OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Marcia Denise Kenny
May 16, 2010
Marcia D. Kenny, 49, of Johnson City passed away Sunday, May 16, 2010 in Vass, North Carolina of natural causes while taking care of her ailing mother. Mrs. Kenny was a native of LaFollette, Tennessee and a daughter of Sara Jean Hollingsworth Chaniott of Vass, NC and the late William R. Chaniott. She was a graduate of East Tennessee State...
Jerry Wayne Scalf
May 13, 2010
Mr. Jerry Wayne Scalf, 52, Jonesborough, joined our heavenly father on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center after suffering a heart attack. Mr. Scalf was the son of the late Robert Earl Scalf and Wilma Barnett Scalf. In addition to his parents one brother, Billy Joe Scalf also preceded him in death. He was...
Richard Howard Carter
May 12, 2010
Richard Howard 'Rick'? Carter, 45, of 110 Suncrest Street, Gray died Wednesday, May 12, 2010 in Fall Branch. Mr. Carter ,known to his family and friends as 'Rick'?, was a native and lifelong resident on Washington County. He was a son of Stella Mae Hilton Osborne of Gray and the late James Edward Carter. Mr. Carter was employed as a...
Bonnie Kate Rhea
May 11, 2010
Bonnie Rhea, 83, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a Washington County native and a daughter of the late, Clayton and Kate Broyles Click. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Rhea and by two brothers. Mrs. Rhea was of the Baptist Faith.Survivors include; one...
Ben Scharfstein
May 11, 2010
Mr. Ben Scharfstein, 63, of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at his residence after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Mr. Scharfstein was a lifelong resident of Johnson City and was the son of the late Phil and Elsie Scharfstein. He is survived by his wife, Caroline Crockett Scharfstein and his two sons Phil and Ben. Phil...
Geneva Grace Vest
May 9, 2010
Geneva Grace Vest, 89, of 1006 Crocus Street, Johnson City died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Vest was a native of Jacksonville, Florida and had lived in Tennessee most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Allen and Frances Buckles. Mrs. Vest was a retired cook at Dawn of Hope with twenty years of...
Jessica Lerin Flack
May 7, 2010
Jessica Lerin Flack,23,of Johnson City went to be with the lord May 7th, 2010 in Johnson City. She was the first born twin. She graduated Science Hill High School in 2004.She attended ETSU & employed with Aid & Assist. She was to graduate with a BS in childrens education in dec of 2010. She loved children ,attending school, shopping &...
Glenn David Allison
May 6, 2010
Glenn 'Blue'? Allison, age 64, of Piney Flats, passed away on May 6, 2010 at his residence. He was a native of Hildebran, NC but had lived in Piney Flats for over 35 years. He was the son of the late Charles Allison and Dorothy Allison Sain. He was also preceded by a brother, Rodney Allison, Sr. He graduated from...
John E. Morrell
May 3, 2010
John E. Morrell, of Panama City Beach, Florida, died Monday, May 3, 2010 at the Gulf Coast Medical Center. John was a former resident of Johnson City. He was a retired employee of the Harris - Tarkett Manufacturing Company. John served in the U. S. Army. John was a member of the Southside Baptist Church and Faith Tabernacle. A native...
Lowell Rodney Talbert
May 1, 2010
Mr. Lowell 'Rodney'? Talbert, 61, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Talbert was a native of Paris, Tennessee and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Lowell William Talbert and Martha Sutton Talbert. Mr. Talbert retired from the Johnson City Public Library after thirty-eight...
Pansy Murray Harmon
May 1, 2010
Mrs. Pansy Murray Harmon, 73, Johnson City, passed away Saturday May 1, 2010 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Harmon was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Nathan and Laura Bennett Murray. Mrs. Harmon retired from Mays Brothers in 1997 after twenty-five years of service. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
Jackson Edward Blevins
Apr 30, 2010
Jackson 'Jack'? Edward Blevins, age 85, of Kingsport, Tennessee died Friday, April 30, 2010 in the Indian Path Hospital. Jack was born August 12, 1924 a son of the late Oscar Dalton and Odie Jackson Blevins in Washington County, Tennessee and had lived in Sullivan County since 1955. He was an Honorable Discharged Army veteran proudly serving his country during...
Carl F. Crowe
Apr 29, 2010
Mr. Carl F. Crowe, 81, Johnson City, passed away Thursday April 29, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Crowe was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late Goldie and Carmel Crump Crowe. In addition to his parents two sisters, Francis and Maye Crowe also preceded him in death. Mr. Crowe was a Farmer and a...
Judy Lenoir Garland
Apr 29, 2010
Mrs. Judy L. Garland, 58, Johnson City, passed away Thursday April 29, 2010 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Garland was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William and Hazel Kelley Bales. In addition to her parents one sister, Anne Autry; one brother, Charles 'Dickey'? Bales. Mrs. Garland was a homemaker and...
Billy Miller
Apr 28, 2010
Billy Merl Miller, U S Army-Retired Mr. Miller, 80 cherished husband and father, beloved son and brother, went to be with his Lord on Wednesday April 28, 2010. Born July 9, 1929 in Honaker, Va., he was the son of the late Jettie Colman and Harry 'Bill'? Miller. Mr. Miller was one of nine children. Billy retired from the US...
Carl Osborne
Apr 23, 2010
Carl Osborne, 95, of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, April 23, 2010 at his residence. He was a native of Avery County, NC and a son of the late, John Alvin and Martha Adeline Eggers Osborne He had lived in Johnson City since 1922. He was also preceded in death by an infant son, Willie Ray Osborne, and by...
Marshall Lee Hall
Apr 23, 2010
Marshall 'Lee'? Hall, 39, of Jefferson City, formerly of Johnson City, died Friday, April 23, 2010 in Johnson City. He was a native of Johnson City, son of Marshall Dwayne Hall and Brenda Sue Heaton of Johnson City. Lee was a member of the Dandridge Full Gospel Church. He was preceded in death by infant twin siblings. Survivors include: his...
Joseph Warren Mcghee
Apr 21, 2010
Mr. Joseph Warren McGhee, 87, Johnson City passed away Wednesday April 21, 2010 at his residence. Mr. McGhee was a native of Washington County, Virginia who had lived in Johnson City since 1955. He was the son of the late John D. and Myrtle Wilson McGhee. In addition to his parents his wife, Opal McGhee; one son, Terry Lynn McGhee;...
Patsy Ruth Huffine
Apr 19, 2010
Patsy Ruth Huffine, 80, of Jonesborough, died Monday, April 19, 2010 at Asbury Place in Johnson City. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Fred and Beulah Campbell Hughes. Patsy was an inspector in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry as an employee of Baxter Pharmaseal, having retired in 1989. She was a member of the Antioch Baptist...
Howard Preston Gibson
Apr 18, 2010
Mr. Howard Preston Gibson, 84, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, April 18,2010 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Mr. Gibson was a lifelong resident of Elizabethton. He was the son of the late John Pierce Gibson and Sarah Carr Gibson. In addition to his parents one son, Donnie Gene Gibson; two sisters, Iva Jean Canova and Elizabeth Gibson; eight brothers, William Blain 'Bill'?...
