OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Mike Murray
Jan 24, 2014
Mike Murray, 63, Johnson City, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mike was a native and life-long resident of Johnson City and a son of the late Rallo and Gladys Harris Murray. He retired from the Tennessee National Guard after forty-two years of service. Mike was president of the Unaka Rod and Gun Club....
Norman Shelton Davis
Jan 23, 2014
Norman Shelton Davis, 73, of Johnson City, died Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Carter County, son of the late Claude Lewis and Stella Mae Lyons Davis. Norman was a retired truck driver and member of the Teamsters Union #549. He was an avid poker player, bowler and coached little league...
Helen T. Johnson
Jan 23, 2014
Helen T. Johnson, 89, of Jonesborough passed away Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born the daughter of the late Julian and Ada Ward Turbyfill. She was born April 26, 1924 at Elk Park, North Carolina. She was a homemaker and member of the Midway Baptist Church. She is survived by: two sons; Donnie...
Marvin Eugene Baker
Jan 22, 2014
Marvin Eugene Baker, 68, of Jonesborough, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Woodrow Wilson and Mary Wanda Collins Baker. Marvin was a drywall installer and was of the Baptist faith. He loved to work with his hands, be outdoors, spend time with his grandchildren...
Dorothy Olita Mason
Jan 21, 2014
Dorothy O. 'Dot'? Mason, 81, of Johnson City died Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Aner and Mary Ford Cross. Dorothy was a homemaker and member of the Clifton View Baptist Church. She loved her flower garden and collecting Mason China and had even traveled to Europe to...
Frankie N. Payne Combs
Jan 18, 2014
Frankie N. Payne Combs, age 88, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, January 18, 2014, in Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, WV. Frankie was born in Shouns, TN and resided in Johnson City for most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Hobart and Lydia Ann Payne. In addition to her parents; her son of 56 years Wayne...
Ernest E. Church
Jan 17, 2014
Mr. Ernest E. Church, age 97 of Johnson City, passed away Friday, January 17, 2014, in the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mr. Church was a native of Avery County, North Carolina. He was the son of the late Lloyd and Emma Harmon Church. In addition to his parents his first wife, Mary Irene Church; one son, Roger G....
Clayton Eugene Peck
Jan 16, 2014
Mr. Clayton E. Peck, 88, of Johnson City, passed Thursday, January 16, 2014. Clayton, a Rockford, IL native, was the son of the late James Clayton and Ruby Plartz Peck. In addition to his parents, his wife Dorothy preceded him in death. Mr. Peck served in the US Navy and was awarded the Victory Medal and American Campaign Medal for...
Fred Carol Pickel
Jan 15, 2014
Fred Carol Pickel, age 70, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Fred loved his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He also loved playing the piano and spending time with his kids and grandkids. Mr. Pickel was a lifelong...
Jerry Ronald Marshall
Jan 13, 2014
Mr. Jerry Ronald Marshall, Sr., age 69, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, January 13, 2014, at his home. Jerry was a native and life long resident of Johnson City and the son of the late Milburn Elbert and Mary Ethel Sproles Marshall. In addition to his parents, his brother, JR Marshall, and sister, Dot Reed, also preceded him in...
Joyce O'Dell Anders
Jan 12, 2014
Joyce ODell Anders, 89, of Johnson City passed away Sunday, January 12, 2014. She was the daughter of the late James Rex ODell and Arthur Mae Smalling ODell. She was born August 25, 1924 in Johnson City, Tennessee. She is survived by: four sons, William Rex (Becky) Anders, Bruce Kelly (Cindy Jones) Anders, Kent Randall (Rose Cobb) Anders and Keith...
Eula Stella Carver
Jan 12, 2014
Eula Stella Jones Carver, 74, of Piney Flats, died Sunday, January 12, 2014 at her residence. She was a native of Avery County, NC, daughter of the late Donald Bryan and Ina Beulah Oaks Jones. Eula was a Baptist and homemaker. In addition to her parents, four brothers, two sisters and a son, J. D. Calhoun, preceded her in death....
Ida H. Ward
Jan 11, 2014
Ida Hodge Goodman Ward, 87, of Johnson City passed away at her home Saturday January 11, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Vady Hodge Hazelwood and Esaw Hazelwood. She was born May 5, 1926 in Butler, Tennessee. Ida is survived by: three sons, Richard (Ruth) Goodman, Ronnie (Joyce) Goodman and Charles Goodman all of Johnson City, Tennessee; three...
Stanley Joe Godsey
Jan 8, 2014
Mr. Stanley Joe Godsey, age 77, of Gray, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Godsey was a Johnson City native and the son of the late Ralph Walker Godsey and Lucy Mae Ricker Godsey. In addition to his parents, two sisters, Charlotte Bailey and Lillian Isabel also preceded him in death. Stanley graduated...
Bessie Lee Edwards
Jan 8, 2014
Mrs. Bessie Lee Edwards, age 77, of Telford, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Edwards was a native of Kingsport. She was the daughter of the late Ed and Wila Mae Price Cornett. In addition to her parents her husband of forty-five years Levi Chandler Edwards; one brother; two sisters; one infant daughter,...
Annette Schaller Kitchen
Jan 6, 2014
On January 6, 2014, we lost our strong, intelligent, and beautiful mother, grandmother, and friend, Annette S. Kitchen. She died at home in Johnson City, Tennessee, with her loved ones by her side. Annette Schaller Kitchen was born on August 17, 1931, in Sioux City, Iowa, to Harry and Janet Schaller. She spent her formative years in Storm Lake, Iowa,...
Evelyn Tyree Adams
Jan 5, 2014
Evelyn Tyree Adams, age 86, of Johnson City passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2014 at NHC Healthcare of Johnson City after an extended illness. She was a lifelong resident of Johnson City, and was the daughter of the late Wright F. Tyree and Pauline Hicks Tyree. In addition to her parents, her husband, Don J. Adams and her brother,...
Martha Alice Schick Marty Vandiver
Jan 4, 2014
Martha Alice Schick Vandiver (Marty) passed peacefully Saturday, January 4, 2014. Her husband Dr. Clayton Vandiver preceded her in death. Martha was born November 27,1925 in Bethlehem, PA to Robert and Adelaide Schick. She graduated salutatorian in 1943 from Liberty High School Bethlehem, PA. In 1946 she graduated with honors from the University of Pa. School of Nursing. It was...
Margaret Ann Lindsay
Jan 1, 2014
Mrs. Margaret Ann Lindsay, age 83, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, January 1, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Lindsay was a native of Knoxville, TN. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Chester Alice Cagle Sanders. Also preceding her in death Ted A. Lindsay, Jr., her husband of thirty-eight years; two brothers, Paul Sanders...
