OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Harold Lee Whitson
Dec 24, 2013
Harold L Whitson passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013. Harold was a native of Jonesborough, Tennessee and lived and worked in Johnson City for the past 44 years. Harold graduated from Jonesborough High School and attended East Tennessee State University. He received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1969, having served at the 8th and I...
Wanda Miller Rash
Dec 23, 2013
Wanda Miller Rash, age 78, of Jonesborough passed away Monday, December 23, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Wanda was a lifelong resident of Washington County. She was the daughter of the late George Dawson and Beulah Frances Miller. In addition to her parents one infant daughter, Peggy Sharon Rash; one brother, Emery Lewis Miller also preceded her in...
Virginia Agnes Powell
Dec 22, 2013
Virginia (Ginny) Agnes Powell, 90, left this earthly world on December 22, 2013, at Four Oaks Nursing Home. Ms. Powell was a lifelong resident of Washington County, Tennessee. During the last two years of her life, she fought a courageous battle with Alzheimers disease and blindness. Ms. Powell was born May 26, 1923 in Washington County, Tennessee to Margaret Alice...
Robert L. Bob Church
Dec 22, 2013
Mr. Robert L. 'Bob' Church, age 76, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Church was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late James and Donnie York Church. In addition to his parents one daughter, Barbara Church Peterson; one stepdaughter, Rebecca Jane Peters; three sisters,...
Doris Allen Green
Dec 18, 2013
Doris A. Green, 84, Johnson City, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She went straight from this world into the outstretched arms of Jesus. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and daughter of the late Albert Allen and Virginia Allen Roe. Mrs. Green was a charter member of...
Ada Lucille Curtis
Dec 18, 2013
Mrs. Ada Lucille Curtis, age 81, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, December 18, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Curtis was a native of Konnarock, Virginia who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Harrison and Flossie Jane Blevins Griffin. In addition to her parents several brothers and...
Dorothy Mae Burress
Dec 15, 2013
Dorothy Mae Artrip Burress, 85, of Johnson City, died Sunday, December 15, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Dorothy was an Ohio native and a daughter of the late Walter Artrip and Garnet Ruth McCullick Artrip. She was of the Baptist faith. Ms. Burress worked as a cook for the public school system. In addition to her parents, she was...
James Micah Inabinette
Dec 14, 2013
James Micah Inabinette, our little angel, went to heaven on December 14, 2013, unexpectedly at his home, to be in the arms of Jesus and to be surrounded by his great grandparents, great aunts, and great uncles. He is survived by: his mother and father, Amanda Cothren and James Inabinette, brother Jonas, and sister Katura, all of Johnson City; great...
Patricia Ann Carr
Dec 14, 2013
Patricia 'Pat'? Ann Carr, 65, Jonesborough passed away at her home Sat. Dec. 14, 2013 She was the daughter of the late Elzy Caraway and Ruby Caraway of Elizabethton, TN. She was born Sept. 22, 1948 at Elizabethton, TN. Pats passion in life was to crochet, she cared deeply for her family and loved her little dogs. Pat is survived...
Rufus E. Smith
Dec 13, 2013
Rev. Rufus E. Smith, 82, Church Hill, passed away Friday, December 13, 2013 at the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport, TN. He was a native of Hurley, VA, and the son of the late Hobart and Mona Mullins Smith. Rev. Smith was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. He was a member of the French Broad Church of...
Ima Jean Barnes
Dec 12, 2013
Mrs. Ima Jean Barnes, age 75, of Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, December 12, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Barnes was a native of Benton, Arkansas. She was the daughter of the late Christian and Ollie May Foster Lequieu. In addition to her parents, her loving husband, David Barnes also preceded her in death. Mrs. Barnes was vice president of sales...
Mack Thompson Hollis
Dec 10, 2013
Mack T. Hollis, of Banner Elk, NC, formerly of Mount Holly, NC died on December 10, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center in Johnson City, TN.
Loraine Hodge Anderson
Dec 10, 2013
Loraine Hodge Anderson, age 85, went home to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 10,2013. She had lived in Piney Flats all her life and was loved and respected by everyone she knew, especially at Piney Flats First Baptist Church, where she was a charter member. Mrs. Anderson was preceded in death by her father, Edward Hodge, and mother, Mary...
Claude Raymond Potter
Dec 9, 2013
Claude Raymond Potter, 87, of Johnson City, passed away Monday December 9, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Tamarack, NC and had lived here most of his life. He was the son of the late Jake and Virgie Potter. Claude was a veteran of WWII, having served in the U.S. Army in both Germany...
Anita Mae Coyle
Dec 8, 2013
Anita Mae Mowrer Coyle, 65, of Telford, TN passed away Sunday, December 8, 2013 at her home. She was a Lancaster, PA native and a daughter of the late Blanche Tenna Mowrer and Luther Roebuck. Anita worked as a system operator for Motorola before retiring. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Miles...
Carolyn Newbrough Christian
Dec 7, 2013
Carolyn Newbrough Christian, 67, Piney Flats, passed away Saturday December 7, 2013 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Howard and Frances Autry Newbrough. Carolyn was of the Baptist faith. She had a driving need to help others, and did so through her work as a registered nurse for over forty years. In addition to her parents,...
Norma Faye Cox
Dec 7, 2013
Norma Faye Simpson Cox, 60, of Watauga, died Saturday, December 7, 2013 at her home. She was a Watauga native and a daughter of the late William Eldridge and Hazel Elizabeth Baird Simpson. Norma was a member of First Church of God in Watauga. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by four sisters: Arzella Constable, Edna...
Hunt Wimbish Archer
Dec 7, 2013
Mr. Hunt Wimbish Archer passed away at the age of 91 in Jonesborough on Saturday, December 7, 2013. Mr. Archer was the son of the late James Milton and Nannie Coleman Wimbish Archer. Mr. Archer is survived by his daughter Susan Archer and her husband Ron Pafford; his son Lewis Archer and his wife Ginny; grandchildren Kristen Archer, Adam Archer...
Gustaf Edward Brown
Dec 6, 2013
Gustaf Edward Brown, Jr., 70, of Piney Flats died Friday, December 6, 2013 at his home. He was an Alexandria, VA native and the only child of the late Gustaf Edward Brown, Sr. and Francis 'Tom'? Pressgrove Brown. Gus graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, VA and attended Bluefield College in Bluefield, VA, majoring in business. He worked...
Arnold Whisnant
Dec 6, 2013
Arnold Whisnant passed away at the NHC rehabilitation facilities in Johnson City on Friday, December 6, 2013 at the age of 82 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was born February 14th, 1931 in Morganton, North Carolina to the late CP and Mae Whisnant. He is survived by son, Gregory Whisnant, wife Valerie and grandson Zachary of Florence, KY....
