OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Edith Walker Trivett
Feb 20, 2009
Edith Walker Trivett, 78, Johnson City, died Friday, February 20, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Trivett was a native of McClure, VA but had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Edgar Stephen and Pearl Mae Hurt Oakes. Her first husband, Robert C. 'Red'? Walker in 1989 and two brothers, Raymond Oaks...
Howard H. Holmes
Feb 19, 2009
Mr. Howard Hicks 'Red Eye'? Holmes, 84, 1602 Boones Creek Road, Johnson City died peacefully at his home with his family. Mr. Holmes was a native of Jonesborough. He was born May 21, 1924.He was one of eight children of the late Albert Jackson and Ethel A. Hicks Holmes. He was also preceded in death by three brothers, Ed, Gordon...
Charles W. Samples
Feb 19, 2009
Charles William Samples, 70, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Samples was a native of Cocke County. He worked and lived in several states, and returned to Carter County, where he has resided since 1990. He was a son of Edith R. 'Becky'? Samples, Johnson City, and the late Hollie Samples. Mr. Samples graduated...
Walter J. Myers
Feb 18, 2009
Walter J. Myers, 85, Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord, his wife and a host of family and friends, Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Myers was a native of Carter County but had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Henry D. and Cora Shoun...
Anna Mae Gilley
Feb 18, 2009
Mrs. Anna Mae Gilley, 76, 425 West Maple Street, Johnson City died Wednesday February 18, 2009 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Gilley was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John and Ethel Buda. Mrs. Gilley worked in the office of the Washington County 911. She attended the First Presbyterian Church in...
Laura Lee Barham
Feb 16, 2009
Laura Lee Barham, 94, died Monday, February 16, 2009 at Christian Care Center of Johnson City. Mrs. Barham was a native of Amherst County, VA and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Roy and Irene Branham Johns and was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Franklin Barham; one brother,...
Danny A. Day
Feb 16, 2009
Danny A. Day, 56, of Anderson, South Carolina went to Heaven to be with his Father and Mother on Monday ,February 16, 2009. Danny was a native of Johnson City and had lived in Anderson for twenty-three years. He was a son of the late Norvan C. Day, Sr. and Artie Mae McEylea Day. He was a former TV cable...
Clyde H. Robinson
Feb 16, 2009
Mr. Clyde H. Robinson, 79, 1905 Waters Edge Drive, Johnson City, died Monday February 16, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Robinson was a native of Mars Hill, North Carolina who had lived in Johnson City since 1999. He was the son of the late Ernest B. and Georgia McLaughlin Robinson. In addition to his parents he was also preceded in...
Floyd Aaron Sartain
Feb 14, 2009
Floyd A. Sartain, 76, of 1177 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord after a long battle with leukemia and lung cancer. Saturday, February 14, 2009 at the Appalachian Christian Village. He was a native of White Pine, son of the late Andrew and Martha Alice Sinnard Sartain. Floyd was a general manager and salesman at...
Barbara Boyd Lancaster
Feb 12, 2009
Barbara B. Lancaster, age 84, of 112 Barberry Road, Johnson City, Tennessee died Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Gertrude Llewellyn Boyd and the late Augustus Pollack Boyd. She graduated from Girls Preparatory School in Chattanooga in 1943 and from Gulf Park College in Gulfport,...
Phillip A. Stokes
Feb 12, 2009
Philip A. Stokes, 85, of Atlanta, GA died Feb. 12, 2009. A native of Darlington SC, he was the son of the late Thomas and Mattie Stokes. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Kathryn Garland Stokes, son Philip Stokes, Jr., brother Orville Stokes, brother in laws David G. Garland and...
Nancy Rebecca White
Feb 11, 2009
Mrs. Nancy Rebecca White, 82, 207 Meridale Drive, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. White was a native of Erwin who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Walter D. and Sally Taylor Foster. In addition to her parents she was also preceded in death by...
Soule Ora Bowyer
Feb 10, 2009
Soule O. Bowyer, 95, of Colonial Hills Retirement Center, Johnson City passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Bowyer was a native of Valdosta, Georgia and had lived in Johnson City for the past seven years. She was a daughter of the late Ross G. and Nellie Bly Gleaton Grier. She was...
Wilburn Heishell Goodman
Feb 10, 2009
Wilburn Heishell Goodman, 65, of 1608 E. Fairview Avenue, Johnson City, died Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Flint, Michigan, son of the late Howard and Stella Price Goodman. Wilburn was a former employee of Empire Furniture. He attended the First Free Will Baptist Church of Keystone. Survivors include: his wife,...
Robert L Hodges, Jr.
Feb 9, 2009
Robert L. Hodges, Jr., 85, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 9, 2009 . A native of Johnson City, Mr. Hodges was born on Sept. 28, 1923, as the son of the late Robert L. and Pinkie Lay Hodges. He graduated from Science Hill High School and attended East Tennessee State College. A veteran of...
Ernest Heaton
Feb 9, 2009
Ernest Heaton, 77, of 313 Chambers Drive, Elizabethton, died Monday, February 9, 2009 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a native of Harlan, Kentucky, son of the late Dud and Tilda Johnson Heaton. Ernest was a retired mechanic for the Herb and Metal Company in Elizabethton. He was a member of the Zion Baptist Church....
Ben F. Huckaba
Feb 8, 2009
Ben F. Huckaba, 80, Johnson City, died Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Huckaba was a native of Russellville, AL and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Ernest Frank and Lillie Staggs Huckaba. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a...
Ralph Clifford Reagan
Feb 6, 2009
Mr. Ralph C. Reagan, 86, of 1404 West Lakeview Drive, Johnson City died peacefully in his sleep Friday, February 6, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Reagan was a native of Seymour, TN and lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late Lawrence Clifford and Neva Murrell Householder Reagan. Mr. Reagan left the family...
Grace Ruth Brinkley
Feb 5, 2009
Grace Ruth Brinkley, 94, of 305 Shadowood Drive, Johnson City died Thursday, February 5, 2009 at her residence. Mrs. Brinkley was a native of Buladean, NC and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Gibbs and Martha Mosley Honeycutt. Mrs. Brinkley was owner with her husband, Walter J. 'W.J.'? Brinkley as...
Michael Fredrick Tucker
Feb 4, 2009
Michael Fredrick Tucker, 58, of 500 E. 10th Avenue, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Matthew Tucker and Mrs. Jean Smith Tucker. Michael was a former member of the University of Tennessee Swim Team, the Wytheville Jaycees and the Wytheville Golf Club. He was an...
