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Bobby Gene Grindstaff September 11, 2017 Date of Service: September 15, 2017 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Psalms 49: 15 But God Will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Se’lah. Bobby Gene Grindstaff, 73, Elizabethton went home to be with his Lord and Savior […]

December 22, 2013 Date of Service: December 24, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom     Jerry Wayne Hinkle, 67, Elizabethton passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at his residence surrounded by his family following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Taylor “Ted” & Carolyn Grindstaff […]

December 19, 2013 Date of Service: December 23, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section   Mr. Bob J. Treadway, age 78, of Johnson City, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, December 19, 2013, from the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness.  Mr. Treadway was born in Washington County, Tennessee, to the […]

December 20, 2013 Date of Service: December 22, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Roy Oscar Brown, 92, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, December 20, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Washington County, he was a son of the late Allen and Mae Fox Brown. He had lived in Carter County for […]

December 13, 2013 Date of Service: December 17, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Matthew Jerome Russell, age 43, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord Friday, December 13, 2013, at his residence, following an extended illness. Matthew was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Paul Hilman, and his […]

December 12, 2013 Date of Service: December 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Lois Ellen Townsend, 93, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord Thursday, December 12, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Townsend was a Carter County native and was born September 25, 1920. to the late Ira and Lola […]

December 11, 2013 Date of Service: December 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Dora D. Holly, 96, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at the Christian Care Center of Johnson City, following an extended illness. Dora was born in Zionsville, N.C., to the late Lee and Verna Cornett […]

December 8, 2013 Date of Service: December 13, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount   Dixie D. Ward Norris, 87, Elizabethton  passed thru the Heavenly Portals on Sunday, December 8, 2013, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. She was the daughter of the Late N.D. and Sarah Tester Ward. She was preceded  in death […]

November 30, 2013 Date of Service: December 7, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   Betty Jenelle Lewis, 47, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2013, at her residence, following an extended illness. Ms. Lewis was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Wayne and Ruth Williams Lewis. In […]

December 4, 2013 Date of Service: December 7, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section

December 3, 2013 Date of Service: December 7, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Betty Ann Morton, 71, Roan Mountain, passed away Tuesday, December 3, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Welch, W.Va., a daughter of the late James and Georgia Marie Buchanan Brown. Betty had lived most […]

December 4, 2013 Date of Service: December 6, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden   Charles Ray “Dick” Peters, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, December 4, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Gordon and Jennie Morrell Peters. He was a retired employee of […]

November 25, 2013 Date of Service: November 30, 2013 Interment Location: Laurels Section   Mrs. Janice M. Sartain, age 71, of Johnson City, TN, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Ray […]

November 27, 2013 Date of Service: November 30, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section   Dr. Jerry Dale Holt, 78, of Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 in the Christian Care Center of Johnson City, following an extended illness. Dr. Holt was a native of Carter County and a son of the late […]

November 23, 2013 Date of Service: November 25, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section   Phyllis Ann “Patti” Nave, 68, Elizabethton went home to be with her Lord, Saturday, November 23, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Fred D. and Florence Holly Fletcher. […]

November 1, 2011 Date of Service: November 25, 2013 Interment Location: Laurels Section

November 20, 2013 Date of Service: November 24, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Prayer   Bill Davis, 87, Hampton, passed away Wednesday, November 20, 2013, in the Hillview Health Center. He was born in Johnson City but lived  his entire life in Carter County. He was a son of the late David H. and Margaret […]

November 19, 2013 Date of Service: November 23, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   Roy Ingram 81, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2013, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Roan Mountain, he was a son of the late Dayton and Nettie Mae Largent Ingram. He was a member […]

November 14, 2013 Date of Service: November 23, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane   Samantha Josephine Barnaby, of Chester, Virginia, age twenty-nine lost her earthly life on November 14, 2013, tragically in an automobile accident while visiting Butte, Montana. Samantha’s parents are Cathy and Stephen Joseph Barnaby, of Elizabethton, Tennessee. In addition to her […]

November 18, 2013 Date of Service: November 21, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane   Paul H. Pless, 87, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2013, at his residence following a brief illness. Mr. Pless was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Charlie Lee Pless and Rhoda Dalton […]

November 16, 2013 Date of Service: November 19, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Mary Ada Simerly McKinney, 89, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away on Saturday, November 16, 2013, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Earnest and Dolly Casey Simerly. Mrs. […]

November 11, 2013 Date of Service: November 16, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   Louise Stover Trammell, 85, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013, at her home. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Helen Taylor Stover. In addition to her parents, she was […]

November 12, 2013 Date of Service: November 16, 2013 Memorial Location: Masonic Section   Mina Hicks Hagie, age 97, of Elizabethton, TN, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Pine Ridge Care Center after a lengthy illness. A native of Avery County, NC, she had lived in Carter County, TN, […]

November 12, 2013 Date of Service: November 15, 2013 Memorial Location: Christus Garden Blanche Guy Perkins, 130 Perkins Road, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Guy […]

November 10, 2013 Date of Service: November 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom   You cannot see beyond this life But this you know … I loved you so Never doubt that I am with you still! For love does not die with the body And nothing in Heaven or on earth Can keep […]

November 11, 2013 Date of Service: November 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Norman Leon Proffitt, 69, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, November 11, 2013, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was born in Watauga, Tennessee, to the late Lawrence “Red” Proffitt and Cornail O’Quinn Proffitt, of […]

November 11, 2013 Date of Service: November 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Paradise   Robert Edwin “Bob” Cornett, 58, Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord Monday, November 11, 2013, at his residence. A native of Abingdon, Virginia, he had lived in Elizabethton most of his life. He was a graduate of Elizabethton […]

November 6, 2013 Date of Service: November 13, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Alan Lee Hubatka, 81, of Cary, N.C., died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013, at the Hospice of Wake County. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home Chapel, 200 S.E. Maynard Rd., Cary, […]

November 7, 2013 Date of Service: November 13, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Mrs. Betty Lou Hathaway Day, 80, of Elizabethton passed away Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. A native of Elizabethton, she was the daughter of the late Harry Carriger Hathaway and Sarah Emily […]

November 12, 2013 Date of Service: November 13, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section Rosa Malone Cross, 63, of Elizabethton passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2013, in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton. Mrs. Cross was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late George Taylor and Mary Frances Foster Crumley. In addition […]

November 7, 2013 Date of Service: November 12, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   Mr. Dewey G. “Dubie” Renfro, 61, of Elizabethton, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2013, at his home. He was born in Carter County and was the son of the late Earl D. and Ellen Bradshaw Renfro. In addition to […]

November 6, 2013 Date of Service: November 9, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden   2nd Timothy 4:7 — I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith … Ray Lyons, born on July 8, 1925, went to be with Jesus November 6, 2013, at 3:10 a.m. He was […]

November 6, 2013 Date of Service: November 8, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion   Clyde Elbert Ashworth departed this life on November 6, 2013 at the age of 91.  He was born in Coeburn, Va., on January 16, 1922.  He was predeceased by his parents, Thomas Canady Ashworth and Maude Tate Ashworth, brother, Eckle […]

November 2, 2013 Date of Service: November 6, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount Addition   Joann Taylor, 75, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from the Johnson City Medical Center.  Mrs. Taylor was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Conley […]

November 1, 2013 Date of Service: November 5, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Garden   Paula M. Wiseman, 61, Elizabethton, passed away unexpectedly Friday, November 1, 2013, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was a Carter County native. Paula was a 1970 graduate of Elizabethton High School and attended East Tennessee State University. She was a […]

October 27, 2013 Date of Service: November 1, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section   Melissa Gail Potter Griffin, 43, Garden Road, Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013, at her residence. Melissa was born in Quantico, Virginia, to Linda Lou Brewer Potter, of Elizabethton, and the late Richard Lee Potter. Mrs. Griffin was employed […]

October 27, 2013 Date of Service: November 1, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section   Michael Patrick Griffin, 49, of Garden Road, Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, October 27, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Griffin was a son of the late William Patrick and Jacqueline Marie Babin Cutress. In addition to his parents, he was preceded […]

October 28, 2013 Date of Service: November 1, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion   Zula E. Baird, 81, of Elizabethton, was escorted home by the Angels to be in the presence of the Lord on Monday, October 28, 2013, from Roan Highlands Nursing Home following an extended illness. Heaven is now brighter because of […]

October 26, 2013 Date of Service: October 30, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   William “Billy” Forbes, 80, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Heavenly Father Saturday, October 26, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by his devoted family. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late […]

October 25, 2013 Date of Service: October 29, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom   Mrs. Helen “Mitzi” Toney, age 62, 134 Pinnacle Drive, Elizabethton, TN, passed away peacefully at her home Friday, October 25, 2013. A native of Washington County, TN, she was the daughter of the late John Jackson and Lethia Birchfield Cable. […]

October 25, 2013 Date of Service: October 28, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Sermon on the Mount   Mrs. Lucille Scott, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Friday, October 25, 2013, in Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Boone, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Hazel […]

October 24, 2013 Date of Service: October 26, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section   Jack Lipford, 70, of Johnson City, passed away surrounded by his family on Thursday, October 24, 2013, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center following an extended illness. Jack was a native of Carter County and was a son of […]

October 22, 2013 Date of Service: October 26, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom   Joyce Broome, 73, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at her residence, surrounded by her family, following a brief illness. Joyce was born in Valley Forge on January 13, 1940, to the late Carl and Alida […]

September 7, 2013 Date of Service: October 26, 2013 Interment Location: Columbarium of Peace   I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times […]

October 24, 2013 Date of Service: October 25, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Viola Massey Joines, 86, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Joines was a native of Carter County and […]

October 22, 2013 Date of Service: October 25, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section   Clyde Cates, 97, Hampton, passed away Tuesday, October 22, 2013, in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late J.R. & Mattie Hyder Cates of Tiger Valley. […]

October 13, 2013 Date of Service: October 18, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Jean Sholes Brooks, 86, of Maryville, Tenn., passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2013, at Blount Memorial Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Brooks was born in Winston-Salem, N.C., to the late Dillard M. Sholes Sr. and Elizabeth Bragg Sholes. In addition […]

October 13, 2013 Date of Service: October 17, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Renee Scott Burchfield, 46, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013 at her residence. She was a Bristol, Virginia native. Renee was a 1985 graduate of Happy Valley High School. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in December of 1999 and a Master’s […]

October 12, 2013 Date of Service: October 15, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section James Ronald “Jim” Tuelle, 76, Elizabethton went home to be with the Lord Saturday, October 12, 2013 in the Community Living Center, James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Marion, Virginia, he was a son of the late James Tuelle […]

October 10, 2013 Date of Service: October 13, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Lou Howell, 97, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Dan […]

October 8, 2013 Date of Service: October 12, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Peggy J. Ornduff, 81, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2013, in the Pine Ridge Care Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Frank Lee and Gladys Gentry Ornduff. […]

October 2, 2013 Date of Service: October 7, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount Diane Lynn DeLoach, 58, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at her residence with her family by her side. She was a native of Richwood, West Virginia, and had lived in Elizabethton for the […]

October 4, 2013 Date of Service: October 7, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Paul Casey, 53, 132 Charles Smith Road, Watauga, TN, passed away on October 4, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center from complications of diabetes.  He had lived most of his life in Carter County and graduated from Hampton High School. Mr. Casey was […]

October 4, 2013 Date of Service: October 7, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Garden    

October 2, 2013 Date of Service: October 5, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Helen L. Proffitt, age 82, of Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at NHC Healthcare following a lengthy illness.  A native of Washington County, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Fred L. and Clara Richards Proffitt. Mrs. Proffitt […]

