OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Josephine Holder
Aug 18, 2008
Josephine Holder, age 64, of Telford, Tn went to be with the Lord Monday, August 18, 2008 after a long illness. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Josephine was much loved by her family and friends. She was preceded in death by her mother, Francis McKinney Carver and her father, John Carver; grandparents, Lorie and Jim McKinney;...
Connie Lee Jenkins
Aug 16, 2008
Connie L. Jenkins, 58, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 16, 2008 after a heroic battle with cancer. He was surrounded by family and friends. A Johnson City native, he had lived in Piney Flats since the mid-seventies. He was the only child of the late Leona Jenkins. Connie was a member of Piney Flats First Baptist...
Diana Kay Blowers
Aug 15, 2008
Diana Kay Baker Blowers, 32, of 603 Frog Level Road, Gray, died August 15, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of Louis Ray and Roseanna Baxley Baker. Diana was a homemaker. Survivors include, her husband, Lewis Blowers of the home; her parents Louis and Roseanna Baker; two sons, Tank and Jacob, both of Gray;...
Idell Milligan Frazier
Aug 12, 2008
Idell Milligan Frazier 99, passed in the early morning of August 12, 2008 at Lakebridge Healthcare Center. Mrs. Frazier was born September 18, 1908 in Nashville TN. It was here that she met and fell in love with her late husband Ben C. Frazier. They moved to Johnson City TN in 1940. She was an extremely talented seamstress and furrier....
Glenna Sue Smith
Aug 10, 2008
Glenna Sue Smith, 72, of 124 Butterfly Court, Limestone, TN died Sunday, August 10, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Smith was a native of Washington County, TN and was a daughter of the late Chester and Rosa Campbell West. She was a homemaker and a member of the Cherokee Baptist Church. Mrs. Smith is preceded in death...
Judy Lynne Davis
Aug 9, 2008
Judy Lynne Davis, 65, of 46 Kesterson Drive, Greeneville, TN died Saturday August 9, 2008 at her residence. Judy was a native of Washington County, lived most of her life there until moving to Greeneville in 1983. She was daughter of the late Thomas F. and Mildred Moody Davis. Survivors include: an aunt, Mildred Davis of Johnson City; several cousins...
Georgia Lee Miller
Aug 9, 2008
Georgia L. Miller, 60, 879 Dyer Street, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Miller was a Sullivan County native and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Brownlow and Callie Perry Sheets. Mrs. Miller was preceded in death by one son, Gregory Fairbanks Miller. She was a Baptist....
Ella Earleen Wilcox
Aug 9, 2008
Ella Earleen Wilcox, 74, 2215 Midway Street, Johnson City, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Wilcox was a native of Butler, Tn. who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Ottie and Lucille Burton Presnell. In addition to her parents her husband, Charles Wilcox in 2001; one son-in-law,...
George William Smith
Aug 7, 2008
George W. Smith, a proud member of our greatest generation and citizen of Johnson City, earned his heavenly reward on Thursday, August 7, 2008. He was 84. George is survived by his wife of 60 years. Dorothea; children Thomas G. Smith, Mary Alice Rheams, Michael Smith, G. Christopher Smith and Teresa Drone; grandchildren Alison Shields, Nora Smith, Josh Smith, Matthew...
Kathryn Mitchell Herd
Aug 7, 2008
Kathryn (Kay) Estelle Mitchell Herd passed away August 7, 2008, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. Kay was born to William and Kathryn Mitchell on September 3rd, 1933. She earned her degree from the University Of Rochester School Of Nursing. She was a native of Plattsburgh, New York and had lived in Johnson City since 1978. Upon...
Herbert William Haynes
Aug 6, 2008
Herbert W. Haynes, 88, also known as 'The Charles Chips Man'? passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born May 28, 1920 in Bristol, TN to the late John Henry and Ottie Mae Hanshew Haynes. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul and J. H. Haynes...
Gary Wayne Dr. James
Aug 6, 2008
Dr. Gary Wayne James passed away on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at his home in Gray, Tennessee following a lengthy illness. Gary graduated from ETSU and University of Tennessee Dental School in Memphis, Tennessee with honors in 1981. He was a member of Xi Psi Phi Fraternity. He practiced dentistry for the past 25 years in Johnson City and recently...
Erik Allen Fair
Aug 6, 2008
Erik Allen Fair, 48, of 1008 North Boone Street, Johnson City, died July 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center as the result of a motorcycle accident. He was a native of Lansing, Michigan, son of William Fair and the late Colleen Berger Fair. Erik was a Glazer in the glass business and was of the Christian faith. He...
Sammie F. Taub
Aug 4, 2008
Sammie F. Taub, 86 of 1604 E. Oakland Avenue, Johnson City passed away and went to rejoin her husband on Monday, August 4, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Taub was a native of Henderson County, KY, and had lived in Johnson City for the past twenty-two years. She was a daughter of the late Samuel Harrison and Essa Francis Claybrooke...
Dan E. Hammer
Aug 4, 2008
Dan E. Hammer, age 60, 807 Xanadu Court, Johnson City, died Monday, August 4, 2008, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Chattanooga, he was a son of the late Owen and Dorothy Webb Hammer. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, Samuel Hammer. An ordained minister in the United Methodist...
Robert Leslie Connor
Aug 1, 2008
Robert L. Connor, 70, of 1018 Grace Drive, Johnson City, died Friday, August 1, 2008 at his residence. He was a native of Boston, Massachusetts, son of the late George and Lela Paine Connor. Robert was a retired veteran of both the Korean and Viet Nam eras, having served in the U. S. Navy for twenty years also with ten...
Robert James
Jul 31, 2008
Robert 'Bob'?James, 75, of Johnson City, died Thursday, July 31, 2008 at the Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late Henry Jack and Grace Harvey James. Bob was a retired plumber, he had worked with his father and brother in James Plumbing and had founded the J. J. Plumbing Company. He had...
Ava Boone Reese
Jul 30, 2008
Ava Boone Reese, 92, 1903 E. Main Street, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Reese was a native of Waynesville, NC and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Monte and Estelle McMahan Boone and was a fifth generation descendent of Daniel Boone. Her husband,...
Betty Mae Smith
Jul 29, 2008
Betty Hubler Smith, 76, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, July 29, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Jacksboro,TN and grew up in Jackesboro, Lake City and the Clinton area. She was a daughter of the late, Dewey and Selia Ann McNeeley Hill. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Victor L....
Grace S. Patton
Jul 29, 2008
Grace S. Patton, 80 years of age, of Johnson City, formerly of Maryville, TN went to meet her Savior on Tuesday, July 29, 2008. She was born on May 17, 1928 in Abbeville, SC to the late T.C. and Bessie Skelton Simpson. Mrs. Patton completed high school in Calhoun Falls SC. She finished nurses training in the Nursing Army Corps...
