OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Richard C. Potter
Jan 6, 2010
Richard C. Potter, 51, of Jonesborough, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Marion, North Carolina. Mr. Potter was a native of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Thomas Paine Potter, Jr. MD and Shirley May 'Bill'? Smith Potter. In addition to his parents his maternal grandparents, Roy and Nona Smith; paternal grandparents, Rev. Thomas Paine...
Thomas Henry Williams
Jan 6, 2010
Thomas Henry Williams, 79, of Johnson City, died Wednesday, January 6, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was a native of Chattanooga, son of the late Cleo Jane Morgan. Tom was retired from National Linen Service after 42 years. He was a member of the Cherokee Church of Christ and the Harris Boulevard Church of Christ in Charlotte. In addition...
Daniel Lee Harris
Jan 5, 2010
Daniel Lee Harris, 49, of 791 Old Gray Station Road, Gray, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 in the Life Care Center of Gray. Mr. Harris was a native and life long resident of Washington County and a son of the late Hubert and Regina Carver Harris of the Austin Springs Community. He attended the Hawthorne Church. Mr. Harris is preceded...
Sherri Lynn Shivery
Jan 3, 2010
Sherri Lynn Shivery, age 44, of 381 Possum Hollow Road, # 7,Gray,TN died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at her residenceMrs. Shivery was a native of Manchester, PA. And a daughter of Dorothy Anne Deyton of Gray and the late Delmon James Gooslin.She was a homemaker and loved her family and friendsMs. Shivery is preceded in death by: her father; a...
James Lawrence Tester
Jan 3, 2010
James 'Jim'? Lawrence Tester, 79, of 115 Bowers Street, Johnson City died Sunday, January 3, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Tester was a native of Johnson County, TN and had lived in Johnson City most of his life. He was a son of the late J.S. and Fronia Tester. Mr. Tester was a Navy veteran of the Korean War. He...
Richard Donnelly Lowe
Jan 2, 2010
LOWE, RICHARD D. '' Age 85 of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away at Broadmore Assisted Living on Saturday, January 2 after a short illness. Richard was preceded in death by parents, Kemp and Callie Shoun Lowe, and brothers and sisters, Earl, Ned, Nathan, Van, Ruth Chambers, Bess Branch, Grace Hines, and Anna June Lowe, as well as his first wife,...
Thelma Virginia Britt
Jan 1, 2010
Thelma Virginia Britt, 73, of 1023 Gray Station Road, Gray, went to be with the Lord on Friday, January 1, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Unicoi, and a daughter of the late Frankie Tipton. Thelma was a retired employee of Siemens and had originally worked for Texas Instruments. Thelma was better known as...
Clifford Grady Whiddon
Dec 31, 2009
Clifford G. Whiddon, 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, December 31, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Georgia but had lived in Johnson City for several years. He was a son of the late Clifford Grady Whiddon, Sr. and Cora Louise Buchanan Whiddon. Mr. Whiddon was a member of the Central Church...
Vivian H. Dampsey
Dec 31, 2009
Mrs. Vivian H. Dempsey, 85, 1608 Idlewilde Drive, Johnson City passed away Thursday, December 31, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Dempsey was a native of Kingston, Tn. who had lived in Johnson City since 1946. She was the daughter of the late Harvey and Doris Wilhoit Houser. In addition to her parents one son, Sam Dempsey; one sister, Ruth Ann...
Helen M. Tolley
Dec 30, 2009
Rev. Helen Marshall Tolley, 72, of 900 North Street, Johnson City went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late Myral and Ruby Barnes Marshall. Sister Tolley had an evangelistic ministry, that spanned many state and churches. She served as assistant...
Margaret Louise Haemsch
Dec 28, 2009
Margaret Wall Haemsch, 90, of 6705 Ballard Drive, Chattanooga, Tennessee, died Monday, December 28, 2009 at the Memorial Hospital, Chattanooga. She was a native of Coeburn, Virginia, daughter of the late James B. Wall, Sr. and Mary Michael Wall. Margaret was a banker and longtime member of the First Presbyterian Church of Johnson City. She was a member and officer...
Bessie Pearl Marshall
Dec 26, 2009
Mrs. Bessie Pearl Puckett Marshall, 77, Elde Reed Haus, Limestone, formerly of Johnson City, passed away Saturday December 26, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Marshall was a native of Watauga who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John Hutton Puckett and Nannie Jane Fullen Puckett. In addition...
Doris Hopson
Dec 26, 2009
Doris 'Susie'? Hopson, 81, of Johnson City died Saturday, December 26, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hopson was a native of Butler and had lived in Johnson City most of her adult life. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Merle Milsap Caldwell. Mrs. Hopson was a member of the Rich Acres FWB Church. She...
Kenneth Monroe Mcqueen
Dec 26, 2009
Kenneth Monroe McQueen, age 66, of Johnson City went to be with the Lord on December 26, 2009 . He was a patient at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. Mr. McQueen had been suffering from cancer and heart disease. Kenny was a son of Edith Josephine McQueen Hale of Johnson City and the late...
Patsy Jean Motley
Dec 25, 2009
Mrs. Patsy Jean Newton Motley, 68, 129 Renfro Road, Elizabethton passed away Friday, December 25, 2009 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Mrs. Motley was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Tommy and Frances Casteel Newton. In addition to her parents her husband, Edward 'Eddie'? Motley and one brother, Marshall Newton also preceded her in...
Theresa Margaret Battaglia
Dec 24, 2009
Theresa 'Teddy'? Battaglia, 92, of Johnson City passed away Thursday, December 24, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Miss Battaglia was a native of Worcester, Massachusetts and had lived in Johnson City for twenty-two years. She was a daughter of the late Anthony and Christina Bonanno Battaglia. Miss Battaglia started working for Woolworths in New York City when she...
Mary Elizabeth Lilly
Dec 21, 2009
Mary Elizabeth (Bettie) Lilly passed away peacefully on December 21, 2001 at the age of 89. She was the daughter of Elijah Davis and Bertha Doffermyre Catterton of Charlottesville, VA. After graduating from Madison College she was employed as a chemist for Dupont Corp. in Waynesboro, VA during the war years and later as a research librarian at the University...
Jim Garland
Dec 20, 2009
Command Master Chief (Retired) Jim and Anne Williams Garland of 156 Spice Hollow Road, Johnson City, died Sunday, December 20, 2009 at their residence. Jim was a native of Washington County, son of the late Elmer E. and Ruby Britt Garland. Anne was a native of Unicoi County, daughter of the late Roy William and Stella Stamper Williams. Jim was...
Elsie Anne Garland
Dec 20, 2009
Command Master Chief (Retired) Jim and Anne Williams Garland of 156 Spice Hollow Road, Johnson City, died Sunday, December 20, 2009 at their residence. Jim was a native of Washington County, son of the late Elmer E. and Ruby Britt Garland. Anne was a native of Unicoi County, daughter of the late Roy William and Stella Stamper Williams. Jim was...
Rhonda Alicia Hedderich
Dec 19, 2009
Rhonda Alicia Roe Hedderich, of Gray, TN passed away on December 19, 2009 at her residence. She was born and reared in Houston, TX. Rhonda was active in the North Shore High School Marching Band and was voted Band Sweetheart in 1970. Upon graduating high school in 1970 she attended Lee College, Baytown. One of her many interests involved learning...
