OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Joan Ruth Hill
May 22, 2014
Joan Fillers Hill, 74, Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, May 22, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. She was a Johnson City native and the daughter of the late Bruce and Bonnie Fillers. Joan was of the Pentecostal faith. She was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother...
Mary Phyllis Miller
May 22, 2014
Mary Phyllis Miller passed away peacefully in her sleep Thursday, May 22, 2014, at her home at Colonial Hill Retirement Center. Phyl was a long time resident of Johnson City, having been the widow of Dr. Walter Rutledge Miller, a native of Johnson City. Phyl was born on March 2, 1917, in Roanoke, Virginia, where she graduated from Jefferson High...
Nyleen Perdue
May 21, 2014
Nyleen Perdue, 75, of Gray passed away Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Murfreesboro, Tn, to Houston and Dorothy McBride. Nyleen lived most of her life in the tri-cities. Nyleen graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School. She attended Emory & Henry after high school and East Tennessee State University in her 40s and...
Bettylene Franzus
May 20, 2014
Bettylene Franzus, 86, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at her residence in Johnson City, TN. She was born in Chicago, IL to the late Herman Aaron and Rosalie Freida Sudak Welsch. She had a long career as a high school science teacher in New Jersey. She returned to school soon after arriving in Johnson City in...
Lola Street Thompson Cox
May 19, 2014
Lola Street Thompson Cox, 84, Jonesborough, died Monday, May 19, 2014 at her home. Lola was born March 11, 1930 in Mitchell County, NC. She was the daughter of the late Lonnie Street and Daisy Street Whitson. Lola spent most of her life in Johnson City and has lived in Jonesborough for over 30 years. In addition to her parents,...
Lois Hayes Whitaker
May 18, 2014
Lois Hayes Whitaker, 89, Johnson City, died Sunday, May 18, 2014, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mrs. Whitaker was a Jonesborough native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late George and Dora McKee Hayes. She was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. Mrs. Hayes retired from J.C. Penney after thirty years of employment with...
Allen Carl Guinn
May 17, 2014
Allen Carl Guinn, 53, passed away Saturday, May 17, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. He was a native of Washington County and the son of the late Carl Guinn and Carolyn Smith Guinn. Allen was a retired maintenance employee of the Department of Water for the city of Johnson City for twenty eight years....
Wanda V. Mitchell
May 16, 2014
Wanda Vinson Mitchell, 69, Johnson City, TN, went to her heavenly home on Friday, May 16, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Wanda taught math at Science Hill High School in Johnson City, for 23 years. She was an inspiration to all her students. Wanda retired from teaching in 2007, the same year she received the 'Teacher of the Year'?...
Johnny Dean Oliver
May 16, 2014
Johnny Dean Oliver, 75, of Johnson City passed away Friday, May 16, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native to Washington County and the son of the late George W. Oliver and Glenna Oliver Oliver. Johnny was a retired mechanic. He was of Baptist faith. Johnny loved gardening, special time with great granddaughter Emma and spending...
John Glenford Boyd
May 15, 2014
John Glenford Boyd, 79, of Kingsport passed away Thursday, May 15, 2014 at Holston Manor in Kingsport, TN. He was a native of Saltville, VA and the son of the late William 'Bill'? and Mary Helen Moore Boyd. John was a great athlete and loved all sports (especially baseball). He played college football and baseball. While serving in the US...
Mary Ellen Mosier Baskett
May 15, 2014
Mary Ellen Mosier Baskett, 79, Jonesborough, died Thursday, May 15, 2014 in the Life Care Center of Gray. She was a Madison County, NC native and long time resident of the Johnson City area. Mary was the daughter of the late Clarence Cleveland and Eunice Roxanna Hill Mosier. In addition to her parents, her first husband, Jackie Robert Poarch, preceded...
Tresa Ann Robinson
May 14, 2014
Tresa A. Bennett Shepard, 49, of Johnson City, Tennessee passed away May 14, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was a native of Washington County and the daughter of the late Andrew Earl Bennett and Jessie Delk Bennett. She is preceded in death by: first husband, Ronald Shepard; brother, Andrew 'Pee Wee'? Bennett; father-in-law,...
Virgil Eugene Price
May 12, 2014
Mr. Virgil Eugene Price, 81, of Johnson City, went home to be with the Lord Monday, May 12, 2014 at The Center of Aging and Health in Erwin, TN. He was retired from E.T.S.U. after 29 years of service. Mr. Price served in the U.S. Army during the Battle of Okinawa and Korean War. Survivors include his wife of 58...
Luther A. Franklin
May 11, 2014
Luther A. Franklin, 74, Jonesborough, went to be with the Lord and was reunited with his granddaughter, Emily Beth, Sunday, May 11, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Franklin was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a son of the late Milton Andrew and Elsie Bawgus Franklin. He retired from Eastman Chemical Company, where he...
Robert Hamelin
May 10, 2014
Robert 'Shorty'? Hamelin, 76, Piney Flats, died Saturday, May 10, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center after a lengthy illness. He was a native of Nashua, NH and a 30 year resident of Piney Flats, where he once owned his own lawn mower repair shop- Shortys Small Engine Repair. He was preceded in death by his parents, Violet Rose...
Kayden Waine Johnson
May 8, 2014
Kayden Waine Johnson, infant son of Harold Johnson and Lynsey Maxwell, passed away Thursday, May 8, 2014 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born May 7, 2014. In addition to his parents, he is survived by: paternal grandparents, Daniel Johnson and Wanda Cosley; maternal grandparents, Stanley and Melissa Bales; maternal grandfather, Norman Maxwell; maternal step grandparents Brandi Bales...
James Ramsey
May 7, 2014
James Ramsey, 79, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014 at the Pine Ridge Care Center in Elizabethton. He was a native of Carter County, son of the late Virginia Bayless. James was a retired truck driver for the City of Johnson City. In addition to his mother a brother and his wife Lillie Belle Ramsey preceded him in...
Carl Eugene Huff
May 6, 2014
Carl Eugene Huff, 75, of Gray, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Life Care Center of Gray. He was a native of Beefhide, Kentucky, son of the late A. B. and Lucy Williams Huff. Carl was a retired civil engineer who built water treatment plants all over the world for Aramco Oil Company and had owned and operated the...
Byron Scott Barnes
May 6, 2014
Byron Scott Barnes, 57, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday May 6, 2014 at the Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, Tennessee. Scott was a native of Washington County and son of Billy B. Barnes and Doris Lewis Barnes. He was the owner and operator of Barnes Exterminating Company. He was a Graduate of Daniel Boone High School and...
John Paul Platt
May 6, 2014
Dr. John Paul Platt, 96, Johnson City, passed away peacefully Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at his home. Dr. Platt was born in St. Petersburg, FL to the late James Newton and Minnie Matilda Bankston Platt. He attended Boys High School in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Platt then attended Emory University in Atlanta, where he earned his undergraduate degree and completed medical...
