OBITUARIES
Johnson City, TN. Obituaries
Local obituaries for Johnson City and Washington County, TN.
Paul Zimmerman
Apr 2, 2020
Paul William Zimmerman,49, born May 1st, 1970, passed away Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 after a brief illness. Paul loved motorcycles and rode every chance he got. He was known as the guy who could fix anything from cars to tv's and everything in between. Paul spent many years working at R & M Electronics in Elizabethton where he would fix...
Lloyd Honeycutt
Mar 31, 2020
Lloyd (Budge) Honeycutt, 85, of Unicoi, passed away on Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at his home in Unicoi following a courageous battle with cancer. He was a son of the late Reverend Joe Honeycutt and Ruth Honeycutt. Lloyd retired from Magnavox in 1976. He was known in his community for his passionate beekeeping and tomato gardening. In addition to his...
Howard Lynn Weeks
Mar 29, 2020
Howard Lynn Weeks, 60, of Gray, was survived by his three sons, Howard " Jason " Weeks of Gray, Justin Weeks of Nampa, ID, and Jonathon Scott of Gray; his two daughters, Kelly Riley of Unicoi, and Kari Daniels of Piney Flats; and his nine loving grandchildren who will miss him terribly, Landen & Cameron Weeks, Dillan & Alexia Scott,...
Jean Scott Copeland
Mar 29, 2020
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 Mrs. Jean S. Copeland, age 100, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away peacefully Sunday, March 29, 2020 at her home following a lengthy illness . A native of Lenoir City, Tennessee, she was the daughter of Lee M. and Elizabeth Scott....
Wanneta Elizabeth Johnson
Mar 29, 2020
Wannetta Elizabeth Riggs Johnson, age 98, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Wannetta was born on November 14, 1921 to Grover Clarence Riggs and Minnie Lee Gregory Riggs in Wapello, Iowa. Wannetta resided in East Tennessee since 1935. She earned her bachelor's degree from ETSU to be a teacher. She...
Josephine West
Mar 28, 2020
Josephine West, 93 of Johnson City died peacefully on March 28, 2020. She was born July 22, 1926 to Joseph Flynn Sullivan and Esther McHann Sullivan in Webb, Mississippi. She was preceded in death by a son, John Edward West, Jr. killed in action in Vietnam 1969 and by her husband of 62 years John Edward West, Sr. in 2006....
Chester A. Reed
Mar 26, 2020
Chester A. Reed, 87, of Johnson City died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Lakebridge Nursing Home. He was a native of Washington County, son of the late James Byrd and Sue Elizabeth Decker Reed. Chester was a retired (1987) firefighter for Johnson City. He was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church. Chester loved to hunt and fish and spend...
Robert Lynn Walden
Mar 26, 2020
Robert Lynn Walden, age 64, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away at his home on Thursday, March 26, 2020. There will be no public services at this time.
Harriet Rothbart Luster
Mar 20, 2020
Harriet Rothbart Luster passed away on March 20, 2020 at Brookdale Senior Living in Kingsport. She was born in Johnson City, TN, in 1931 where she lived most of her life. She attended school in Johnson City and was graduated at Highland Manor in West Long Beach, NJ. Mrs. Luster was preceded in death by her parents Albert and Pearl...
Gloria Jean Cloyd
Mar 19, 2020
Gloria Jean Vance Cloyd, 62, of Jonesborough, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 19, 2020, in the care of her family. She was a daughter of the late Dewey Dale Vance and Mary Ann Holder Vance. Gloria loved to serve the veterans, taking extra care with them in her time as a chef at the Quillen VA Medical...
Tori Lynn Scherer
Mar 15, 2020
Tori Lynn Scherer, 25, of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Rockford, Illinois, a daughter of John Scherer and Sandra Kay Arthur Scherer. Tori was a kind person with a big heart, who enjoyed working with children in her role as a social worker. She also enjoyed spending...
Diane Louise Mitchell
Mar 13, 2020
Diane Louise Mitchell, age 81, of Johnson City, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, March 13, 2020 in the loving and compassionate care of station 2 and 1 nursing staff at NHC Healthcare in Johnson City. Diane was born on June 4, 1938 to Thomas “Tom” Edward Mitchell and Thelma Sell Mitchell in Johnson City. She proudly attended Cumberland University and...
James Edgar Reed
Mar 12, 2020
James Edgar “Jim” Reed, 90, Johnson City, TN, went peacefully to join his Lord, Jesus Christ, and his wife, Ruth, on Thursday, March 12, 2020 following a brief illness. Jim was born in Jonesborough, TN to the late William Edgar Reed and Emma Lowe Reed. He was a member of Pinecrest Baptist Church where he served many years as a...
Herman Herbert Church
Mar 11, 2020
Herman H. Church, 90, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on February, 7, 1930 and was a native of Avery County, NC. He had lived in Evansville, IN; Kansas City, KS, and Johnson City, TN since 2000. Mr. Church was a son of the late Marion and Hildreth Lewis Church and...
Jay Zachary Slomka
Mar 11, 2020
Jay Slomka, 72, of Jonesborough, passed away on March 11, 2020, at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. He is survived by his loving wife of over 50 years, Gilda Nowes Slomka; daughter Shari Slomka Hough and her husband Mathew; son, Seth Slomka; and grandchildren, twins Aiden Hough and Peyton Hough, age 10, and Kayla Slomka, age...
James Stanford Carder
Mar 10, 2020
James S. Carder, 81 of Johnson City went to his Heavenly Home on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center, surrounded by his wife and family. Mr. Carder was a native of Washington County, TN a son of the late Allen and Edith Walker Carder. In addition to his parents, a sister, Edna Carder Watson and husband,...
Elizabeth Ann Hodges
Mar 8, 2020
Elizabeth “Tibby” Ann McMackin Hodges, age 94, of Johnson City, Tennessee, died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Tibby was born on October 31, 1925 in Johnson City to Harry W. McMackin and Josephine Hilborn McMackin. She graduated from Science Hill High School. Tibby was a lifelong active member, and the oldest living member, of Central...
Kenneth Wayne Jefferson
Mar 8, 2020
Kenneth Wayne Jefferson, age 86, of Johnson City, Tennessee died Sunday, March 8, 2020 at the Johnson City Medical Center. Kenneth was born May 7, 1933 in the District of Columbia to Witmer Jefferson and Ola “Mae” Kidwell Jefferson. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering from ETSU. Kenneth also served in the United States Air...
Julian Robert Combs
Mar 7, 2020
Robert Combs, age 57, of Johnson City, Tennessee died Saturday, March 7, 2020. He was a native of Bristol who had lived in Johnson City for forty years. He was a son of Robert and Genevive Combs. He was a graduate of Sullivan Central High School. Robert and his family owned and operated Roto-Rooter for over 40 years. He was...
James Buchanan Clark, Jr.
Mar 7, 2020
James Buchanan Clark, 96, formerly of Johnson City, died Saturday, March 7, 2020, in Houston, TX. He was a native of Abingdon, VA who had lived in Johnson City since 1987. He was a son of the late James and Bessie Maiden Clark. In June 1951, he married the love of his life, June Hale Clark of Morristown, TN. They...
