of Johnson City, and seven siblings. Born in Erwin, Clara managed the Cyclorama Cherokee Wax Museum in Cherokee, North Carolina for most of her adult life. Though strong-willed and fiercely independent,...
Jamison Van Der Meulen
May 14, 2017
Jamison Van Der Meulen, 78, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, May 14, 2017 at his home. Jamison was a native of Chester, NY. He was a son of the late John and Myrtle Judson Van Der Meulen. He had worked as a Tire Changer for Free Service Tire Company in Johnson City for 17 years. Prior to that, he...
Diane Lynn Poarch
May 13, 2017
Diane Lynn Poarch, 52, of Johnson City died Saturday, May 13, 2017 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Bill Jones and Peggy Stout Williams. Diane was a custodian for East Tennessee State University. She was of Christian faith. Diane loved being out of doors, gardening and cuddling by the fireplace. Survivors include:...
Roy Alton Harvey
May 12, 2017
Roy Alton Harvey, 73, Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017 at The Waters of Johnson City. Roy was born in Pulaski, VA to the late Denzil Alton and Hazel Lowe Harvey. Roy proudly worked as a yardmaster for CSX Railroad for 30 years and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era. He was a 1962 graduate...
Priscilla Grindstaff
May 12, 2017
Mrs. Priscilla Grindstaff, 74, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 12, 2017, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Grindstaff was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late James and Mildred Harrison Johnson. She was an active member of Central Church of Christ, in Johnson City where she enjoyed attending Ladies Bible Study...
Estelle Ann Sam Laubach
May 10, 2017
Estelle ?Sam' Ann Laubach, 83, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at Unicoi County Long Term Care in Erwin. Sam was born in Mendham, NJ to the late John Lewis and Estelle Samuelson Morgan. Sam was an ordained interfaith chaplain for most of her life. Survivors include: her husband of 35 years, Richard F. Laubach;...
Doris L. Tipton Hughes
May 5, 2017
2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Doris L. Tipton Hughes, 75, of Johnson City, TN departed this world for heaven on Friday, May 5, 2017. Doris grew up in Bakersville, NC in a lovely place called Bee Branch. She moved to Johnson City in 1962. She loved...
Roberta Lynn Collins
May 5, 2017
Roberta Lynn Collins, 46, passed away Friday, May 5, 2017 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Roberta was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Sue Collins. Roberta graduated from Science Hill High School with the class of 1989. She was a member of the East Johnson City Church of God. In addition to her...
Billie Jean Welch
May 4, 2017
Mrs. Billie Jean Welch, 85, formerly of Rose Hill, Virginia, went to rest in the arms of her Savior on Thursday, May 4, 2017, at the Waters in Johnson City, TN. She was the daughter of the late George Dewey and Loretta Abney Lee. In addition to spending time with her children and grandchildren, Billie Jean loved listening to and...
