OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ellis Daniel Shell
Sep 10, 2014
Ellis Daniel Shell, 71, of Johnson City, TN. passed away Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at his home in Johnson City. He was a native of Hampton, TN. and the son of the late Lois King Shell. Ellis was of Baptist faith. In addition to his mother, he is preceded in death by: wife, Irene Shell; son, Donnie Shell; brother, Bob...
Elizabeth Evelyn Riddle
Sep 9, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth Evelyn Riddle, 86, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, September 9, 2014, in the Agape Nursing and Rehab, in Johnson City. Mrs. Riddle was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late John and Lela Hicks Bradley. Mrs. Riddle retired from Levi Strauss and was a member of Faith Tabernacle. In...
Larry Bruce Vanhoy
Sep 4, 2014
Larry B. VanHoy, 72, of Watauga, died Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Maryville, son of the late James H. and Naomi Lee Dempsey VanHoy. Larry was an iron worker involved in the construction industry. He was a Vietnam veteran having served in the U. S. Air Force and was a...
Harold Edward Purdy
Sep 4, 2014
Harold 'Harry'? Edward Purdy, 89, of Jonesborough passed away Thursday, September 4, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. He was a native of Carbondale, PA. and the son of the late Edward Anthony and Ida Greenfield Purdy. Harold retired after 31 years of service from the United States Postal Service. He was a member of the St. Marys...
Jack William Miller
Sep 3, 2014
Jack William Miller, 66, of Gray, died Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Charles William Miller and Elizabeth 'Betty'? Miller of Johnson City. He was a retired roofer and was of Presbyterian faith. Jack was a former member of the Gray Ruritan...
Robert Eugene Miller
Sep 2, 2014
Robert Eugene 'Blue'? Miller, 57, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at his residence in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Washington County and the son of Charles D. Miller and Doris Presley Blankenship. Survivors include: father, Charles D. and wife Susie Miller of Johnson City, TN.; mother Doris Presley Blankenship of Knoxville, TN.; two...
Robert Eugene Miller
Sep 2, 2014
Robert Eugene 'Blue'? Miller, 57, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at his residence in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Washington County and the son of Charles D. Miller and Doris Presley Blankenship. Survivors include: father, Charles D. and wife Susie Miller of Johnson City, TN.; mother Doris Presley Blankenship of Knoxville, TN.; two...
Elizabeth L. Jones
Aug 31, 2014
Elizabeth L. Jones, 91, of Johnson City passed away Sunday, August 31, 2014 at the Life Care Center of Gray in Gray, TN. She was a native of Greeneville, TN. and the daughter of the late Leonard Coy and Vesta Shelton LaFollette. Elizabeth attended the Tacoma Church of God for several years. She was a retired cosmetologist and a member...
Robert Milton Simmons, Jr.
Aug 30, 2014
Robert Milton Simmons, Jr. 'Mike'? of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away Saturday, August 30, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on July 20th, 1939, in Wilmington, North Carolina. He was the son of Robert Milton Simmons and Geraldine Barker Ellison, both who preceded him in death. Mike is a member of the Grace Fellowship Church in...
Albert Tom Dosser
Aug 30, 2014
Albert Thomas Dosser III, 87, Johnson City, passed away on August 30, 2014. Tom Dosser was the son of the late Albert T. Dosser, Jr. and Sara Tweltridge Dosser, and was born on November 29, 1926, in Johnson City, TN. He graduated from Science Hill High School in 1945 as one of those drafted in the middle of his senior...
Bertie Colleen Feathers
Aug 29, 2014
Mrs. Bertie Colleen Feathers, 94, of Jonesborough, passed away Friday, August 29, 2014, in the Four Oaks Health Care, Jonesborough. Mrs. Feathers was a native of Sullivan County who had lived in Johnson City since 1985. She was the daughter of the late George and Myrtle Slagle Hickman. Mrs. Feathers was a homemaker and a faithful member of Watauga Christian...
Lottie Mae Burleson
Aug 26, 2014
Lottie Mae Jenkins Burleson 'Her children arise and call her blessed.'? Proverbs 31:28 Mrs. Burleson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late Ben H. Jenkins, Sr. and Nannie Cox Jenkins. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years: Grover Burleson, Sr., one brother,...
Mary Debter
Aug 25, 2014
Mary Debter, 92, of Johnson City passed away Monday, August 25, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Mary was the daughter of the late John Haynie and Katherine Gorelka Haynie. She was a faithful Parishioner of the Saint Marys Catholic Church in Johnson City, TN. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by: husband, William...
Hazel Esther Miller
Aug 24, 2014
Hazel Esther Holtzclaw Miller, 93, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, August 24, 2014 in Appalachian Christian Village. Hazel was an Avery County, NC native who had lived in Johnson City since she was a child. She was a daughter of the late Lindsay Holtzclaw and Bessie Shepherd Holtzclaw. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by:...
Mildred Faye Lloyd
Aug 23, 2014
Mildred 'Millie'? Lloyd, 86, of Bristol passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, TN. She was a native of Washington County and the daughter of the late Conley and Lura Ward Tucker. She was a former member of the Tacoma Church of God. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by:...
Mildred Faye Lloyd
Aug 23, 2014
Mildred 'Millie'? Lloyd, 86, of Bristol passed away Saturday, August 23, 2014 at the Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, TN. She was a native of Washington County and the daughter of the late Conley and Lura Ward Tucker. She was a former member of the Tacoma Church of God. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by:...
Roger Dale Reed
Aug 22, 2014
Roger Dale Reed, Sr., 69, of Johnson City died Friday, August 22, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Clifford and Bessie Baker Reed. Roger was a retired employee of the Moreflo Company after 30 years of service. He was a member of the Fountain of Life Bible Church....
Betty J. Daniels
Aug 22, 2014
Betty J. Hayes Daniels, 80, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, August 22, 2014 in Holston Valley Medical Center. Betty was a Johnson City native, and the daughter of the late Crestal and Sessie Williams Hayes. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Ira Daniels, Jr.; brother, Crestal Hayes, Jr.; and sister, Jean Moyer....
Thomas Dee Chess
Aug 21, 2014
Thomas Dee Chess, 33, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, August 21, 2014 at his home in Johnson City. He was a native of Washington County and the son of Thomas L. Chess and the late Norma Sue Fagan Chess. Thomas was of Baptist faith. He loved his fiancée Barb, his children and his special pot belly pig 'Hissy'?. In...
Robert James Jessee
Aug 20, 2014
Robert 'Bob'? J. Jessee, 60, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on August 20, 2014, at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on March 26, 1954, in Mount Holly, New Jersey, to the late Charles and Marcella Jessee. He moved to Bristol, Tennessee when he was 7 years old, played football for Tennessee High School, and graduated in 1971...
