OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Lylie Tatum Budd
Dec 13, 2010
Lylie Tatum Budd went to be with Jesus amid the snow, the breeze, and the stars on Monday December 13, 2010. Lylie was born on Friday October 29, 2010 at 4:12 a.m. in Asheville, NC. She is a special gift that will forever be in the hearts of her family and all of those she touched during her brief time...
Minnie Mae Isabell Roberts
Dec 12, 2010
Mrs. Minnie Mae 'Isabell'? Roberts, 88, 313 Jefferson Drive, Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2010 at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mrs. Roberts was a Sullivan County native and had lived in Washington County for the past 48 years. She was the daughter of the late Elmer and Bell Combs. Mrs. Roberts was a retired Seamstress. She...
Ben R. Kelly
Dec 11, 2010
Ben R. Kelly, age 87, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2010 in the Ben Atchley Tennessee State Veterans Home. Mr. Kelly was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Marshall and Agnes Kelly. He moved to Johnson City in 1949 and retired as a pharmaceutical sales representative. Mr. Kelly attended Memphis State, William and Mary and was a 1953...
Judy Skeen
Dec 9, 2010
Mrs. Judy Skeen, 50, 515 Jack Hill Road, Unicoi, passed away Thursday December 9, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Skeen was a native of Johnson City. She was the daughter of Pat Blackburn Nordan and the late James Taylor Blackburn, Sr. Mrs. Skeen was an employee of CenturyLink for nine years. She was a member of Grace Fellowship Baptist Church....
Carole Ann Williams
Dec 8, 2010
Dr. Carole Ann Williams, age 63, of 1117 Welbourne Street, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center. The daughter of the late Joseph and Philamena Guglielmino Williams, Dr. Williams was born and raised in New Haven Connecticut. She received a BS degree in chemistry in 1969 from Albertus Magnus College, New Haven. She...
Ira Dugger
Dec 8, 2010
Mr. Ira 'Dude'? Dugger, 76, Jonesborough, passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Dugger was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He was the son of the late Ira Dugger, Sr. and Josie Miller Dugger. In addition to his parents one brother, Commie Dugger also preceded him in death. Mr. Dugger was the owner and operator of...
Margaret Lee Honeycutt
Dec 6, 2010
Margaret Lee Honeycutt, age 80, passed away on Monday, December 6, 2010 in the Lakebridge Healthcare Center. Mrs. Honeycutt was born in Bakersville, North Carolina, a daughter of the late Lattie C. Sams, Sr., and Netia Stout Sams. She was a member of Hales Chapel Christian Church. Mrs. Honeycutt was preceded in death by her husband, Homer Honeycutt, one daughter,...
Peggy Jo Haws
Dec 6, 2010
Peggy Jo Vance Haws, 82, of Johnson City, TN, died on December 6, 2010 at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. She was born in Bessemer, AL, and later moved to Boston, MA, where she graduated from Dorchester High School for girls in 1947. She then moved to Johnson City and retired from Ames Department Store in 2000. She was an...
Georgia Sue Wright
Dec 6, 2010
Georgia 'Sue'? Wright, 80, 115 Woodlawn Drive, Johnson City, passed away Monday, December 6, 2010 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Ms. Wright was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Thomas 'Matt'? Hampton and Josie Blevins Hampton. In addition to her parents one brother, Eddie Hampton also preceded her in death. Ms. Wright...
David Maynard Light
Dec 5, 2010
David Maynard Light, age 65, of 1824 Mary Street, Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, December 5, 2010 at his residence. He was born in Sullivan County, Tennessee, a son of the late Brice and Lora Fink Light. Mr. Light was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and had served his...
Clyde Murray Cooper
Dec 3, 2010
Clyde Murray Cooper, 93, of Johnson City, died Friday, December 3, 2010 at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. He was a native of Knoxville, son of the late Robert M. and Irene Daughtry Cooper. Clyde was a retired auditor for 41 years at Tennessee Eastman. He was a veteran and Major in the U. S. Air Force. Clyde was a member...
Timothy Lee Bradford
Dec 2, 2010
Timothy Lee Bradford, 47, of Detroit, Michigan, died December 2, 2010 at the Sinai '? Grace Hospital in Detroit. He was a native of Washington County, son of Kenneth Bradford and Irene Casey. Timothy was a C. N. A. and had lived in Michigan for the last 12 years. He had served in the U. S. Air Force and was...
Earle Reynolds Buchanan
Dec 2, 2010
Earle 'Bucky'? Reynolds Buchanan, Jr., age 79, of Johnson City, died Thursday, December 2, 2010, from complications of a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson City and the son of the late Ruby Bishop Buchanan and Earle Reynolds Buchanan, Sr. He was an active member of Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, where he served as usher and youth...
Richard Wellington Deason
Dec 2, 2010
Richard Wellington 'Dick'? Deason, passed away December 2, 2010 in Johnson City. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, January 15, 1932, the oldest son of the late Ernest Plato and Cynthia Sellers Deason. He graduated from Ensley High School and Birmingham Southern College. He then served in the U. S. Army in South Korea from 1953 to 55, where he...
Bobby Frank Fair
Dec 1, 2010
Bobby Frank Fair, , 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at the Johnson City Medical Center.He was a native of Johnson City and a son of the late George and Sylvia Norris Fair. Mr. Fair retired from Allied Metals as a sheet metal mechanic. Mr. Fair was of the Baptist faith.Survivors include his wife, Betty...
Gladys Tallent Hampton
Nov 30, 2010
Gladys Tallent Hampton, born 12/12/12, passed away on Tuesday, November 30, 2010 in the NHC Healthcare of Johnson City. Mrs. Hampton was born in Campbell County, Tennessee, a daughter of the late A.R. and Kitty Jones Tallent. She was a homemaker and a member of Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Earl E. Hampton,...
Donald Barnett
Nov 30, 2010
Mr. Donald Barnett, 79, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday November 30, 2010, surrounded by his family, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Barnett was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Roosevelt Jason Barnett and Hester Jones Barnett. In addition to his parents, one brother, James R. Barnett also preceded him in death....
Janet M Hofmann
Nov 27, 2010
Janet M. Hofmann, age 76, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2010 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hofmann was born in St. Paul, Virginia, a daughter of the late William J. and Magdalene Brewster Clark. She was a church member at the Salvation Army, a member of League of Mercy, Senior Center and Ladies Home League. Mrs. Hofmann...
Jason Paul Tesneary
Nov 27, 2010
Mr. Jason Paul Tesneary died unexpectedly Saturday November 27, 2010 in Maryville, TN. He was the son of Cathy Anderson of Johnson City and the late John Paul Tesneary. Jason was born March 8, 1972 in Grand Forks, North Dakota. He lived most of his life in Johnson City. Survivors include: his grandmother, Elizabeth Ellenburg of Maryville, two uncles, tow...
