OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Rita Lou Freeman
Dec 30, 2007
Rita Lou Bartley Freeman, died Sunday, December 30, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Freeman was born on March 25, 1923, in Erwin, TN. In 1945 she married Albert Freeman. Both worked for the railroad in Erwin and moved with CSX to Jacksonville, FL. After the deaths of her husband and mother in 2005, she moved to Johnson City with her...
Lucas Zaccariah Metcalf
Dec 30, 2007
Lucas Z. Metcalf, 25, of 2109 Bartlett Street, Johnson City died at the residence on Sunday, December 30, 2007. Lucas was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a son of Johnny M. Metcalf of Flag Pond, TN and Pam Booher Tittle of Piney Flats, TN. He was a 2000 graduate of Science Hill High School and was...
Dorothy Marie Feathers
Dec 26, 2007
Dorothy Feathers, 75, of 158 Flourville Road, Gray, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was a native of Erwin but had lived in Johnson City for many years. Mrs. Feathers was a daughter of the late Alfred Earsley and Ruby Henley Harris. She was also preceded in...
Minnie May Campbell
Dec 26, 2007
Minnie May Campbell. 85, Johnson City, TN, died Monday, December 24, 2007 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Campbell was an Akron, Ohio native a resident of Mt. Vernon, Indiana for many years before moving to Johnson City in 1997. She was a daughter of the late Leo Balmer and Mary Balmer Stephenson and was also preceded in death by her...
Edward C. Clawson
Dec 26, 2007
Edward C. Clawson, 81, of Johnson City, departed to his eternal rest,Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Edward C. Clawson, Sr. and Annie Bayless Clawson. Edward was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Noreen C. Minter in 1956 and a son, Ronnie B....
Laura Lavinder Lawrence
Dec 26, 2007
Laura Lavinder Lawrence, 98, of 1301 Welbourne Street, Johnson City died Wednesday, December 26, 2007 in the North Side Hospital. Mrs. Lawrence was a native of Bristol, Virginia who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Henry and Kate Hayes Lavinder. In addition to her parents she is also preceded in...
Dena Karen Smith
Dec 26, 2007
Dena Karen Smith, 52, 405 Telford Road, Telford, went to be with the Lord on December 26, 2007 surrounded by her loved ones. Mrs. Smith was a native of Washington County who had lived most of her life in Jonesborough. She was the daughter of the late John K. and June Hensley Hicks. In addition to her parents she was...
Pearl Lea Hammons
Dec 20, 2007
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. II Timothy 4:7. Pearl Lea Hammons, 89, 120 Hammons Road, Watauga, died Thursday December 20, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Hammons was a native of Johnson County who had lived in Watagua most of her life. She was the daughter of the late Lillard...
Willie Ruth Williams
Dec 19, 2007
Willie 'Billie'? Ruth Baxter Williams, age 85, of 223 Sinking Creek Road, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Wednesday, December 19th at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Chestnut Hill, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Sarah Jane Hicks Baxter and the late William Alexander Baxter. Mrs. Williams was a member of East Unaka Christian Church. She was a...
Pansy Oliver Torbett
Dec 18, 2007
Pansy Oliver Torbett, Piney Flats, passed away at approximately 6:00 PM, on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at the NHC HealthCare. She was 104 years old. She was not expected to live more than an hour on May 23, 1903. Not only did she live, but also she experienced most of the many changes in technology during the 20th Century. She...
Barry O'Brien
Dec 13, 2007
Barry Michael OBrien, 53, 181 Newt Wheelock Road, Jonesborough, died Thursday, December 13, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. OBrien was a native of Long Island, NY who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He is the husband of Debbie OBrien. He is the son of Robert and Rosemary McGurn OBrien. Two brothers, Chip and...
Elizabeth Gray Mays
Dec 12, 2007
Elizabeth Gray Mays,90, of 3600 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, VA died Wednesday, December 12,2007 in the Elizabeth Adam Crump Manor in Glen Allen. Mrs. Mays was a native of Gray, Tennessee and a daughter of the late James P. and Nancy Hall Gray. She was preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Fred C. Mays and daughter...
Patsy Marie Sanders
Dec 12, 2007
Patsy Marie Fitzgerald Sanders, 69 of Gray, passed away peacefully at her residence on December 12, 2007 after a courageous battle with Parkinsons Disease. She was born to Clyde and Lizzy Ford Fitzgerald. She was a lifetime member of Hales Chapel Christian Church. She was a retired mail carrier and County Commissioner. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Toy Luther Nelson
Dec 10, 2007
Toy Luther Nelson, 66, of 517 Griffith Way, Erwin died Monday, December 10, 2007 in the Erwin Health Care Center. Mr. Nelson was a native of Washington County and had lived most of his life there. He was a son of the late Robert and Bertha Perry Nelson. He was retired employee of the Johnson City Park and Recreation Department...
Helen Marie Argenbright
Dec 9, 2007
Helen Argenbright, 72, of 4110 Navajo Drive, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief bout with cancer. She was a native of Johnson County, daughter of Danford Grace Bowman and the late Dana Bowman. Helen had resided in Quincy, Illinois and Jacksonville, Florida. She returned to Johnson City following her...
James Harold Warren, Sr.
Dec 9, 2007
James 'Harold'? Warren, Sr., Ph.D., age 69, died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 at Appalachian Christian Village Health Care Center after a lengthy illness.Dr. Warren was born in Columbia, LA on March 29, 1938 and had lived in Johnson City since 1969. He was a son of the late Amos M. Warren and Katherine Barnett Warren of West Monroe, LA.He was...
Mary Victoria Wright
Dec 9, 2007
Mary Victoria Wright, 81, 1408 Knob Creek Road, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Johnson City medical center. Mrs. Wright was a native of Marion, VA and had lived most of her life in Johnson City.She was a daughter of the late J.C. and Linda Lou Bonham Testerman. Her husband, Herman Dean Wright,...
Joe Frank Denton
Dec 7, 2007
Joe F. Denton, 71, 2109 East Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died Friday December 7, 2007 in the Quillen VAMC Nursing Home at Mountain Home. Mr. Denton was a native of Carter County who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Joe S. and Dora Tolley Denton. In addition to his parents...
Hattie G. Webb
Dec 6, 2007
Hattie G. Webb, age 81, 146 Park Drive, Johnson City, died Thursday, December 6, 2007, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina and the daughter of the late John Garrett and Cartie Ebbs Gardner. In addition to being a homemaker, Mrs. Webb co-owned Webbs Gemstones with her late husband, Clyde D. Webb. She was...