September 28, 2013 Date of Service: October 1, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to […]

September 28, 2013 Date of Service: October 1, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion Virgie Lovelace Taylor, 89, Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, September 28, 2013, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Tennessee and Mollie Hardin Lovelace. Mrs. Taylor retired after 39 years of service […]

September 24, 2013 Date of Service: September 28, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Kenneth Loyd Deloach, 82, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, September 24, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Charles and Bonnie Odom Deloach. He […]

September 25, 2013 Date of Service: September 27, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Paul W. Taylor, 90, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, September 24, 2013, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital after an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Robert and Lizzie Grindstaff Taylor. In addition to his […]

September 23, 2013 Date of Service: September 26, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Jack H. Cannon, 89, died on Monday, September 23, 2013, at Hermitage Health Center, Elizabethton. Mr. Cannon, a son of the late Lessie H. and Florine Smalling Cannon, was a lifelong resident of Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was […]

September 21, 2013 Date of Service: September 25, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom George Greene, Jr., age 87, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 in Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. He was born in Benton, KY, a son of the late George D. and Dona Linkes Greene. In addition […]

September 20, 2013 Date of Service: September 24, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount Ruble Lynn Nave Campbell, 85, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, September 20, 2013, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late James Orville and Dorcas Byers Nave. She was a 1946 graduate […]

September 19, 2013 Date of Service: September 24, 2013 Interment Location: Columbarium of Peace Martha Inalee Birchfield DePue, 82, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013, at her residence. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Walter and Gertrude Whitehead Birchfield. She was a graduate of Hampton High School. Martha […]

September 17, 2013 Date of Service: September 24, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount

September 17, 2013 Date of Service: September 21, 2013 Interment Location: Laurels Section John W. Depew, 90, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday, September 17, 2013, at his residence. He was a Carter County native and a son of the late Roy B. Depew Sr. and Mable Buck Depew. He was preceded in death by […]

September 18, 2013 Date of Service: September 21, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Mrs. Margaret Stephens Manning, age 91, of Elizabethton, TN, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late William Warren (W.W.) and Celia […]

September 21, 2013 Date of Service: September 25, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Kenneth Eugene “Gene” Simmons, of Kingsport, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 21, 2013. A native of Elizabethton, he graduated from Elizabethton High School and later from ETSU with his Master’s in Chemistry. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army. […]

September 14, 2013 Date of Service: September 17, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Judy Kaye Franklin, 73, formerly of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Center on Aging and Health, Erwin, Tenn., following an extended illness. A native of Elizabethton, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late […]

September 11, 2013 Date of Service: September 14, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Donatilde “DonnaT” Bandarra, 80, of Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2013, at her residence. Mrs. Bandarra was born in St. Miguel, Azores in Portugal to the late Antonio P. and Mary Costa. Mrs. Bandarra had worked as a food […]

September 9, 2013 Date of Service: September 13, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Dallas “Rabbit” White, 71, of Johnson City, passed away on Monday, September 9, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. He was born in Carter County, the oldest son of Chalmer and Hazel Garland White. Mr. White retired from Eastman […]

September 6, 2013 Date of Service: September 11, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Deborah C. “Debbie” Pierce, 56, Piney Flats, entered into rest, Friday, September 6, 2013, at her home surrounded by her family. She was a native of Elizabethton and had lived in Roanoke, Virginia, for a number of years before returning to the […]

September 7, 2013 Date of Service: September 11, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Ruth Rogers Glover, 81, Elizabethton passed away Saturday, September 7, 2013 in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. A native of Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Harry D. and Mary Elizabeth Hodge Rogers. She had […]

September 7, 2013 Date of Service: September 10, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Stacy Scott Sams, 45, 714 Fairway Drive, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord peacefully Saturday morning, September 7, 2013. He was a Carter County native. Stacy was a 1986 graduate of Elizabethton High School. He was a 1990 graduate of […]

September 2, 2013 Date of Service: September 4, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace   Jack Allen Hilton, 83, Elizabethton passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Alonzo and Annie Mae Bradley Hilton. He was a 1949 graduate […]

August 28, 2013 Date of Service: August 31, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Prayer Tina Sheree Estep Whitehead, 55, of Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at her residence. She was a native of Elizabethton and the daughter of Peggy N. Lingerfelt Palmer and the late Jack C. Estep. In addition to her […]

August 27, 2013 Date of Service: August 29, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Mr. Tommy R. Isaacs, age 71, of Watauga, TN, passed away Tuesday, August 27, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Charles Weston and Emma Lou Phipps Isaacs. […]

August 23, 2013 Date of Service: August 27, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Walter “Lee” McKinney, 81, of Roan Mountain, entered into rest on Friday, August 23, 2013 at Roan Highlands Nursing Center following a brief illness.   He was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Ralph L. and Myrtle […]

August 23, 2013 Date of Service: August 27, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion Mrs. Rose M. Welch, age 98, began singing in the Heavenly choir on Friday, August 23, 2013.  Our angel is finally at rest with her precious Jesus and family.  She was met at the crossing by all her loved ones who […]

August 20, 2013 Date of Service: August 24, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section   William “Willie” Edmond Church, 64, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord and family on Tuesday, August 20, 2013, from the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born in Elizabethton, TN, to the late Turner and Dalphna Brown Church. […]

August 18, 2013 Date of Service: August 22, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper   Patsy J. Ellis, 71, of Johnson City, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was born in Washington County, TN, to the late Alva “Nappy” Freeman and […]

August 13, 2013 Date of Service: August 17, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Leroy C. Johnson, 75, Elizabethton passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Virginia Johnson. He was a 1956 graduate of Hampton High […]

June 16, 2013 Date of Service: August 16, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount Rae Louise Owens, Age 76, of Old Hickory, passed away June 16, 2013. She is survived by her wonderful husband of 59 years, James G. Owens; daughters, Eva Rae Morrissey and Amy Lou Metcalf; son, Mitchell J. Owens; sisters, Joyce […]

August 13, 2013 Date of Service: August 16, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Garden Dorothy L. Williams, 92, Johnson City passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at her home. She was a native of Wood County, Texas and the daughter of Grover and Vada Parks Knight. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death […]

August 12, 2013 Date of Service: August 15, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Helen T. Bullock, 74, of Piney Flats, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, August 12, 2013 from Franklin Woods Community Hospital. She was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late Robert and Martha Bryant […]

August 11, 2013 Date of Service: August 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Robert C. Nidiffer, 86, of Knoxville, Tennessee, formerly of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, August 11, 2013 in the Parkwest Hospital in Knoxville, following a brief illness. He was a native of Carter County and a son of the late Fusson […]

August 9, 2013 Date of Service: August 11, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Lillian Elizabeth Honeycutt, 84, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, August 9, 2013, at her residence. A native of Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Carter H. and Virginia Miller Hopkins. She was a 1946 graduate of Happy […]

August 5, 2013 Date of Service: August 8, 2013 Interment Location: Laurels Section Lois Morrell Maden, 95, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, August 5, 2013, at Appalachian Christian Village following an extended illness. She was born in Longmont, Colo., to the late Sam and Hattie Hodges Morrell. In addition to her parents, she was […]

July 27, 2013 Date of Service: July 29, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Prayer Frances Turner Smith, 91, Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late W.B. and Elizabeth Campbell Turner. She loved to […]

July 24, 2013 Date of Service: July 28, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount

July 24, 2013 Date of Service: July 27, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Mary Gale Smalling Woods, age 99, of Elizabethton, TN passed away on July 24, 2013, at Hillview Health Center, Elizabethton.  She was a native and lifelong resident of Carter County and lived most of her life in Elizabethton.  Mrs. Woods was a daughter […]

July 22, 2013 Date of Service: July 27, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion Geneva Norris, 94, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, July 22, 2013, after a brief illness. A native of Butler, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Millard and Winne McQueen Grindstaff. In addition to her parents, she is preceded […]

July 20, 2013 Date of Service: July 25, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Mr. Jerry Wayne Shell, Sr., 63, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, July 20, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. dHe was the son of the late Leon Shell and Ruth Freeman Shell Dugger. In addition to his parents, […]

July 16, 2013 Date of Service: July 20, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section Ronnie L. Gobble, age 49, of Elizabethton, passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born in Okinawa, Japan, and was a son of R.L. and Esther Gobble. Mr. Gobble was preceded in death by […]

July 9, 2013 Date of Interment: July 13, 2013 Interment Location: Sermon on the Mount Ruby Lee Elliott, 90, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 from her residence, following a brief illness. She was born in Carter County to the late Clayton and Mary Elizabeth Rainbolt Ward. […]

July 9, 2013 Date of Service: July 13, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Donald W. Bolling, 77, of Elizabethton, entered into rest on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, TN, following an extended illness. He was the son of the late J.C. Bolling, Sr. and Nora Fox […]

July 10, 2013 Date of Service: July 13, 2013 Interment location: Garden of Freedom Joyce E. McKinney, 74, of Roan Mountain, TN, passed away on Wednesday, July 10, 2013 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was born in Lime Kiln, Maryland to the late Leon and Mary Dean Soper Burger. In addition to her parents, she […]

July 4, 2013 Date of Service: July 8, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Dixie Nadine Jenkins Timbs, 87, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 4th, in Elizabethton. Now in the arms of angels in heaven, she had led a full, exciting, interesting life. She was the glue and the rock-solid anchor that held […]

July 2, 2013 Date of Service: July 7, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section On July 2, 2013, a little Angel entered into the kingdom of Heaven. Coty Lynn Stines, Elizabethton, died unexpectedly at his residence. Coty was such a sweet and loving little child of God. He loved riding his tricycles and big wheels out […]

July 3, 2013 Date of Service: July 6, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper James Marvin Carden, age 66, of Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, July 3, 2013, from his residence. He was the son of the late James Laney Carden and Edith White Carden. He was a […]

June 28, 2013 Date of Service: July 6, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Roy Laverne “Toby” Julian Sr., 72, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Friday, June 28, 2013. Toby was born and raised in Elizabethton, TN, and the son of the late Roy O. and Beatrice Miller […]

July 1, 2013 Date of Service: July 5, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Joann Nidiffer, 69, of Watauga, passed away on Monday, July 1, 2013, at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Albert Bush and Edith Lucille Nidiffer. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a grandchild, […]

July 2, 2013 Date of Service: July 5, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Ola Maxine Elliott Estep, 76, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at her residence. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Niles B. and Verna Faye Grindstaff Elliott. She was a 1954 graduate of Elizabethton High […]

June 30, 2013 Date of Service: July 5, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane Carol Ann Larkin Robinson, of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary Virginia Mauk Larkin. In addition to her parents, she was […]

June 28, 2013 Date of Service: July 5, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion    

June 30, 2013 Date of Service: July 3, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section    

June 28, 2013 Date of Service: July 1, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane Brenda Ray Shell, 72, Elizabethton, made her journey into heaven on Friday, June 28, 2013, at Hillview Health Center to spend eternity with her Savior, husband and parents. A native of Burlington, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late […]

June 29, 2013 Date of Service: July 1, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Bobby “Bob” Davis, 79, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, June 29, 2013, from Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Mack and Hattie Jones Davis. In addition to […]

June 24, 2013 Date of Interment: June 30, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Thelma Jones Bolinger, age 101, of Johnson City, passed away on June 24, 2013. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Summers Bolinger; parents, Clyde & Maude Matney Jones; brothers, Clyde Jr. and Ray Jones; sister, Mable Trevathan; and grandson, […]

