OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Novella Quillen
Sep 12, 2016
Novella Quillen, 87, died Monday, September 12, 2016 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City. Novella was a daughter of the late James (JD) Lunsford and Hattie Lunsford. Novella was a book lover throughout her life and spread her passion for knowledge and books to many children through her occupation as a Librarian at Boones Creek High School...
Elisabeth Barbara Marshall
Sep 12, 2016
Elisabeth B. Marshall, 86, of Gray, died Monday, September 12, 2016 at her residence. She was a native of Fulda, Germany, daughter of the late Alban and Barbara Wieger Spaeth. She was a faithful member of Our Savior Lutheran Church, when there was a church meal, everyone looked for what she had cooked as it was always delicious. Elisabeth also...
Guilda Ruth Orren
Sep 11, 2016
Guilda Ruth Orren, 68, of Johnson City, died Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Johnson City Medical Center. Guilda was the daughter of the late George and Martha Church Orren. Guilda graduated from Science Hill High School in 1966. She received her Bachelors degree at ETSU in 1972 and earned her Masters degree from the University of Tennessee. She worked as...
Jason Worley Snyder
Sep 11, 2016
John 14:1-3 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father?s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you until myself;...
June C. Smith Wilson
Sep 9, 2016
June C. Smith Wilson, 88, Johnson City, died September 9, 2016, at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City. June was preceded in death by husband Bennie C. Smith, husband Charles W. Wilson, Sr., parents, S.G. and Mae Clear, and eight brothers and sisters. She is survived by children, Barbara (Kenneth) Wiseman of Johnson City and Robyn Smith (Christy Los)...
James C. Rev. Hamm
Sep 8, 2016
Rev. James C. Hamm, 81, of Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, September 8, 2016, in Johnson City Medical Center, with his family by his side. James was a lifelong resident of Jonesborough, TN. He was the son of the late Edna and Goldie James Hamm. He pastored several Free Will Baptist Churches in the local area. He also spent 55 years...
Marshall Dale Stables
Sep 7, 2016
Marshall Dale Stables, 71, of Piney Flats, TN died Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Marshall was a native of Narrows, Virginia. He was a son of Velma Kight Stables and the late Opie Stables. Marshall graduated from Virginia Tech in 1968 with a Bachelors degree in Forestry and Wildlife. After graduating college, he served as...
Mary Lee Miller Fortner
Sep 7, 2016
Mary Lee Miller Fortner, 90, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2016 at her residence. She was born in Cabarrus County, NC to the late Luther Calvin and Annie Goins Miller. Marry Lee attended Central Baptist Church, where she was a member of The Ester Class for many years. She was very active in the community, and was a...
Carl Henegar
Sep 6, 2016
Carl Henegar, 56, a man of quiet faith, passed away Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at his home. Carl was born in Carter County, Tennessee and resided with his wife, Vickie Bennett Henegar, in Fall Branch. Carl and Vickie shared 21 wonderful years of marriage. He attended Happy Valley High School where he was an outstanding basketball player. Carl was employed...
Louise Marie Andrieszyn
Sep 5, 2016
Louise Marie Andrieszyn, 57, of Johnson City, died Monday, September 5, 2016 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Louise was a native of Long Island, New York. She was a daughter of the late Henry and Maureen Hanrahan Sievers. Louise had worked in the meat department at Food City. She loved gardening and enjoyed decorating her yard with lawn ornaments...
Martha Nell Phillips Turner
Sep 4, 2016
Mrs. Martha Nell Phillips Turner, 89, of Johnson City was carried to her heavenly home by angels Sunday, September 4, 2016, in the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was born February 22, 1927 and was a lifelong resident of Washington County and loved everyone she met?especially children. She loved to make quilts as long as...
Kathleen Anne Gage
Sep 1, 2016
Arrangements under the direction of Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City, TN.
Wayne Billie Smith, Sr.
Aug 25, 2016
Wayne Billie Smith Sr., 79, of Watauga, died Friday, August 25, 2016 at Cornerstone Village in Johnson City. Wayne was a native of Ball Ground, GA. He was a son of the late Claude Lee and Lillie Josephine Farmer Smith. Wayne proudly served in the US Air Force during the Korean War. He was a car lover and entrepreneur, as...
Brenda Gail Gray
Aug 25, 2016
Mrs. Brenda Gail Gray, 66, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, August 25, 2016, in the Life Care Center of Gray. Brenda was a lifelong resident of East Tennessee, having lived in Jonesborough, Elizabethton and Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Harold and Wanda Morelock Phillips of Jonesborough. Brenda was a member of Tacoma Church of God...
Frances Elizabeth Frannie Fletcher
Aug 24, 2016
Frances Elizabeth ?Frannie' Fletcher, 93, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2016 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital after a brief illness. She was born in Cranberry, NC to the late Clyde and Jane McKinney Simerly. Frances graduated from Science Hill High School, class of 1941, and subsequently moved to Arlington, Virginia, where she lived until early 1980. She returned to Tennessee...
Phillip R. Miller
Aug 23, 2016
Phillip R. Miller, 70, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at his home. Phillip was a native of Bessemer, Alabama. He was a son of the late Glenn M. Miller, Sr. and Etta Mae Parsons Miller. Phillip proudly served in the US Army in Vietnam. He worked as an Assistant Casualty Claims Manager at Cincinnati Insurance. He is...
Ernest Ray Garland
Aug 23, 2016
Ernest ?Ray' Garland, 88, of Johnson City died Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Burnsville, NC, son of the late Herbert Mack and Mary Jane Stevens Garland. Ray served his country in the U. S. Navy right after WWII. He was a member of the Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. Ray retired...
Cynthia Ann Miller
Aug 22, 2016
Ms Cynthia Miller, 54, of Cleveland, Ohio went to be with her Heavenly Father Monday August 22, 2016 in the home of her parents in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Cyndi graduated from Spring Valley Christian School in Cleveland, Ohio. She worked for LTV for approximately 10 years. She was a trained STNA working for Medina Hospice and as a LMT working as...
Barbara Sue Mcgaha
Aug 21, 2016
Barbara Sue McGaha, born May 24, 1949 passed away August 21, 2016. Preceded in death by: her father, Norman ?Mac' McGaha, and sister-in-law, Sandra Crutcher McGaha. Survived by: her mother, Betty Vineyard McGaha; sister, Betty Ann McGaha Furches (James); brothers, David E. McGaha and J. Michael McGaha; nephews, Jeff and Craig Furches; nieces, Cassie and Amie McGaha; and the Davidson...
Robert William Keefe
Aug 21, 2016
Ten years ago, Bob Keefe came to Johnson City in pursuit of trout and peace among the mountains. Along the way, he rediscovered love, life and a second family of friends. Keefe, 80, died peacefully in his sleep on August 21 due to congestive heart failure. He is survived by wife Peggy, whom he met upon arriving in Tennessee. In...
