OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Charlie Franc Culver
Mar 23, 2013
Miss Charlie F. Culver, 84, of Johnson City, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Asheville, NC, daughter of the late Charles B. and Frankie V. Wykle Culver. Charlie was a graduate of Steed College and was a retired employee of USF&G Insurance Company. She started as a secretary and rose to...
Francis Eugene Frank Woods
Mar 18, 2013
Mr. Francis 'Frank'? Eugene Woods, age 85, of Jonesborough, went to be with the Lord on Monday, March 18, 2013, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Woods was a native of Carter County. He was the son of the late Sam Clingman Woods and Bessie Leona Phillips Woods. In addition to his parents his loving wife of sixty-three years, Leota Taylor...
Dorothy Claire Saunders
Mar 18, 2013
Dorothy Claire Saunders, 86, of Johnson City, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at the Asbury Place in Johnson City. She was a native of Selma, Alabama, daughter of the late Hosea Agustus and Gladys Garrison Barnes. Dorothy was of the Baptist faith. She was a retired government employee having worked for the U. S. Air Force for many years. In...
William West
Mar 17, 2013
Mr. William West, age 83, of Chuckey, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Mr. West was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late Mallie West and Nelia Pate West. In addition to his parents his wife Nellie Cleo West; two sons, Danny and Donnie West;...
Betty J. Powell
Mar 17, 2013
Betty Jean Powell, 81, of Johnson City, died Sunday, March 17, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and the daughter of the late Luther and Anna Ruth Ellis May. Mrs. Powell was a homemaker. She was an ardent member of Skyline Heights Baptist Church. Mrs. Powell was a member...
Barbara Joyce Jo Francis
Mar 15, 2013
Mrs. Barbara Joyce 'Jo'? Francis, age 63, of Johnson City, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, March 15, 2013. She was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Thomas Carter and Ellen J. Payne Hilton. Mrs. Francis was of the Apostolic faith. She was a loving wife and mother, grandmother, great...
Raymond Peterson
Mar 13, 2013
Raymond Peterson, 83, of Unicoi, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Peterson was a Mitchell County, NC native and a son of the late James William and Alice Honeycutt Peterson. He was a Korean War veteran, having served in the U. S. Navy on the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Essex. Mr. Peterson was a member...
Jack Douglas Hodges
Mar 13, 2013
Jack Douglas Hodges (born January 12, 1933), 657 Cherokee Mountain Road, Jonesborough, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at his residence. Since 1955, Mr. Hodges had practiced general civic law as a sole practitioner in Johnson City. He was a member and past-president of the Washington County/Johnson City Bar Association. He is the son of the late Robert Lovel Hodges, Sr.,...
David Frank Clark
Mar 13, 2013
David Frank Clark, 48, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at his residence. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late Robert Edward and Bessie Etta Clark Clark. David was a chef and was of the Presbyterian faith. He was a volunteer at Camp Victory Christian Youth Camp and did support endeavors with forestry firefighters...
Carl Poore
Mar 12, 2013
Carl Poore, 72, of Chuckey, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at Takoma Regional Hospital, Greeneville, TN. Mr. Poore was an Erwin, TN native and the son of the late Norman and Pearl Tucker Poore. He was a retired lather, and spent much of his career working on the buildings of our nations capital city. Mr. Poore was a member of...
Elizabeth Ann Musser
Mar 11, 2013
Elizabeth Ann 'Beth'? Musser, 69, of Jonesborough, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at her residence. She was a native of Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of the late, Edward and Gwen Evans Swanson. Beth was a graduate of Denison University in Ohio with a BA in Theater, also a graduate of ETSU with a BS in Nursing. She was an RN who...
Peggy Gennett Slagle
Mar 8, 2013
Peggy Gennett Dugger Slagle, 69, of Johnson City, died Friday, March 8, 2013, at her residence. She was a native and lifelong resident of the Johnson City area and a daughter of the late Carrie Lavada Dugger. Mrs. Slagle was retired from employment with American Water Heater. She was of the Baptist faith. Mrs. Slagle loved her flower garden and...
Ella Nicole And Layla Marie Bishop
Mar 8, 2013
Ella Nicole and Layla Marie Bishop, age 1 day, of Johnson City, died at the Johnson City Medical Center on Friday, March 8, 2013. They are the twin daughters of Lauren M. Chase and Harold R. Bishop, III. There will be a graveside service at Washington County Memory Gardens on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 1:00 pm. The family will...
Mark D. Slagle
Mar 5, 2013
Mark D. Slagle, 61, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Baylor Medical Center, Dallas, TX, while waiting for a bilateral lung transplant. He was born in Coral Gables, Florida and a son of the late Clay Hart and Roberta Jenkins Slagle. Mark was a 1973 graduate of East Tennessee State University and a 1976 graduate of the...
David D. Ltc Dukes
Mar 4, 2013
Lieutenant Colonel David Dukes, U. S. Army Retired, 83, of Jonesborough, died March 4, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was the son of the late Dennis Dukes and Mildred Sutherland of Memphis, TN. LTC Dukes was a 1951 Distinguished Military Graduate of the University of Tennessee. He retired from the Army in 1971 after more than twenty...
Peggy Ruth Woodruff
Mar 4, 2013
Mrs. Peggy Ruth Woodruff, age 85, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Woodruff was a native of Harlan, Kentucky who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William 'Bill'? Lamons and Fannie Abel Lamons. In addition to her parents her first...
Clyde Denton Cole
Mar 3, 2013
Clyde Denton 'Bud'? Cole, 73 of Gray, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at the Life Care Center of Gray. He was a native of Carter County, son of the late Don and Mary Cole. Buds wishes to be cremated are to be carried out, and there are no public services scheduled.
Samuel L. Rev. Gerace
Mar 3, 2013
The Rev. Samuel L. Gerace, Jr., age 49, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Samuel was born in Baltimore, MD in 1963 and spent his early years in Maryland and New York. Samuel graduated from Liberty University in 1987 with a BA from the School of religion....
Roseanna Rosie Baker
Mar 1, 2013
Mrs. Roseanna 'Rosie'? Baker, age 62, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, March 1, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Baker was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William Baxley and Anna Laura Blevins Baxley. In addition to her parents one daughter, Diana Kay Baker Blowers, also preceded her...
Luke B. Scott
Feb 28, 2013
Mr. Luke B. Scott, age 71, of Jonesborough, passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Scott was a native of Carter County who had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was the son of the late A.E. Scott and Onis Willis Scott. In addition to his parents his wife of thirty-seven years, Alice...
