OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Martha Belle Allen Scherer
Mar 24, 2005
Martha Belle Byrd Allen Scherer, age 97, died Thursday, March 24, 2005, at Appalachian Christian Village. She was a resident of Appalachian Christian Village for the past 25 years. Mrs. Scherer was preceded in death by husbands, Dr. Charles E. Allen, Louisville, KY, and B. Morgan Scherer, Johnson City, TN, and her parents, Arthur and Clara Walker Byrd of Bristol,...
Joseph Vincent Fazio
Mar 24, 2005
Joseph Vincent Fazio, 72, of Unicoi, went to be with the Lord, on Thursday, March 24, 2005, at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. He was a native of Manhattan, NY, son of the late Salvatore and Francesca Comparetto Fazio, and was also preceded in death by one nephew, Stephen Fazio. Mr. Fazio started his career as an employee of...
Graham Eugene Mcmurtry
Mar 23, 2005
Graham Eugene McMurtry, 67, Johnson City, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. McMurtry was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City and a US Navy veteran. He was a son of the late James Baine and Pauline Mustard McMurtry. Mr. McMurtry was a retired Production Supervisor and a former employee of Pharmaseal Company,...
Sylvia Johnson
Mar 22, 2005
Sylvia Hicks Johnson, 90, 1708 Lester Harris Road, died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. Mrs. Johnson was a native of Carter County and had lived in Johnson City since 1932. She was a daughter of the late John Wesley and Laura Ellen Rice Hicks, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Garfie...
Antoinette Genevieve Pnazek
Mar 21, 2005
Antoinette Genevieve Pnazek passed away on Monday, March 21, 2005 in Apex, NC at the age of 86, a few months after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Antoinette was born in Chicago, Illinois on January 10, 1919 to Elizabeth and Stanley Pniaczek. She worked for many years for the National Tea Company as a cashier, head cashier and as...
Mary Ella Manning
Mar 21, 2005
Mary Ella Dailey Manning, 81, of 1607 Seward Drive, Johnson City, died Monday, March 21, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Deposit, New York, and had lived in Johnson City the past 56 years. Mrs. Manning was a daughter of the late William J. and Vera Meyer Dailey. She was a member of St....
Charles Edward Hale
Mar 19, 2005
Charles Edward Hale, 75, 320 Fraser St., Many, LA, died Saturday, March 19, 2005, at his residence after an extended illness. He was a native of Piney Flats and had lived in Jonesborough for many years before retiring to Many in 1989. Mr. Hale was a retired Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy and was a veteran of WWII,...
Beatrice C. Bea Belliston
Mar 19, 2005
Beatrice C. 'Bea' Belliston, 96, of 3867 Highway 81S, Jonesborough died Saturday, March 19, 2005 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City. Mrs. Belliston was a native and had lived most of her life in Washington County. She was a daughter of the late James Bruce and Ada Hauck Johnson. Mrs. Belliston was a former cook on the...
Rex L. Carden
Mar 19, 2005
Rex L. Carden, 83, of 306 Carter Sells Road, Johnson City died Saturday, March 19, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Carden was a native of Hampton, TN and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late William David and Lucy McIntosh Carden. Mr. Carden was self-employed. Mr. Carden is preceded in death...
William Perry Dr. Bailey, Jr.
Mar 18, 2005
Dr. William Perry Bailey Jr., age 77, of 1314 Woodland Ave., Johnson City, Tennessee, died March 18, 2005, at Johnson City Medical Center. The son of the late Elizabeth Cass Bailey and William P. Bailey, Dr. Bailey was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. Dr. Bailey had been a physician with Watauga Internal Medicine since 1963. Following graduation...
Joseph J. Krueger
Mar 18, 2005
Joseph J. Krueger, 66, 3436 McKinley Road, Johnson City, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at his residence. Mr. Krueger was a native of Clements, MN, and had lived in Johnson City since 1998. He was a son of the late August and Viola Jaros Krueger. Mr. Krueger was an Air Force veteran and a member of St. Mary?s Catholic Church....
Mildred M. Smith
Mar 18, 2005
Mildred M. Smith, 67, 436 Hamilton Street, Johnson City, died Friday, March 18, 2005, at her residence. Mrs. Smith was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and a daughter of the late Cheseley and Dora Ann Denton Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Full Gospel Holiness Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband,...
Marion Willis, Jr.
Mar 16, 2005
Marion Willis, Jr., 80, 270 Brandonwood Drive, Johnson City, died Wednesday, March 16, 2005, in the James H. Quillen Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mountain Home. Mr. Willis was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County and was a son of the late Marion T. Willis Sr. and Victory White Willis. Mr. Willis was a supervisor millwright with Daniels...
Bessie May Peters
Mar 15, 2005
Bessie May Lowe Peters, 95, formerly of 1205 E. Market Street, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at the Asbury Place following an illness. She was a native of Carter County, and the eldest of 12 children of the late George W. and Annie Blevins Lowe. Mrs. Peters was a retired homemaker and member of the Dungan Chapel Baptist Church since...
Amos A. Pryor
Mar 15, 2005
Amos A. Pryor, 86, 808 Liberty Bell Blvd., Johnson City, died Tuesday, March 15, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Pryor was a native of Knox County and had lived in Johnson City since 1948. He was a son of the late Joseph A. and Ora Sayne Pryor. Mr. Pryor was an Air Force veteran of WW II...
Hazel Staten
Mar 11, 2005
Hazel W. Staten, 86, of Johnson City, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native and lifelong Washington County resident. She was a daughter of the late J.W. and Belva Cloyd Woodruff. She was also preceded in death by two daughters, Linda Leigh Staten and Rachael Ann Staten; three sisters, Mrs. (Dewey) Looper,...
Samuel R. Babb
Mar 11, 2005
Samuel R. Babb, 82, of 142 Poplar Hill Drive, Johnson City, died Friday, March 11, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center following an illness. He was a native of Greeneville, son of the late Clarence L. and Mattie Gass Babb and had lived in Johnson City for sixty years. Mr. Babb was a retired Service Representative for the Seavers...
Tommie Sue Aesque
Mar 11, 2005
Tommie Sue Aesque, 62, 2740 W. G Street, Elizabethton, died Friday, March 11, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Aesque was a native of Hamilton County, TN and had lived in Elizabethton since 1979. She was a daughter of Virginia Daniels Roark, Elizabethton and the late Robert Roark. Mrs. Aesque was a homemaker. She was a Baptist. Survivors in addition to...
Connie Matthews, Jr.
Mar 10, 2005
Connie Matthews, Jr., 74, of Johnson City, died Thursday, March 10, 2005, at the V.A. Medical Center at Mountain Home. He was a native of Hamblen County, TN. Mr. Matthews was a member of Fairview Baptist Church in Mohawk, TN. He was also a member of the Johnson City Masonic Lodge #486 and a member of the Jericho Shrine Temple....
J. Richard Fenn
Mar 9, 2005
J. Richard Fenn, age 50, of Knoxville, died Wednesday, March 9, 2005, at his residence of diabetes complications. He is survived by two sisters, Beth Lowe, of Johnson City, Mary Ladd, of Church Hill; and one daughter, Julia Fenn, of Morristown. Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
