OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Katherine Love Morgan Lilly
Jul 19, 2014
Katherine Love Morgan 'Gigi'? Lilly, 93, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 at NHC Health Care in Johnson City. Gigi was an Erwin native and a daughter of the late John Clayton and Carrie Pauline Roberts Morgan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Felix Eugene Lilly; brother, John Morgan; and two...
Ruby Fields Tabor
Jul 19, 2014
Ruby Fields Tabor, 78, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ruby lived in Johnson City for most of her life. She was a daughter of the late George and Margaret Greer Fields. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 25 years, George Tabor, Sr. in...
Ruby Edith Bishop
Jul 18, 2014
Mrs. Ruby E. Bishop, 78, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, July 18, 2014, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Bishop was a native of Longwick, England. She was the daughter of the late Harold and Edith Burch Bunker. Mrs. Bishop was a homemaker and a member of the Pinecrest Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was...
Agnes Lucille Jones
Jul 15, 2014
'She fought the good fight.'? Agnes Lucille Garland Jones, 94, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014, at her home surrounded by her family and friends. Agnes was a native of Cocke County who had lived in Johnson City for many years. She was the daughter of the late David and Chipty Keller. She is survived by: daughter, Wanda...
James Walter Greene
Jul 14, 2014
James Walter Greene, 86, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Erwin, TN. and the son of the late William Courtney Greene and Ethel McCurry Greene. He retired from Burlington Industries where he was employed as a textile worker for over 50 years. James was a veteran of the United...
Cynthia Lynn Widner
Jul 13, 2014
'Lord, when my soul takes flight, may it rise swiftly to live forever in your love and care.' Cynthia Lynn Hopson Widner, 39, Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, July 13, 2014, following a long illness. Cynthia was a Johnson City native and a daughter of William Robert Hopson and Brenda Sue Grindstaff Hopson. She was a...
Roy Kenneth Luster
Jul 12, 2014
Roy Kenneth Luster, 73 of Jonesborough passed away Saturday July 12, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Fall Branch, TN. and the son of the late Thomas Franklin Luster and Ida Frank Hensley Luster. He was a veteran of the United States Army. In addition to his parents, he was preceded...
Dorothy Louise Hobbs
Jul 11, 2014
Dorothy Louise 'Dot'? Hobbs, 60, of Jonesborough, died Friday, July 11, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Iaeger, West Virginia, daughter of the late Benjamin Thomas Johnson and Barbara Payne Johnson. Dorothy was a homemaker and her hobby was her family. She was a member of the Watauga First Church of God. In addition...
Floyd Edwin Gross
Jul 10, 2014
Floyd Edwin Gross, 84, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the V.A. Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Roby Otto Gross and Lucy Cross Gross. Floyd was a pressman with the Johnson City Press for over 42 years. He was a member of...
Betty Ruth Moulton
Jul 10, 2014
Betty Ruth Moulton, 84, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She was born in Kingsport, TN. and the daughter of the late James Elmer Hood and Monnie Dillow Hood. Betty started her local career in Johnson City as a sales associate and interior decorator with Walker Furniture Company. She spent...
Judy White Parlier
Jul 10, 2014
Judy White Parlier, 62, Elizabethton, died Thursday, July 10, 2014 at her home. She was a Camp Lejeune, NC native and a daughter of the late Albert William and Doris George White. Mrs. Parlier worked for the Johnson City School system for twenty-one years, retiring as the cafeteria manager at Cherokee Elementary. She is survived by: her husband, Marvin Richard...
Betty Ruth Moulton
Jul 10, 2014
Betty Ruth Moulton, 84, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014 at the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She was born in Kingsport, TN. and the daughter of the late James Elmer Hood and Monnie Dillow Hood. Betty started her local career in Johnson City as a sales associate and interior decorator with Walker Furniture Company. She spent...
Emory Tate Durkee
Jul 4, 2014
Emory was called home to heaven to be with His Lord on July 4, 2014. He was born in Johnson City, Tennessee on November 26, 2012. From his ten-week early arrival, Emory was constantly beating the odds and remained the happiest child we have ever known. His smile could melt your heart, and his laugh could brighten the darkest day....
Betty Jo Lawson Bj Minton
Jul 2, 2014
Mrs. Betty Jo 'BJ'? Lawson Minton, 84, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Minton was a native of Knoxville, TN. She was the daughter of the late William Andrew and Virtie Bruner Hensley. Mrs. Minton worked for many years at Holiday Inn and the Best...
Usa Ltc Bobby Jack Sanders, Ret.
Jun 30, 2014
LTC Bobby Jack Sanders (Ret.), Piney Flats, died on June 30, 2014, in the Community Living Center at Mountain Home VA Medical Center. Although a highly decorated career Army officer (he was both a helicopter and fixed wing pilot), he first served his country as an Infantryman in the Korean War. He was, to those who knew him best, a...
Frances Ruby Jacobs
Jun 28, 2014
Ruby Blackwell Jacobs, 93, of Orlando, Florida, died Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Florida Hospital South. She was a native of Marion, North Carolina, daughter of the late James Lora and Bertha Celestine Ricker Blackwell. Ruby was a 1939 graduate of Science Hill High School. She retired from Winn Dixie after 23 years as a cashier. Ruby was a...
Terry Lynn Hays
Jun 27, 2014
Terry Lynn Hays, 53, of Johnson City passed away Friday, June 27, 2014 at her home in Johnson City, TN. She was born the daughter of the late Jimmie Jack Hays and Betty Sue Trotter Hays. She was an English professor for many years at East Tennessee State University. She was of Presbyterian faith. Terry was a lover of music...
Lester Glenn Reed
Jun 27, 2014
Lester Glenn Reed, 83, of Jonesborough, Tennessee was taken home to heaven by the angels of the Lord on Friday, June 27, 2014 from the Johnson City Medical Center. He is a native of Johnson County Tennessee and the son of the late Joe W. Reed and Grace Isaacs Reed. Lester was a long standing member of the Buffalo Ridge...
Elizabeth Faith Ashworth
Jun 25, 2014
Mrs. Elizabeth Faith Wood Ashworth, 87, Johnson City, died unexpectedly Wednesday, June 25, 2014 in Johnson City. Elizabeth was born in Sussex, England and was a daughter of the late George Austen Wood and Hetty Ivy Wood Bamblett. She was the last surviving of 11 children. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by: her husband, Howard...
Melissa Jane Pierce
Jun 22, 2014
Melissa Jane Rosenbaum Pierce, 82, Telford, died Sunday, June 22, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Melissa was a lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Floyd David and Clara Mae Presley Rosenbaum In addition to her parents, Melissa was preceded in death by: her husband, Lawrence Carroll Pierce; one brother, William Paul 'Bud'? Rosenbaum;...
