OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Margaret Louise Sexton
Nov 18, 2009
Margaret Louise Sexton, 73, formerly of Johnson City, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center in Mobile, Alabama. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of the late George S. and Ruby Vestula Britt Taylor. She attended the Salvation Army Church in Johnson City. Margaret was a homemaker, loving mother who had patience with her...
Brian John Mcginty
Nov 16, 2009
Brian John McGinty, 51, of 520 Crest Court, Johnson City, died Monday, November 16, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, son of the late John Theisman and Catherine Audrey Chidester McGinty. Brian was a retired salesman and member of the St. Marys Catholic Church. He had also been involved in the Eucharistic Ministry of...
Floyd Arthur Cozad
Nov 16, 2009
Floyd Arthur 'F.A.'? Cozad, 79, Johnson City, died Tuesday, November 16, 2009 at Erwin Health Care Center. Mr. Cozad was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Floyd Benjamin and Olive Gertrude Wright Cozad. Mr. Cozad was preceded in death by his wife of 54 years, Lissie Cozad, in 2009, one sister,...
Henriette Georgia Dik
Nov 15, 2009
Henriette Georgia Brinks Dik, 92, of 1407 Ridgecrest Road, Johnson City died Sunday, November 15, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Dik was a native of Holland, Michigan and came to Johnson City in 1959. She was a daughter of the late John Henry and Reke Brink Brinks. Mrs. Dik was preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, Rudolph P....
Callie Tester
Nov 14, 2009
Mrs. Callie Tester, 93, 664 Tank Hill Road, Piney Flats, passed away Saturday, November 14, 2009 in the NHC HealthCare. Mrs. Tester was a native of Johnson City and had lived most of her life in Piney Flats. She was the daughter of the late Lula King. In addition to her mother her husband, Ted Tester, Sr.; one son, Ralph...
Gearleen Friesland
Nov 13, 2009
Gearleen Friesland, 87, Johnson City, died Friday, November 13, 2009 at NHC Healthcare. Mrs. Friesland was a native and lifelong resident of Watauga, TN. She was a daughter of the late William Henry and Lilly Humphrey Carr and was also preceded in death by her husband, Walter Worth Friesland in 1978, and infant daughter, Peggy Friesland, three brothers, James A....
Luther Toler
Nov 13, 2009
Luther Toler, 87, of 1276 Austin Springs Road, Piney Flats died Friday, November 13, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Toler was a native of Simon, West Virginia, had lived in Ohio, Illinois, Florida, South Carolina and came to Tennessee in 1992. He was a son of the late Johnny and Mary Ellen Aliff Toler. Mr. Toler was a retired machinist...
Reva G. Lonon
Nov 12, 2009
Mrs. Reva G. Lonon, 91, 1701 Seward Drive, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Lonon was a native of Ashford, North Carolina and had lived in Johnson City since 1953. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Florence Wilson Gouge. In addition to her parents her husband James Lee...
Kathleen Nickels Cothran
Nov 8, 2009
Kathleen Nickels Cothran, 84, of Johnson City, died Sunday, November 8, 2009 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native of Dant, Virginia a daughter of the late W. A. and Myrtle Osborne Nickels. Kathleen was a retired owner of the Boones Creek Marina. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, William...
Solana Lyle
Nov 8, 2009
Solana Lyle, 15, 252 Malone Hollow Road, Jonesborough, passed away Sunday, November 8, 2009 from injuries sustained in an accident. Solana was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of Mark and Suzanne McLean Lyle. Solana was a sophomore at Daniel Boone High School where she served as Assistant Farm Manager of the FFA, was...
Clarence S. Tarter
Nov 7, 2009
Clarence S. Tarter, 53, Johnson City, died Saturday, November 7, 2009 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Tarter was a native of Rogersville, TN, a former resident of Marietta, GA and had lived in Johnson City for the past few months. He was a son of the late Clarence and Frances Tarter. Mr. Tarter was a...
Ronald Royce Wheeler
Nov 7, 2009
Ronald Royce Wheeler, 58, of Hampton passed away on Saturday, November 7th, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Yancy County, North Carolina and a son of the late Royce and Essie Randolph Wheeler. He was also preceded in death by one grandson, Aiden Cain Royce Tinker.Mr. Wheeler was a veteran of the US Army and was of...
Taylor Alf Sims
Nov 6, 2009
Taylor Alf Sims, 92 of Johnson City, died Friday, November 6, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born May 10, 1917. He was a son of the late, Delia Mariah Morris Sims. and Pettibone Sims. Taylor was a World War II veteran. He was a retired painter from East Tennessee State University. He was a member of...
Barbara Blevins
Nov 5, 2009
Barbara Joan Pickering Blevins, 70, 606 Pardee Street, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Blevins was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Olive Stout Pickering. In addition to her parents one daughter, Ruby Blevins, also preceded her in death. She was a...
Fletcher Hancock Dyer
Nov 5, 2009
Fletcher Hancock Dyer, age 22, died in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, November 5, 2009 in Johnson City, TN. Fletcher was a Johnson City native who attended Science Hill High School and was a senior in the Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University. Fletcher is one of the brightest lights of our life. He did more...
Shirley Etta Tester
Nov 5, 2009
Shirley Etta Tester, 66, of Johnson City, died Thursday, November 5, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late John Thomas and Sophie Adams. Shirley was a retired seamstress; she had worked for the Levi Strauss Company. She was a member of the Keystone Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to...
Lela R. Lowe
Nov 2, 2009
Lela R. Lowe, 85, Johnson City, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at Hermitage Health Center, Elizabethton. Mrs. Lowe was a Johnson County native and had lived in Johnson City since the late 1940s. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roby K. Lowe, in 1972. She was retired from Baxter Inc. Mrs. Lowe was a member of Roan Hill...
Brian Charles Rinehart
Nov 2, 2009
Brian Charles Rinehart, 36, died Monday, November 2, 2009 at his residence in Johnson City. He was a native of North Ridge, California, son of the late Charles Francis and Vickie Lynn Johnson Rinehart. Brian was a chef. He loved comics, music and collecting records and comics. Survivors include: his sister, Teresa L. Rinehart of Gastonia, NC; a niece, LaShea...
Jack H. Wells
Nov 1, 2009
Mr. Jack H. Wells, age 95, 810 Forest Avenue, Johnson City TN, passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Wells was born on March 16, 1914 to the late Jesse J. and Agnes Morefield Wells of Knoxville, Tennessee. Two brothers, Walter Burl Wells, Robert Lee Wells and one sister, Mamie Ruth Wells, preceded him...
Jo Ann Fox Richardson
Oct 29, 2009
Mrs. Jo Ann Fox Richardson, 72, 1112 Ridgecrest Road, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, October 29, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Richardson was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Millard Ralph and Dorothy Elizabeth Powell France. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by her first husband, Bob V....
