OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
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.
Gregory Cullop
Mar 8, 2005
Gregory 'Greg' Allen Cullop, 42, of 3105 Rocky Top Road, Johnson City, died Tuesday at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City, son of the late Frank 'Jerry' S. Cullop and Mrs. Hazel Sheets Cullop. He was a machine operator for Douglas Dynamics and an assistant Scout Master...
Sandra Sue Kuntz
Mar 7, 2005
Sandra Sue 'Susie' Kuntz, 55, of 266 Basque Road, St. Augustine, Forida, died Monday, March 7, 2005 at her residence. She was a native of Johnson City, daughter of Roy M. Rowe and the late Joan Nieminski Rowe. A nurse who also held a degree in psychology, Susie had also served in the Tennessee National Guard with the 912 Mash...
Grady O. Wray
Mar 6, 2005
Grady O. Wray, age 63, of 211 Fiddlers Branch Road, Hampton, Tennessee, died Sunday, March 6, 2005 at Johnson City Medical Center. He was a native of Franklin, Tennessee but had lived in the Johnson City area for the past 33 years. He was the son of the late Grady O. Wray, Sr. and the late Eva Wells Wray. Mr....
Janet Lee Buchanan
Mar 6, 2005
Janet Lee Buchanan, 40, 852 Austin Springs Road, died Sunday, February 6, 2005, at her residence. Ms. Buchanan was a Los Angeles, CA, native and had lived in Johnson City since 1970. She was a daughter of Landon Greenbury Buchanan and Elizabeth Jane Buchanan, both of Johnson City. Ms. Buchanan was a member of Buffalo Ridge Baptist Church. In addition...
Maxie Pauline Whitaker
Mar 5, 2005
With her family at her bedside, Maxie Pauline Weatherly Whitaker, 331 Old J.A. Hodge Road, Piney Flats, peacefully went to be with the Lord on March 5, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center after a long illness. She was born in Scott County, Virginia to Thurman and Monia Wilson Weatherly, on June 25, 1934, and had lived most of...
Garfie William Johnson
Mar 4, 2005
Garfie William Johnson, 97, 1708 Lester Harris Rd., died Friday, March 04, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Unicoi County, Mr. Johnson had lived in Johnson City since 1932. He was a son of the late Greenberry and Jane (Davis) Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a member of the Johnson City Church of God. He retired from...
