OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Edith Mae Cretsinger
May 18, 2006
Edith 'Mae' Cretsinger, 40, of 355 Roy McCoy Road, Crossville, TN died Thursday, May 18, 2006 at her residence. Ms. Cretsinger was a native of Washington County and had lived most of her life in Crossville. She is a daughter of Eugene Cretsinger of Jonesborough and Rosie Johnson of Kingsport. Ms. Cretsinger worked in medical billing and was of the...
Daniel Ray France, Jr.
May 16, 2006
Daniel Ray France ,Jr., 22, 131 FairRidge Road, Johnson City died Tuesday, May 16, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. France was a native and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He is the son of Daniel Ray France, Sr. and Bonnie Jones France of the home. He was a graduate of Science Hill High...
Albert T. Jarnagin, Sr.
May 15, 2006
Albert T. 'A.T. ' Jarnagin, Sr. 82, 513 Orleans Street, died Monday, May 15, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Jarnagin was a native of Morristown, TN and had lived in Johnson City since 1947. He was a son of the late Allen Jarnagin and was also preceded in death by one brother, Bill Branton. Mr. Jarnagin was retired employee of...
Bobby Vernon Fox
May 14, 2006
Bob V. Fox, 74, of 1112 Ridgecrest Road, Johnson City, passed away at his residence, Sunday, May 14, 2006. Mr. Fox was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and was a son of the late Lloyd and Gertrude Lilley Fox. He is also preceded in death by a grandson, Seth Satern Fox. Mr. Fox was a photo engraver...
James Duncan Stultz
May 14, 2006
James Duncan Stultz, age 74, 1518 Robin Hood Lane, died Sunday, May 14, 2006 at Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Stultz was the son of the late Hugh Edward and Clara Irene Duncan Stultz. Mr. Stultz was a native of Roanoke, Virginia and lived there for the first three years of his life. He lived for five years in St....
Sinia Drayne
May 11, 2006
Sinia Adkins Drayne, 88, formerly of 303 Hamilton Street, died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Drayne was a native of Sioux, NC and had lived in Johnson City since the 1940?s. She was a daughter of the late Preston and Martha Peterson Adkins. Her husband, Rev. Ernest Drayne, three brothers and three sisters, preceded...
Carrier Sr. Joe Lee
May 11, 2006
Joe Lee Carrier, Sr., 73, of 502 Bacon Branch Road, Jonesborough, died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a native of Johnson City, son of the late, Everette H. 'E.H.' and Lena Greene Carrier and had lived in the Jonesborough area for the last 30 years. Joe was retired from...
Alice Fern Short
May 11, 2006
Alice Fern Artis Short, aged 61, of 142 Honeycutt Road, Unicoi, Tennessee, died Thursday, May 11, 2006 at NHC Health Care. A native of Cucumber, West Virginia, Mrs. Short had lived in Unicoi for the past 20 years. She was the daughter of the late Lula Mae Woody Artis and the late Robert E. Artis. She attended Grace Fellowship. In...
Ina M. Whetsell
May 10, 2006
Ina M. Whetsell, 75, 118 Mayberry Road, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Whetsell was a lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late Parrott and Hattie Willins Hawkins. Mrs. Whetsell was a member of the True Gospel Freewill Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Elmer Whetsell; three sons, Bill Whetsell...
John Druid Hammitt, Sr.
May 10, 2006
John Druid Hammitt, Sr., 80, 709 E. Locust Street, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Mr. Hammitt was a native of Embreeville, TN and had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late George and Martha Hammitt and was also preceded in death by one...
Munday Pete Edith
May 10, 2006
Edith Marie 'Pete' Munday, 83, 3324 Greenwood Dr., died early Wednesday morning, May 10, 2006 at NHC Healthcare after a short illness. A Johnson City native, Miss Munday was a daughter of the late Roy and Lenos (Harmon) Munday, Sr. She was an active member of Southside Baptist Church and had worked as a sales clerk in the Housewares Department...
Paul Samuel Rupert
May 8, 2006
Paul Samuel Rupert, 75, of 132 Rockwood Drive, Jonesborough, died Monday May 8, 2006, in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Williamsport, PA, and had lived in Jonesborough since 1963. He was a son of the late William Joseph and Eva Mae DeWald Rupert. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Emerson D. Rupert...
Trula Lee Dean Green
May 6, 2006
Trula Lee Dean Green, 83, of 477 Riverview Drive, Johnson City died Saturday, May 6, 2006 in the Asbury Place. Mrs. Green was a native of Watauga Flats and was a lifelong resident of Washington County, TN. She was a daughter of the late Wilson L. and Mary Gibson Sutphin. Mrs. Green was a homemaker and a member of the...
Betty Ann Miller
May 2, 2006
Betty A. Miller, 76, of Johnson City died Tuesday, May 2, 2006 in the Select Specialty Hospital in Bristol, TN. Ms. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and was a daughter of the late Henry and Edna Smith Arnold. Ms. Miller was retired from housekeeping at Colonial Hills Nursing Home and had also worked as a...
Hazel Roark
May 1, 2006
Hazel Isaacs Roark, 93, Asbury Place, Johnson City, died Monday, May 01, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Roark was a native of Mabel, NC in Watauga County and had lived in Johnson City since 1951. She was a daughter of the late John Henry and Nancy Elizabeth Greer Isaacs. Her husband, Paul Roark, two brothers and three...
Mary Louise Norman
May 1, 2006
Mary Louise Norman, 88, of 801 E. Holston Avenue, Johnson City, died Monday, May 1, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Bowman, Georgia, a daughter of the late Clarence Little and Bertha Grace Rhodes Rhyne. Mary was an office manager for the Norman Wholesale Company and a member of the First United Methodist Church....
Joyce Gilbert
Apr 24, 2006
Joyce T. Gilbert, age 77, of 803 Haws Drive, Jonesborough, passed away Monday, April 24th at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. She was a native of Western North Carolina, moved to Elizabethton after marrying. Later she lived in Johnson City and Tampa, Florida but in 1992 returned to live in Jonesborough. She was the daughter of the...
Henry Sr. Robert E.
Apr 24, 2006
Robert E. Henry Sr., age 79, of Johnson City passed away on Monday, April 24, 2006 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Henry was a native of Abingdon, Virginia and had been a resident of Johnson City since 1929. He was a son of the late Eddie M. and Elizabeth Austin Henry. Mr. Henry was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...
Burgess Bridgforth
Apr 24, 2006
Burgess Kiser Bridgforth died Monday evening, April 24, 2006 at Johnson City Medical Center after a very brief hospitalization. She was born in Greeneville, Tennessee, the daughter of Samuel Hugh and Martha Lowry Kiser. She lived in Johnson City most of her life. She was a graduate of Science Hill High School and East Tennessee State College. She served as...
James Etter, Jr.
Apr 24, 2006
James Etter, Jr., 70, 2506 Larkspur Drive, died Monday, April 24, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Etter was a Carter County native, a former resident of Sullivan County and had lived most of his life in Washington County. He was a son of the late James Etter and Susan Woodby Etter. Mr. Etter was a sales manager with American Greetings...
