OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Jimmy Eric Whetsel
Jul 2, 2011
Mr. Jimmy Eric Whetsel, age 48, of 2002 Michael Drive passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Whetsel was a native of Kingsport. He was the son of the late Horace Whetsel and Buena Bowser Fleenor. In addition to his parents his step-father, Gene Fleenor also preceded him in death. Mr. Whetsel was an Industrial Electrician for...
Charles Howard Story
Jul 1, 2011
Dr. Charles H. Story, died Friday, July 1, 2011 at his residence at Piney Flats, Tennessee. He was born May 21, 1939 in Murray, KY the son of the late Jesse Bryan and Eron Desiree Howard Story. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, William Bryan Story. Dr. Story received a B.S. degree from...
Ella Louise Ward
Jun 30, 2011
Ella ' Sissy Street'? Ward, 45, passed away on Thursday, June 30, 2011 in Johnson City as the result of an automobile accident. She was a daughter of Frances Sue Yelton Street of Johnson City. Mrs. Ward was a member of Abundant Grace Church in Watauga. She was a 1984 graduate of Science Hill High School and had attended a...
Donald Earl Hixson
Jun 29, 2011
Donald 'Don'? Earl Hixson, 85, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 29 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Virginia, son of the late Edward and Rachel Barbee Hixson. Don was an electrician who retired from Holston Defense a subsidiary of Tennessee Eastman Company. Don was a veteran of WWII having served in the Pacific...
Earlene L. Leonard
Jun 29, 2011
Earlene Laws Leonard, 89, 105 Steeple Circle, Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 29, 2011, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was an Avery County, North Carolina native who lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Aaron and Sarah Minerva Katherine Oaks Laws. Mrs. Leonard was a homemaker. She was a member...
Donald Earl Hixson
Jun 29, 2011
Donald 'Don'? Earl Hixson, 85, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 29 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Virginia, son of the late Edward and Rachel Barbee Hixson. Don was an electrician who retired from Holston Defense a subsidiary of Tennessee Eastman Company. Don was a veteran of WWII having served in the Pacific...
Mary Nell Lee
Jun 28, 2011
Mary Nell Lee Mary Nell Payne Lee of Johnson City, TN passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2011 at Pine Oaks Assisted Living. She was born November 17, 1911 in the Pleasant Valley Community to Lafayette Marion Payne and Rebecca Emma Toone Payne. She was the youngest of 8 children: Vernon, Ruth, Edgar, Walter, Bess (Grayson), Fred, and Maude Payne. She...
William Rigby Kind
Jun 26, 2011
MGYSGT. William Rigby Kind, age 82, of Johnson City, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2011, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Sgt. Kind was a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He was the son of the late William Rigby Kind and Edith Carter Kind. In addition to his parents, one daughter, Cynthia 'Cindi'? Kind, also preceded him in...
Linda Ann Smile
Jun 25, 2011
Mrs. Linda Ann Smile, age 71, 1505 Baxter Street, Johnson City, went home to be with our Lord and savior, at 1PM on Saturday, June 25, 2011, she was surrounded by her children, grandchildren and loved ones. Mrs. Smile was a native of Damascus, Syria. She was the daughter of the late Mamdouh Atrash and Radeh Atrash. In addition to...
Kate Reece Reagan
Jun 23, 2011
Mrs. Kate Reece Reagan, age 90, of 1404 W Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died peacefully at home on Thursday, June 23, 2011. Mrs. Reagan was a native of Butler, TN, and lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of Salva Potter Reece and Joseph Harvey Reece. Mrs. Reagan came to Johnson City to work at...
Linda Faye Lady
Jun 22, 2011
Linda Faye Lady, 69, of 3 Pepper Ridge Court, Gray, died Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and the daughter of the late Harold and Hilda Williams. Mrs. Lady was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Lady was preceded in death by: her husband,...
Billy Eugene Gouge
Jun 18, 2011
Billy Eugene Gouge, 76, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center.He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late, Robert Rexter and Carrie Byrd Gouge. He was also preceded in death by one brother, Carl Gouge.Mr. Gouge was an member of the Pinecrest Baptist Church. He had...
Mary Marvin Badgett
Jun 18, 2011
Mary Marvin Montgomery Badgett passed away on June 18, 2011. Born in 1908 in La Follette, TN, she had a full and exciting life. She married Harry Badgett from Kingsport in 1930 and lived in Johnson City for several years. In the late 1930s they moved to Santa Rosa, California where they owned an exclusive ladies boutique. For many years...
Jerry Lee Riddle
Jun 16, 2011
Jerry Lee Riddle, 63, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jerry was born January 10, 1948 in Johnson City to Coleman and Nellie Branch Riddle. He was a veteran of the United States Army and served two tours in Vietnam. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death...
Norma Jean Williams
Jun 16, 2011
Norma 'Jean'? Williams, 80, of Sevier County, formerly of Johnson City, died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Sevier County Health Care Center. She was a native of Bowling Green, Kentucky, daughter of the late Thomas Herman and Lucy Bell Greenwell. Jean was a homemaker and member of the First Free Will Baptist Church on Colorado Street. In addition to...
Dennis Ernest Hammer
Jun 16, 2011
Dennis Ernest Hammer, 71, of Johnson City, died Thursday, June 16, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Samuel E. and Sarah Austin Hammer. Mr. Hammer was a retired Assistant Manager at the Roan Street Dairy Queen. He was a member of Heritage Baptist Church. In addition to his...
Jerry Richard Blevins, Sr.
Jun 14, 2011
Jerry Richard Blevins, Sr., 65, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at his residence in Johnson City.He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late, Wiley Ray and Stella Mae Clark Blevins. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Don Blevins and LeRoy Blevins; one sister, Rebecca Blevins. He served...
Agnes Senter
Jun 12, 2011
Galatians 6:9 And let us not grow weary in well doing ; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Mrs. Agnes Senter went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 12, 2011 at the age of 92. Mrs. Senter was a native of Breaks, Virginia. She was a long time resident of Johnson City. She...
Donald Leon Blakley
Jun 12, 2011
'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.'? 2 Timothy 4:7-8. Donald L. Blakley, 71 of Johnson City, passed away at the Johnson City Medical Center on Sunday, June 12, 2011. He was born on August 29, 1929 in Tennessee and...
Viola Fay Haney
Jun 11, 2011
Viola Fay Haney, 85, 2102 North Greenwood Drive, went to be with her Lord Saturday, June 11, 2011, at her home. Mrs. Haney was a Mitchell County, NC native who had lived in Johnson City since 1943. She was a daughter of the late Jessie James and Minnie Callahan Bailey. Mrs. Haney was a homemaker. She was a member of...