June 21, 2013 Date of Service: June 28, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Clyde Henry Bowers, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, June 21, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Calvin Green and Minnie Smith Bowers. Mr. Bowers was retired from the Power House […]

June 19, 2013 Date of Service: June 23, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Younger Miles Wright, 57, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at his residence. He was a native of Carter County and the son of the late John W. Wright and Lois Ramey Wright of Elizabethton. Mr. Wright was the […]

June 19, 2013 Date of Service: June 22, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Elizabeth A. Townsend, 82, of Elizabethton, TN, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, from Pine Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Townsend was the daughter of the late Robert and Dalace Minton […]

June 19, 2013 Date of Service: June 22, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Arland R. Singleton, 73, of Roan Mountain, Tenn., went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Roan Highlands Nursing Center following an extended illness. He was a son of the late Fate and Birdie Hughes Singleton. […]

June 17, 2013 Date of Service: June 21, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Mrs. Lucy Crumley Hill, 91, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Monday, June 17, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Gus W. and Mae M. Hampton Crumley. Mrs. Hill had worked in […]

June 16, 2013 Date of Service: June 19, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Mr. Richard Jack Collins, age 80, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late O.B. “Shorty” and Anna Mae Guess […]

June 16, 2013 Date of Service: June 19, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Mr. Richard Jack Collins, age 80, of Elizabethton, TN passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013 in Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late O.B. “Shorty” and Anna Mae Guess […]

June 13, 2013 Date of Service: June 18, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section KINGSPORT — Viola “Vi” Mottern, 78, Kingsport, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center. Vi was a member of Lynn Garden Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her father, William Frank Hart Sr.; mother, Ida […]

June 14, 2013 Date of Service: June 18, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section Betty Jo Ketchem, age 76, of Elizabethton, passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Whaley, NC, she was the daughter of the late John M. and Zora Church Estep. […]

May 22, 2013 Date of Service: June 15, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane PENSACOLA, Fla. — James Franklin Farmer, 74, passed away May 22, 2013 in Pensacola, FL. He was born June 29, 1938, to the late Idus and Ruby Farmer in Atlanta, GA. Jim graduated from Roosevelt High School in Atlanta and received […]

June 8, 2013 Date of Service: June 12, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Paradise J.B. Heaton, 79, Elizabethton, passed Sunday June 9, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Blaine and Susan Bowman Heaton. He was a retired employee of the Alemite […]

June 9, 2013 Date of Service: June 12, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” Hebrews 10:25 Doyle Charles Turbyfill, 90, Ivy Hall Nursing Home, formerly of Watauga, went […]

June 8, 2013 Date of Service: June 12, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom ELIZABETHTON — Mr. R. Louis Taylor, age 80, of Elizabethton, TN went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Louis was born April 14, 1933 in Elizabethton, TN the son of the late […]

June 5, 2013 Date of Service: June 9, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane ELIZABETHTON — Virginia “Granny” Hodge White, 95, Elizabethton went home to be with her Lord, Wednesday, June 5, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late William and Orpha Campbell Hodge. […]

June 1, 2013 Date of Service: June 5, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Devotion TEAGUE, THELMA HOLSCLAW – age 83, of Knoxville, died on Saturday, June 01, 2013. She was a native of Carter County, Tennessee. Thelma was the daughter of the late Ernest and Stella Grindstaff Holsclaw. She attended Elizabethton City Schools until moving […]

May 30, 2013 Date of Service: June 4, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Paradise Roland F. Savage, 75, 1825 Glen Echo Road, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013, in the James H. Quillen V.A. Medical Center. He was a native of Philadelphia, PA, and had lived in Washington County since 2002. Mr. Savage […]

May 30, 2013 Date of Service: June 4, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Augusta, GA—Mrs. Edith Lovingood Ashmore, wife of the late Mr. Wade Ashmore, entered into rest at University Hospital on Thursday, May 30, 2013. A native of Elizabethton,Tennessee. She was a resident of St. John Towers in August, GA. Mrs. Ashmore was a […]

June 3, 2013 Date of Service: June 7, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section ELIZABETHTON — Joe Ann (Nave) Polly, age 80, of Elizabethton, TN went to her Heavenly home with her family Monday, June 3, 2013 in Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. Born December 4, 1932 in Andover, VA she was the daughter […]

May 30, 2013 Date of Service: June 1, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Gethsemane Mr. Dillard J. Blevins, age 84, of Hampton, TN passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Dave W. and Minnie Miller Blevins. He retired from […]

May 30, 2013 Date of Service: June 1, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Virginia B. Hayes, 79, died on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at her home. Born in Carter County, she had resided in Jonesborough most of her life before moving to Kingsport in the late 1970s. She and her husband, Jim, were owner/operators of […]

May 26, 2013 Date of Service: May 30, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Paradise Robert M. “Bob” Hopson, age 78, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, May 26, 2013 from his residence. He was a member of Unaka Baptist Church and was the son of the late Tommy and Mary Hopson. He […]

May 26, 2013 Date of Service: May 30, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of Freedom Mr. James Edward “Buster” Morgan, 75, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at his residence, following an extended illness. He was born in Carter County to the late Willard D. and Ina Love Morgan. In addition to […]

May 25, 2013 Date of Service: May 29, 2013 Interment Location: Mausoleum of Peace Lewis J. Ellis, 80, of 133 Carson Drive, Johnson City, passed away Saturday, May 25, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Ellis was a native of Carter County and was a son of the late […]

May 25, 2013 Date of Service: May 28, 2013 Interment Location: Masonic Section Mrs. Wilma S. Scott, 80, of Johnson City, TN, passed away on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at her residence, following an extended illness. She was born in Carter County to the late Edd C. and Lona Whitehead Shepherd. In addition to her […]

May 18, 2013 Date of Service: May 25, 2013 Interment Location: Christus Garden Kenova A. “Ken” Potter, 93, formerly of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Saturday, May 18, 2013, from Grace Health Care in Lake Wales, Florida, following an extended illness. He was born October 17, 1919, in McRoberts, Kentucky, to […]

May 22, 2013 Date of Service: May 25, 2013 Interment Location: Southview Section Surrounded by family, Edwin Lee “Eddie” Greene, Jr., 61, died at the Johnson City Medical Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, following an illness. Formerly from Carter County, he was living in Johnson City at the time of his death. Eddie was […]

May 21, 2013 Date of Service: May 24, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Norma Elliott Neece, 90, of Johnson City, TN, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at the Lakebridge Health Care Center. She was born in Elizabethton, TN, on January 18, 1923, and was the daughter of the late Dayton […]

May 18, 2013 Date of Service: May 21, 2013 Interment Location: Dogwood Section But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hat prepared for them that love him. 1st Corinthians 2:9 Houston Edward Greene Sr., 77, passed away Saturday, […]

May 18, 2013 Date of Service: May 21, 2013 Interment Location: Crown Section Martha Mae Heaton, 86, Roan Mountain, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County she was a daughter of the late Dorothy Blackwell. She was a retired Nurse’s Aide at the Life Care […]

May 16, 2013 Date of Service: May 20, 2013 Interment Location: Laurels Section Shelby K. Collins, of Piney Flats, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 16, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a 1955 Graduate of Elizabethton High School. Shelby will be remembered as a special, caring […]

May 16, 2013 Date of Service: May 19, 2013 Interment Location: Garden of the Last Supper Thurman “T.J.” Elliott, Jr., 68, of Elizabethton, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital, following an extended illness. He was born in Woodbury, Tenn. to the late Thurman J. Elliott Sr. and […]

May 11, 2013 Date of Service: May 15, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace   I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 2 Timothy 4:7 Geraldine Blevins, age 68, of Hampton, passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013 in the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC following an […]

May 12, 2013 Date of Service: May 15, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Pearl Jane Lyons Cox, 85, 466 Cripple Creek Loop, Watauga went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, May 12, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late John Joseph and Demmie Lyons. […]

May 7, 2013 Date of Service: May 11, 2013 Section: Crown Section   Teresa Jean Shell Bullock, 88 of Kingsport, died on Tuesday (May 7, 2013). The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. on Saturday at Carter-Trent Funeral Home, Kingsport. A service will be held at 2 p.m. in the funeral home […]

May 4, 2013 Date of Service: May 8, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace James A. “Jim” Campbell, 72, of Johnson City, died Saturday, May 4, 2013, at the LeConte Medical Center in Sevierville. He was a native of Carter County, son of the late Leonard and Thelma Bateman Campbell. Jim was administrator for the Moose […]

May 3, 2013 Date of Service: May 5, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Cletta Younce, 73, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at  the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. She was a native of Carter County and a daughter of the late John B. and  Winnie Keith Ornduff. In addition to her […]

April 28, 2013 Date of Service: May 1, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount James W. Kyte, 83, of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. He was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Alvin and Nettie Smith […]

April 27, 2013 Date of Service: April 30, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Margaret N. Nave, age 74, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. She was born in Carter County to the late Ray E. and Ora Lee Timbs Nave. […]

April 23, 2013 Date of Service: April 27, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Joe Edward Brown Sr., 73, Hampton, passed away Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Avery County, North Carolina, he was a son of the late James P. and Georgia Marie Buchanan Brown. […]

April 24, 2013 Date of Service: April 27, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Mildred McKinney Campbell, 81, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in the Roan Highlands Nursing Center. A native of Dickenson County, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Pink and Maude Mathes McKinney. She had lived in Elizabethton for the majority […]

April 21, 2013 Date of Service: April 26, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Louise Odom Hathaway, 73, Elizabethton, died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Brownlow Blevins and Sylvia Odom Hughes. Louise was a 1958 graduate of Cloudland High School and […]

April 23, 2013 Date of Service: April 27, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Peggy Ann Townsend, 64, of Johnson City, Tenn., died Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Montgomery, W.Va., and was a daughter of Thomas Whitlock and Garnet Daniel Whitlock Frazier. She was preceded in death by a […]

April 20, 2013 Date of Service: April 23, 2013 Section: Dogwood Section “Please remember me as I was, healthy, happy, and trying to make you laugh.” James Ray ‘Doc’ Jones, 64, left us on Saturday, April 20, 2013 in the Johnson City Medical Center. Except for 4 years in the Air Force, he was a […]

April 20, 2013 Date of Service: April 24, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Charles G. “Bud” Shell, age 79, of Mosheim, TN, died Saturday afternoon, April 20, 2013, at his home. He was born on May 20, 1933, in Elizabethton, TN, a son of the late Charles and Mildred Shell. He graduated from […]

April 14, 2013 Date of Service: April 16, 2013 Section: Crown Section Joda A. Vance Souder, at the age of 99 years, four months, and seven days, joined her husband of 65 years, Pastor Charles Souder, in her new home “where the soul never dies: Beulah Land” to dwell in the house of the Lord forever. […]

April 12, 2013 Date of Service: April 15, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Jeanette Crowe Mottern, 79, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Ike and Eva Hardin Crowe. Jeanette was a 1951 graduate of Elizabethton […]

April 12, 2013 Date of Service: April 15, 2013 Section: Crown Section Eileen Street Kelsey, age 92, died on Friday, April 12th, at Christian Care Center in Johnson City, three months after the death of her husband of 71 years, Arthur “Bud” Kelsey. She was also preceded in death by her parents, Arvil “A.L.” Street […]

April 12, 2013 Date of Service: April 15, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Charlotte Riggs Young, Johnson City, passed away peacefully in her home with her family by her side on April 12, 2013, after an extended illness. Charlotte was born in Elizabethton, TN, to the late Dana H. Riggs and Gertie B. Riggs. In addition […]

April 9, 2013 Date of Service: April 12, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Larry E. Letterman, 66, of Johnson City, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital, Mountain Home, following a courageous battle with cancer. He was a native of Carter […]

