OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Sandra Ann Sage Bowman
Oct 17, 2015
Our precious mother, Sandra Ann Sage Bowman, died at age 77 peacefully in her home in Johnson City, TN on October 17, 2015. She met her husband, ?Bob' Robert Wolfe Bowman, Jr., at the Dutch Maid Drive-In and they were married on the 4th July, 1957 in Johnson City, TN. They were married just short of 50 years before he...
Mary Ilalie Huff Lee Atchley
Oct 16, 2015
Mary Ilalie (Lee) Huff Atchley passed away at Johnson City Medical Center on Friday, October 16, 2015. She was born on December 28, 1935 in Cocke County, TN. She moved to the Johnson City area during childhood, and attended Boones Creek School. She remained in Johnson City throughout her life. She retired from Texas Instruments several years ago, and spent...
Charles Clinton Clint Boswell
Oct 14, 2015
Charles Clinton ?Clint' Boswell, 89, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at his residence. He was a native of Enfield, NC, son of the late Charles ?Jay' and Virginia Gathings Boswell. Clint was a retired salesman of auto parts and auto parts franchises. He was a longtime member of Central Baptist Church. Clint was member and former director...
Mary Catherine Hollyfield
Oct 12, 2015
Mary Hollyfield, 54, of Johnson City, wife of Jeff Hollyfield, died Monday, October 12, 2015. She was a daughter of Wilda and Wesley Wilson of Jonesborough and sister to JB, Melinda, Christopher and Nathan. Mary was a graduate of David Crockett High School, Berea College and did post graduate study in Early Childhood Development at UNCG, Greensboro, NC, also the...
Hazel Snyder Bashor
Oct 8, 2015
Hazel Snyder Bashor, 97, Johnson City died Thursday, October 8, 2015 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Bashor was born January 24, 1918 in Doeville, Johnson County, Tennessee. She was a daughter of the late Roy Mineyard and Alice Snyder. One year later she moved to Valley Forge in Carter County. She attended Valley Forge Elementary, Elizabethton High School, and Teachers...
Carol Tate Gagan
Oct 7, 2015
Carol Tate Gagan, 68, of Johnson City, died at her residence on Wednesday, October 7, 2015 following an extended illness. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Adrian L. and Dorothy Lee Rash Tate. Carol was a retired LPN and member of the First Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her husband of 46 years, Pat...
Viola Pierce Laws
Oct 4, 2015
Viola ?Blackie' Pierce Laws, 90, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, October 4, 2015 at her residence. Mrs. Laws was a native of Exeter, VA who had lived most of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Henry and Nellie White Pierce. Mrs. Laws was a member of Piney Grove Free Will Baptist...
Michael E. Dunbar
Oct 2, 2015
Michael E. Dunbar, 56, Johnson City, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a Johnson City native, and son of Bill and Patsy Milhorn Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar graduated from Daniel Boone High School in 1977. He loved the mountains of East Tennessee, music, family, and all animals, especially his dog, Jada. He was...
Jerry M. Hammonds
Sep 30, 2015
Jerry M. Hammonds, 84, Bolivar, TN, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at Pine Meadows Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. He was born in Scott County, VA and was the son of the late William Johnson and Norma Edna Williams Hammonds. Mr. Hammonds spent 35 years of his life in Florida, and the rest in Tri-cities. Mr. Hammonds is a U.S....
Reno G. Burleson
Sep 29, 2015
Reno G. Burleson, 94, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, September 29, 2015 peacefully at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. Mr. Burleson was a Johnson City native, and son of the late J.R. and Carrie Garland Burleson. Mr. Burleson graduated from ETSU, when it was known as East Tennessee Teaching College, and earned the ETSU National Alumni Award...
Earline G. Bricker
Sep 28, 2015
Arrangements under the direction of Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City, TN.
A C Bud Cress
Sep 24, 2015
Mr. A C ?Bud' Cress, 79, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, September 24, 2015 at NHC HealthCare, in Johnson City. Mr. Cress was a Johnson County native and the son of the late Clyde and Dorothy Payne Cress. He was preceded in death by sons, Mark and Michael, and a brother, Allen Cress. Mr. Cress retired from the Air...
Linda Karolin Gjellum
Sep 19, 2015
Linda Karolin Gjellum, 62, of Johnson City, died Saturday, September 19, 2015 at Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Birmingham, Alabama, daughter of the late Gene Bennett Leslie and Elizabeth ?Liz' Hall Beringer. Linda was a retired Registered Nurse with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center. Linda was a graduate of UAB and the Jefferson State...
Herbert Waymon Mumpower
Sep 18, 2015
Mr. Herbert ?Waymon' Mumpower, 86, Johnson City, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015 at Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mr. Mumpower was an Appalachia, VA native and son of the late Charles B and Agnes Mumpower. He was born on December 8, 1928. Mr. Mumpower graduated from Appalachia, VA High School and attended East Tennessee State University. He...
Pete Zannis
Sep 18, 2015
Pete Zannis, 62, Johnson City, passed away Friday, September 18, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was born August 10, 1953 in Birmingham, Alabama and resided in Johnson City most of his life. Pete graduated from ETSU where he played on the tennis team and won the Intercollegiate Singles and Doubles titles. He continued to play competitively...
Rachel Eleanor Hopson
Sep 17, 2015
Rachel Eleanor Hopson, 78, of Johnson City, died Thursday, September 17, 2015 in Johnson City surrounded by her family. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Dillow and Mary Alice Hay Sanders. Rachel was a retired seamstress. She was a member of the First Church of the Brethren. In addition to her parents, she was preceded...
Maude Dickenson
Sep 17, 2015
Maude Dickenson, 87, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, September 17, 2015 at Appalachian Christian Village. Ms. Dickenson was a Big Stone Gap, VA native and daughter to the late Ralph and Mary Roberts Dickenson. Ms. Dickenson worked in office management of Park Avenue Hospital of Norton, VA and was an assistant at Norton Community Hospital. She attended Princeton Presbyterian Church....
Kittie Kate Silvers Bradford
Sep 16, 2015
Kittie Kate Silvers Bradford, 97, of Jonesborough, died Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was a native of Yancey County, NC, daughter of the late Joe and Ruth Phillips Silvers. Kittie was a homemaker and farmed alongside her husband while raising eleven children. She was a Charter member of the...
Darla Defoor Roy
Sep 15, 2015
Darla DeFoor Roy, 75, of Erwin, TN, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2015 in Johnson City, TN, following an illness. Darla was born in Palestine, TX to Coy DeFoor and Noveline Turner DeFoor on May 3, 1940. She attended Tyler Junior College and Louisiana State University. In 1962 she married Samuel Roy of Natchitoches, LA. They lived in Baton Rouge,...
Elvie Alexander L.V. Harmon
Sep 13, 2015
Elvie ?L.V.' Alexander Harmon, 93, of Piney Flats, died Sunday, September 13, 2015 in the Appalachian Christian Village. He was reunited with his wife of 69 years, Violet Elzira Harmon, who passed away on September 7th. L.V. was born in Greene County, but had lived in Piney Flats for most of his life. He was a son of the late...
