OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Paul E. Zeke Freeman
Sep 11, 2012
Paul E. 'Zeke'? Freeman, age 65, of Jonesborough, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Norfolk, Virginia. He was the son of the late George Freeman and Vivian Dallas Evans Freeman. In addition to his parents one brother, Keith Freeman also preceded him in death. He was a Barber at...
Mary Lou Nave
Sep 10, 2012
Mary Lou Nave, 60, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, September 10, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center.She was a native of Washington County and a daughter of the late Clarence and Mary Cleo Simpson. Mrs. Nave was a member of the Day of Deliverance Revival Center in Johnson City. Survivors include her husband, Leonard of Johnson City...
Ernest Wilber Erwin, Jr.
Sep 7, 2012
Ernest Wilber Erwin, Jr., 85, of Johnson City went to be with his Savior on Friday, September 7, 2012 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Knoxville, son of the late Ernest, Sr. and Sallie Petit Erwin. Ernest spent most of his life in Washington County. He was a longtime member of the...
Janice Elaine Saylor
Sep 7, 2012
Janice Elaine Saylor, 56, of Johnson City, died Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Mobile, Alabama, daughter of the late Wayne Gears and Ouida Christine Brown Burr. She was a homemaker and attended the First Assembly of God of Elizabethton. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by...
Michael Eugene Oliver
Sep 7, 2012
Michael E. Oliver, 57, of Gray, died Friday, September 7, 2012 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City. Michael was a retired member of the U. S. Army in which he had served for 21 years. He worked as a mail carrier for 18 years for the U. S. Postal Service. Michael attended the...
Margaret Louise Hodges
Aug 30, 2012
Margaret Louise Hodges, 75, of Johnson City passed away on Thursday, August 30, 2012 at her daughters residence.She was a native of Washington County, TN and a daughter of the late James and Bonnie Mae Rigsby Adams. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Haskiel 'Hack'? Hodges and by her second husband, Freddie A. Townsend. Mrs. Hodges...
Ruth Vest Strickland
Aug 29, 2012
Mrs. Ruth Vest Strickland, age 97, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Bertha Vest. In addition to her parents her husband, Howard Lee Strickland; one daughter, Nancy Lee Strickland; three sisters, Helen Gurule, Hildred Hoffman and Isabelle Lacey; one brother, Buddy Vest also preceded her...
Carl W. Almany, Jr.
Aug 29, 2012
Carl W. Almany, Jr., age 89, of Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, August 29, 2012 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. He was a native of Washington County. He was the son of the late Carl W. Almany, Sr. and Flora M. Haney Almany. Carl was a retired truck driver for Holston Defense in Kingsport. He was of the Christian faith....
Iva Jean Goode
Aug 26, 2012
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness. II Timothy 4 7-8 Iva 'Jeannie'? Goode, 68, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the...
Jessie Starnes
Aug 26, 2012
Jessie Phipps Starnes, 89, of Johnson City, died Sunday, August 26, 2012 at her residence. She was a Watauga, TN native who had lived all of her life in the Johnson City area. She was a daughter of the late Jacob Anderson and Nona Jane Blevins Phipps. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Starnes was a member of Tri-Cities Church of...
Betty Ann Edwards
Aug 24, 2012
Betty Ann Carriger Edwards, 77, of Johnson City, died Friday, August 24, 2012 at the Four Oaks Health Care Center in Jonesborough. She was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late David King Carriger and Ida Grindstaff Carriger. Betty was a retired manager of the Motherhood Maternity Store. She was a member of the Snow Memorial Baptist Church...
Jennifer Kay Campbell
Aug 22, 2012
Jennifer Kay Campbell, 57, of Watauga, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Lifecare Center in Elizabethton after fighting a long battle with cancer. She was a daughter of the late James H. and Ida Berry Campbell. Jannifer was a 1972 graduate of Elizabethton High School. She then attended Elizabethton Vocational School and graduated as a Medical Transcriptionist. She was...
Jessie Lee Dugger Frye
Aug 21, 2012
Mrs. Jessie Lee Dugger Frye, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012, in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Frye was a native of Elk Park, Avery County, North Carolina, born October 11, 1924. Her parents were the late Milton Harold Dugger and Jessie Cornell Dugger. She married Harold Frye on August 27, 1954 in New York,...
Lona Miller
Aug 21, 2012
Mrs. Lona Miller, age 95, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Miller was a native of Roaring Fork, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Sidney Kissinger and Mary Virginia McPherson Kissinger. In addition to her parents her husband, Stephen Miller; two sisters, Elsie McCoy and Samatha Rose; three brothers, Lama, Virgil...
Gwendolyn Clark Curtis
Aug 19, 2012
Gwendolyn 'Doe'? Clark Curtis, 91, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Horace Greeley and Lena Lacy Clark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Miles Curtis after 29 years of marriage. She was also preceded by two sisters,...
Phillip Brion Webb
Aug 17, 2012
Mr. Phillip Brion Webb, age 55, of Gray, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, August 16, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Webb was a native of Kingston, TN, but lived in the Gray area for the last 35 years. He was the son of the late Paul Queener Webb and Cora Aileen Webb. He was preceded in death by...
Bobbie Helen Kabool
Aug 14, 2012
Bobbie Helen Starnes Kabool, 79, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Norton, Virginia, daughter of the late Robert Hiram and Laura Effie Kilgore Starnes. Bobbie was sales manager for WJCW Radio Station for many years. In addition to her parents, a son preceded her in death, F. Donald Kabool; two...
Mary Miller
Aug 13, 2012
Mrs. Mary Miller, of Johnson City, died Monday, August 13, 2012, at Asbury Place. A native of Bluff City, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Bertha Bunton Nelson. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Frank Miller; three brothers; four sisters; and one granddaughter Amy Renee Miller. She is survived by...
Charles Red Slagle
Aug 13, 2012
Charles 'Red'? Slagle, age 64, of Johnson City, died Monday, August 13, 2012 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN, and a son of the late Ruth Garland and Harry Thurman Slagle. Mr. Slagle was employed as a baker with Rainbo Bakery, and was a proud member of the Confectionary Workers of America....
Jack E. Potter
Aug 13, 2012
Mr. Jack E. Potter, 77, of Gray, went to be with his Lord and Savior Monday, August 13, 2012, at his home. A native of Jonesborough, he was the son of the late Estal and Pearl Shipley Potter. Mr. Potter was a member of East Unaka Christian Church and an avid golf enthusiast. In addition to his parents he is...
