OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Linda Sue Wilcox
Dec 18, 2014
Mrs. Linda Sue Wilcox, 66, of Bel Air, Maryland, passed away Thursday, December 18, 2014, in the Upper Chesapeake Medical Center. Linda was born in Johnson City, TN. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Oma Copas Grace. She was preceded in death by: one son, Bruce J. Wilcox, Jr.; four sisters, Cherry Mae Tucker, Berl Thornburg, Mary...
Juanita Wise Honeycutt
Dec 17, 2014
Mrs. Juanita Wise Honeycutt, 92, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014, in the Christian Care Center, Johnson City. Mrs. Honeycutt was a Jonesborough native. She was a daughter of the late Joseph and Elly Miller Wise. Mrs. Honeycutt was a homemaker and also worked for nine years at Thomas Products. She was a member of Sinking Creek Baptist...
Juanita W. Honeycutt
Dec 17, 2014
Mrs. Juanita Wise Honeycutt, 92, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 17, 2014 in the Christian Care Center. Mrs. Honeycutt was a Jonesborough native. She was a daughter of the late Joseph and Elly Miller Wise. Mrs. Honeycutt was a homemaker and also worked for nine years at Thomas Products. She was a member of Sinking Creek Baptist Church. In...
Lucy P. Benson
Dec 9, 2014
Lucy P. Benson, 85, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Woodruff, SC, daughter of the late Samuel Leatherwood and Amanda Mae Poole Page. Lucy was a retired teacher in the Johnson City School System. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents,...
Ronald Allen Woods
Dec 7, 2014
Ronald Allen 'Ronnie'? Woods, 54, Johnson City, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 7, 2014 at his home. Ronnie was born in Knoxville and was the beloved son of Oscar and Darlene Perry Woods. He lived most of his life in Johnson City, where he attended East Tennessee State University. Ronnie proudly served our country in the United States Army. In...
Henry Clay Pope
Dec 6, 2014
Henry Clay Pope, Jr., 95, Johnson City, passed away the evening of Saturday, December 6, 2014 at the home of Glad and David Lounder. Henry was a Burnsville, NC native. He was the son of the late Henry Clay Pope, Sr. and Verna Wheeler Pope. Henry was a World War II veteran, having served as an aviator in the US...
M. Lucille Humphrey
Dec 5, 2014
Mrs. M. Lucille Humphrey, 83, Piney Flats, passed away Friday, December 5, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Humphrey was a native of Sullivan County. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Dimple Carr Feathers. Mrs. Humphrey was a member of the New Life Tabernacle. She was a homemaker. In addition to her parents her husband,...
Martha Jane Hensley
Dec 4, 2014
Ms. Martha Jane Hensley, 73, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Hensley was a native of Avery County, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late John Larry and Martha Bare Keener. She was a member of Greenwood Baptist Church and a homemaker. In addition to her parents her first...
William Walter Rowell
Dec 4, 2014
William Walter 'Bill'? Rowell, 59, of Johnson City died Thursday, December 4, 2014 at his home. He was a native of Montgomery, Alabama, son of the late William Bancroft Rowell and Marjorie Whitley Rowell. Bill was a graduate of Auburn University where he attained both his undergraduate degree and his Masters in Engineering. He was a mechanical engineer for the...
Priscilla Ann Green
Nov 28, 2014
Priscilla Ann Green, 45, of Johnson City passed away Friday, November 28, 2014 at her home in Johnson City, TN. She was a native of Washington County and the daughter of Margaret Bates Caldwell and the late Frank Edward Green Sr. In addition to her father, she is preceded in death by: brother, Frank Andrew Green ; and sister, Kathy...
Joan Eunice Leff
Nov 27, 2014
Joan Eunice Leff, 79, of Kingsport passed away Thursday, November 27, 2014 in Kingsport, TN. She was a New Jersey native and lived most of her life in Los Angeles, CA. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Kanow and Helen Bain Kanow. She was of the Jewish faith. Survivors include: two daughters, Marcy J. Wroe and husband Ken...
Violet Faye Couch
Nov 27, 2014
Violet Faye Couch, 71, of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 27, 2014 at the Pine Ridge Rehab and Care Center of Elizabethton. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Roy and Pansy Leonard Barlow. Violet was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse for the Johnson City Memorial Hospital. She was of the Baptist faith. In addition to...
Edith Martin Stone
Nov 26, 2014
Mrs. Edith Martin Stone, age 96, passed away Wednesday, November 26, 2014, in the NHC HeathCare. Mrs. Stone was born July 21, 1918, in Colonial Heights, to the late Henry and Nora Edith Moody Martin. She was a member of Unaka Avenue Baptist Church for over sixty-five years, and a member of Nolichucky Grand View Chapter and Order of the...
Loretta Rakes-Mosley
Nov 25, 2014
Loretta Rakes-Mosley, 93, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, November 25, 2014 at the Appalachian Christian Village in Johnson City. She was as native of Washington County and the daughter of the late John Tyler Rakes and Laura F. McCormack Rakes. In addition to her parents, Loretta is preceded in death by: son, Paul K. Miller; and two sisters, Gertie...
Kathleen S. Mckinney
Nov 24, 2014
Kathleen S. McKinney, 83, of Johnson City passed away Monday, November 24, 2014 at the Lakebridge Heath Care Center in Johnson City, TN. She was the daughter of the late Raymond Stinnett and Linda Parks Stinnett. Kathleen was a member of the Kings Springs Baptist Church of Johnson City, TN. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death...
Jessie Rector Oaks
Nov 22, 2014
Mrs. Jessie Rector Oaks, 97, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, November 22, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Oaks was a native of Fall Branch. She was the daughter of the late Aulden and Nannie Daugherty Rector. Mrs. Oaks retired from Leon-Fehrenbach after fifty years of service. In addition to her parents, her first husband, William Maynor the...
Kenrita A. Hopson
Nov 21, 2014
Kenrita 'Rita'? Hopson, 67, Johnson City, passed away Friday, November 21, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Rita was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Albert and Ruth Imogene Arrowood. Rita worked as a dietician for the VA Medical Center and Asbury Place before her retirement. She was a very active member...
Earlene Hilda Isaacs
Nov 20, 2014
Earlene Hilda Isaacs, 84, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014 in NHC HealthCare. Earlene was a daughter of the late Elbert Jones and Agnes Head Dillinger. She had lived in Johnson City for most of her life. Earlene worked in food service for Johnson City schools for 27 years before her retirement. She was a member of Piney...
Leveda M. Peters
Nov 20, 2014
Mrs. Leveda M. Peters, 69, Jonesborough, passed away Thursday, November 20, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Peters was a native of Salina, Kansas. She was the daughter of the late John G. and Hermenia Younger Waldschmidt. Mrs. Peters retired from Tennessee Plastics in 1995. In addition to her parents, her husband, Conley H. Peters, Sr. and a...
Geneva Christine Weaver Vines
Nov 19, 2014
Mrs. Geneva Christine Weaver Vines, 82, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Vines was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Robert Taylor and Dora Belle Nichols Weaver. Mrs. Vines was a homemaker and a devoted member of Pleasant Beach Baptist Church. In addition to her...
