OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Toona Frances Mahaffey
Dec 18, 2006
Toona Frances Mahaffey, 84, 605 Carter Sells Road, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at Appalachian Christian Village. Mrs. Mahaffey was a Dixon County, VA native and had lived in Johnson City since 1988. She was a daughter of the late William and Frances Hay Counts and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Mahaffey, four brothers and four sisters....
Bill Hensley
Dec 18, 2006
Bill Hensley, 70, 617 Austin Springs Road, Piney Flats, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Hensley was a Knoxville, TN native and had lived in Piney Flats most of his life. He was a son of the late Henry and Luevina Hensley. Mr. Hensley was a former employee of TPI and was a retired...
Stephen Michael Kelley
Dec 17, 2006
Stephen Michael 'Mike' Kelley, 51, of 109 Greenfields Drive, Jonesborough died Sunday afternoon, December 17, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Kelley was a native and had lived most of his life in Washington County, TN. He was a son of the late Patrick John 'Pete' and Ida Mae 'Ite' Walker Kelley. Mr. Kelley was a Honorable Discharged U.S. Navy veteran....
Eileen Pappas Chantry
Dec 17, 2006
Eileen Pappas Chantry, graduated into the fullness of her life?s preparation, Sunday, December 17, 2006, in Johnson City. She was a God Lover, and bringing Him pleasure by trusting Him was her life?s desire. She will be greatly missed by her soul mate, Rick Chantry. Children: Jeff Hansen, MN, Gina and Jason Seebachan, MD, Pepper and Shaun Wunch, MI, Marc...
Carl D. Miller
Dec 16, 2006
Mr. Miller was a native of Washington County who had lived all his life in Johnson City.He was a son of the late William A. Miller and Amanda Yarbor Miller. He was also precded in death by his wife Mae Gibbs Miller in 1982. He was retired from Burlington Industries. He was a WWII U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Miller was...
Barbara Joyce Woolsey
Dec 13, 2006
Joyce 'Nana' Woolsey, 63, of Waco, Kentucky, formerly of Harrodsburg, KY died Wednesday, December 13, 2006, at the home of her daughter Lisa, 204 Tucker Lane, Johnson City, TN 37601. She was a native of Harrodsburg, daughter of the late, Roy and Flossie Spaulding Campbell. Joyce was homemaker, loving mother and grandmother, she loved people was talented with a crochet...
Ralph L. Dugger
Dec 10, 2006
Ralph L. Dugger, age 80, 141 Locust Lane, died Sunday, December 10, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Dugger was survived by his wife, Anna Lee Higgins Dugger, one son, Ronald Dale Dugger and one daughter, Karen Fay Dugger both of the home. A funeral service for Mr. Dugger will be conducted at 2 PM Wednesday, December 13,...
Margaret Berry Lay
Dec 9, 2006
Margaret B. Lay, 85, of 1603 Burgie Street, Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2006 at the Appalachian Christian Village. She was a daughter of the late Charles and Florence Miller Berry. She was a native of Johnson City and lived in Elizabethton the past 33 years. Mrs. Lay was also preceded in death by two husbands, Jesse E. Pierson...
Doris Ann Goodman
Dec 9, 2006
Doris Ann Goodman, 62, of 204 Piney Avenue, Piney Flats, died Saturday, December 9, 2006 at her residence following an illness. She was a native of Sullivan County, lived most of her life in Piney Flats, and was a daughter of the late Arnold H. and Lucille Malone Kaylor. Doris was a member of the Piney Flats First Baptist Church...
Rilda E. Sparks
Dec 7, 2006
Rilda E. Sparks, 92, formerly of Johnson City, died Thursday, December 7, 2006 at the Titusville Nursing and Rehab Center in Titusville, Florida. She was a native of Carter County, daughter of the late Jim and Martha Burleson Freeman. Rilda was a charter member of the Pinecrest Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Carrie L. Woodby
Dec 5, 2006
Carrie L. Woodby, 80, of 132 Wichita Street, Johnson City died Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at the Northside Hospital following an illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, daughter of the late Henry M. and Edna South Price. Carrie was a homemaker and of the Pentacostal faith. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
Ronald Jack Ford
Dec 4, 2006
Ronald Ford, 56, of 2045 Valley View Drive, Big Stone Gap, VA passed away Monday, December 04, 2006 in Heritage Hall in Big Stone Gap, VA. He was a native of Washington County, TN and had lived here most of his life. Survivors include; one daughter, Amy Ford of Portland, Oregon; one brother, Charles D. Ford of Johnson City; two...
Virginia Cox Gaby
Dec 4, 2006
Ollie 'Virginia' Cox Gaby, 89, died Monday, Dec. 4, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. She was a resident of Appalachian Christian Village in Johnson City, but had made her home at 1408 College Heights Drive for nearly forty years. A native of Lebanon, Va., she was a daughter of James Wilson Cox and Maggie Thompson...
Eldridge Simpson
Dec 4, 2006
Eldridge Simpson, 80, 201 E. Mountain View Road, Johnson City Died Monday, December 4, 2006 in the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. Mr. Simpson was a native of Hawkins County, TN and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Leonard and Ola Cox Simpson. Mr. Simpson...
Brandon Lee Scalf
Dec 3, 2006
Brandon Lee Scalf, 14, 321 Thompson Hollow Road, died Sunday, December 3, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center from injuries sustained in an accident. He was born in Johnson City and had lived in Piney Flats most of his life. Brandon was a son of Richard Keith and Linda Marie Davis Scalf, Piney Flats and was preceded in death...
John E. Dr. West
Nov 30, 2006
Dr. John E. West, 84, 908 Millercrest Drive, Johnson City, died Thursday, November 30, 2006 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Dr. West was a Memphis native and had lived in Johnson City since 1959. He was a son of the late James Leonard and Mary Louise Ragland West. Dr. West was preceded in death by a son, John Edward...
Jessie B. Lindsey
Nov 28, 2006
Jessie B. Lindsey, 70, 1301 E. Oakland Ave., died Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at North Side Hospital. Mr. Lindsey was a native of LaFayette, AL and had lived in Johnson City for the past 30 years. He was a son of the late Tommy and Pauline Belcher Lindsey and was also preceded in death by one brother, Harold Lindsey and...
Margaret Mccartt Miller
Nov 28, 2006
Margaret Roberts McCartt Miller, age 81, of 164 Cedar Place Road, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Tuesday, November 28, 2006 at her residence. She was a native of Kannapolis, North Carolina but had lived in Johnson City since 1947. She had lived for several years in Lake Placid, Florida and for the past few years had spent her winters there. Mrs....
Tammy Mae Diana Carr
Nov 27, 2006
Tammy Mae Diana Carr, 43, passed away unexpectedly, Monday, November 27, 2006 in Jenkins, KY and went to be with the Lord. She was born June 18, 1963 in Kingsport, TN. She was a graduate of Tri-Cities Christian School and Bristol College. She was of Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by her father, Ralph Carr and nephew, Carl...
