OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Virginia S. Effler
Jan 24, 2015
Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28 Virginia Snyder Effler, 88, of Johnson City, died Saturday, January 24, 2015 at the Agape Nursing and Rehab Center. She was a native of Jonesborough, daughter of the late Aud and Raidell Nave Snyder. Virginia was a nurses aid. She was of...
Donald Nelson Harrell
Jan 22, 2015
Donald Nelson Harrell, 72, of Johnson City went home to be with the LORD, on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Mitchell County, NC, son of the late David Earl and Nada Street Harrell. Donald was a self-employed heavy equipment operator in the construction industry. He was a member of the...
Margaret Saults Dominguez
Jan 22, 2015
Mrs. Margaret Saults Dominguez, 89, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, January 22, 2015, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Dominguez was a native of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late Alexander and Margaret Alice Lemmons Saults. Mrs. Dominguez was a homemaker. She was of the Catholic faith. In addition to her parents, her husband, Al...
William Paul Hall
Jan 19, 2015
William Paul 'Bill'? Hall, Jr., 62, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, January 19, 2015 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Bill was born in Lexington, KY. He was a son of the late William Paul Hall, Sr. and Viola Ivy Hall. Bill proudly served his country in the US Army. In addition to his parents, his beloved...
Jerry W. Payne, Sr.
Jan 16, 2015
Mr. Jerry W. Payne, Sr. 73, of Johnson City, died Friday, January 16, 2015, at his residence. Mr. Payne was a Wise County, VA native. He was the son of the late Decoster and Zora Winebarger Payne. Mr. Payne worked as a coal miner for Crystal Coal Company. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: one...
Thomas M. Cole, Sr.
Jan 15, 2015
Mr. Thomas M. Cole, Sr., 91, Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015, at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mr. Cole was a deacon and Sunday school teacher in church until his illness did not allow him to attend. He was of the Baptist faith. He told everyone he met of his savior, Jesus Christ, until he could...
J. Richard Kiser
Jan 15, 2015
Dr. J. Richard Kiser, 77, of Kingsport, died peacefully at the Mountain Home V.A. Medical Center on Thursday, January 15, 2015 in Johnson City, TN. Richard was born on June 25, 1937 in Jenkins, KY. He was raised in the Hurricane section of Wise County, VA. After graduating from JJ Kelly High School he proudly served his country in the...
Lee Goodman
Jan 15, 2015
Mr. Lee Goodman, 90, of Johnson City, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2015, in Princeton Transitional Care, Johnson City. Mr. Goodman was a native of Washington County. He was the son of the late Hubert Lee and Trula Baker Goodman. Mr. Goodman worked as a mixer for General Shale. He was a member of Grace Free Will Baptist Church. In...
Douglas Wade Verble
Jan 14, 2015
Douglas Wade Verble. 50, of Knoxville, passed away Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at the Turkey Creek Medical Center in Knoxville. Doug was born in Sandusky, OH. He was the son of Joann Price Verble and the late James Lester Verble. He was a graduate of Happy Valley High School, where he was a 1982 All-State basketball player. Doug worked as...
Terrence Blose
Jan 13, 2015
Terrence 'TJ'? Blose, of Johnson City, TN, passed away January 13, 2015 at Vanderbilt University Hospital. He is the son of Terry Blose and Cindy Adelgren Blose. TJ was a mechanic at a rock quarry. He attended Rich Acres Free Will Baptist Church. TJ is preceded in death by: his maternal grand father, Gerald Adelgren; an aunt, Teresa Ryan; and...
Lois Jeanette Patterson Brown
Jan 12, 2015
'Be still, and know that I am God.'? Psalm 46:10 Lois Jeanette Patterson Brown was called to her heavenly home on Monday, January 12, 2015, in Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Jeanette was born in Johnson City, TN and was the daughter of the late Craig Patterson and Bertha Lee Jackson Patterson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Jimmy Ray Rankin
Jan 11, 2015
Jimmy Ray Rankin, 40, of Johnson City, beloved brother and uncle, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 in the Johnson City Medical Center with the love of his life, Cindy Powers, by his side. Jimmy was a Johnson City native. He was a son of the late Stephen Riley Rankin and Anglyn Osborne Lipford. Jimmy worked as a tire tech...
Rickie Lynn Sells
Jan 11, 2015
Rickie L. Sells, 63, of Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at North Knoxville Medical Center in Powell, TN, following an extended illness. Mr. Sells was a Johnson City native. He was a son of Lillie Mae Ledford Sells and the late Kyle A. Sells. Mr. Sells graduated from East Tennessee State University. He proudly served with both the...
Margaret Joan Bentley
Jan 10, 2015
Margaret Joan Bentley, 72, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late William Howard and Ella Mae Bowman Bentley. Ms. Bentley was a member of Austin Springs United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Selma Maltsberger
Jan 10, 2015
Selma Franklin Maltsberger, 89, of Johnson City, died Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Marshall, NC, a daughter of the late Blanco and Bessie Bishop Franklin. Selma was an educator, having served as Biology and English teacher at both Lynnview High School in Kingsport and Science Hill High School in Johnson...
Nancy Carolyn King
Jan 9, 2015
Nancy Carolyn King, 76, Greeneville, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015, at her home. She was a Johnson City native who had lived most of her life in Greeneville. She was the daughter of the late John Melvin and Maryanna Arietta Duncan King. Ms. King retired from teaching at Greene Valley Development Center. She was a member of Hardins Chapel...
Joyce Elaine Durkee
Jan 9, 2015
Joyce Elaine Durkee, 88, of Winston-Salem, NC, died Friday, January 9, 2015, at the Oaks of Forsyth in Winston-Salem. She was a native of Lake Odessa, MI, daughter of the late Alva R. and Bessie Marie Burns Tingley. Joyce was a homemaker and member of the Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. She served along side her husband in his ministry in...
Brenda Kay York
Jan 8, 2015
Brenda Kay York, 58, went to be with the LORD on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Albert and Nola June Yelton Hyder. Brenda was a homemaker and loved spending time with her grandchildren. She was a member of the Apostolic Christian Church. Brenda was...
Deborah Lynn Barnett
Jan 6, 2015
Deborah Lynn Barnett of Johnson City, was called back to Heaven after being an angel on earth for 59 years. She passed Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the Johnson City Medical Center due to complications from Alzheimers disease. She was born July 19, 1955, the daughter of Bill and Nell Hicks Barnett and was raised in Johnson City by grandparents,...
Theresa Harvey Luchini Whiddon
Jan 6, 2015
Theresa Harvey Luchini Whiddon, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 6, 2015 in the Christian Care Center. Mrs. Whiddon was a Carter County native. She was a daughter of the late John and Irene Lacy Harvey. Mrs. Whiddon was a member of Central Church of Christ. She was an avid Bible reader and taught childrens Bible school for many years....
