OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Ralph Edward Barnette
May 5, 2022
Ralph Edward Barnette, 87, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022, at Lakebridge Health Care Center in Johnson City, TN. Ralph was born in Johnson City to the late George W. and Wilma Adams Barnette. Ralph enjoyed a good card game and golfing. Ralph Barnette served his country honorably and faithfully in the United States Airforce (1951), the United...
Jude Anthony Farrey
May 5, 2022
Jude Anthony Farrey, age 19, of Johnson City, Tennessee left the physical realm on Thursday, May 5, 2022. A lifetime resident of Johnson City, Jude was born on June 23, 2002 to Justin Farrey and Pearl Cottrell. He graduated from Science Hill High School in 2020 and he was attending ETSU with aspirations of following in his parents’ footsteps to...
Lorene Whitman
May 4, 2022
Lorene Whitman, age 98, passed away on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Born in Kentucky as one of nine children, Lorene loved to read, cook for her family and tend to her beautiful rose garden. Lorene, in her earlier years was a schoolteacher and later retired from a management position at ITT Corporation in Gray, Tennessee. Lorene is preceded in death...
James D. Mitchell
May 3, 2022
James Denver “J.D.” Mitchell, 80, Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, May 3, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center, following heart related health issues. J.D. was born in Greene County to the late Hayes and Viola Mitchell. J.D. was a member of Limestone Free Will Baptist Church and also attended Marbleton Freewill Baptist Church. He retired from Siemens after working in...
Gina Beth Rutherford
Apr 29, 2022
Gina Beth Rutherford, 65, Johnson City, passed away Friday, April 29, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief, unexpected illness. Gina was born in Johnson City and raised by AJ and Dorothy Ball. She graduated from Science Hill High School and attended ETSU. Gina recently retired after over 30 years with the Washington County Juvenile Court System to...
Agnes Marie Kasten
Apr 29, 2022
Micah 6:8 – “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Agnes “Marie” Garrison Kasten, 93, of Johnson City, died on April 29, 2022, at her home.
She was born in St. Joe, Arkansas, a daughter of Daniel Greene Garrison and Mildred Ann Machac Garrison. In addition to...
Freddie Lee Barnes
Apr 26, 2022
Freddie Lee Barnes, 91, of Gray, passed away on Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center in Mountain Home. Freddie was a native of Johnson City and the son of the late William Fuller Barnes and Ada Adams Barnes. He had graduated from Science Hill High School before serving his country as a member of...
Donald James Kotsonis, Sr.
Apr 24, 2022
Donald James Kotsonis, Sr., age 64, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away at his home on Sunday, April 24, 2022. Donald was born on March 12, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York. Donald liked to be on the road. Most of his career was spent as an over the road truck driver and in his free time he loved nothing more...
Irene Egan Sorah
Apr 22, 2022
Irene Egan Sorah, 95, passed away on Friday, April 22, 2022 at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Big Stone Gap, VA to Grant and Armina Egan. She Worked as a LPN for 29 years at Johnson City Medical Center. She and her husband were involved with the D.A.V. for several years. She was a volunteer at the...
James Alfred Oliver, Jr.
Apr 22, 2022
James Alfred Oliver, Jr., age 70, left this earthly world to join his beloved wife in Heaven, on Friday, April 22, 2022, at Johnson City Medical Center. James was born on February 13, 1952 in Sullivan County, Tennessee to James Alfred Oliver, Sr. and Pauline Feathers Oliver. He graduated from Sullivan East High School in 1970. He then earned his...
Andrew "Andy" Jackson Heaton
Apr 22, 2022
Andrew “Andy” Jackson Heaton, age 53, of Johnson City, Tennessee went to be with the Lord on April 22, 2022 at Sycamore Shoals. Andy was born on September 19, 1968 in Washington County, Tennessee. He was a humble and gentle man. He will be greatly missed. He was preceded in death by his parents; paternal grandmother, Carrie Jones Heaton; and...
Sara Slater Murray
Apr 21, 2022
Our mother, Sara Slater Murray, has left this earthly life to join the host of heaven, and her beloved Gordon, who preceded her in death on February 19, 2011. Sara was born November 3, 1938, in Charleston, WV, the younger daughter of Elizabeth Fisher Slater and George Harold Slater. Surrounded by a large, extended family of grandparents, many aunts, uncles,...
Nadean Lavinia Wyatt
Apr 21, 2022
Nadean Tolley Wyatt, wife of the late James Wyatt Jr., went home to Heaven on Thursday, April 21, 2022. She was born in Carter County on November 27, 1928, to the late Daniel and Cora Jestice Tolley. She had been a resident of Piney Flats since 1953. Nadean was a strong Christian of the Free Will Baptist Faith. “There is...
Larry Roger Hammons
Apr 21, 2022
Larry Roger Hammons, 80, Watauga, passed away Thursday, April 21, 2022, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital, Elizabethton, TN, following an extended illness. Larry was born in Carter County to the late Fred and Geneva Campbell Hammons. Larry graduated from Elizabethton High School in 1960. He continued his education at Milligan College. Then he went on to proudly serve in the United...
Carl Edward Hamilton
Apr 20, 2022
Carl Edward Hamilton, 84, Johnson City, graduated to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, April 20, 2022 while in the comfort of his home. Carl was a lifelong resident of Johnson City. He was the son of the late Cecil Carl and Birdie Edwards Hamilton. In addition to his parents, Carl was preceded in death by his wife, JoAnn Smith Hamilton...
Charles Joseph Hudson
Apr 19, 2022
Charles Hudson, 80, of Johnson City passed away in his sleep on April 19, 2022. Born and raised in Ohio, he graduated from Ohio Northern University in 1963 and spent the next four decades in pharmacy-related business. In the 1980s he was responsible for helping establish the footprint in Florida for Walgreens’ major expansion and had a significant personal impact...
Catherine Louise Gouge
Apr 14, 2022
Catherine Louise Gouge, 77, Johnson City, passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022, at her residence. Catherine was the daughter of the late Claude and Virginia Carter. Catherine was of the Baptist faith and worked at Hills Department Store for over 20 years. In addition to her parents, Catherine was preceded in death by: her son, Aaron Gouge; one brother,...
Barbara Jean Hammer
Apr 12, 2022
Barbara Jean “Bobbie” Hammer, 77, went home to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on Tuesday April 12, 2022, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital. Barbara was born in Johnson City to the late Rev. John A. Scalf and Ruby Bowers Scalf. Mrs. Hammer retired from the American Red Cross after 20 years of service. Barbara was a Certified Medical Assistant...
Geneva Naomi Murray
Apr 10, 2022
Geneva Naomi Baskett Murray, age 93, of Jonesborough, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, April 10, 2022. Geneva was the daughter of the late Ruble and Eva Brawner Baskett. She was predeceased by her husband, J.S. Murray Jr.; sisters, Lorna Evans and Wilma Baskett; and brothers, Paul and Ruble Baskett Jr. She is survived by her brother, Mike Baskett; stepchildren, Lewis...
Diane Karen Guy
Apr 9, 2022
Diane Karen Hodges Guy, 62, Johnson City, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2022, at Abundant Christian Living. Diane was born in Johnson City to the late Haskiel “Hack” and Margaret Adams Hodges. Diane graduated from Daniel Boone High School. She worked as a case manager at NHC for many years and worked all over Washington County. Survivors include: her...
