OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Leonard Richard Draper
Feb 22, 2011
Leonard Richard Draper, age 84, of Jonesborough, passed away on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Draper was born in Louisville, Kentucky, a son of the late Harry Lee Draper and Rosetta Pike Draper. He was a veteran of the United States Army having served in World War II. Mr. Draper retired from Daniels Construction at Eastman. He...
Mary Ruth Pinkston
Feb 22, 2011
Mrs. Mary 'Ruth' Pinkston, 100, of Bulls Gap Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in the NHC HealthCare Johnson City Tennessee. Mrs. Pinkston resided her whole life in the town and community she loved so much Bulls Gap, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Ed Walker and Rachel Loretta McCullough Walker. In addition to her parents, her...
James Monroe Yelton
Feb 22, 2011
James 'Jim'? Monroe Yelton, Jr., 76 of Gray died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Bad Creek, North Carolina, son of the late James Monroe Yelton, Sr. and Mae Hill Yelton. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Rosalie Owen Yelton and a son. Jim went to meet...
Albert Francis Iglar
Feb 22, 2011
Albert F. Iglar, 71, of Johnson City, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, February 22, 2011. He was a native of New Kensington, PA and a son of the late Albert F. and Mary Harouse Iglar. Mr. Iglar was also preceded in death by his wife Loretta Ruth Streich Iglar. Mr. Iglar was a member of the Unaka Avenue...
Shirley Janett Calloway
Feb 21, 2011
Shirley Janett Calloway, age 64, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, February 21, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Calloway was born in Washington County, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Robert Virgil 'Bud'? Greene and Amanda Ellen Pierce Greene. She was a homemaker and a member of the Y-Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Calloway was...
Ralph Jack Miller
Feb 19, 2011
Ralph 'Jack'? Miller 76, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Johnson City. He was an elder of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Jack was the former owner of Jack Miller Body Shop and Jacks Trains and Hobbys. He was an avid train collector and a...
Howard Eugene Goodwin
Feb 16, 2011
Howard 'Gene'? Goodwin, 56, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late George Barnes and E. L. Cook. Gene was a self-employed owner operator of Goodwins Wrecker Service. Survivors include: his wife, of 35 years, Donna Jo Bennett Goodwin of the home; two...
Peggy Moore
Feb 15, 2011
Mrs. Peggy Moore, age 80, 716 Montclair Drive, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Sheffield, England who had lived much of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John Leslie Paynter and Doris Trikkett Paynter. In addition to her parents one brother,...
James Edgar Gambrell
Feb 14, 2011
James 'Jim'? Edgar Gambrell, age 62, of Johnson City, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, February 14, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Gambrell was born on May 1, 1948 in Laurens, South Carolina, a son of the late Edgar and Sarah Gambrell. He was retired from Michelin Tire Company in Greenville, South Carolina...
Herbert Hayes Piercy, Jr.
Feb 14, 2011
Herbert Hayes Piercy, Jr. went home to be with the Lord on Monday February 14, 2011 at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City.He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late Herbert H. and Lillie Mae Odom Piercy. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Louise Milhorn and his loving companion of 22 years, Ruth...
Patsy Curtis Swartz
Feb 14, 2011
Patsy Curtis Swartz, age 82, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, February 14, 2011 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Swartz was born in Carter County, Tennessee, a daughter of the late William E. Curtis and Mary Christine Kyte Curtis. She was a active member of Cherokee United Methodist Church and retired from the City of Johnson City...
Wilbur Dale Hunter
Feb 11, 2011
W. Dale Hunter, 80, of Johnson City, died Friday, February 11, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Warsaw, Missouri son of the late Oliver Jackson and Claudine Katherine Smith Hunter. Dale was a sales manager for commercial structure products. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge F & AM, former member of the...
Mary Ellen Moran
Feb 10, 2011
Mary Ellen 'Mer'? Moran, 83, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011 in her home She was a native of Monesson, PA and a daughter of the late Arthur G. and Helen McMillen Reycroft. She was preceded in death by one brother, Robert, and sisters Dr Dorothy Hollingsworth and Barbara Sellars Mary graduated from West Virginia University...
Everett Bellamy
Feb 10, 2011
Everett 'Tom'? Bellamy, 77, of Johnson City, died Thursday, February 10, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Bartley, West Virginia, son of the late Herbert E. Bellamy and Mandy Christian Edgell. Tom was a retired veteran of Viet Nam, having served and retired from the United States Marine Corps as a Master Sergeant. He also retired from...
Dena Ellen Bolton
Feb 9, 2011
Dena E. Neufer Bolton, of Johnson City, departed this life on Wednesday, February 9, 2011, in the Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness. She was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, on October 5, 1952, a daughter of the late Clair E. and Edna K. Neufer. She is survived by her husband, Rick Bolton, of Johnson City, TN; one son,...
Melvin Brown Peregoy
Feb 8, 2011
Melvin Brown Peregoy, age 61, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2011 in the James H. Quillen VAMC. Mr. Peregoy was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee, a son of the late Brown Low Peregoy, Sr. and Seatta Lefco Peregoy. He was a truck driver and was a member of Fountain of Life Bible Church. Mr. Peregoy was a...
Tiejian Dr. Wu
Feb 7, 2011
Dr. Tiejian Wu, age 48, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He died of complications from lung cancer. Born to Guangcai Wu and Lianzhen Wang, Dr. Wu grew up in a countryside village in the province of Shandong, China. At age 15, he attended medical school at Shandong University School of Medicine. After...
Paul Forrest Lequire, Jr.
Feb 6, 2011
PAUL FOREST LEQUIRE, JR. '? JOHNSON CITY, TN (PHOTO) Paul Forrest Lequire, Jr., 57, of Johnson City, went to be with the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Sunday, February 6, 2011 following a brief but severe battle with cancer in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Lequire was born in 1953 in Lakeland, Florida a son of the late...
John Leonard Bragg
Feb 4, 2011
John Leonard Bragg, Jr., age 90, of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, February 4, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Bragg was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, a son of the late John Lenoard and Cloe Bragg. He was a veteran of the Army Air Corp having served during World War II. He received the following decorations and citations, Eamet...
Jennie Grubbs
Feb 4, 2011
Mrs. Jennie Grubbs, 94, 1103 Ronald Lane, Johnson City, passed away Friday, February 4, 2011 in the Brian Center, Mooresville, North Carolina. Mrs. Grubbs was a native of Vine Grove, Kentucky who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Jim Shelburne and Mollie Whitehead Shelburne. In addition to her parents her...
