OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Carolyn Faye Debord Smith
Nov 23, 2013
Carolyn Faye DeBord Smith, age 75, Kingsport, TN, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013. She was a native of Johnson City who had lived most of her life in Kingsport. She was the daughter of the late Almer and Lucille DeBord. In addition to her parents two brothers, Harold and Glenn DeBord also preceded her in death. She was...
Dean L. Constant
Nov 21, 2013
Dean L. Constant, 62, of Jonesborough, died Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Constant was a lifelong resident of Tennessee and a son of the late Marion Robert and Edna Lee Robinson Constant. Mr. Constant served in the U. S. Army National Guard. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by: three brothers,...
Finis A. Hodges
Nov 20, 2013
Finis A. Hodges, 72, Gray, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at his home following a long illness. Mr. Hodges was a native of the Austin Springs community who lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late Elzia and Beatrice Feathers Hodges. He was a member of Gray United Methodist Church and a...
Reyburn H. Dennis, Jr.
Nov 19, 2013
Reyburn H. Dennis, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. in 1924 to Reyburn H. Dennis, Sr. and Grace S. Dennis. He spent his high school years in Washington D.C. graduating in 1942. He dated his future wife throughout their high school years and married in 1943. The day after his graduation from High School, he enlisted in the United States...
Roy Claude Couch
Nov 17, 2013
Roy C. 'Bill'? Couch, 81, of Johnson City died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Pine Ridge Care Center in Elizabethton. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late J. C. Couch and Gladys Ingle Couch Duncan. Bill was a retired truck driver for the B and B Produce Company. He was of the Baptist faith. He...
Della Mae Taylor
Nov 17, 2013
Della Mae Brewer Taylor, 81, of Johnson City, died Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City, a daughter of the late Lee Roy and Hona LuLu Holley Brewer. Della Mae was a member of the Rock Creek Presbyterian Church in Erwin, TN. She was a retired RN, 1953 graduate of...
Edna Dockery Haney
Nov 17, 2013
Edna Dockery Haney of Charlottesville, VA, formerly of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2013 at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Edna was the daughter of Lattie and Geneva Caldwell Dockery. She was a member of First Church of God, Johnson City. Edna worked for many years in the city school system of Asheville, N.C. Edna enjoyed music,...
Kathy D. Hill
Nov 16, 2013
Kathy D. Hill, 59, of Johnson City died Saturday, November 16, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Frank Edward Green and Margaret Josephine Bates Caldwell. Kathy was a homemaker and member of the Fountain of Life Bible Church. In addition to her father, her brother Frank Green preceded her in death....
Ruby Helen Robbins
Nov 15, 2013
Ruby 'Helen' Riffey Robbins passed away at her home on Friday, November 15, 2013. She is preceded in death by her (Husband) Cecil Robbins November 13, 2006. Also, her (Parents) Martin Landon and Ora Myrtle Hall Riffey, (Brothers) Bartley Lee and Garnett, (Sisters) Hazel Tate, Maye Fleenor, Nell Roller, Ruth Thompson Smithson and Irene Trobaugh. She was a lifetime resident...
Judith Woodford Judy Surface
Nov 14, 2013
Judith 'Judy'? Woodford Surface, 72, of Gray, TN, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at home following a short illness. She was a native of Roanoke, VA, daughter of the late Cedric Woodford and Mamie Martin Woodford. Judy had a Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College where she was valedictorian of her class. She had a Master of...
Benjamin Ray Depriest
Nov 14, 2013
Benjamin Ray 'Ben'? DePriest, 27, of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 14, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of Michael and Melinda Miller DePriest. Benjamin was a carpenter and enjoyed working with his hands. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors including his parents are three brothers, Timothy DePriest of Jonesborough,...
Ernest Jack Hartsock, Jr.
Nov 10, 2013
Mr. Ernest 'Jack'? Hartsock, Jr., age 81, of Johnson City, passed away, Sunday, November 10, 2013, in the Center on Aging and Health, Erwin. Mr. Hartsock was a native of Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He was the son of the late Ernest Jackson Hartsock, Sr. and Ruth Anderson Hartsock. In addition to his parents, one son, Daniel 'Danny'? Hartsock; one...
Lucretia Lu Gordon
Nov 10, 2013
Marion Lucretia 'Lu'? Gordon, 64, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. She was a Johnson City native who lived in Williamsburg, VA prior to returning to Johnson City. She was a daughter of Evelyn Anderson Gordon and the late Charles O. Gordon, Sr. Ms. Gordon was a field...
Nancy Ann Lowery
Nov 9, 2013
Nancy Ann McNabb Lowery, 57, of Gray, died Saturday, November 9, 2013 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was a lifelong resident of the Johnson City area and a daughter of Carl Kenneth and Alma Marie Miller McNabb of Johnson City. Nancy worked at the Johnson City Medical Center for 14 years. She was a member of Rich...
Emaly Lewis Conerly
Nov 6, 2013
Emaly Lewis 'Lew'? Culpepper Conerly died on November 6, 2013, at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, from complications related to a relapse of leukemia. She was born on July 21, 1944, and was 69 years old. She and Carlos, her husband of 47 years, had recently moved back to Johnson City, Tennessee, after spending several years in Redmond, Washington....
Janice L. Aldridge Mitchell
Nov 6, 2013
Mrs. Janice L. Aldridge Mitchell, age 70, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, November 6, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Mitchell was a lifelong resident of Carter County. She was the daughter of the late Robert Wayne and Helen Richards Aldridge. Mrs. Mitchell retired from the Johnson City Medical Center after forty-five years of service. She was...
Howard Eugene Buddy Peterson
Nov 5, 2013
Mr. Howard Eugene 'Buddy'? Peterson, age 94, of Johnson City, passed away, Tuesday, November 5, 2013, in the Asbury Place, Johnson City. Mr. Peterson was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Zeb and Helen Barnett Peterson. In addition to his parents, two sisters, Edna Farnsworth and Carie Lee Peterson also preceded...
Diane Rutledge
Nov 3, 2013
Carolyn Diane Greene Rutledge, age 68, Johnson City, went home to be with her Lord Sunday, November 3, 2013 following a lengthy illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Ronald Earl and Danford Diane Della Walker Greene. Diane attended Johnson City schools and graduated from Science Hill High School in...
Garnetta Lucille Booth
Nov 1, 2013
Garnetta Booth, 64, of Johnson City, died Friday, November 1, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late Polly Hyder McKinney. Garnetta was a retired employee of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. She was of the Baptist faith and loved to be around children. In addition to her mother, she was...
Russell Dean Satterfield
Nov 1, 2013
Russell Dean Satterfield, 49, of Kingsport, passed away unexpectedly at his home Friday, November 1, 2013. He was the son of Jack W. and Patricia A. (Dempsey) Satterfield. He was born December 24, 1963 at Laon, AFB in Laon, France. He is survived by: his father; two daughters, SSgt Julie A. Satterfield USAF and Kimberly M. Satterfield; three grandchildren, Dean,...
