OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ronald Leon Cretsinger
Oct 19, 2006
Ronald L. Cretsinger, 58, 655 Cash Hollow Road, Johnson City died Thursday, October 19, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Cretsinger was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, Tennessee and was a son of the late Paul and Buena Hale Cretsinger. Mr. Cretsinger was a former employee with American Limestone in Watauga. He was of the Presbyterian faith. Mr....
Ira Mckinley Stanley
Oct 19, 2006
Ira McKinley Stanley, 86, Mountain Home, Tennessee, died Thursday, October 19, 2006 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Stanley was a Nora, Virginia native and had lived at Mountain Home since 2001. He was a son of the late Kenova and Margaret Moore Stanley. One sister, Lydia Yates and three brothers, Edward Stanley, Clyde B. Stanley...
John Thomas Roach
Oct 18, 2006
John Thomas Roach, age 58, 1647 Doubletree Lane, Nashville, TN died of a heart attack at his residence Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Mr. Roach was the son of Josephine St John Roach and the late John A. Roach. Mr. Roach was a native of Johnson City and former builder. While living in the Tri-Cities, he served on the Board of...
Albertine Bailey
Oct 17, 2006
Albertine Thornton Bailey, age 85, formerly of 3029 Mayfield Drive, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at Life Care Center, Gray, Tennessee. She was a native of Unicoi County, Tennessee and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was the daughter of the late Polly Ann Davis and Theo Thornton. She had been a member...
Billy Lee Humphreys
Oct 17, 2006
Billy Lee Humphreys, age 52, 165 Youngstown Road, Flat Rock, AL, died Tuesday, October 17, 2006 at Erlanger Medical Center, Chattanooga, TN. Mr. Humphreys was a Cincinnati, OH native who was raised in Watauga. He had recently relocated to Flat Rock, AL. He was a son of the late John 'Jay' and Elsie Humphreys. Mr. Humphreys was of the Baptist...
James William Lawson
Oct 16, 2006
James 'Jay' Lawson, 79, 1714 Persinger Drive, Watauga, died Monday, October 16, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Lawson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Willard G. and Ethel Smith Lawson and was also preceded in death by one daughter, Lorie Ann Arnett and one sister, Margaret Carver. Mr. Lawson retired...
Gladys Douglas
Oct 15, 2006
Gladys Street Douglas, 88, of 405 Colorado Street, died Sunday, October 15, 2006 at her residence following an illness. She was a native of Yancey County, North Carolina, and had lived most of her life in Tennessee, daughter of the late, Sam and Vista Troutman Street. Gladys was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to her...
Thomas Jackson Weaver
Oct 14, 2006
Thomas 'Jack' Jackson Weaver, 84, of 254 Weaver Hollow Road, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at his residence. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, son of the late James Dalton and Bessie Short Weaver. Jack was a retired fireman for East Tennessee State University and was a veteran of WWII having served in the...
Rebecca Jane Peters
Oct 14, 2006
Rebecca Jane Peters, 42, of 1294 Bluefield Avenue, Elizabethton, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center as the result of an automobile accident. She was a native of, and had lived most of her life in Washington County and was a daughter of Paul Edward Hartley and Dorothy Ann Coffey. Rebecca was a homemaker and was...
Carolyn Enkema Chapo
Oct 14, 2006
Mrs. Carolyn King Enkema Chapo, 91, of 2101 Christian Lane, Village Tower, Apt. 406, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Morrison, Tennessee and a daughter of the late Philip and Susie St. John King. She had lived in Elizabethton since 1941, before moving to Appalachian Christian Village in...
Grace Woodward
Oct 14, 2006
Grace Woodward, 75, formerly of 1805 E. 8th Avenue, Johnson City, died Saturday, October 14, 2006 at the Lakebridge Healthcare Center. She was a native of Ashe County, NC, daughter of the late Lester and Ruby Woodard. Grace was a homemaker. She was a member of the Unaka Avenue Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in...
Jo Gibson
Oct 13, 2006
Jo Chapman Gibson, 93, of the Appalachian Christian Village, Johnson City, died Friday, October 13, 2006 at Takoma Adventist Hospital in Greeneville. She was a native of Washington County but resided from time to time in various parts of the United States primarily Washington D. C. Mrs. Gibson was the daughter of the late William J. and Lillie Wiseman Chapman....
Glenn Sherman Bennett
Oct 10, 2006
Glenn Sherman Bennett, 92, 403 Cottonwood Lane, died Tuesday, October 10, 2006 at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN. He was born Dec. 13, 1913 in Washington County., TN and he retired from ITT North Electric Company. He was a member of Avoca Christian Church, Bristol, TN. He was the son of the late Coy S. and Nellie Dove Bennett of...
Verda Hughes
Oct 9, 2006
Verda Oakes Hughes, 100, 710 Treadway Street, died Monday, October 9, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Hughes was an Avery County, NC native and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Charles Oakes and Ebbie Oakes. . Mrs. Hughes was preceded in death by her husband, Cephus C. Hughes in 1994;...
Sarah Kathryn Bolton
Oct 5, 2006
Sarah Kathryn McCaa Bolton, Johnson City, died Thursday, October 5, 2006, at her residence. Mrs. Bolton was born April 14, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, to the late Gladys Estelle McGill and Charles Gordon McCaa. She lived in Germantown, TN, attending school in Memphis and college at the University of Alabama, until marrying and moving to Johnson City in 1950. Mrs....
Robert Wayne Leonard, Sr.
Oct 5, 2006
Robert Wayne Leonard, Sr., 66, 613 Lacasa Drive, died Thursday, October 5, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Leonard was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Keevil and Becky Scott Leonard. Mr. Leonard was preceded in death by one grandson, Robert Wayne Leonard, III. He retired after 38 years as a supervisor...
Kathryn B. Osborne
Oct 2, 2006
Kathryn B. Osborne, 85, 2802 W. Walnut Street, died, Monday, October 2, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Osborne was a native of Comers Rock, VA and had lived in Johnson City since 1950. She was a daughter of the late Birket F. Taylor, Sr. and Ruth Sutherland Taylor. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in...
