Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Oct 15, 2007

William Russell Berry, 39, 1220 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City, died Monday, October 15, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Berry was the son of Bill Berry and Barbara Berry. His paternal grandparents, Fred and Grace Berry and his maternal grandparents, Robert and Nannie Taylor, preceded him in death. Mr. Berry was an attorney. He graduated from the University of Memphis...

Oct 15, 2007

Oct 14, 2007

Frances Shoun Snyder, 86, formerly of 611 Holly Hill Road, Johnson City, died Sunday, October 14, 2007 at the NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City. She was a native of Doeville, Tennessee and daughter of the late Asa West Shoun and Pearl Laws Shoun. Frances was an educator, having started work with the Holston Ordinance and then attending Peabody College...

Oct 12, 2007

Michael Keller Brannock, 60, of Asheville, NC, formerly of Johnson City, died at the Mission Hospital in Asheville, on Friday October 12, 2007. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived in Asheville the last several years. Mr. Brannock was a son of the late Douglas Keller Brannock and Helen Murray Brannock. He was a charter member of...

Oct 11, 2007

Vivian Day Kelly, 84, #4 Lara Court, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Thursday October 11, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Nannie Byrd Day and the late John Harvey Day. She was a native of Johnson City and lived for 35 years in California before moving back to Johnson City. Prior to her...

Oct 9, 2007

George G. Hammonds, age 57, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007, at home. Mr. Hammonds was a Kingsport native and the son of George Raymond Hammonds, of Nevada, and Dorothy Banner Boyd, of Erwin, TN. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran, having served as a jet aircraft mechanic during the Vietnam era. Mr. Hammonds had a deep passion for...

Oct 9, 2007

2nd Timothy 4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Tom Tipton, 73, of 3005 McKinley Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Unicoi County who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was the son...

Oct 9, 2007

Dorothy 'Dottie'? Grant Price, age 83, of 220 Gilmer Park passed away Tuesday, October 09, 2007. Dottie was born in LaGrange, North Carolina. She met her future husband Joe Price while working at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base during WWII. Following the war, they moved to Johnson City where she has resided ever since. . Mrs. Price was the daughter...

Oct 9, 2007

Melvin R. Hicks, 76, of 296 Austin Springs Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday, October 9, 2007 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was a native of Washington County and son of the late Hubert and Bea Ledford Hicks. Melvin was in the U. S. Army during peacetime serving as a Staff Sergeant stationed in Germany. He was a retired supervisor...

Oct 8, 2007

Virginia Roberts Saylor, age 98, formerly of 489 Woodlyn Avenue, Johnson City, died Monday, October 08, 2007, at Appalachian Christian Village. On October 26th, Mrs. Saylor would have been 99 years old. Mrs. Saylor was a native of Alvarado, Virginia, and had lived in Johnson City since her childhood. She was the daughter of the late Thomas F. Roberts and...

Oct 8, 2007

Clara Renfro Fillers, 81, 309 Roosevelt Street, died Monday October 8, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Fillers was a Mitchell County, NC native and had lived in Johnson City since 1943. She was a daughter of the late James H. and Daisy Hopson Renfro. Her husband, Allen Lee Fillers, preceded Mrs. Fillers in death. She was an active member of...

Oct 7, 2007

Ray Wiseman, 75, of 996 Dry Creek Road, Elizabethton, died Sunday, October 7, 2007 at his residence.Mr. Wiseman was a native of Telford, TN. He was a son of the late, Charles and Grace Davis Wiseman. He was also preceded in death by three brothers and one sister.He was a retired employee if Allied Metal.Mr. Wiseman is survived by; two...

Oct 7, 2007

Judge Shirley B. Underwood, 86, of 401 East Watauga Avenue, Johnson City died Sunday, October 07, 2007 in the North Side Hospital. Judge Underwood was a native of Bristol, TN and had lived in Johnson City since 1956. She was a daughter of the late John Dixon and Bessie Gertrude Kegley Bumgardner. Judge Underwood was also preceded in death by:...

Oct 5, 2007

Lena Maggio Mullins, 85, passed away Friday, October 5, 2007, at the Johnson City Medical Center, following a lengthy illness. Mrs. Mullins was a native of Greenville, Mississippi, and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Frank John Maggio and Rose Piraro Maggio originally from Cefalu, Sicily. Mrs. Mullins was preceded...

Oct 3, 2007

Parlee Richardson, 94, 119 Barnes Lane, Johnson City, died Wednesday, October 3, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Richardson was a native of Greene County who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late John W. and Anna Mae Ruble Richardson. She worked for Burlington Mills for 38 years. Survivors...

Oct 3, 2007

Margie Pierce Lovelace, 84, 1102 King Springs Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, October 4, 2007 at the Asbury Place. Mrs. Lovelace was a native of Cater County who had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Richard Pierce and Elva A. Stout. She was a member of Sinking Creek Baptist Church. Survivors...

Oct 2, 2007

Claude Grover Elliot, 68, Johnson City, died Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at NHC Healthcare. Mr. Elliot was a native of Erwin and had lived most of his life in this area. He was a son of the late Grover and Hazel Huskins Elliott and was preceded in death by two sisters, Ruth Saffold and Lorraine Fanning. Mr. Elliot was a...

Oct 1, 2007

Norman 'Dock' Marion, 85, Jonesborough, died Sunday, September 30, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Marion was a native of Johnson City and had lived the past few years in Washington County. He was a son of the late William Oscar and Leola Dobbins Marion. Mr. Marion was preceded in death by his wife, Pina Bunton Marion in 1997, one grandson,...

Sep 29, 2007

Edward Shoun Whitehead, 90 , of 2121 David Miller Road, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2007 at his residence. He was a native of Carter County but had lived in Johnson City the past 75 years. He was a son of the late Albert J. and Sarah Barnett Whitehead. He was also preceded in death by one brother,...

Sep 28, 2007

Betty June Duncan, 73, of Johnson City, passed away, Friday, September 28, 2007 at her residence in Johnson City. She was a native of Yancey County, NC and a daughter of the late, Bruce Lee Fender and Jane Pate Fender. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Jean Duncan, three brothers, Buster Fender, Rev. Bruce Fender and Wade...