March 31, 2013 Date of Service: April 9, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Sidney E. Pleasant Sr., 76, of Cocoa, FL, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013, in the Wuesthoff Hospital in Rockledge, Florida. Mr. Pleasant was born in Carter County, TN, but had lived in Florida since October of 1960. He was the […]

April 5, 2013 Date of Service: April 9, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount Addition Mrs. Mina Hyder Street, 82, of Hampton, went home on Friday, April 5, 2013, following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Frank Hyder and Julie Ann McKinney Hyder. In addition to nine siblings, she was preceded […]

April 5, 2013 Date of Service: April 8, 2013 Section: Masonic Garden Geraldine McKinney Smith, 75, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, April 5, 2013, in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Katie Hubbard McKinney. She was a […]

April 4, 2013 Date of Service: April 7, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount Addition “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and […]

April 2, 2013 Date of Service: April 7, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Jason Brandan Rhea, 36, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at his residence after a brief illness. He was a Carter County native. Jason was employed as a Construction and Utility Worker. He was a member of Caldwell Springs Baptist Church. He […]

April 2, 2013 Date of Service: April 6, 2013 Section: Garden of Gethsemane Juanita Edney Banner Julian, 87, of Bristol, Tenn., formerly of Elizabethton, died Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Hermitage Health Center following a brief illness. Ms. Julian was a native of Carter County in the Shell Creek Community and was the daughter of the […]

March 29, 2013 Date of Service: April 2, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Mrs. Oma Lee Holder Richardson, of Elizabethton, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Dora Estep Holder and was born in Carter County. […]

August 6, 1936 – March 24, 2013 Date of Service: March 28, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Kenneth H. Cable, 76, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord, March 24, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. Mr. Cable was a follower and lover of Jesus. He was a member of Piney Flats Free […]

May 18, 1923 – March 24, 2013 Date of Service: March 28, 2013 Section: Garden of Gethsemane Mrs. Evelyn Smith Edmunds, 89, a loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, of Elizabethton, Tenn., formerly of Decatur, Ga., passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013, at Hermitage Health Care Center. Born in Orlando, Fla., she was the daughter of […]

January 15, 1936 – March 23, 2013 Date of Service: March 27, 2013 Section: Crown Section Margaret Joan Chestnut, 77, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, passed away at her home and went to be with the Lord Jesus on Wednesday, March 13, 2013, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was the daughter of the late […]

February 27, 1917 – March 23, 2013 Date of Service: March 27, 2013 Section: Christus Garden “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: for length of days and long life and peace, they shall add to thee.” Prov. 31-2. Raymond James Harmon, age 96, passed away peacefully into eternity […]

Date of Service: March 26, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Roy “Blackeye” McKinney, age 75, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Ollie and Elvina Hall McKinney. He was a member of Valley […]

March 7, 1925 – March 17, 2013 Date of Service: March 21, 2013 Section: Christus Garden “You are precious to Me and honored, and I love you.” Isaiah 43:4 Beatrice Baines Ketchem, 88, of Watauga, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, March 17, 2013, from her residence, following an extended illness. She […]

May 16, 1931 – March 12, 2013 Date of Service: March 17, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Barbara Sue Jennings Reed of Johnson City passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Appalachian Christian Village Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Reed, who was 81, had suffered from a long illness. She was born in Elizabethton May 16, 1931, […]

November 27, 1916 – March 13, 2013 Date of Service: March 16, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Ina Mae Williams, age 96, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native and lifelong resident of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Roy and Eleanor Forrester Morrell. […]

May 14, 1931 – March 11, 2013 Date of Service: March 16, 2013 Section: Crown Section Elizabeth Inez Hurst Hyder, 81, Johnson City, passed away Monday March 11, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Meridian, MS, and the daughter of the late Rolston Sr. and Evelyn Cornelia Sharp Hurst. […]

September 5, 1980 – March 4, 2013 Date of Service: March 15, 2013 Section: Garden of Paradise I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, have kept the faith.. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous judge will give to me on that […]

December 16, 1940 – March 9, 2013 Date of Service: March 11, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Lois Jean McClure, 72, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 9, 2013, from her residence, following an extended illness.  She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late […]

September 28, 1929 – March 3, 2013 Date of Service: March 9, 2013 Section: Crown Section Mr. Harry B. “Fuzz” Mottern, age 83, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Raymond Hal and […]

March 17, 1918 – March 5, 2013 Date of Service: March 8, 2013 Section: Crown Section Mrs. Bertie Ann Long, 94, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. Born in Baileyton, Tenn., she had resided in Elizabethton most of her life and was the […]

March 27, 1949 – March 4, 2013 Date of Service: March 8, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Mrs. Rose Ann Stanley Carriger, age 63, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late […]

March 29, 1942 – March 3, 2013 Date of Service: March 7, 2013 Section: Garden of Prayer Jacqueline Hodge Vines, 70, of Hampton, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital, following an extended illness. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Lawton […]

December 10, 1937 – March 4, 2013 Date of Service: March 7, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Fred Wayne Simerly, 75, Johnson City, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Elizabethton, he was the son of the late Worley and Willie Berry Simerly. He was a member of […]

December 8, 1936 – March 3, 2013 Date of Service: March 6, 2013 Section: Dogwood Section 2nd Timothy 4-7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Pansy Lee Lowe, 76, Hampton, loving mother & grandmother passed away Sunday, March 3, 2013 in the Hermitage Health Center. […]

April 24, 1931 – March 4, 2013 Date of Service: March 6, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Helen Marie Lyon Honeycutt, Hampton passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 in the Pine Ridge Care Center where she had been a resident for the past seven years. A native of Sullivan County, she was a daughter of the […]

February 2, 1931 – March 2, 2013 Date of Service: March 5, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Dallas Payne Caston, 82, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away at his residence on Saturday, March 2, 2013. Mr. Caston was a U.S. Marine Veteran of the Korean Conflict and a retired employee of the International Paper […]

January 9, 1927 – February 21, 2013 Section: Niche of Peace George Harold Sykes, 86, of Elizabethton, passed away on Thursday, February  21, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital. George was the last of six sons born to John Milt Sykes and Fannie Lee  Thompson Sykes, near the town of Erin, in middle […]

September 27, 1928 – February 26, 2013 Date of Service: February 28, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace

December 6, 1943 – February 18, 2013 Date of Service: February 22, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Lawrence Ray Berry, 69, Elizabethton passed away Monday, February 18, 2013 at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William McKinley and Mimmie Gregory Berry. He was […]

August 18, 1937 – February 20, 2013 Date of Service: February 22, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount Addition

November 24, 1925 – February 16, 2013 Date of Service: February 21, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Miss Della Belle Edwards, 87, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Gus Lee and […]

August 10, 1928 – February 17, 2013 Date of Service: February 21, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Christine Hughes Matheson, 84 entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 17th, 2013. Born in Johnson City, TN, she had resided in Elizabethton […]

November 24, 1925 – February 16, 2013 Date of Service: February 21, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Miss Della Belle Edwards, 87, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center, following an extended illness. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Gus Lee and […]

January 7, 1925 – February 17, 2013 Date of Service: February 20, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Anna Luster Dugger Pate, age 88, of Elizabethton passed away Saturday, February 16, 2013, in Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Jett and Nell Ward […]

September 10, 1915 – February 15, 2013 Date of Service: February 18, 2013 Section: Masonic Garden Conley Burchfield, 97, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, February 15, 2013, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William and Betty Hyder Burchfield. Mr. Burchfield […]

June 28, 1914 – February 8, 2013 Date of Service: February 18, 2013 Section: Crown Section

January 26, 1914 – February 15, 2013 Date of Service: February 18, 2013 Section: Garden of Prayer Nicholas F. Michael, 99, of Johnson City, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, February 15, 2013, from natural causes associated with old age. He was born in Wise County, VA, to the late Leroy and […]

March 16, 1916 – February 14, 2013 Date of Service: February 17, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Hope Flora “Bebe” Forbes, age 96, of Elizabethton, passed away on Thursday, February 14, 2013, in Pine Ridge Care Center. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Marion and Mabel Hardin Forbes. In addition […]

May 13, 1947 – February 12, 2013 Date of Service: February 15, 2013 Section: Crown Section  

April 20, 1920 – February 12, 2013 Date of Service: February 14, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Hope Erma Lee Dykes, 92, Elizabethton, went to be with her Lord, Tuesday, February  12, 2013, at Hermitage Health Center after a brief illness. Erma was born to E. France and Maude Murray Dugger, April 20, 1920, in Carter  County, […]

July 2, 1924 – February 8, 2013 Date of Service: February 13, 2013 Section: Garden of Gethsemane Mrs. Martha Thomas Chambers, age 88, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Friday, February 8, 2013, in Hermitage Health Care Center, Elizabethton. A native of Carter County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Joel Buford and Sue […]

March 18, 1935 – February 9, 2013 Date of Service: February 13, 2013 Section: Garden of Prayer Franklin Dee Chapel, age 77, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, February 9, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Helen Jessie Fagan […]

September 16, 1923 – February 9, 2013 Date of Service: February 13, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Reba L. Markland, 89, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at Hillview Health Center, following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late John and Clemie Linebaugh. In addition […]

October 10, 1939 – February 8, 2013 Date of Service: February 12, 2013 Section: Laurels Section Patsy McKinney Dugger, 73, went to be with her Lord on Friday, February 8, 2013. Born in Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Dana and Ida McKinney. Patsy was a member of Harrison Christian Church, where […]

August 10, 1932 – February 7, 2013 Date of Service: February 11, 2013 Section: Garden of Gethsemane R. Howard Cannon, 80, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, February 7, 2013, from Pine Ridge Care and Rehabilitation Center following an extended illness. He was a native of Carter County and was […]

March 28, 1931 – February 5, 2013 Date of Service: February 8, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace

June 22, 1968 – February 4, 2013 Date of Service: February 7, 2013 Section: Crown Jim Krause Jr., age 44, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, February 4, 2013, unexpectedly at his residence. A lifelong native of Johnson City, he was a son of Mary Lou Anderson Krause, Johnson City, and the late James William […]

November 16, 1954 – February 3, 2013 Date of Service: February 7, 2013 Section: Masonic Section Teresa Janella (Janie) Edens Campbell, 58, formerly of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, February 3, 2013, at her residence in Gray, TN, following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late David Elmer Edens Sr. and Mary […]

September 3, 1931 – February 2, 2013 Date of Service: February 5, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Rev. Lloyd Benson Estep, 81, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord Saturday, February 2, 2013, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Roy […]

August 30, 1927 – February 1, 2013 Date of Service: February 4, 2013 Section: Garden of The Last Supper Mildred B. Greene, 85, Knoxville, formerly of Johnson City, passed away on Friday, February 1, 2013, at Tennova Medical Center in Knoxville. A native of Georgia, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Buell and […]

April 29, 1937 – January 31, 2013 Date of Service: February 3, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Harold David Huffine, 75, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, January 31, 2013, in the Nursing Home Wing of the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Washington County, he was a son of the late Glenn Harold […]

August 19, 1931 – January 30, 2013 Date of Service: February 3, 2013 Section: Crown Section Mrs. Joann Winters Mottern, age 81, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2013, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late David and Rebecca Roark Winters. Joann always […]

December 15, 1945 – January 29, 2013 Date of Service: February 1, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Harold Eugene Gouge, 67, Johnson City, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, January 29, 2013, in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born in Johnson City, a son of the late Walter and Virginia Ruth McKeehan Gouge. Harold was […]

