OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Betty Jane Bennett
May 31, 2015
Betty Jane Snyder Bennett, 72, Johnson City, passed away May 31, 2015 at her residence. Betty was a Sullivan County native, and daughter of the late Albert and Alice Reece Snyder. She graduated from Mary Hughes High School and was a homemaker for most of her life. Betty was a member of True Gospel Free Will Baptist Church. Betty loved...
Virginia Ruth Clay
May 30, 2015
Virginia ?Ruth' Clay, 88, of Johnson City, died on Saturday, May 30, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County and daughter of the late Henry and Ina Pearl Bishop Miller. Ruth was a Momma and Mammaw first in her life and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, her husband...
Quincey Gardner
May 30, 2015
Arrangements under the direction of Morris-Baker Funeral Home, Johnson City, TN.
Kelsey Marie Payne
May 29, 2015
Kelsey Marie Payne, 22, of Jonesborough, died Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of Selena Milhorn and Jamie Payne. Kelsey was a homemaker and mother. She was of the Christian faith. Her maternal grandfathers, Johnny E. Sells and Virgil Letterman and her paternal grandmother, Shirley Payne,...
Willard Franklin
May 29, 2015
Willard Franklin, 80, Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Willard is a native of Washington County, and son of the late Fred and Mary Miller Franklin. He was a member of Glenwood Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, Willard is preceded in death by many siblings. Survivors include: his wife...
Kenneth Dean Presnell
May 27, 2015
Kenneth Dean Presnell, 55, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at his home. Kenneth was a Johnson City native. He was a son of the late Edgar Lee Presnell, Sr. and Harolette Lou Little Presnell. Kenneth was of the Baptist faith. He was a good-hearted person with a loving soul. Kenneth was always eager to please, enjoyed helping...
Nellie Mae Fletcher
May 26, 2015
Nellie Mae Fenner Fletcher, 85, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, May 26, 2015 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Nellie was a native of Mountain City. She was a daughter of the late Lem and Julie Luttrell Fenner. Nellie was a homemaker. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by:...
Michael Steven Isaacs
May 26, 2015
Michael ?Steven' Isaacs, 57, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, May 26, 2015 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Glen Albert and Earlene Hilda Jones Isaacs. Steven was a retired Sergeant First Class, having served in the Tennessee National Guard. He served tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom...
Mary Katherine Hopson Foster
May 24, 2015
Mary Katherine Hopson Foster, 81, of Johnson City, left this world for eternal heavenly rest on May 24, 2015. She passed after a lengthy battle with cancer at her residence. She was born in Unicoi to the late Jesse and Rebecca Luttrell Hopson. In addition to her parents, her husband Robert Foster in 2002; four brothers, Vestal, Charlie, Jess, Jr....
Dorothy Anne Beals York Ballew
May 23, 2015
Dorothy Anne Beals York Ballew, 84, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2015 in the Life Care Center of Gray. Dot was a Johnson City native. She was the daughter of the late Leslie Reginald and Mary Dorothy Dowling Beals. She graduated from Science Hill High School and then went on to attend Mary Baldwin College before receiving...
Max Skip Big'N Arnett
May 22, 2015
Max Skip Big?n Arnett, 63, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 22, 2015 at his home. Maxie was a Johnson City native. He was the son of the late Paul and Selma Williams Arnett. Maxie worked as a drywall installer. He was a proud member of the Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Betty Jean Mazza
May 20, 2015
Betty Jean Mazza, 80, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Ernest Harshbarger and Ruth Peoples Harshbarger Roberts. Betty Jean was a retired seamstress. In addition to her parents, her husband, Billy Mazza, a sister, Dottie Cupp, a brother, Bob Harshbarger and a cousin, Barbara...
William R. Bill Reverend Wells
May 20, 2015
Reverend William R. 'Bill' Wells, 77, of Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, May 20, 2015, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was the retired senior minister of First United Methodist Church of Johnson City and the current Pastor of Austin Springs United Methodist Church. He served more than a dozen congregations in the Holston Conference over the course...
Christine Hodges Jenkins
May 16, 2015
Christine Hodges Jenkins, age 93, passed away Saturday May 16, 2015 at Life Care Center of Gray. Mrs. Jenkins was born in Sullivan County at her home place May 23, 1921 and was a daughter of the late Henry Homer Hodges and Ina Mae Hodges. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Jenkins was preceded in death by: her husband, William...
Ruth Day Rickman
May 15, 2015
Ruth Day Rickman, 95, Johnson City, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at Appalachian Christian Village. Ruth was a native of Johnson City and daughter of the late Harvey and Nannie Byrd Day. She and her husband lived 23 years in Maryland and Florida before moving back to Johnson City. Ruth worked for Home Beneficial Life Insurance Company for many...
Jerry Mitchell Wiggins
May 15, 2015
ArrangementMitchell Wiggins, 97, Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord and his wife, Pauline, on May 15, 2015, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Martha Bowman and step- father Henry Bowman. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served in WWII. Mitchell retired from Johnson City Spring & Bedding Company. He was a...
Jennifer Ann Jones
May 12, 2015
Jennifer Ann Jones, 24, Piney Flats, passed away Tuesday, May 12, 2015, in the Johnson City Medical Center due to complications from pneumonia. She was the daughter of Eric and Bridget Lewis Jones. Jennifer was a member of the Boone Trail Baptist Church and loved Five L?s Ladies Ministry. She was a graduate of Sullivan East High School in 2009....
Helen Jean Mrs. Renfro
May 11, 2015
Helen ?Jean' Renfro, 81, of Johnson City, died Monday, May 11, 2015 at her residence following a lengthy illness. She was a native of Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of the late Luther W. and Pearl Ruth Hutchison Lowrey. Jean was a bookkeeper for several pharmacies and was a co-founder of Corner Drug Store in 1967 along with her husband Paul...
Wert Allen Bud Pace, Jr
May 10, 2015
Wert Allen ?Bud' Pace, Jr., 77, Jonesborough, TN, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Bud was a native of Dizney, KY. He was a son of the late Wert Allen Pace, Sr. and Hazel Ruth Steele Pace. Bud proudly served in the U. S. Army. He was a graduate of Evarts High....
Deborah Ann Obele
May 10, 2015
Deborah Ann Obele, 54, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Deborah was a native of New York, NY. She was a daughter of the late Leroy and Beverly Delores Hale. To some of us she was our mother, to others she was our grandmother or a great aunt, but most of...
