Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Jul 13, 2007

Odie Smith, 86, formerly of 1208 Baxter Street, Johnson City died Friday, July 13, 2007 at the residence of her daughter Janice Sloan , 5722 County Highway 33, Rosa, Alabama. Mrs. Smith was born and raised in Nashville, TN until the age of sixteen. She was a daughter of the late Golston Crouch and Sara Mai Pruitt Hand. Mrs. Smith...

Jul 12, 2007

Noah Sherman Miller, 82, 811 Sumpter Road, Kingsport, died Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Asheville, NC. Mr. Miller was a native of Washington County who had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late Frank C. and Effie Larrimer Miller. Mr. Miller was preceded in death by three...

Jul 11, 2007

Jerry L. Nelson, 64, 396 Grassy Valley Road, Gray, died Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Nelson was a native of Washington County who had lived all his life in Washington County. He was the son of Lexie Sprinkle Nelson and the late G B Nelson. He was a member of the Jonesborough United Methodist Church. Survivors include:...

Jul 9, 2007

Mary A. Herceg, 90, Jonesborough, died July 9. 2007, at the Quillen Rehab Center. Mrs. Herceg was a Bell, PA. native, a former resident of Weirton, WVA and had lived in Jonesborough for several years. She was a daughter of the late Alexander and Anna Babincek Pavlik. Mrs. Herceg was preceded in death by two husbands, Nelo Herman Saxberg and...

Jul 7, 2007

Elsie Elaine Freeman Watson, 83, of the Pinecrest area, died July 7, 2007 at the Lifecare Center of Elizabethton. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother, friend and Sunday School teacher for 59 and a half years. Elsie was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late Hanford Roscoe and Myrtle Lee Wiseman Freeman. She was...

Jul 5, 2007

Jul 5, 2007

Leonard Evanosky, 40, 141 W. Market Street, Johnson City, died at his residence on July 5, 2007. He was a native of Washington D.C., son of the late Raymond Leonard Evanosky and Jane Rachel Lees. He was a student at East Tennessee State University and was of the Catholic faith. Leonard had served in the U. S. Air Force during...

Jul 4, 2007

Helen Van Huss Hensley, 85, 1501 Knob Creek Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, July 4, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Hensley was a native of Washington County who had lived all her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late B.F. Van Huss and Florence Vest Van Huss. In addition to her parents she...

Jul 4, 2007

Barbara Pierce, 50, 1004 King Richard Blvd., Johnson City, died Tuesday July 3, 2007 at home. Miss. Pierce was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City . She was the daughter of the late Dayton O. Pierce and Dorothy Wood Pierce. She was owner of Pierce Realty. She attended Vanderbilt University and graduated Cumlaude from East Tennessee State University...

Jul 1, 2007

Howard Hamilton, 81, former assistant general manager of the Johnson City Press, passed away Sunday, July 1, 2007 in Knoxville, TN. Mr. Hamilton was a Sullivan County native and lived most of his adult life in Jonesborough. He was a son of the late R. L. and Virgie Cox Hamilton. Three brothers, Frank, Niles and Bill preceded him in death....

Jul 1, 2007

Chuck Mason, Sr. ,76, of 1956 Kings Springs Road, Johnson City died Sunday, July 1, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Mason was a native of Zebulon, North Carolina and had lived in Johnson City for more then fifty years. He was a son of the late Lerlon 'Jack'? and Mattie Williford Mason. Mr. Mason started into business...

Jul 1, 2007

Herbert Henry Ferguson, 70, 810 Briarcliff Road, passed away suddenly, July 1, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Ferguson was a native of Washington County and a former resident of Aurora, Illinois. He was a son of the late Herbert and Nellie Crawford Ferguson and was also preceded in death by one sister, Mabel Miller and one brother-in-law, Lee Miller. Mr....

Jun 29, 2007

Virginia Walker Wiley, 98, of 1110 North Roan Street, Johnson City died Friday, June 29, 2007 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Wiley was a native of Chattanooga, TN and had lived in Johnson City since she was nine years of age. She was a daughter of the late Charles W. and Rachel Ellen Fowler Walker. Mrs. Walker retired...

Jun 28, 2007

William Lee Debter, 83, of 132 Rockhouse Road, Jonesborough, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Cullman County, Alabama, son of the late Neil Gilbert and Lottie Arnold Debter. William was retired from the Power Board of Chicago, Illinois. He was a veteran of WWII having served in the U.S. Army...

Jun 28, 2007

Thelma Bailey Johnson, 84, 4114 Navaho Drive, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Lola H. Bailey and Waitsie Human Bailey Coulter. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by: her husband, Charles Allen Johnson in 1998; one daughter,...

Jun 27, 2007

Willis K. Johnson, 77, 379 Bill West Road, Limestone, died Wednesday, June 26, 2007 at Indian Path Hospital. Mr. Johnson was a St. Charles, VA native and had lived in Washington County, TN for the past several years. He was a son of the late Cecil and Maxie Kegley Johnson and was also preceded in death by his wife, Joyce...

Jun 26, 2007

George M. Haws, Jr., 76, 108 Joe Hale Drive, Gray passed away Tuesday, June 26, 2007 at his home after a long illness. Mr. Haws was a native of Washington County who had lived all his life in Johnson City. He was the son of the late George M. Haws, Sr. and Mary Hammett Haws. He was a U.S. Army...

Jun 24, 2007

Glen A. Brock, age 82 died Sunday June 24, 2007 at NHC in Johnson City. Mr. Brock was a veteran in the U. S. Army serving as a medic in World War II. He had a long business career with Park-Davis Pharmaceuticals and Federated Department Stores in Atlanta, GA. He moved to Johnson City to be close to family in...

Jun 23, 2007

Lelia Virginia Jones Anderson, 81, of 308 Hicks Road, Piney Flats, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at her residence surrounded by family and friends. She was a native of Marion, Virginia, daughter of the late Charles Garland and Lottie Snavley Jones. Virginia was a retired cashier for the American General Life Insurance Company and a member of the Piney Flats...

Jun 23, 2007

Harvey John Adkins, 59, of 910 Woodland Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, June 23, 2007 at his residence after succumbing to mantle cell lymphoma. He was a native of Oklahoma, son of the late George and Mary Francis McKelvey Adkins. Harvey joined the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps during his undergraduate years at the University of Oklahoma, a product of...