OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ernestine Wishon Gross
Jan 13, 2007
Ernestine Wishon Gross, 76, 4075 Timberlake Road, Johnson City died Saturday, January 13, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Gross was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Hunter and Bertha Mae Miller Wishon. She was a homemaker and a member of the Johnson City Church of God. Survivors include: her husband, Floyd E....
Donna L. Martin
Jan 13, 2007
Heaven is sweeter with Mom there. Donna L. Martin, 68, 107 A.J. Willis Court, Jonesborough went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 13, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Martin was a native of Seco, Kentucky and had lived lifelong in Kentucky. She was a daughter of the late James and Mabel Messer Longworth. Ms. Martin...
Mary Nelle Kyte-Rankin
Jan 13, 2007
Mary Nell Kyte-Rankin, 78, 5031 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City died Saturday, January 13, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Kyte-Rankin was a native of Sullivan County, moved to Carter County in 1995 and came to Johnson City in 2001. She was a daughter of the late Carl and Lillian Carrier Riley. Mrs. Kyte-Rankin was a retired employee...
Albert Randolph Hancock
Jan 12, 2007
Albert Randolph 'Randy' Hancock, 89, of Johnson City died Friday, January 12, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Hancock was a native of Baltimore, Maryland and had lived in Johnson City since 1994. He was a son of the late Albert Randolph Hancock, Sr. and Nellie Mitchell Hancock. Mr. Hancock was a retired owner-operator of the Wolverine Trucking...
Clarence William Cannon
Jan 11, 2007
Clarence William Cannon, 75, 724 Princeton Road, died Thursday, January 11, 2007, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Cannon was a native of Avery County, NC, a former resident of Elizabethton and had lived in Johnson City for the past 26 years. He was a son of the late William Joseph and Annie B. Norman Cannon. In addition to...
Helen Apperson Rouse
Jan 10, 2007
Helen Apperson Rouse, 95 passed away January 10, 2007 at her home of 17 years Colonial Hills Retirement Center. 'Little Helen' as she was Known as a child, was the youngest of four daughters born to William C Apperson and Nancy Elizabeth Franklin 'Bessie' Apperson. Helen was born July 10, 1911 and grew up in the St. Elmo section of...
Sarah Elizabeth Gage
Jan 9, 2007
Sarah Elizabeth Barnes Gage, 88, of 3207 Bristol Highway, Johnson City and formerly of 948 Old Gray Station Road, Gray died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in the NHC Healthcare Center in Johnson City. Mrs. Gage was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late William Argil and Minnie Pearl Hale Barnes. She was a...
Jimmy Harold Lilly
Jan 9, 2007
Jimmy H. Lilly of 2 Red Fern Circle, Johnson City, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, January 9, 2007 in Wellington Place of Johnson City following a lengthy illness. He was a son of the late Albert and Dona Barnett Lilly. Jim was a founding member of Mountain View Baptist Church where he served in several capacities, including Deacon,...
Helen Louise Bacon
Jan 9, 2007
Helen Louise Bacon, 76, Elizabethton, died Tuesday, January 9, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Bacon was a Johnson City native and had lived in Elizabethton for the past 25 years. She was a daughter of the late Marion and Victoria Markland Willis and was also preceded in death by two brothers and one sister. Mrs. Bacon was a former employee...
Violet Fink
Jan 7, 2007
Violet Mitchell Fink, 87, 1806 Lamons Lane, Johnson City died Sunday, January 7, 2007 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. Mrs. Fink was a native of Washington County, TN, lived in Richmond, VA from 1963 to 1987 and returned to Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late James Thomas and Claudia Elvira Pritchard Mitchell. Mrs. Fink was...
Clarice Cleeta Painter
Jan 6, 2007
Clarice Cleeta Painter, 87 formerly of 2103 E. Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at the Lakebridge Health Care Center. She was a native of Unicoi County and lifelong resident of East Tennessee, daughter of the late Jeter and Cora Bennett Howell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband Hodge F....
Gurney Leroy Morgan
Jan 6, 2007
Gurney Leroy 'Roy' Morgan, 71, of 1403 Orleans St., Johnson City died Saturday, January 6, 2007 at Life Care of Gray. He was a native and lifelong Johnson City resident. Mr. Morgan was a son of the late Gurney L. Morgan, Sr. and Lurlie Elizabeth Campbell. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Floyd Morgan in 2000....
Helene Elizabeth Romaine
Jan 6, 2007
Helene Elizabeth Romaine, 82, died at her residence in Greer, S.C., Saturday, January 6, 2007, following a brief illness. She was a native of Washington County, Tennessee, and lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Joseph D. Romaine, her parents, Betty and Meredith Russell, and her brother, Robert...
Floyd Raymond Atkins
Jan 5, 2007
Floyd Raymond Atkins of Johnson City, died January 5, 2007 in Johnson City following a long illness. Born August 8, 1935 here in Johnson City, TN. He grew up and lived most of his life as a native of Johnson City. He also lived in various places. He served in the U. S. Army for 22 years. He was in...
Angelyn Osborne Lipford
Jan 4, 2007
Angelyn Osborne Lipford, 56, of 709 Franklin Street, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at her residence. She was a native of Carter County but had lived most of her life in Washington County. Angelyn was a daughter of the late Edward Calvin Osborne and Mabel Rhea Clark Osborne. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death...
Arthur Harrell Reedy
Jan 4, 2007
Arthur Harrell Reedy, 55, of 810 Lincoln Avenue, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. Mr. Reedy was in both the U. S. Army and the U. S. Marines. He was a son of the late Charles Ralph and Mildred Harrell Reedy. In addition to his parents,...
Geieve Jean Lett
Jan 4, 2007
Genieve 'Jean' Lett, 85, 810 Briarcliff Road, Johnson City, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Ms. Lett was a native of Helvey, Nebraska and had lived most her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late William Howard Hayes and Adah Salina Hayes. Ms. Lett was also preceded in death by one...
Queenie Mitchell Chandler
Jan 4, 2007
Queenie Mitchell Chandler, 83, formerly of Sunrise Dr., Elizabethton died Thursday, January 4, 2007 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, a daughter of the late, John Ira and Maude Irene (Briggs) Mitchell. Mrs. Chandler formerly attended the Tacoma Church of God. She retired from North American Rayon Corporation after 42 years...
Maria Fraga
Jan 4, 2007
Maria 'Susie' Brown Tittle Fraga, age 52, of 1749 Todd Drive, Johnson City, Tennessee died Thursday, January 4th, 2007 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, the daughter of the late Margaret Brown Tittle and the late Eugene 'Gene' J. Tittle. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Ms. Fraga was a licensed practical nurse for...
William R. Deyton
Jan 3, 2007
William R. 'Rit Deyton, 64 of 3706 Timberlake Drive, Apt. 100, Johnson City, died Wednesday, December 3, 2007 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Burnsville, NC who had lived most of his life in Johnson City. Son of the late John Wesley Deyton and Mary Tipton and was of the Baptist faith. Rit was in...
