OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
John Cecil Goan
Jun 30, 2017
John C. Goan, age 83, passed away June 30, 2017 at his home. John was born on December 15, 1933, the son of Ellis H. Goan and Ethel Robertson Goan, both now deceased. He graduated from Morristown High School in 1951. He enrolled at Carson-Newman College and graduated from there and the University of Tennessee with degrees in Chemistry. While...
Charles E. Hammer Senior Master Sergeant Usaf
Jun 30, 2017
Senior Master Sergeant Charles E. Hammer, USAF, Ret., age 79, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 at Johnson City Medical Center. Charles was born in Johnson City, TN on July 31, 1937 to Rev. S.D. Hammer and Sarah Austin Hammer. He was a resident of Oscoda, MI. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. and...
Belva Telola Monteith
Jun 26, 2017
Belva Telola Monteith, 86, of Johnson City, TN passed away Monday, June 26, 2017, which would have been her late husband?s 87th birthday, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Belva was a native of Tuxedo, NC. She was a daughter of the late Lloyd Cawley Babb and Telola and Garland Vaughn. Belva was a homemaker; she adored being a mother and...
Herbert King
Jun 25, 2017
Mr. Herbert King, 96, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, June 25, 2017, at Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. King was a long time resident of Johnson City. He was the son of late Lewis and Martha Williams King. In addition to his parents, Mr. King was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters. Survivors include: his wife...
Mary Frances White
Jun 25, 2017
Johnson City--Mary Frances White, 77, passed away very peacefully Sunday afternoon, June 25, 2017 with her sister, Estelle, by her side. She was a faithful servant of the Lord who ran her course, and even now is being pronounced 'a good and faithful servant.' She was born on October 26, 1939, in Johnson City, to James Newton 'Jim' White and...
Larry Freeman Clawson
Jun 23, 2017
Larry Freeman Clawson, 68, passed away Friday, June 23, 2017 at his residence. He was the eldest son of the late Rev. Edward C. Clawson and Lelia Freeman Clawson. He lived and worked in the Tri Cities area his entire life, retiring from Bank of Tennessee in 2016. He was an Eagle Scout. He was also a gifted guitarist and...
Regimental Command Major James Ret. Jimmy Sergeant Nelson
Jun 22, 2017
Regimental Command Sergeant Major (Ret.) James V. Nelson, 72, passed away on June 22, 2017, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was a resident of Washington County, TN. He was the son of the late Sam and Doris Atwood Nelson. James graduated from Training School (University High) and attended ETSU. He worked at Eastman Chemical for 38 years and retired...
Joe Baker
Jun 20, 2017
Marion Joe Baker, 66, of Greeneville, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at Holston Valley Medical Center. Joe was a native of Trimble, TN. He was a son of the late Leonard and Thelma Baker. Joe served in the US Marine Corps from 1969 to 1975. He was stationed in Vietnam. He attended Dyersburg State Community College and ETSU, graduating with...
Patsy Ruth Sexton
Jun 20, 2017
Patsy R. Sexton, 75, of Johnson City, left this life on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 to meet her Lord and her soul mate of 21 years, Buddy. Patsy was a native of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Earl and Bertha May (Tipton) Hughes. Patsy had worked for Tennessee Plastics, Inc. In addition to her parents and...
Dessie Kelley Matthews
Jun 19, 2017
Mrs. Dessie Kelley Matthews, 95, of Johnson City, died on Monday, June 19, 2017 at the Cornerstone Village in Johnson City. She was a native of Horse Pasture, VA, daughter of the late James William and Carrie Stone Kelley. Dessie was a retired head quality control clerk for Burlington Industries. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in...
Robert Martin Garger
Jun 18, 2017
Robert ?Bobby G' Martin Garger, 63, Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, June 18, 2017. He was born in St. Louis, MO to the late Karl and Eunice Marie Payne Garger. Robert was in the U.S. Army for three years and then joined the Air National Guard where he became a helicopter flight engineer/gunner in Oregon and Alaska for 25 years. He...
Carolyn Lynn Smith Bowman
Jun 17, 2017
Carolyn Lynn Smith Bowman, 76, Johnson City, graduated to her Heavenly home Saturday, June 17, 2017 at The Waters of Johnson City. Carolyn was born in Johnson City to the late Arlie Dane and Carrie Lee VanDyke Smith. She worked for the Department of Human Services of Washington County for 42 years. Carolyn was a devoted member of North Johnson...
Richard L. Dick Savant
Jun 17, 2017
Richard ?Dick' Lee Savant, 84, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at The Waters of Johnson City. Dick was born in Grand Saline, TX to the late Lola Lee Taylor Savant. Dick was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He served in the Korean Conflict and three tours in Vietnam as a Gunnery Sergeant. He retired from...
Ethel Mae Humphrey
Jun 17, 2017
Ethel Mae Humphrey, 85, of Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Humphrey was a daughter of the late Roy W. and Pearlie Williams. She was a native of Clinchco, Virginia and lived in Carter County for many years before settling in Sullivan County, Tennessee in 1950. Mrs. Humphrey was employed in the cafeteria at...
Wyatt James Guinn
Jun 16, 2017
Wyatt James Guinn, infant son of April Barnett and Jesse Guinn of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 16, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center. In addition to his parents, Wyatt is survived by: four brothers, Aaron Barnett, Brandon Barnett, Tyler Guinn, and Jesse Guinn, Jr.; one sister, Caitlin Guinn; and many loving aunts,...
Teresa Lynne Johnson
Jun 15, 2017
Teresa Lynne Johnson, 58, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, June15, 2017. Teresa was a lifelong resident where she attended Johnson City Schools and Dawn of Hope. Teresa was preceded in death by her parents, Major Fred L. Johnson, Sr. and Berdie K. Johnson. Survivors include: two sisters, Lois Deakins and her husband Lynn and Janet Barnes and her husband...
Elizabeth Rose Swatzell
Jun 15, 2017
Elizabeth Rose Swatzell, 104, of Johnson City died Thursday, June 15, 2017 at the residence of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Wright. She was a native of Memphis, daughter of the late Harry and Effie Davis Alder. Elizabeth was homemaker, who moved to Johnson City in 1927. She was a member of the Elizabethton Church of Christ for over sixty years....
Joyce Ann Elswick
Jun 14, 2017
Joyce Ann Elswick, 76, of Kingsport, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at Holston Valley Medical Center. She was a native of Richlands, Virginia, daughter of the late Robert Lawson and Lona Alice Belcher Matney. Joyce was a retired employee of CSX Rail Road. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, a sister, Nancy Davis and two...
Mary M. Fann
Jun 13, 2017
Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Mary M. Fann, 82, of Johnson City, went to be with her Lord Tuesday, June 13, 2017, following an extended illness, surrounded by her family and beloved animals,...
Beulah Sheila White
Jun 8, 2017
Beulah ?Sheila' White, 71, of Johnson City, died Thursday, June 8, 2017 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Atlanta, GA, daughter of the late Walter and Gladys Weatherford Ingram. Sheila was a homemaker. She was of the Pentecostal faith. In addition to her parents, two brothers preceded her in death. Survivors include: her husband of...
