Johnson City, TN. Obituaries

Jul 17, 2006

Mrs. Estelle Henry, age 76, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the presence of her loving family on Monday, July 17, 2006, after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Henry was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She was a faithful wife and devoted mother who will be especially remembered for...

Jul 16, 2006

Dessie Little Simmons, age 90, of 500 Hillrise Boulevard, Johnson City, Tennessee, died Sunday, July 16, 2006, at Johnson City Medical Center. The daughter of the late George W. Little Sr. and Maude Kerney Little, Mrs. Simmons was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was an employee of Tennessee Eastman Corporation, retiring after 35 years of service....

Jul 15, 2006

William R. 'Bob' Dunn, 84, formerly of 326 Carroll Creek Road, Johnson City died Saturday, July 15, 2006 at NHC in Johnson City. Mr. Dunn was born in Johnson City on February 5, 1922 to the late Clero Clinton (C.C.) and Addie Jane Buchanan Dunn. He was a 1940 graduate of Science Hill High School where he played on the...

Jul 12, 2006

Robert F. Johnson, 70, of 3024 Mayfield Drive, Johnson City, died Thursday, July 12, 2006 at the Lakebridge Healthcare Center. Robert was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, son of the late Frank William and Lydia Mae Cole Johnson. He was a retired gardener at the Veteran?s Affairs Medical Center and served in the U. S. Navy during...

Jul 12, 2006

Laura Hopson Barnett, 89, 1604 Lester Harris Road, Johnson City died Wednesday, July 12, 2006 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center. Mrs. Barnett was a native of Mitchell County, NC and had lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Ervin and Delia Baily Hopson. Mrs. Barnett was a homemaker and of the...

Jul 11, 2006

John Watson Neth, Jr., age 90, went to be with our Lord on Tuesday, July 11, 2006. He spent eight years in the U.S. Army, serving in the Philippine Islands and Washington, D.C. prior to World War II and in England, Scotland, and France during the war. He was a retired librarian of Milligan College and served fifty-four years of...

Jul 10, 2006

John LeRoy Young, Sr., 89, 1606 East Oakland Avenue, died Monday, July 10, 2006 in Johnson City, TN. Mr. Young was a native of Carter County. He grew up in the Dry Creek Community and lived in Roan Mountain from 1942 until 1980. He was a son of the late George and Lottie Brummit Young. Mr. Young was a 1938...

Jul 9, 2006

Shirley Jean Townsend, 68, of 1712 Carter Avenue, Johnson City, died Sunday, July 9, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, daughter of the late Charles and Sarah Carver Wishon. Shirley was a retired homemaker and member of the Faith Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she...

Jul 9, 2006

Hazel C. Neal, 93, of 515 Central Street, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, July 9, 2006 at North Side Hospital. She was a daughter of the late Matthew S. and Mary Ann 'Annie' Carroll. She was also preceded in death by her husband, William P. Neal in 1987 and by two brothers and two sisters. Mrs. Neal was a native...

Jul 9, 2006

Jul 7, 2006

Helen Sue Taylor Motychak, 65, of 389 Okolona Road, Johnson City, died peacefully after a prolonged illness Friday, July 7, 2006 at the Northside Hospital. She was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County, daughter of the late Ralph and Hassie Johnson Taylor. Helen was a retired Biology teacher who had taught for 35 years in Carter County and...

Jul 6, 2006

Lester Donald Williams, 73 formerly of 177 Austin Springs Road, died Thursday, July 6, 2006 at the Asbury Place, Johnson City. He was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, son of the late Elmer and Nellie Hodge Williams. He was owner and operator of his Trucking business and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents,...

Jul 4, 2006

Raymond C. Nichols, Jr., 85, of 1057 Smalling Road, Johnson City died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Mr. Nichols was a native of Camden, NJ and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Raymond C. Nichols, Sr. and Bertha Peters Nichols. Mr. Nichols was retired...

Jul 4, 2006

SFC (ret) James David Pierson, 78, of 4721 Cuttermill Road, Martinez, GA, died Tuesday, July 4, 2006 at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, GA. He was a Jonesborough, TN native and a son of the late David James and Pearl Goff Pierson. Mr. Pierson was a retired employee of Magnavox and was of the Baptist faith....

Jul 3, 2006

Fred Terrence Moody, 81, a Monican Indian, dropped his body on July 3, 2006 in Jonesborough. He was a First Class Seaman in the United States Navy. He served during World War II. He was a lifelong resident of Washington County. He attended Dry Creek Church. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Mary Ellen Tolley Moody; four...

Jul 3, 2006

Miss Alice 'Geri' Pate, 74, formerly of 1200 Glyn Ridge Avenue, Johnson City, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Monday July 3, 2006 at the Appalachian Christian Village. Miss Pate was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, TN and the daughter of the late, Jessie Earl and Anna Wright Pate. She was also preceded in...

Jul 2, 2006

Edward L. Essick, 71, 909 Millercrest Drive, Johnson City went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 2, 2006, in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Essick was a native of Ware, Iowa, and had lived in Johnson City for the past fifty years. He was a son of Beulah Allee Essick of Tampa, FL and the late Wayne...

Jul 2, 2006

II Corinthians 5:8. ' We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.' Billy Joe Grindstaff, 73, 609 Morningside Drive, went to be with the Lord, July 2, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Grindstaff was a native of Unicoi County and had lived in Washington County most of...

Jul 1, 2006

Stephan Toth, 56, of Johnson City, died Saturday, July 1, 2006. He was born in Buckroe Beach, Virginia who had lived most of his adult life in Columbus, Ohio. He was the son of the late Louis Toth, Jr. and June Vera Katcham Toth. Mr. Toth was a decorated U. S. Marine Corps veteran who served proudly in Vietnam. He...

Jun 30, 2006

Walter Lee Sims, 50, 135 Fairway Drive, died Friday, June 30, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Sims was a native of Furstenfeldbruck, Germany and had lived in Johnson City for the past twenty years. He is a son of Emma Robl Sims and the late Fredrick Sims Sr. He was also preceded in death by one brother,...