September 14, 1930 – January 30, 2013 Date of Service: January 31, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount

December 28, 1928 – January 26, 2013 Date of Service: January 30, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion

August 11, 1920 – January 27, 2013 Date of Service: January 30, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper Wayne Hobert Peters, 92, 1219 Broad Street, Elizabethton was promoted to Glory Sunday, January 27, 2013 at the Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native of Johnson County, he was a son of the late Bruce and […]

October 13, 1916 – January 28, 2013 Date of Service: January 30, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Opal Campbell Jessee, 96, Elizabethton passed away Monday, January 28, 2013 in the Hermitage Health Care following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Nick D. and Callie Rambo Campbell. She […]

May 9, 1928 – January 23, 2013 Date of Service: January 26, 2013 Section: Garden of Gethsemane Dorothy Broyles Crowe, age 84, of Elizabethton, TN, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, January 23, 2013, from her home. She was born in Sullivan County and a daughter of the late Henry Luther and […]

December 5, 1920 – January 18, 2013 Date of Service: January 26, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Mr. Joe Charles Manning, age 92, of Elizabethton, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Grover Cleveland and Nora […]

June 27, 1941 – January 20, 2013 Date of Service: January 24, 2013 Section: Southview Section James O. “Jimmy” McKinney, 71, Elizabethton passed away unexpectedly Sunday, January 20, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Dayton Lloyd McKinney and Hazel Retha Hill McKinney Arnold. […]

July 4, 1923 – January 18, 2013 Date of Service: January 22, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Mrs. Mary Jane Bateman, age 89, 1400 Bristol Highway, Elizabethton, TN, passed away Friday, January 18, 2013, in Life Care Center of Gray following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the […]

March 5, 1939 – January 18, 2013 Date of Service: January 21, 2013 Section: Dogwood Section Mrs. Ella Mae McKinney, age 73, of Roan Mountain, TN passed away Friday, January 18, 2013 at Roan Highlands Nursing Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Roscoe and […]

February 3, 1931 – January 16, 2013 Date of Service: January 19, 2013 Section: Southview Section Lowell J. Keller, 81, of Ellenboro, NC, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville, NC, following an extended illness. He was born in Granite Falls, NC, and a […]

November 4, 1937 – January 15, 2013 Date of Service: January 19, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom William E. Burkhart, 75, 410 West G Street, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, January 15, 2013, in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of St. Charles, Virginia, he was a son of the late Willie E. and Gladys Wells […]

November 22, 1921 – January 15, 2013 Date of Service: January 17, 2013 Section: Laurels Section Virgie E. Smith, 91, of Johnson City, TN, passed away on Tuesday, January 15, 2013, at the home of her granddaughter, Robin Hill, whom she made her home with and raised, following an extended illness. She was born in […]

February 2, 1936 – January 13, 2013 Service Date: January 16, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Dorothy Burleson Perry, 76, Courtyard Apartments, Elizabethton passed away Sunday, January 13, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late William D. and Carrie Elliott Burleson. She was a […]

April 8, 1927 – January 12, 2013 Service: January 15, 2013 Section: Garden of Freedom Willie A. Barnett, age 85, of 114 River Road, Elizabethton, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Saturday, January 12, 2013 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Barnett was a son of the […]

July 15, 1941 – January 12, 2013 Service: January 14, 2013 Section: Garden of the Last Supper   Patricia Ann Hicks, 71, Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013, at the Hermitage Health Center surrounded by her family. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Kenneth Shell and Virginia Helen […]

January 9, 1934 – January 10, 2013 Service: January 13, 2013 Section: Crown Section Mary Carolyn Williams Heaton, age 79, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at her residence surrounded by her loving family and friends. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Johnsie Griffin […]

October 10, 1922 – January 7, 2013 Service: January 12, 2013 Section: Laurels Section Madelyn Goddard Rasar, 90, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, January 7, 2013, following an illness and hospitalization at the Johnson City Medical Center. Madelyn was the wife of Black Cat Rasar, mother of Lee Anna […]

February 27, 1920 – January 10, 2013 Service: January 12, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Mr. D. Grant Bennett, 92, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the son of the late Malley and Lillie Arnett Bennett. In addition to his […]

July 7, 1925 – January 9, 2013 Service: January 12, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Mr. John Frank Parlier, age 87, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in the Holston Valley Medical Center, Kingsport. A native of Heaton, NC, he had resided in Carter County since 1938 and was the son of the […]

June 26, 1959 – January 10, 2013 Service: January 12, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace   Edward Aaron Harris Jr., 53, Johnson City, passed away Thursday, January 10, 2013, at Bristol Regional Medical Center following an extended illness. He was a native of Washington County and a 1977 graduate of Daniel Boone High School. He […]

July 28, 1924 – January 3, 2013 Service: January 7, 2013 Section: Sermon on the Mount Alvin Guy, 88, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday, January 3, 2013, at the Life Care Center of Elizabethton following an extended illness. He was a native of Carter County and the son of […]

September 15, 1937 – December 29, 2012 Service: January 4, 2013 Section: Freedom Garden Bobby Lee Nidiffer, 75, of Huntersville, NC died Saturday December 29, 2012 at Olde Knox Commons. Born September 15, 1937 in Bud, West Virginia he was a son of the late Wyley Jess Nidiffer and Lourene Mandie Williams Nidiffer. He was […]

June 5, 1934 – December 30, 2012 Service: January 4, 2013 Section: Garden of Paradise Georgia A. Ikerd, 98, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012, in the Hillview Health Center, Elizabethton. She was a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, but had lived most of her life in Carter County. Mrs. Ikerd was the […]

December 20, 1947 – January 1, 2013 Service: January 4, 2013 Section: Garden of Devotion Glenda Gay Hyder, 65, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Fred and Elsie […]

May 11, 1920 – December 28, 2012 Service: January 3, 2013 Section: Crown Mr. Arthur M. “Bud” Kelsey passed away on December 28, 2012, in Johnson City Medical Center. He was born in Johnson City in 1920 and was the son of Joseph Evans Kelsey and Lou Fern Kelsey. Bud or “Kelsey,” as he was […]

June 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013 Service: January 3, 2013 Section: Last Supper Claude D. Isaacs, 85, 317 Holston Avenue, Elizabethton, passed away on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. Mr. Isaacs was a son of the late Fred and Roxie Reece Isaacs. In addition to his […]

January 29, 1914 – December 30, 2012 Service: January 2, 2013 Section: Christus Garden Georgia A. Ikerd, 98, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, December 30, 2012, in the Hillview Health Center, Elizabethton. She was a native of Watauga County, North Carolina, but had lived most of her life in Carter County. Mrs. Ikerd was the daughter […]

April 6, 1936 – December 29, 2012 Service: January 2, 2013 Section: Mausoleum of Peace James W. “Jim” Krause, age 76, of Johnson City, TN, passed away Saturday, December 29, 2012 at his residence following a brief illness. A native of Flint, Michigan, he was a son of the late Casimir and Evelyn O’Hara Krause. […]

February 21, 1925 – December 28, 2012 Service: December 30, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Mr. Earl J. Rock, 87, of Elizabethton, passed away on Friday, December 28, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was the son of the late Clarence and Blanch Smith Rock. In addition to his parents, he was preceded […]

April 21, 1931 – December 22, 2012 Service: Private Section: Crown Carolyn Barger, 81, of Kingsport, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Indian Path Medical Center following a brief illness. Carolyn is survived by her daughter, Christine Barger and husband, Mike Morison, of Kingsport; son, Rick Barger, of Kingsport; grandsons, Landon Pratt and […]

July 7, 1916 – December 24, 2012 Service: December 27, 2012 Section: Southview Pauline W. Whitehead, age 96, formerly of 1000 Smalling Road, Johnson City, passed away Monday, December 24, 2012 in the Pine Ridge Care Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Ray Scott […]

September 18, 1922 – December 21, 2012 Service: December 23, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Ella Mae Myers Bowers, 90, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late James and Almeada Garland Myers. Mrs. Bowers […]

September 26, 1952 – December 18, 2012 Service: December 20, 2012 Section: Masonic Section Cheryl L. Hayes, age 60, of Kingsport, passed away on Tuesday, December 18, 2012, at Wellmont Holston Valley Hospital following a brief illness. Cheryl was a member of Fort Robinson Baptist Church. She graduated nursing school as an LPN. She later […]

August 25, 1961 – December 14, 2012 Service: December 19, 2012 Section: Last Supper Marlys Kay Tester, 51, of Johnson City, passed away Friday, December 14, 2012, in Wilmington, N.C., due to injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Ms. Tester was the daughter of Silas “Si” and Marylin Tester of Johnson City. Marlys was a […]

June 1, 1936 – December 16, 2012 Service: December 19, 2012 Section: Last Supper

February 1, 1926 – December 14, 2012 Service: December 18, 2012 Section: Masonic Section MSgt. Retired  Billie Eugene McCloud Sr.,  86, Hampton, passed away Friday, Dec. 14, 2012 in the Roan Highlands Nursing Center, Roan Mountain. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Joe L. and Edna Jenkins McCloud. Mr. McCloud […]

July 16, 1961 – December 15, 2012 Service: December 18, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace “In everyone’s life at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle our inner spirit” – Albert Schweitzer. […]

October 13, 1938 – December 12, 2012 Service: December 16, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Donald Haynes Lynch, age 74, of Elizabethton, entered into rest on Wednesday,  December 12, 2012, at the Pine Ridge Care Center in Elizabethton. Mr. Lynch was a Carter County native and the son of the late Raleigh Lynch  and Mary […]

February 17, 1929 – December 10, 2012 Service: December 13, 2012 Section: Last Supper Jack Dean Grindstaff, 83, Johnson City passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, in the Franklin Woods Community Hospital. A native of Johnson County, he was a son of the late Wheeler G. and Grace Church Grindstaff. He had lived a number […]

September 18, 1913 – December 10, 2012 Service: December 13, 2012 Section: Masonic Garden Dorothy Jane Johnson Cole, 99, Johnson City, passed away Monday, December 10, 2012, in the Appalachian Christian Village. A native of Watauga County, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late A.C. & Elber Hayes Johnson. She had lived most […]

October 28, 1911 – December 8, 2012 Service: December 12, 2012 Section: Masonic Section Mary Jewell Stepp Elliott, age 101, passed away peacefully at her residence Saturday, Dec. 8 2012. Born October 28, 1911 in Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Silas Henry and Bessie Mae Reynolds Stepp. Jewell was a loving […]

February 5, 1945 – December 8, 2012 Service: December 10, 2012 Section: Masonic Section 2nd Timothy 4:7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Waynie Thaxton Bowling Collins, 67, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord Saturday, December 8, 2012, at her residence. A native […]

March 6, 1947 – December 3, 2012 Service: December 6, 2012 Section: Laurels Sabena Julia Nave, 65, of Elizabethton, Tenn., passed away Monday, December 3, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Ms. Nave was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late Stanford Eugene “Peg” and Ruby Warren Nave. In addition to her parents, […]

January 11, 1921 – December 1, 2012 Service: December 5, 2012 Section: Garden of Devotion Dana Harmon Dykes, 91, 105 Dykes Hill, Johnson City, went home to be with his Lord, Saturday, December 1, 2012, in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Jonesborough, he was a son of the late Earl […]

January 7, 1944 – December 1, 2012 Service: December 5, 2012 Section: Freedom Garden Larry Adair Carver, 68, of Johnson City, passed away Saturday, December 1, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Johnson City and the son of the late Martin Carlos and Pauline Genevia Nave Carver. In addition to his parents, […]

