OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Dewey Payne
Jun 12, 2005
Dewey Edward Payne, 78, 125 Payne Loop, died Sunday, June 12, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Payne was a native of Tallahassee, FL and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late Guy and Zella Elliott Payne and was also preceded in death by several brothers and sisters. Mr. Payne was retired...
Harry Burleson
Jun 11, 2005
Harry Burleson, 79, Ocala FL., died Saturday, June 11, 2005 at Ocala Regional Medical Center. Mr. Burleson was an Excelsior, WVA native a former resident of Johnson City and had lived in Florida for a number of years. He was a WWII US Navy veteran and served in nine invasions. He was a son of the late Alma and Millard...
Clarence Albert C. A. Cain
Jun 10, 2005
Clarence Albert 'C. A.' Cain, 64, of 103 Briarwood Drive, Gray, went home to be with the Lord on June 10, 2005, at his residence. He was a native of Johnson City and had lived all of his life in Washington County. Mr. Cain was a son of the late Calvin and Mary Butler Cain. He was also preceded in...
Retha Stout Turner Salmon
Jun 9, 2005
On June 9th, 2005, Retha Stout Turner Salmon, died in Johnson City, TN and has now moved on to a higher plane. Born in 1917, Retha grew up in Harlan, KY and attended the Pine Mountain Settlement School, at a time when there was only a long, rutted dirt road into the area. She was later happily married for 38...
Cynthia Diane Beeler Dagnan
Jun 8, 2005
Cynthia Diane Beeler Dagnan, 56, 173 Boone Ave., Gray, died Tuesday, June 8, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Dagnan was a native of Knoxville and had lived in Washington County for the past 25 years. She was a daughter of Annie Elizabeth Boyd Beeler, Gray and the late Billie E. Beeler and was also preceded in death by one sister,...
Billy Gibson
Jun 8, 2005
Billy J. Gibson, 70, of 2607 Watauga Road, Apt. 4, died Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at the Asbury Place following an illness. He was a native of Watauga, but had lived most of his life in Johnson City, and was the son of the late Cora Fair. Mr. Gibson was a veteran of WWII having served as a Sea Bee...
Julia Grubbs
Jun 6, 2005
Julia Kelly Grubbs, 93, of Asbury Place, Johnson City, died Monday, June 6, 2005, at Asbury Place. She was a native of Meadowview, VA but had lived in Johnson City since 1918. Mrs. Grubbs was a daughter of the late Jefferson Davis and Mary Virginia Kelly. Mrs. Grubbs was preceded in death by her husband, Bob Grubbs. She was a...
Billy Joe Hall
Jun 2, 2005
Billy Joe Hall, 51, 170 Roy Phillips Road, died Thursday, June 2, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Hall was a native of Washington County and had lived most of his life in this area. He was a son of the late Elmer and Pauline Greene Hall. He was a former tile mechanic at Dockery?s Floor Covering. Mr. Hall was a...
Bobby Joe Jones
Jun 1, 2005
Bobby Joe Jones, 74, of 341 Carroll Creek Road, Johnson City, died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center at Mt. Home following an illness. He was a native of Manford, Oklahoma, son of the late Joe and Eunice Robertson Jones. Mr. Jones was a retired machinist in the carpet manufacturing business. He was a resident of...
Cecil Foster Reverend Haines
May 31, 2005
Reverend Cecil Foster Haines, 95, 922 East Mountain View Road, died Tuesday, May 31, 2005, in Jacksonville, FL. Reverend Haines was a native of Johnson City and had lived most of his life in Johnson City. He was a son of the late William G. and Mary Alice Walker Haines and was also preceded in death by a son, Cecil...
Esther Wise
May 26, 2005
Esther K. Wise, 85, of 903 Tulip Street, Johnson City died Thursday, at Asbury Place following an illness. Mrs. Wise was a native of Claypool, Indiana, daughter of the late A. Vere and Vera Blue Kelley. She was a registered nurse both in the Hospital setting and also private duty. Esther was the widow of Jack W. Wise and a...
Edith Rogers Street
May 26, 2005
Edith Rogers Street, of 2426 Stone Drive, Johnson City, died Thursday, May 26, 2005 at the Unicoi County Long Term Care, following a lengthy illness. She was a native and lifelong resident of Washington County, daughter of the late William Carter and Mary Baskett Rogers. She was homemaker and was employed by Pepsi Inc. She was a member of Bowmantown...
Josephine Estel Reece
May 25, 2005
Josephine Reece, 83, 152 Boone Drive, Gray, died Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Reece was a native of Carter County and had lived in Washington County most of her life. She was a daughter of the late Samuel and Nancy Evans Good and was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert C. Reece,...
Iradia Hyatt
May 24, 2005
Iradia Odom Hyatt, 82, 2508 Park Avenue, Johnson City, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the NHC Healthcare Center following an illness. Mrs. Hyatt was a Mitchell County, North Carolina, native who had lived in Johnson City since 1941. She was the daughter of the late Rev. Sam and Levi Green Odom. Mrs. Hyatt was a homemaker. She was a...
Helen Louise Austin
May 24, 2005
Helen Louise Austin, 81, 207 Avonlea Place, died Tuesday, May 24, 2005, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mrs. Austin was a native and lifelong resident of Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late John Bascomb and Ruby Lamons Wise and was also preceded in death by one brother, Robert 'Bob' Wise. Mrs. Austin was a lifelong member...
Charlotte Jean Parlier
May 22, 2005
Charlotte Jean Parlier, age 21, died Sunday, May 22, in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the result of an auto accident. She was born at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, but had lived in Tennessee for the past 16 years. She was the beloved daughter of Rebecca and Mark Finley of Rogersville and the daughter of Lester Parlier of South Carolina. Charlotte was a...
Paul J. Hackbarth
May 22, 2005
Paul J. Hackbarth Jr., age 81, 4 Wilmar Circle, Johnson City, died Sunday, May 22, 2005, at North Side Hospital. Mr. Hackbarth was born August 7, 1923, in Detroit, Michigan to the late Katherine Doran and Paul James Hackbarth Sr. He lived most of his life in Ann Arbor, Michigan, before relocating to the Johnson City area forty years ago...
Marilyn Mitchell Black
May 21, 2005
Marilyn Mitchell Black, 59, 2822 Brown?s Mill Road, died Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Holston Valley Medical Center. Mrs. Black was a Kingsport native and had lived in Johnson City for the past 23 years. She was a daughter of the late Ralph C. Mitchell and Dorothy Smith Mitchell. Mrs. Black was retired from Eastman after 37 years of service....
Leonard Stiltner
May 20, 2005
Leonard Stiltner, 83, 166 Hicks Acres Drive, died Friday, May 20, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Stiltner was a native of Grundy, VA and had lived in Gray since 2000. He was a son of the late D.C. Stiltner and Pearly Stiltner. Mr. Stiltner was also preceded in death by his wife, Lestel Mullins Stiltner, six brothers, Ralph Stiltner, Amos...
Robert Carver
May 20, 2005
Robert Carver, 69, 111 Clark Drive, Johnson City died Friday, May 20, 2005 in the NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. Mr. Carver was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and a son of the late J.C. and Hazel Simpson Carver. He was a retired employee of Burlington Industries. Mr. Carver was of the Baptist faith. He is preceded...
