OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Garrick Daniel Swartz
Sep 20, 2023
Garrick Daniel Swartz, age 41, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 20, 2023 at his residence. Garrick was born on April 20, 1982, in Greeneville, Tennessee, the son of Gary and Eva Wallace Swartz.
Garrick was known for two things…being able to cook and a man who passionately loved the Tennessee Vols. His latter career was being...
Thomas E. Brock
Sep 18, 2023
Thomas “Tom” E. Brock, age 90, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 18, 2023, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital.
Tom was born May 20, 1933, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to the late John C. Brock and Isabel Hamilton Brock. He attended college at McMaster University in Ontario. He also served as a pilot in...
Bobbie Bivens Taylor
Sep 17, 2023
Bobbie Bivens Taylor, age 66, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, September 17, 2023, at the Johnson City Medical Center.
Bobbie was born October 8, 1956, to the late Robert Ovbey Bivens and Agnes Anne Harrison Bivens in Knoxville, Tennessee. She earned her master’s degree in education from ETSU. In addition to being a wife and mother, she worked...
Dorothy Jean Davis
Sep 16, 2023
Dorothy Jean Smith Davis, 80, of Bristol, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at Courtyard Senior Living of Johnson City.
She was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the daughter of the late George T. Smith and Louise Savage Smith Spradlin.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, James Woodrow Davis; daughter, Karen...
James Thomas Hall
Sep 14, 2023
James Thomas Joseph “Jamie” Hall (AKA Mötley Crüe), age 53, of Johnson City, Tennessee, went home to be with “Jesus and his Daddy.” He left unexpectedly on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
He has joined the many that went on before him, including: parents, Birt “Tommy” Hall and Debrah Ellis Hall; grandparents, George and Betty Jo Hall, Robert and Mildred Ellis; aunts,...
Charles Emory Hicks
Sep 9, 2023
Charles Emory Hicks, 61, of Johnson City, took his walk with the angels to Heaven on September 9, 2023.
He was born on February 19, 1962. He was a graduate of Davy Crockett High School, working and retiring form the Johnson City Press.
Preceding him to Heaven are his parents, William Hart Hicks and Elizabeth Chandler Hicks; older brother James Hicks, and...
Norma Burgess
Sep 8, 2023
Norma Jean Sheets Burgess, age 87, went home to her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 8, 2023. She passed away peacefully at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. She had been living at Abundant Christian Living Community.
Norma was a country girl, born in Butler, TN. She spent her life in this area and attended Science Hill High School...
Linda Marie Wheat
Sep 7, 2023
Linda Marie Wheat, 67, of Jonesborough, Tennessee, passed away at her residence on Thursday, September 7, 2023, surrounded by her loving family.
Linda was born into the home of William and Eva Garner Horn in California.
She was a fun, compassionate, and loving wife, mother, and friend. To know her was to love her, she will be dearly missed.
Linda is preceded in...
Ronald Bruce Ison, Jr.
Sep 7, 2023
Ronald “Ron” Bruce Ison, Jr., age 62, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away suddenly on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at his home.
Ron was born April 25, 1961, in Kingsport, Tennessee, to Ronald Bruce Ison, Sr. and Ginger Hamilton Ison. He was a 1979 Science Hill graduate who loved playing football. While attending ETSU, he worked with the athletic football department....
Shannon Melissa Wiseman
Sep 5, 2023
Shannon Wiseman, 56, went home to her heavenly Father on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. She passed peacefully at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville with her family by her side.
Born in the old Johnson City Memorial Hospital on November 21, 1966, she was the eldest of three children and only daughter of David and Ellyn Wiseman.
She graduated from Happy Valley...
Gracie Allen Saylor
Sep 4, 2023
Gracie Allen Saylor, age 83, of Pinckney, Michigan, passed away on Monday, September 4, 2023.
Gracie was born on July 13, 1940, in Carter County, Tennessee, to the late William and Cordia Pealer.
Gracie married the love of her life, Kenneth Saylor, on May 23, 1959. In 1967, she and Kenneth moved to Michigan, where they raised their four children. Gracie was...
Donald Brian Mccarthy
Sep 4, 2023
Donald Brian McCarthy, age 83, of Greeneville, Tennessee, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday, September 4, 2023.
Donald was born in Manhattan, New York, on February 19, 1940, to the late Michael James McCarthy and Lorraine Dooley McCarthy. He graduated from Bryant High School in Queens, New York in 1957. Donald served in the Army, and after his honorable...
Frances Welsh Sills
Sep 4, 2023
Frances “Billie” Welsh Sills, 86, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed from this life to the next, at Four Oaks Healthcare in Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Frances was born into the loving home of Francis B. Welsh and Edna O. Provo Welsh in Montana.
She was a retired flight nurse in the United States Air Force. From there, she went on to hold a variety...
Naomi "Trixie" Baird
Sep 2, 2023
Naomi Jean “Trixie” Baird completed her faithful journey and earned her angel wings on September 2, 2023 surrounded by her loved ones.
Trixie was born on May 16, 1934, in Dante, Virginia, to the late Rural Phillips and Susan Hayes Phillips. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and trusted best-friend to so many.
She was raised in Carter County and...
Stephanie Gail Whitehead
Aug 31, 2023
Stephanie Gail Whitehead, age 68, of Johnson City, joined her Heavenly Father on Thursday evening, August 31st, 2023, at her home following medical complications in the presence of family.
She was born to the late Monroe & Virginia Casteel on November 3rd, 1954. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and trusted friend to so many. Stephanie is survived by her...
Judy Ann Webb
Aug 31, 2023
Judy Ann Arnold Webb, 81, of Johnson City, went to her Heavenly Home on Thursday, August 31, 2023, surrounded by her loved ones.
She was born in Athens, Tennessee, a daughter of the late JD Arnold and Lilley Iva Arnold.
Judy was employed by Levi Strauss as a seamstress for over twenty years. At 60, she attended ETSU and graduated with an...
Kristopher Alan Campbell
Aug 27, 2023
Kristopher Alan Campbell, 26, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 27, 2023.
He was born in Carter County on April 28, 1997, a son of Tim and Samantha Campbell. Kristopher was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church in Johnson City. He worked as a carpenter, enjoying the opportunity to work alongside his father. Always an avid outdoorsman,...
Louise Torbett Misamore
Aug 26, 2023
Louise Torbett Misamore, affectionately known as “G”, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2023, at Willson Hospice House in Albany, GA. A native of Piney Flats, Tennessee, Louise was born on May 29, 1945, to Porter E. and Martha K. Torbett.
Louise graduated from Mary Hughes High School in 1963 and went on to attend East Tennessee State University in Johnson...
David Larry Burleson
Aug 26, 2023
“For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me...
Jimmy Wayne Byers
Aug 24, 2023
Jimmy Wayne Byers, 79, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed from this life to the next, at his residence, surrounded by his loving family on Thursday, August 24, 2023.
Jimmy was born into the loving home of Garfield and Nora Whitson Byers of Butler, Tennessee.
He was a great man, who loved his family. He was an avid golfer, hunter, and fisherman. Jimmy...
