OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Herman F. Bradtmueller
Feb 14, 2008
Herman F. Bradtmueller, 86, Johnson City, died Thursday, February 14, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Bradtmueller was an Allen County, Indiana native and had lived in Johnson City since 1986. He was a son of the late William C. and Caroline Berning Bradtmueller and was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters. Mr. Bradtmueller was retired from the federal...
Holly Anderson
Feb 13, 2008
Holly McAfee Anderson, 49, of 4019 Timberlake Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Julian G. and Elsie Syathers McAfee. Holly was a homemaker and was of the Christian faith. She loved her family and animals, she lived off the road and there were many...
Margaret Eleanor Ashworth
Feb 12, 2008
Margaret E. Ashworth, of 115 Peachtree Street, Johnson City, died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Washington County, daughter of the late Bun and Hattie Murphy Price. Margaret was a retired employee of American Bemberg Corporation. She was a member of the Clark Street Baptist Church. In addition to her parents...
Gilmore O. Sahlin
Feb 12, 2008
Gilmore O. Sahlin, 85, formerly of Keefauver Road, Gray, TN died Tuesday, February 12, 2008 in the NHC Health Care in Johnson City. Mr. Sahlin was a native of New York and had lived most of his life in Washington County, TN. He was a retired Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer with the Holston Defense Plant in Kingsport. Mr. Sahlin was...
Fred Lane Hodges
Feb 11, 2008
Fred Hodges, 83, of 167 Price Road, Johnson City, passed away, Monday, February 11, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Avery County, NC, and a son of the late Charles and Rose Droughn Hodges. Mr. Hodges was also preceded in death by his wife, Roberta, on January 19, 2008 Mr. Hodges was a W.W....
Etta Ray
Feb 11, 2008
Etta Ray, 48, of 245 Scioto Road, Unicoi died Monday, February 11, 2008 in the Center on Aging and Health in Erwin. Mrs. Ray was a native of Johnson City who had just recently moved to Unicoi. She was a daughter of the late Eugene and Thelma Margaret Brown Tittle. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in...
Charles Kelly Hamilton, Jr.
Feb 10, 2008
Charles Kelly Hamilton, Jr., 37, 444 Harmony Circle, Gray, died Sunday, February 10, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Hamilton was a Durham, NC native and had lived in Washington County, TN for the past few years. He was a son of Charles Kelly Hamilton, Sr, Gray and the late Janie Leslie Robbins Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton was an employee of Wal-Mart...
Pollack Ann Williams
Feb 8, 2008
Pollack 'Polly'? Ann Williams, age 33, of 1421 Cloverdale Dr., Hixson, Tennessee died Friday, February 8, 2008 at her residence. Polly was born in Memphis, Tennessee and had lived most of her life in Johnson City, Tennessee. She was the daughter of Susan Lancaster Rule and George Alex Williams, II. Her stepfather was Jim Rule. Polly was a graduate of...
Ruby Jewel Shipley
Feb 3, 2008
Ruby Jewel Shipley, 52, of 310 Ridge Drive, Piney Flats, passed away February 3, 2008 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Pontiac, Michigan, daughter of the late Charles Franklin and Ruby Faxter Shaffer Osborne. Survivors include; her husband, Ron Shipley, one daughter, Sheina Shipley, Johnson City; two sons, Mikey Shipley and Ronnie Dean Shipley both...
Elizabeth L. Betty Berry
Jan 30, 2008
Elizabeth J. 'Betty ' Berry, 71, of 1437 Piedmont Road, Johnson City went home to the Lord on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a lingering illness. Mrs. Berry was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late Scott J. and Pearl Winters Lawson. She is also preceded in...
Carl Bradley Couch
Jan 30, 2008
C. Bradley Couch, 71 of 1308 W. Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. He was a native of Jonesborough and a son of the late I. Bert and Jennie Pippin Couch. He was also preceded in death by a son, Anthony B Couch. Survivors include his wife, Judy Couch; one son,...
Edward Smithpeters
Jan 29, 2008
Edward Smithpeters, Sr., 91, of 503 Pardee Street, Johnson City, died Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Newport, son of the late Sam and Lonnie Greene Smithpeters. Edward was a self employed demolition contractor. He was a member of the Piney Grove Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was...
Kenneth Paul Reed
Jan 29, 2008
Kenneth Paul Reed, 21, of Gray, Tennessee, passed away January 29, 2008 from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Knob Creek Road. Kenny had so much energy and lived life to the fullest. He loved his friends and family. He enjoyed helping others. When he was 11 years old, he started doing volunteer work for the Wexford House, the...
Lilly Belle Ramsey
Jan 28, 2008
Lilley Belle Ramsey, 79, of 118 Colorado Street, Johnson City, died Monday, January 28, 2008, at her residence.She was a native and lifelong Washington County resident and a daughter of the late, William and Mary Jane Shephard Cole. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.Survivors include ; her husband, James Ramsey,...
Earl Cordell
Jan 27, 2008
Earl Cordell, 85, died Sunday, January 27, 2008, at the V.A. Medical Center after a brief illness. A Carter County native who had lived in Johnson City most of his life, Mr. Cordell was a son of the late Will and Nellie Cordell. He was of the Baptist faith. He worked for many years in his early life as a...
Lorraine B. Payne
Jan 27, 2008
Lorraine B. Payne, 86, 107 West 12th Avenue, Johnson City, died Sunday, January 27, 2008 at the NHC HealthCare. Mrs. Payne was a native of Peru, Indiana who had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. H.L. Bish. In addition to her parents her husband Bill Payne also preceded...
Dana F. Ray
Jan 26, 2008
On January 26, 2008 Our Heavenly Father needed another musician for his Heavenly Band, so he called upon Dana Fitzgerald Ray, age 36,of Johnson City, Tennessee to play with the angels. Dana had never met a stranger and you would become a friend as quickly as you spoke to him. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. He...
James Edward Stansberry
Jan 25, 2008
James Edward Stansberry, 76, 2405 Watauga Road, died Friday, January 25, 2008 at Lakebridge Healthcare. Mr. Stansberry was a native of Neva, TN and had lived in Washington County for the past several years. He was a son of the late Harrison and Jessie Stout Stansberry. Mr. Stanberry was a retired security guard. He was a US Army and US...
John G. Love
Jan 25, 2008
Johnson City, TN- John G. Love II, 49, of Johnson City, TN, passed away suddenly of natural causes on Friday, January 25, 2008. He was born in Johnson City, TN on June 1, 1958, the son of John G. and Etta Morgan Love, Robins Roost, Johnson City. He will be remembered as a loving son, father, brother, family member and...
Richard L. Garland
Jan 24, 2008
Richard L. Garland 'the Carburator Man'? ,a lifelong resident of Johnson City, was born on June 29,1926 and died on January 22, 2008 in Johnson City. Survivors include: his wife of sixty-two plus years, Helen Price Garland of the Home; three sons, Johnny Dean and wife Laurie of Johnson City, Roger Dale and wife Teresa of Jonesborough, Terry Ray and...
