OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Megan Narissa Davis
Mar 30, 2012
Megan Turner Davis, 36, of Kingsport, passed away on Friday, March 30, 2012 at her residence in Kingsport. She was a native of Bristol, TN and a daughter of Patricia Smith Lemmel of Gate City, VA and the late Steven Turner.Survivors of Mrs. Davis in addition to her mother include; her husband, Richard Davis of the home; two sons, Elijah...
Betty Whitehead Jeanes
Mar 29, 2012
Betty Whitehead Jeanes, 83, of Johnson City passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Johnson City following an extended illness. She was born in Newport but had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Eli and Zelma Costner Mathis. She was also preceded by her husband, Arthur J. Whitehead and by...
Harold R. Hicks
Mar 29, 2012
Mr. Harold R. Hicks, age 66, of Gray, passed away, Thursday, March 29, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Hicks was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late Sylvester Hicks and Hazel Hicks. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in death by two brothers, Junior Hicks and Shelby Hicks. Mr....
Betty Whitehead Jeanes
Mar 29, 2012
Betty Whitehead Jeanes, 83, of Johnson City passed away on Thursday, March 29, 2012 in Johnson City following an extended illness. She was born in Newport but had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Eli and Zelma Costner Mathis. She was also preceded by her husband, Arthur J. Whitehead and by...
Wayne Kiser
Mar 28, 2012
Mr. Wayne Kiser, of Watauga, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at his home. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Carrie Alice Powers Kiser. Wayne retired from Sunbelt Homes of Myrtle Beach and was the owner and operator of Kiser Construction for 25 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church...
Connie Wood
Mar 27, 2012
Connie Wood (Ruth Constance Seaver) passed away peacefully at Rex Healthcare, Raleigh, NC on March 27, 2012. Connie was born in Johnson City, Tennessee on September 29, 1921 to Guy O. Seaver and Ruth McCorkle Seaver. In June 1940, she graduated from Science Hill High School and also married Robert O. Wood, Jr (Bob). Connie and Bob purchased their home...
Mary B. Parker
Mar 25, 2012
Ms. Mary Bonnie Arrowood Parker, 85, of Johnson City, died Sunday, March 25, 2012, at her home. A native of Roan Mountain, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Dovie Barnett Arrowood. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, George Dayton Parker; daughter, Teresa Ann Parker; and sister, Edna Julian. She...
Janet Rhea Baines
Mar 25, 2012
Janet R. Baines, 56, of Kingsport, passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center.She was a Johnson City native and a daughter of the late, Marvin and Beryl Clythe Garber Baines. She was also preceded in death by her maternal and paternal grandparents , one sister, Judy Baines and one son, Aldon Lynn Ford. Janet...
Nina L. Brown
Mar 24, 2012
Nina Lee Sheets Brown, 69, of Johnson City, died Saturday, March 24, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Johnson City, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Hazel Cox Sheets. Nina attended First Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her son, Danny Markland and sister Brenda Sheets....
Helen Maltsberger Mcdaniel
Mar 22, 2012
Mrs. Helen Maltsberger McDaniel, age of Johnson City, passed away, Thursday, March 22, 2012 in the NHC Healthcare. Mrs. McDaniel was a native of Greene County. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Dover Maltsberger and Iva Oleta Smith Maltsberger. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her husband of forty-two years, Kenneth L....
Alton Taylor
Mar 20, 2012
Mr. Alton Ray Taylor, 31, of Jonesborough, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012. A native of Cumberland County, North Carolina, he was the son of Bryan Taylor and the late Meridith Taylor. In addition to his father, he is survived by his loving wife, Christie Taylor; two-step sons, Dalton Parks and Cameron Trimm; two children, Andrew and Aidan Taylor; three...
Bobby Joe Scott
Mar 18, 2012
Bobby Joe Scott, age 77, 510 Lane Hollow Road, Watauga, TN, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at his residence. He was a native of Sullivan County, TN and lived in Watauga most of his life. He was the son of the late Irene Feathers Scott and Carl Scott, Sr. Mr. Scott was a retired operator at Stedman Construction Company. He...
Robert Goodman Young
Mar 16, 2012
Robert G. Young, 91, and his wife, Abbie L. Young, 89, of Johnson City passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 at their residence following a fire in their home. Mr.Young was a native of Sevier Co., and a son of the late James H. and Frances Cagle Young. He was also preceded by 12 Siblings. He had lived in...
Abbie Lee Young
Mar 16, 2012
Robert G. Young, 91, and his wife, Abbie L. Young, 89, of Johnson City passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 at their residence following a fire in their home. Mr.Young was a native of Sevier Co., and a son of the late James H. and Frances Cagle Young. He was also preceded by 12 Siblings. He had lived in...
Renee Williams Hyder
Mar 16, 2012
Renee Williams Hyder, age 41, of Johnson City, passed away, Friday, March 16, 2012 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Renee was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of Dewey M. Williams and Marie Clark Williams. Her grandparents, Earl and Maude Clark and Elmer and Nellie Williams, preceded her in death. Renee was a...
Marguerite Elizabeth Rich
Mar 16, 2012
Marguerite Rich, 96, of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital in Johnson City. She was a native of Kerrville, TX and a daughter of the late Barthomew Schleifer and Lena Cloudt Schleifer. She was also preceded by her husband, Howard T. Rich, by three brothers and one sister. Mrs. Rich was a...
Clarence Lee Gentry
Mar 14, 2012
Clarence Lee Gentry, 85 of Telford, died Wednesday, March 14th, 2012, at James H Quillen Hospital VA Medical Center. He was born in Hixson TN but lived the majority of his life here in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Joseph Melvin Gentry and Annie E. Elliott Gentry. Clarence was the owner of Motor Ignition Company and...
James Badgett
Mar 13, 2012
Mr. James 'J.T.'? Thomas Badgett, 50, of Johnson City, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012. A native of Findlay, Ohio, he is the son of Bill Badgett and wife Linda and Kay Darnell Cureton. Hammer graduated in 1980 from Cory Rawson High School and was also voted Most Valuable Defensive Lineman his senior year. He enlisted in the Navy in 1981...
James Franklin Robinette
Mar 13, 2012
Mr. James 'Jim'? Franklin Robinette, died Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Franklin Woods Hospital in Johnson City, TN after a lengthy illness. A native of St. Paul, Virginia, and a resident of Bristol, TN, he was the son of the late James Fletcher and Maggie Alice McReynolds Robinette. Jim graduated from St. Paul High School in St. Paul Virginia in...
Ruth Berniece Dugger
Mar 13, 2012
Ruth Bernice Shell Dugger, 79, of Jonesborough, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Lifecare Center in Elizabethton. She was a native of Avery County, NC but had been a resident of Carter County all of her life. Mrs. Dugger was a daughter of the late John Lewis Freeman and Mary Bishop Freeman. She was also preceded in death...