July 17, 1926 – November 30, 2012 Service: December 4, 2012 Section: Christus Garden Freeman L. “Hoover” Lewis, 86, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, November 30, 2012. in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Landon & Lena Beatrice Smith Lewis. He served in the United […]

December 2, 1939 – November 29, 2012 Service: December 2, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Charlotte Ann Smith, 72, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at her residence. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Hester Jane Peters May. She was a 1957 graduate of Elizabethton High […]

June 10, 1927 – November 29, 2012 Service: December 1, 2012 Section: Christus Garden Mr. Ernest David Perkins, age 84, 130 Perkins Road, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, November 29, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, TN, he was the son […]

September 1, 1927 – November 26, 2012 Service: December 1, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Mary Love Allen, age 85, of Elizabethton, passed away Monday, November 26, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Alfred T. and Gertrude Taylor Love. Mrs. Allen retired […]

December 8, 1947 – November 26, 2012 Service: November 29, 2012 Section: Christus Garden Gary William Ingram, 64, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, November 26, 2012, at his residence. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Thomas W. and Georgia Miller Ingram. Gary was a graduate of Hampton High School. He […]

July 24, 1961 – November 21, 2012 Service: November 28, 2012 Section: Masonic Section Teresa Renee Byrd Reeves, 51, Knoxville, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2012, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville from a heart attack after a brief illness. A native of Elizabethton, Teresa lived most of her life in the […]

August 19, 1929 – November 20, 2012 Service: November 24, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Martha Stalcup Stout, 83, Butler, passed away Tuesday, November 20, 2012, in the Mountain City Care Center following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Roy and Virgie Mae Wilson Stalcup. Martha […]

June 17, 1919 – November 19, 2012 Service: November 23, 2012 Section: Christus Garden Mary Nell Lynch Carroll Street, 93, Elizabethton, passed away Monday,  November 19, 2012, in the Pine Ridge Care Center, Elizabethton, following an  extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Edgar and Callie  Miller Sams. […]

December 1, 1945 – Novmeber 20, 2012 Service: November 21, 2012 Section: Christus Garden Ms. Dixie Taylor Broome, 66, of Elizabethton, TN, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, in Elizabethton. She was born in Carter County on December 1, 1945, and was the daughter of the late Glenn and […]

August 31, 1927 – July 18, 2010 Section: Freedom Garden A private service will be held for Helen N. Webster.

October 11, 1938 – November 17, 2012 Service: November 21, 2012 Section: Garden of Gethsemane 2nd Timothy 4: 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Richard Harlow Street, 74, Hampton Tennessee passed away Saturday, November 17, 2012, at his home, following an illness of three […]

August 9, 1930 – November 16, 2012 Service: November 20, 2012 Section: Masonic Garden Clyde McKinley Hodge, 82, Gap Creek community, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord Friday, November 16, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Johnson County, he was a son of the late […]

June 9, 1964 – November 14, 2012 Service: November 17, 2012 Section: Sermon on the Mount G. Diane Winters, 48, of Elizabethton, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center after a brief battle with cancer. Diane was a Carter County native. She was preceded in […]

February 21, 1949 – November 11, 2012 Service: November 14, 2012 Section: Mausoleum of Peace Margaret Ann Campbell, 63, 2451 Elizabethton Highway, Johnson City, passed away Sunday, November 11, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Noble R. and Kate […]

August 8, 1938 – November 10, 2012 Service: November 13, 2012 Section: Freedom Garden Charlene Burleson Guess, 74, of Choctaw Drive, Chuckey, passed away Saturday at her home. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late William David and Ruth Carrie Elliott Burleson. She was a 1956 graduate of Elizabethton High […]

November 27, 1927 – November 7, 2012 Service: November 10, 2012 Section: Masonic Garden Elaine Lord Anderson, age 84, of Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was a daughter of the late John and Cimelia Moore Lord and was born in Ashford, Alabama. She was a former resident […]

Harry H. Perry Harry H. “Bud” Perry, 72, Elizabethton passed away Sunday November 7, 2010 in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Hal and Estella Biggs Perry. His work was his hobby having worked for years in his paint and body shop. Bud was […]

February 24, 1943 – October 30, 2012 Service: November 5, 2012 Peggy Joyce West Harper, 69, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, passed away October 30, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born in Sumner County, Tennessee, but had lived most of her life in Elizabethton, Tennessee. She was the daughter of the late Albert […]

December 16, 1946 – October 31, 2012 Service: November 3, 2012 Mr. Michael R. Bowers, 65, of Elizabethton, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the son of Mildred Ruby Nave Bowers, of Elizabethton, and the late Lt. Col. Floyd Howard Bowers, […]

July 22, 1938 – October 31, 2012 Service: November 3, 2012 Mr. Harold Eugene Lowe, 74, of Minton Hollow Road, Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, October 31, 2012, at his residence. He was the son of the late Laban and Hazel Whittimore Lowe. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his […]

February 20, 1922 – October 30, 2012 Service: November 2, 2012 Geraldine Smith Peters, 90, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, October 30, 2012, at her residence following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late William Jennings Bryant “Bill” and […]

April 18, 1925 – October 27, 2012 Service: October 31, 2012 Sylvia Guy, age 87, of Elizabethton passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2012 at the Life Care Center of Elizabethton, following an extended illness.  She was a daughter of the late Riley and Emma Jane Church Clawson and was born in Cass County, West […]

Sherry L. “Dee” Hutchins August 5, 1942 – October 29, 2012 Service: October 31, 2012 Sherry “Dee” Britt Hutchins, age 70, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, October 29, 2012 at the Franklin Woods Community Hospital, following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was a […]

December 19, 1926 – October 29, 2012 Service: October 30, 2012 Faith L. Smith, age 85, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, October 27, 2012, at the home of her daughter, Tammy Tipton, following a brief illness. She was a daughter of the late Rev. William Edward and […]

March 6, 1957 – October 24, 2012 Michael E. Vance, 55, Elizabethton, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, October 24, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was born in Baltimore, Md., but had lived most of his life in Carter County. Mike was a 1977 graduate of Unaka High School. He was employed as a mechanic at […]

June 2, 1933 – October 23, 2012 Memorial Funeral Chapel Elizabethton, TN Jack Kenneth Scott, 79, Elizabethton, son of the late Claude and Bessie Mae Scott, went to meet his Lord and Savior Tuesday, October 23, 2012, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Mr. Scott was retired from the Elizabethton Housing Agency and was […]

February 11, 1945 – October 17, 2012 Morris Baker Funeral Home Johnson City, TN Service: October 20, 2012 John Muse, 77, of Gray, passed away on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at his residence surrounded by his family. He was a Washington County, TN native and a son of the late Mayland Hunter Muse, Sr. and […]

June 2, 1923 – October 16, 2012 Memorial Funeral Chapel Elizabethton, TN Service: October 19, 2012 Mary Clawson Johnson, of 125 Icy Lane, Elizabethton, passed away at Sycamore Shoals Hospital on Tuesday, October 16, 2012, surrounded by her loving family. A native of Avery County, N.C., she was a daughter of the late John S. […]

November 11, 1934 – October 3, 2012 Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton, TN Visitation: October 6, 2012 Service: October 6, 2012 Mr. Earl C. Buckles, 76, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center Hospital, following an extended illness. He was a native of Carter County and the son of the late […]

March 6, 1938 – October 2, 2012 Funeral Home: Memorial Funeral Chapel Elizabethton, TN Visitation: October 5, 2012 Service: October 5, 2012 Roma Jean Taylor Bures, 74, went home to be with the Lord in her heavenly home on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at Continuum Courtyard, Johnson City, Tenn., with her family by her side. […]

September 14, 1928 – October 3, 2012 Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton, TN Visitation: October 5, 2012 Service: October 5, 2012 Mr. Lawrence M. Range, 84, of Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2012, at Pine Ridge Health Care in Elizabethton. Mr. Range was a native of Carter County and was the son of the […]

September 30, 1938 – October 1, 2012 Funeral Home: Memorial Funeral Chapel Elizabethton, TN Visitation: Service: October 4, 2012 2nd Timothy 4:7. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Ray Bennie Vaughn, 74, of Elizabethton, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012, at the James H. Quillen […]

February 16, 1927 – September 29, 2012 Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton, TN Visitation: October 2, 2012 Service: October 3, 2012 Ethel Cole Honeycutt, 85, formerly of Lacy Hollow Road, Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, September 29, 2012, at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. She was a native of Carter County and the daughter […]

November 26, 1950 – October 1, 2012 Funeral Home: Memorial Funeral Chapel Elizabethton, TN Visitation: Service: October 1, 2012 Candy Sue James Fair, 61, 191 Big Springs Road, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, October 1, 2012, at her residence. A native of Columbus, Ohio, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Ethel Montgomery James. […]

June 12, 1917 – September 27, 2012 Funeral Home: Riffe Funeral Services Narrows, VA Service: October 1, 2012 Nancy Franklin Heatwole, 95, of Salem, VA, formerly of Narrows, VA, died Thursday, September 27, 2012, at Salem Terrace at Harrogate in Salem, VA. Mrs. Heatwole was born in St. Bethlehem, Tn., and grew up in Elizabethton. […]

Dino J. Senesi Sr., 80, of Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Scranton, Pa., he had lived the last 50 years in Elizabethton. Mr. Senesi was the son of the late Giusepe and Rose Mascolo Senesi. Upon moving to Elizabethton, Mr. Senesi […]

May 24, 1925 – September 27, 2012 Tetrick Funeral Home Elizabethton, TN Visitation: September 28, 2012 Funeral: September 29, 2012 Harvey Dalton Tolley, 87, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord unexpectedly on Thursday, September 27, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Tolley was born in Unicoi County, but had lived most of his […]

Hazel Edens Holden, 87, Johnson City, passed away Monday, September 24, 2012, at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel Harrison and Annie Maude Sims Edens. Mrs. Holden was a 1943 graduate of Happy Valley High School and a retired employee of North […]

2nd Timothy 4:7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Bernice Payne Pierce, 83, of Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Joe and Mary Hicks […]

Billie Faye Phillips Smith, 71, 411 East I Street, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Christine Ervin Phillips and George E. Phillips Sr. and was born in Elizabethton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, JoAnn Phillips, and […]

Andrea Carden Phillips, 32, Johnson City, passed away Monday, September 17, 2012, at her residence. She was a native of Queens, New York, and had lived in Elizabethton since 1985. Andrea was a 1998 graduate of Elizabethton High School. At the present time she was a senior at East Tennessee State University. She was an […]

Richard T. May, 64, of Elizabethton, passed away Monday, September 17, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. He was the son of the late Roby Dewitt May Jr. and Norma Frazier May and was born in Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a brother, […]

Mr. Howard Wayne Ellis, 69, of Hampton, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012, at the Life Care Center of Elizabethton after a courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born in Carter County to the late Howard Ray and Vera Opal Johnson Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a member of Beck Mountain Baptist Church, a previous […]

Mr. Bill D. Booth, age 87, of Johnson City, passed away Tuesday September 18, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Booth was a native of Washington County. He was the son of the late Mack Booth and Beryl Blair Booth. In addition to his parents, one son, Steve Booth, also preceded him in death. Mr. Booth […]

Jack W. Deloach, 77, Chuckey, passed away Monday, September 17, 2012, in the Four Oaks Health Care Center, Jonesborough. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Tom W. and Ella Waycaster Deloach. He had lived in Chuckey for a number of years. He was a 1953 graduate of Hampton High […]

Ethel Grace “Gracie” Tucker Young, age 100, formerly of Rockhouse Road, Johnson City, passed away Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at the residence of her daughter. A native of Roan Mountain, TN, she was the daughter of the late Conley William and Lura Caroline Ward Tucker. Mrs. Young was a homemaker and gave loving care and […]

