OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
Jerry Lee Lawson
Aug 18, 2016
Jerry Jackson Lawson, 83, of Johnson City died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at Cleveland County Hospice House in Kings Mountain, NC. Jerry was a native of Corning, Arkansas, daughter of Robert E. Jackson and Effie May Crafton. Jerry was a retired health information manager for James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. She was a longtime member of Skyline Heights...
Pauline Georgia Smith
Aug 18, 2016
Pauline Georgia Oakes Smith, 86, of Johnson City, died Thursday, August 18, 2016 at her home with beloved son Rob by her side. She was a native of Newland, North Carolina, daughter of the late Harrison and Lilly Greene Oakes (a coal miner?s daughter). Pauline was a retired homemaker who will always be remembered as a loving wife and mother...
Stacy Key Caruthers
Aug 17, 2016
Stacy Key Caruthers, Johnson City, passed Wednesday, August 17, 2016, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She is in the Heavenly Arms of Jesus, surrounded by butterflies and greeted by those who have gone before. She was born on March 21, 1964, in Amarillo, TX, and was the daughter of James and Mary Caruthers. Stacy graduated from Science Hill High School....
Nancy Chestnut Edens
Aug 15, 2016
Nancy Chestnut Edens, (85) of Tallahassee, FL, born January 6, 1931, in Huntersville, W. Virginia (Pocahontas County), went to be with the Lord on August 15, 2016. She died of natural causes. She was the daughter of the late Russell Gilmer and Blanche Bussard Chestnut. She graduated Valedictorian from Marlington High School (1949). She married Sam Jack Edens on August...
Thurman Gene Hensley
Aug 13, 2016
Thurman Gene Hensley, 74, of Limestone, died Saturday, August 13, 2016 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mr. Hensley was a native of Unicoi. He was a son of the late Floyd and Creedie Martin Hensley. Mr. Hensley was a veteran of the Vietnam War, having served in the US Army. He loved farming and raising cattle. He worked as a...
Ann Neblett James
Aug 13, 2016
Dr. Ann Neblett James, age 86, passed away gracefully after a brief illness. Born Sept. 1, 1929 in Coeburn, VA, she went to the Lord on Aug. 13, 2016. Her family acknowledges that she was the core of strength that they consistently leaned on and her familiar counsel of ?all things come to those who wait' provided much guidance. Dr....
Helen Sue Rankin
Aug 12, 2016
Helen Sue Rankin, age 68, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at Bethany Nursing Home in Fargo, North Dakota. She was born on August 8, 1948, in Johnson City to parents Coy and Mary Street Pate. She graduated from Cloudland High School, Roan Mountain, Tennessee in 1967. She moved to Fargo, N.D. in 2012, and resided there until her death. She...
