OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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...
Keith Edward Taylor
Feb 3, 2011
Keith Edward Taylor, age 51, of Johnson City, passed away after an extended illness on Thursday, February 3, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Taylor was born in Washington County, Tennessee, a son of the late Richard Lee Taylor and Ruby Tollie Hoffman. He was a loyal caregiver of the late Sandy Sears. Mr. Taylor was preceded in death by two...
Larry Wayne Campbell
Feb 2, 2011
Mr. Larry 'Bud'? Campbell, 65, 803 Kentucky Street, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday February 2, 2011 with his wife, children and loved ones by his side. Larry had resided at the Life Care Center of Elizabethton since January. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall...
Billy Junior Hodges
Jan 30, 2011
Billy Junior Hodges, age 71, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Hodges was born in Washington County, Tennessee, a son of the late Robert Lee Hodges and Della Ruby Hodges. He was a spotter with American Water Heaters and attended Liberty Fellowship. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Erma...
Michael James Farnett, Sr.
Jan 30, 2011
Michael J. Farnett, 87, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at his residence. He was a native of Syracuse, NY and a son of the late, Acey and Grace Martino Farnett. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Marie.Mr. Farnett was of the Catholic faith but attended First United Methodist Church in Johnson...
Lawrence Franklin Fillers
Jan 30, 2011
Lawrence F. Fillers, 89, of Johnson City, died Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Appalachian Christian Village. He was a native Washington County, son of the late Robert and Willie Mae White Fillers. Lawrence was a retired supervisor for Snap-on-Tools. He was a member of the Inter-Continental Church of God. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Wendy Jayne Bailey
Jan 26, 2011
Wendy Jayne Bailey, 50, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, January 26, 2011 at home, following a battle with multiple sclerosis. She was a native of Clinton, Iowa, daughter of Weston and Betty Hill Jayne. Wendy was City Planner for Johnson City. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Wendy also was a member of the Ann Robertson...
Bobby Dean Holden
Jan 25, 2011
Mr. Bobby Dean Holden, of Johnson City, passed away at 6:33 PM Tuesday night at the Johnson City Medical Center. Bobby was born, raised and lived all of his 73 years in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Richard F. Holden and Leota G. Holden and also was preceded by his sister, Betty Ruth Miller-Holden. For many...
Charles David Oaks
Jan 24, 2011
Mr. Charles David Oaks, 67, 1112 High Street, Johnson City, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 in the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Mr. Oaks was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Ed Oaks and Pearl Hurt Oaks. In addition to his parents two brothers, Raymond Oaks and Raynear Oaks and three sisters, Edith...
Mary Sue Ford
Jan 24, 2011
Mary Sue Ford, age 92, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2011 at NHC Health Care of Johnson City. Ms. Ford was born in Greene County, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison Ellenburg and Lora Olive Shelton Ellenburg. She was a lifelong resident of Northeast Tennessee, retired from the Bemberg Corporation in Elizabethton after 20...
Howard T. Curtis
Jan 23, 2011
Howard T. Curtis, 87, of 801 Austin Springs Road, in Johnson City passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2011 at Lakebridge Healthcare Center.He was a Washington County native and a son of the late Andrew Martin and Paralee Copas Curtis. He was also preceded in death by his wife, of 62 years, Virginia, and by four brothers, Ernest, Julian,Gary and...
Minnie Belle Whitson
Jan 22, 2011
Minnie Belle Whitson, age 90, of Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2011 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Whitson was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Dave Grindstaff and Fara Price Grindstaff. She retired with 25 years of service as a Sales Clerk from Kings Department Store. Mrs. Whitson was preceded in...
Chu C. Chua
Jan 22, 2011
Dr. Chu Chang Chua, age 64, of 3409 Bondwood Circle, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Saturday, January 22, 2011, at Indian Path Medical Center in Kingsport, TN. She died of complications of ovarian cancer. The daughter of a Taiwanese general and nurse, Dr. Chua was born in Hangzhou, China and spent the majority of her childhood in Taiwan. She attended National...
Harmon J. Gouge
Jan 21, 2011
Mr. Harmon J. Gouge, 71, 134 Harrell Road, Johnson City, passed away Friday, January 21, 2011 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Gouge was a native of Elizabethton who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late James Dana Harmon Gouge and Pauline Cates Gouge. Mr. Gouge was a Supervisor for...
Andy Monroe Lyons
Jan 20, 2011
Mr. Andy Monroe Lyons, 66, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, January 20, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Lyons was a native of Elizabethton who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Nathaniel Lyons and Faye Greer Lyons. In addition to his parents one brother, Howard Lyons also preceded him in death....
Claude Herman Mcinturff
Jan 20, 2011
Claude H. McInturff, age 88, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2011 in the Appalachian Christian Village. Mr. McInturff was born in Valley Forge, Tennessee, a son of the late Taylor McInturff and Lilly Bell Jenkins McInturff. He was a very loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He was a life long resident of...
Timothy Alan Hampton
Jan 19, 2011
Tim 'Tree'? Alan Hampton, 52, of Erwin, Tennessee, died Wednesday, January 19, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Erwin, son of the late Lawrence J. Hampton and Mrs. Lois Duncan Hampton of Johnson City. Tim was a welder and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death...