Odra Potter Rosenbeck passed away on August 31, 2012, at her home in Shreveport, Louisiana. She had her family at her side when she went home to the Lord. Odra Potter was born April 7, 1917 in Wise County, Virginia, to Sherman and Pearl Hillman Potter. She graduated from Coeburn High School in 1939. She […]

Jackie “Mama Jack” Hampton, 60, of Roan Mountain, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, August 31, 2012, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Jack Lawrence Proffitt, who died on July 17, 2012, and Marjorie Ann Eller Proffitt, who died in 2009. Mrs. Hampton was born in Boone, N.C., and was a graduate […]

Vincent Charles Pugh, 49, Johnson City, passed away unexpected Thursday, August 30, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of New Orleans, La., he had lived in Carter County for the past 2½ years. He was the Store Manager of Zoomerz (Broad Street), Elizabethton. He was of the Catholic Faith. He was preceded in death […]

Herman Lee Hodge, 77, Elizabethton, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, September 1, 2012, at his residence. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Starlin and Clydia Overbay Hodge. Mr. Hodge was a barber, having operated the Circle Barber Shop at Hunter for 60 years. He was also a bus driver for […]

Ms. Jessica Sara Murray Arnold, 34, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at her home. She was the daughter of Frank and Rebecca Chandler Murray of Elizabethton and was born in Carter County. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Wanda Murray, in April […]

Peter W. Hampton, 93, died peacefully at the Johnson City Medical Center on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, following an extended illness. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Margaret Hampton; a son, Bill Hampton, and a daughter, Dr. Harriette Hampton, of Ridgeland, Miss.; three grandchildren, Morgan Cowan, Meryl Cowan and William Hampton; a […]

Don W. Tetrick, age 96, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, the 26th of August, 2012, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home, following an extended illness. He was born December 31st, 1915 in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of the late G.W. “Pappy” and Letha Galbraith Tetrick. Don grew up […]

Thomas Lowery Grindstaff, 70, Elizabethton, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at his residence. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Archie Allen and Virgie Lee White Grindstaff. Tommy was a 1960 graduate of Unaka High School and attended Steed College. He served in the United States Air Force […]

He was the son of the late Gaines and Gladys Clemons Spitzer and was born and raised in Elizabethton, Tenn. Mr. Spitzer was a veteran of the United States Army where he served in the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions as a paratrooper. After leaving the Army, Mr. Spitzer worked for many years for J.I. […]

Mrs. Susan R. Hopson, 48, of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2012, at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Bill Blevins of Elizabethton and the late Emma Jean Holman Blevins and was born in Greeneville, Tenn. Mrs. Hopson was a member of Lynn Valley Baptist Church. […]

Mrs. Mae Keller, 94, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord, on Saturday, August 25, 2012 at the Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. She was the daughter of the late Melvin and Bessie Treadway Bowling and was born in Carter County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death […]

Born in Georgetown, Tenn., on July 4, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Henry Lee and Winnie Powell Murray. Mrs. Bishop resided in Elizabethton for the majority of her life. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by an infant brother, Mickey Murray, and a brother, Willis E. Murray. Mrs. […]

Vernon N. Whitehead, 78, 206 Greenbriar Drive, Hampton, passed away Friday, August 24, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Dayton and Mollie Ingram Whitehead. Mr. Whitehead was a retired Millwright. He enjoyed buying, selling and trading cars. Mr. Whitehead was a […]

Mildred Fay Robinson Fritts, 94, Elizabethton passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012 at her residence after a brief illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Emerald & Winnie Wilson Robinson. She had lived in Elizabethton for the past sixty five years. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Fritts was a […]

Ruby N. Wagner, age 97, of Elizabethton, passed away on Friday, Aug. 17, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Mrs. Wagner was born in Ashe County, a daughter of the late Grover C. and Mollie Greene Norris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Amon D. Wagner, who was killed […]

Ernie L. Norris Mr. Ernie Norris, 56, of Hampton, went home to be with his Lord, on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness. He was the son of the Beryl and Joann Elliott Norris of Roan Mountain and was born in Carter County. Mr. Norris was a member […]

Mrs. Velma G. Sykes, 84, of Elizabethton, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2012, at Franklin Woods Community Hospital following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Grady and Mary Nolia Coleman Griffin and was born in Erin, Tenn. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, […]

Tanner Lee Perkins, 20, of Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012, as the results of an automobile accident. Tanner was a 2010 graduate of Elizabethton High School and was a Junior at East Tennessee State University. He had been employed for the past four summers at the Fish Springs Marina. Tanner was a member […]

Jack Wayne Ward, 69, 325 Raccoon Ridge Lane, Johnson City, unexpectedly passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. He was the son of the late Charles and Frances Bowling Ward and was born in Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Martin. Jack […]

Howard Shannon, 98, Johnson City, passed away Monday, August 06, 2012 at Appalachian Christian Village. A native of Marion, VA he was the son of the late John W. and Ellen Neitch Shannon. Mr. Shannon was raised in Johnson City, graduating from Science Hill where he played basketball and won the Debate Championship in 1934. […]

2 Timothy 4:7-8: I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith. Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the Righteous Judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his […]

Glen C. Cordell, 93, Elizabethton, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2012, in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Darius E. & China Smith Cordell. Mr. Cordell was a retired Carpenter. He served in the United States Air Force during World War II. He was […]

Miss Frances E. Ornduff, age 85, of Elizabethton died Saturday, August 4, 2012 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, she had lived in Raleigh, NC for over 40 years and was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Gladys Gentry Ornduff. She was a graduate of Elizabethton […]

Charlotte Goss Stallard, age 90, of Johnson City went home to be with the Lord and her loving husband and daughter on Friday, August 3, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Carter County and was a daughter of the late Claude and Bess Peoples Goss. In addition to her parents, she was […]

C.L. Grindstaff, 84, Elizabethton went to meet our Lord, Thursday August 2, 2012 in the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Dan & Alice Hardin Grindstaff. He served in the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Grindstaff retired from ITT, Gray. […]

Georgia Trusler Estep, 78, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord Wednesday, August 1, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Samuel and Rose Large Trusler. Mrs. Estep was a homemaker. She was a member of the Roan Street Church of God. […]

Willene Slagle, 78, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Tisha Scalf Buckles. Mrs. Slagle was of the Holiness faith and was a homemaker. She enjoyed […]

Thomas Lynn Adams, 65, of Elizabethton, was called home Monday, July 30, 2012, at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Tommy was a native of Carter County and the son of the late James Thurman and Wanda McKeehan Adams. Tommy was a 1965 graduate of Elizabethton High School and attended East Tennessee State University […]

Frances Elizabeth Denny, 93, formerly of Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Brian Center Health & Retirement in Clayton, N.C., following an extended illness. She was born in Blowing Rock, N.C., on January 30, 1919, and was the daughter of the late Gordon and Florence Elizabeth Jones Pitts. In addition to her […]

Chad Shawn Grindstaff, 36, 109 Pierce Branch Road, Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, July 29, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Asheville, N.C., he was the son of Bobby J. Grindstaff, Burnsville, N.C., and Barbara S. McKinney Grindstaff, Elizabethton. Mr. Grindstaff was a member of Doe River Baptist Church […]

Zella Marie Jones Stout, 89, of Elizabethton, formerly of the Big Spring Community, passed away Saturday, July 28, 2012, at Hermitage Health Center, where she had been a patient for the past six years. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late James S. and Loma Taylor Jones. Mrs. Stout was […]

Mrs. Joan M. “Joanie” Smith, 61, of Elizabethton, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital, following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Jack and Edith West Garrison. Mrs. Smith was the Administrative Assistant in the Carter County Mayor’s office for 30 years. She loved to garden, shop […]

Bettie S. Treadway, 65, of Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 23, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Bessie Hinkle Richardson and was born in Carter County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by […]

Mr. Richard Ray Arnett, age 73, of Elizabethton, died Sunday, July 22, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late Archie and Vada Mann Arnett. Mr. Arnett was retired as a route supervisor with Kern’s Bakery. He was a […]

Pauline Vernie Tolley, 91, Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord Thursday, July 19, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. A native of Bluefield, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late W.B. & Vernie Mary Tanner Haldren. She had lived most of her life in Carter County. […]

July 15, 2012, Charles E. Becker, beloved husband of the late Loveta M. Becker (nee Mosley); devoted father of Dennis Becker, Diane K. Kilakis, Vivia L. Pollack and Charleenia J. Becker; dear brother of Shirley Stewart. Also survived by thirteen grandchildren, eleven great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held […]

Jack L. Proffitt, age 90, of the Milligan Community, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was a son of the late James “Jim” and Wilma Lawrence Proffitt and was born in Trade, TN. In addition to his parents, he was […]

Ella Jo Medearis, age 85, of Elizabethton, passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012 in the Pine Ridge Health Care Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the last surviving child of the late Charles and Ella Aldridge Colbaugh. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her […]

Mary Helen Keener Turner Nicholson, age 88, of 719 W. E Street, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, July 15, 2012 in the Pine Ridge Care Center following an extended illness. Mrs. Nicholson was born Oct. 17, 1923 to the late Karl O. and Josephine J. Keener. She was the great, great granddaughter of the late Rhodolph […]

Jettie Mae Robinson Rash, 66, of Elizabethton, passed away Friday, July 13, 2012, at her residence following an extended illness. She was a native of Johnson County, but had lived in Carter County for the past 31 years. She was a daughter of the late Luther and Carrie Lee Forrester Payne. Mrs. Rash was a […]

Vivian Lucille Carriger, 78, Elizabethton “One of God’s Many Children” passed away Saturday, July 14, 2012 at her residence among family after an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was the daughter of the late Bill & Myra Campbell Rhea. Mrs. Carriger was of the Baptist Faith. She was a homemaker. In addition […]

Mrs. Betty L. Bowers Shouse, 75, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Worley and Victoria Bowers. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Larry Joe Shouse. Mrs. Shouse was […]

Jack Carroll McKinney, 75, Elizabethton, passed away Monday July 9, 2012, at his residence following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Earnest and Ethel Shell McKinney. Jack was a 1956 graduate of Cloudland High School. He was a retired Truck Driver after 36 years of service. […]

2nd Corinthians 6-8: “We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.” Luther L. Morton, 84, 121 Greendale Court, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Will […]

Alice F. Dupkoski, age 66, of Elizabethton, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at her residence. A native of Bakersville, NC, she was a daughter of the late Nicholas and Roberta Holland Dupkoski. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by two brothers, James Dupkoski and Donald Dupkoski; and two sisters, […]

Mrs. Kerroll (Pinkie) S. Thompson, age 61, of Elizabethton, TN, went to be with the Lord on Monday June 25, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer at Holston Valley Medical Center Kingsport, TN. Mrs. Thompson was preceded in death by her parents, Geraldine Taylor and Searles V. Earnest; daughter, Antia Earnest; sister, Jackie Horton; […]

Mrs. Ruby Lillian Taylor Morris, 94, of Gray, formerly of the Biltmore Community of Elizabethton, has eagerly waited for her heavenly white robe. On Monday, June 25, 2012, she was clothed in her robe just before midnight at the Wellmont Hospice House of Bristol. Mrs. Morris was the daughter of the late Henry William and […]

Mable Virginia Steffey Crowe, 87, of Elizabethton, died Saturday, June 23, 2012, at Hillview Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Groseclose, Va., she was the daughter of the late Irvin Harvey and Minnie Myrtle Horne Steffey. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Gibson Crowe; […]

