OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Mary Frances Horton
Jan 11, 2006
Mary Frances Love Horton, age 82, of Johnson City, died on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. She was a native of Greeneville, TN, and had lived in Johnson City for 56 years. She was a daughter of the late Vivian Charles Love and Lula Pearl Johnson Love. She was also preceded in death by one brother, Charles Emmett Love; and by...
Perle A. Sorah
Jan 10, 2006
Perle A.'Jack' Sorah, 86 ,1305 E. Lakeview Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday January 10,2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Sorah was a native of Keokee, Virginia and had lived in Johnson City since 1963. He was the son of the late Joseph and Virginia Sorah. He was a retired Auto Body Repairman having worked at Kelly Chevrolet in...
Carolyn Jewell Rogers
Jan 10, 2006
Carolyn Jewell Rogers, 65, 2102 Evergreen Drive, Johnson City is now at peace on Tuesday, January 10, 2005. She was freed from her earthly body to join the Lord in Heaven to dance with the angels. She fought a very difficult battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig?s Disease) and never complained. Mrs. Rogers was a native and lifelong resident of Washington...
Melba Wright
Jan 10, 2006
Melba Wright, 87, 2902 Russum Avenue, died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Rogersville Care and Rehabilitation Center, Rogersville, TN. Mrs. Wright was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. She was a daughter of the late George and Eliza Swartz Black and was also preceded in death by her first husband, Thurman Wright, one daughter, Lois Smith, one granddaughter,...
James Earl Carroll
Jan 9, 2006
James Earl Carroll, 88, of 609 Hollyhill Road, Johnson City, TN Died Monday, January 9, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Carroll was a native of Bandy, KY and had lived in Johnson City since 1960. He was a son of the late John B. and Lillie Mae Duncan Carroll. He was a retired sales manager with the National Industrial Epoxy....
Maymie Maupin
Jan 4, 2006
Maymie Eggers Maupin, 93, 1504 Squibb Drive, died Wednesday, January 4, 2006 at her residence following an extended illness. Mrs. Maupin was a daughter of the late Conley and Lottie Davis Eggers and was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Maupin in 1978, one sister, Frances Perry, one brother, Willard Eggers and one great grandson, Joshua Maupin. She...
Stephen Scott Wilson
Jan 2, 2006
Stephen Scott 'Scruffy' Wilson, 45, Johnson City, died Monday, January 2, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Wilson was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of Steve and Mary Charles Williams Wilson of Johnson City. Mr. Wilson was an employee of Nuclear Fuels, Erwin, TN. He was a...
Wayland Osborne, Sr.
Jan 1, 2006
Wayland 'Wade' William Osborne, Sr., Cash Hollow Road, died Sunday, January 1, 2006 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Osborne was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County. He was a son of the late Robert and Viola Hale Osborne and was also preceded in death by one son, John Edward Osborne. Mr. Osborne was retired from Rinker...
Donald L. Higginbotham
Dec 31, 2005
Don L. Higginbotham, 74, 408 Elm Lane, Johnson City died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Higginbotham was a native of Erwin and had lived in Johnson City since 1953. He was a son of the late Jefferson Bane and Ethel Elizabeth Lloyd Higginbotham. He was a former employee of Smith-Higgins Wholesale Drug Co. Mr. Higginbotham was a...
Donald L. Higginbotham
Dec 31, 2005
Don L. Higginbotham, 74, 408 Elm Lane, Johnson City died Saturday, December 31, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Higginbotham was a native of Erwin and had lived in Johnson City since 1953. He was a son of the late Jefferson Bane and Ethel Elizabeth Lloyd Higginbotham. He was a former employee of Smith-Higgins Wholesale Drug Co. Mr. Higginbotham was a...
Virgil Cooper
Dec 28, 2005
Virgil 'Red' Cooper, went to be with our Lord and Savior on December 28th, after a lengthy illness. He was born in Bell County, Kentucky on January 26th, 1926, son of the late Joe and Matilda Cooper. He was a member and past deacon of West Side Christian Church in Jonesborough. Mr. Cooper was owner and operator of Red?s Cab...
Albert Hyatt
Dec 27, 2005
Albert Hyatt, 67, 812 Hamilton Street, Johnson City died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Hyatt was a native of Washington County, he lived a short time in Florida, and returned to Johnson City in 1973. He was a son of the late Ralph and Georgia Marie Hyatt. Mr. Hyatt was a retired sheet metal mechanic for 45...
James Howard Hensley, Jr
Dec 27, 2005
James H. Hensley, Jr. 83 died Tuesday, December 27, 2005 at the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. Mr. Hensley was an Erwin native and had lived in Johnson City since 1959. He was a son of the late James H. Hensley, Sr and Elizabeth Butner Hensley and was also preceded...
Connie F. Miller
Dec 26, 2005
Connie F. Miller, 50, 125 Shadybrook Drive, Johnson City died Monday, December 26, 2005 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Miller was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Clarence and Ruth Thomas Francis. She was a homemaker and of the Church of God faith. Mrs. Miller is preceded in death by...
Bobby Joe Grindstaff
Dec 25, 2005
Bobby Joe Grindstaff, 64, of 323 Pealer Road, Watauga, died Sunday, December 25, 2005 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was a son of the late Hobart and Bertha Bennett Grindstaff. He was also preceded in death by one son, Bobby J. Grindstaff Jr. Mr. Grindstaff was retired from North American Rayon Corp. He was a member of Grace...
Helen Josephine Howell
Dec 22, 2005
Helen Headrick Howell, 86, 216 Highland Avenue, died Thursday, December 22, 2005. Mrs. Howell, a Johnson City native, was the daughter of the late John and Perry Venable Headrick. She attended the First Church of God and had retired from Johnson City Medical Center after thirty years of service. Helen loved her family, her friends, and her church. She especially...
Virginia Hunt
Dec 22, 2005
Virginia Miller Hunt, 92, formerly of 216 Princeton Road, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, December 22, 2005, at the Center On Aging and Health, Erwin, after an extended illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a daughter of the late John Hunter, Sr., and Vaughtie Grace Proffitt Miller. Mrs. Hunt was a longtime member of...
Larry Wayne Haynes, Jr.
Dec 21, 2005
Larry W. Haynes, Jr.,35, 175 E. Grand Ave, Unit 7, Johnson City died Wednesday, December 21, 2005 at Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Haynes was a native of Abingdon, VA and had lived in Johnson City for the past ten years. He is a son of Larry W. Haynes, Sr. and Martha DeBord Haynes. Mr. Haynes performed light industrial work...
John Warren Martin
Dec 20, 2005
John Warren Martin, 84, of Johnson City, TN, died Tuesday, December 20, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born February 19, 1921 in Johnson City, TN. He was a son of the late Elbert K. Martin and Mollie Martin He was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Nellie Christian 'Price' Martin in 1990. Two brothers...
Devon William Hicks-Haws
Dec 19, 2005
Devon William Hicks-Haws, three months old, 1908 East Myrtle Avenue, Johnson City died Monday, December 19, 2005 at his residence. Devon was born on August 28, 2005 in Johnson City to William A. Haws and Sheri Lea Hicks, his parents. He is preceded in death by: his Paternal grandfather, Billy Hank Haws; His Paternal Great grandfather, Alvin Ramsey, Jr.; his...