Jo Montgomery, 83, of Hampton, went home to be with her Lord and her husband, H. Hoover “Monty” Montgomery, on Friday, June 22, 2012, at Hillview Health Center. She was the daughter of the late Malcolm and Lillian Bryan Stewart and was born in Jamestown, La. In addition to her husband, who passed away on […]

Marcella C. Townsend, age 81, of Johnson City, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center Hospital following a brief illness. A native of Greene County, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Suella Price Carter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by […]

Maxine Dykes Harr, 86, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, June 18, 2012, in the Hermitage Health Center. A native of Washington County, she was a daughter of the late Cecil & Cleo Pleasant Dykes. She had lived most of her life in Elizabethton. Maxine worked at the American Bemberg Corporation and also as a certified nursing […]

Arthur Beryl Ward, 79, Elizabethton passed away Saturday June 16, 2012 at his residence. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Ella Ward Lytton. He was a 1953 graduate of Hampton High School. Mr. Ward was a retired truck driver having worked for Beaunit Fibers, Mason-Dixon Tank Lines and was […]

Joan Carol Mottern Byrd, age 75 of Athens, passed away, June 15, 2012 at her residence. A native and resident of Elizabethton, Tennessee most of her life, and a resident of McMinn County for the past 3 years, she was a daughter of the late Justin and Catherine Gentry Mottern. She was of the Protestant […]

Elmer Fred Garland, 95, Elizabethton passed away Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in the Lakebridge Health Care Center, Johnson City. A native of Unicoi County he was a son of the late William & Mary Lee Schultz Garland. He had lived a number of years in Carter County. Mr. Garland served six years in World War […]

Yvonne M. Fowler, 87, Elizabethton, passed away Thursday, June 7, 2012, at her residence. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Roy & Clara Pierce Lewis. Mrs. Fowler moved to Maryland in 1965 and returned to Elizabethton in 1983. Yvonne was Manager of Courtyard Apartments in Elizabethton. She was a […]

Carroll B. Markland, 90, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, June 8, 2012, in the Hermitage Health Center. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late William & Bessie Smith Markland. He was retired from the United States Navy. He served in the Navy during World War II. He also was retired from […]

Glen Cate Hutsell, 93, 105 Brookdale Drive, Johnson City, died Tuesday, June 5, 2012, at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. Mr. Hutsell was a native of Athens, TN, and lived in a number of states before returning to Johnson City. He served his country honorably six years in the US Navy, having served in […]

Pauline V. Nave, 92, a resident of Cleveland, TN, passed away Saturday morning, June 2, 2012, in a Rhea county health care facility. Pauline was born on November 3, 1919, in Stonega, VA. A daughter of the late Charles W. and Cora Buckles Vandeventer. Pauline spent most of her life in the Elizabethton. Tenn. area […]

Everett Lee Gass, 85, of Elizabethton passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness. Everett was born on April 28, 1926. He was the second of 12 children born to Charles Hardin Gass and Hazel Castell Gass. Everett retired as District Manager for Dollar General Stores due to […]

Helen Pansock Whitaker Jones Carter, age 92, Gray, passed away May 31, 2012, at Holston Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of Michael and Mary Pansock. She was a native of Flint, Michigan. She lived most of her life in Elizabethton, TN, then moved to Telford, TN. She attended Notre Dame […]

2nd Timothy 4: 7-8. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love […]

John L. “Johnny” Fields, 92, of Preston Place Suites, Kingsport, his home for the last five years, and formerly of Elizabethton, passed away on Wednesday, May 30, 2012, in the Greystone Health Care Center in Blountville following a brief illness. Mr. Fields was the son of the late Leonard J. and Janie Qualls Fields and […]

Corinne “Aunt Jo” Baker Wilcox, 91, of Elizabethton, went home to be with the Lord, Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Hicks and Alice Morris Davis. Mrs. Wilcox was a graduate of Elizabethton High School. She retired […]

Ollie Garrison Jr., 82, of Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at Life Care Center of Elizabethton. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Ollie Garrison Sr. and Goldie Williams Garrison. Mr. Garrison was a 1949 graduate of Elizabethton High School. In earlier years he worked at Smithdeal’s Supermarket. […]

Fairy Velma Cornett Ford, age 88 of Elizabethton passed away on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Ivy Hall Nursing Home following a bout with Alzheimer’s and Leukemia. A native of Avery County, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Lon and Emma Greer Cornett. Mrs. Ford was a homemaker and a member of […]

Mrs. Virginia “Jenny” “Mamaw” Holly, 82, of 1400 Garden Road, Elizabethton, went to be with her Lord and her husband on Saturday, May 26, 2012 surrounded by her family and friends following a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of the late Wade Hampton Peters, Sr. and Annie Tabitha Bailey Peters and was born in […]

E. Glenn Isaacs, 90, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 20, 2012, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. Mr. Isaacs was born in Johnson County in the Dry Hill Community, but grew up in Carter County and resided in Elizabethton most of his life. He was the son of the late Joseph […]

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints” — Psalms 116:15 Patricia (Sue) Leake, age 70, of Johnson City, TN, left earth for her heavenly home and slipped into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, May 25, 2012, after a long and very courageous battle […]

Shubert Earl White, 85, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012. at his residence following an extended illness. He was born in Butler, Tennessee, a son of the late Dewey and Addie Eggers White. Mr. White served in the United States Navy during World War II. He retired from the Tennessee Department of Revenue Tax […]

Mr. Frank W. Perry, age 78, of Johnson City, passed away, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Perry was a native of Carter County. He was the son of the late Earl Perry and Myrtle Hodge Perry. In addition to his parents, three brothers, Charles Perry, Joe Perry and Howard Perry, also preceded […]

Loyd A. Garland Sr., 80, of Johnson City, passed away Monday, May 21, 2012, at Appalachian Christian Village. A native of Johnson County, he was a son of the late Medford and Lucy Nave Garland. Loyd served in the United States Army. He was a 1949 graduate of Johnson County High School and a 1953 […]

Vance Hyder, age 99, of Elizabethton, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Hermitage Health Center following an extended illness. A native of Carter County, he was a son of the late Oscar and Jane Dugger Hyder. Mr. Hyder was a farmer who enjoyed raising tomatoes and was a retired employee of North […]

Fannie Mae Berry Nelson, 89, Elizabethton passed away Saturday May 19, 2012 in the Ivy Hall Nursing Home following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, she was a daughter of the late Griffin P. and Donnie Mae Rainbolt Berry. She had lived most of her life in Carter County. She was a homemaker. […]

Elizabeth Sluder Wolfgang, 81, Rutherfordton, North Carolina passed away Friday, May 18, 2012 at Fair Haven Home, Bostic, North Carolina. A native of Carter County, she was a daughter of the late Wade Charles & Laura Frances Tolley Sluder. She had lived a number of years in Rutherfordton. Elizabeth was a former member of the […]

Mrs. Katie Lee Sullivan Shafer, age 74, Johnson City, died Friday, May 18, 2012, at her residence. A native of Old Butler, TN, she was the daughter of the late Millard and Nellie Leonard Sullivan. Mrs. Shafer was a homemaker. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Shafer; […]

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Ruby Lyons Carver passed away peacefully in her home in New Orleans at age 95 on Thursday, January 5, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, Otis R. Carver; her son, Bobby C. Carver; two infant sons, Billy and Jimmy Carver; and four sisters. Survivors include son Jack Carver of Atlanta; daughter Judy […]

Dr. Joseph G. Earhart, 82, died Saturday, May 12, 2012 surrounded by his family. He was born April 10, 1930 in Detroit, Michigan. He was fortunate enough to marry two wonderful women, Billie and Rosemary, both of whom preceded him in death. He graduated from East Tennessee State University. He later received a Doctorate of […]

Kimberly Ward Bowers, 54, Elizabethton, passed away on Sunday, May 13, 2012. Kim was born on March 8, 1958 to W.G. “Dub” Ward, Elizabethton, and the late Vivian Ellis Ward. In addition to her mother, she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Paul and Hallie Ellis and Everett and Sally Ward, and an uncle, […]

Norbert Melvin Jenquin, 84, 200 N. East Street, Elizabethton, passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012, at the residence of his daughter, Laura Tester. A native of Green Bay, Wisconsin, he was a son of the late Melvin & Myrtle Boulanger Jenquin. He had lived in Elizabethton for the past 36 years. Mr. Jenquin was a […]

Ruth Ruble McAmis, 86, Elizabethton, moved forward to her heavenly home Monday, May 7, 2012, in the Johnson City Medical Center following a brief illness, where she will be welcomed by her Heavenly Father; her parents: James Hunter & Maude Irene Browning Ruble; brother & sister-in-law: Curtis & Jean Ruble; sisters: Helen Jones, Marie Foster; […]

Mrs. Joan C. Avery, 71, of Elizabethton, went home to be with her Lord, on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Shannon and Josie James Richmond and was born in Carter County. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in […]

Mr. Don J. Collins, 85, of Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, May 8, 2012, at his home. He was the son of the late Eston C. and Maxie C. Carrier Collins and was born in Carter County. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two grandchildren, […]

Ada Eva Johnson, 102, of Elizabethton, passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012, at the Pine Ridge Care Center following a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Stella Taylor Roberson and was born in Olympia, WA. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William […]

Doris Folsom Davis, November 9, 1932, to September 4, 2009, beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother, will be laid to rest Saturday, June 2, at 10:30 A.M. with a graveside service to be held at Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, TN. Doris was born Nov. 9, 1932, in Elizabethton, TN, to Murray Stover Folsom and […]

David Christian Oliver Owens, 39, Limestone, passed away at his residence, Saturday April 28, 2012. A native of Carter County, he was of Scotts-Irish descent. David was a son of Charles Edward Owens, Blountville and Janie Alice Oliver, Johnson City. He grew up in South Florida. He was a graduate of Ball State University, Indianapolis, […]

Mrs. Della Jane Bowers, age 79, of Elizabethton, a loving wife, mother and grandmother, died Friday, April 27, 2012, in the Hillview Health Center. A native of Carter County she was the daughter of the late Ulysses E. Mann and Vicie Baird Mann Hopkins. Mrs. Bowers had been a seamstress at Wetzel’s Cleaners. In addition […]

Mrs. Doris M. Branch, 68, Johnson City, passed away Friday, April 28, 2012, at Johnson City Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. A native of Johnson County she was the daughter of the late James Clyde and Elva Arline Dugger Tester. She was a member of University Parkway Baptist Church and worked at Milligan […]

Howard Holsclaw, Jr., 78, of Elizabethton died on Saturday, April 28, 2012 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center Hospital following an extended illness. A native of Wilkesboro, NC, he was the son of the late Howard Wilson Holsclaw, Sr. and Bertha Mae Miller Holsclaw. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in […]

Mr. William “Bill” Longmire, Jr., 89, Johnson City, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in the James H. Quillen VAMC Community Center in Mountain Home following an extended illness. He was born in Pioneer, Tennessee, on March 25, 1923, and moved to Elizabethton, in 1928, where he was raised. He was the son of […]

Mr. William Wilson, 87, of Elizabethton, passed away on Thursday, April 19, 2012, in the Life Care Center of Elizabethton. He was a son of the late Taylor and Edith VanHuss Wilson and was born in Carter County. Tetrick Funeral Home of Elizabethton is serving the Wilson family.

Nellie Irene Boring, 93, of Bristol, Tennessee, died on Sunday, April 22, 2012. She was born June 30, 1918, a daughter of the late H.O. Ferguson and Willie Ferguson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of 64 years, Gordon Boring. Nellie was a World War II veteran, having […]