Johnson County, TN Genealogy Obituaries

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People 65 and over will be included and pertinent information will be given.

August 20, 1997 issue

BUNTEN, Eugene, 89, Butler, TN, August 16, 1997. Native of Jonesborough, TN. Made his home in Rochester, NY before returning to Butler several years ago. Survivors include wife, Dovie Mae Burton Bunten. Burial Bunton Cemetery on Bunton Town Rd.
LEWIS, Rex Ross, 72, Norton, OH, August 3, 1997. Native of Butler, TN, son of late Lawson and Haiie N. Main Lewis. Preceded in death by five brothers, one sister and one daughter. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lewis, brother Herbert Lewis, Butler, TN, sister, Marjorie Tester, Butler, TN. Interment: Whitehead Cemetery, Butler, TN.
RUTLEDGE, Doris Barlow, 84, Creston, NC, August 17, 1997. Survivors inclde son, Jerry Rutledge, Creston, NC and sisters, Mae Osborne, Mountain City, TN and Maude Graybeal, Roanoke, VA. Interment: Green Valley Cemetery.
ROARK, Mack Donald, 67, Creston, NC, August 13, 1997. Native of Ashe Co., NC born February 24, 1930, son of Keene and Grace Roark. Survivors include wife, Geneva Miller Roark, brother, J.B. Roark, Crumpler, NC; sisters Eyvonne Stewart, Creston, NC and Marilyn Salyer, Port Deposit, MD. Burial Ashelawn Memorial Gardens.
MOREFIELD, Roy R., Sr., 84, Damascus, VA August 12, 1997. Lifelong resident of Damascus, VA. Preceded in death by wife, Sarah Juanita Morefield. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
McFADDEN, Cora Lee, 62, Trade, TN. August 19, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Johnthan and Fannie Bryant Canter. Survivors include husband, Jacob R. McFadden, Trade, TN, brother, Johnthan Canter, Trade, TN and sisters, Flo McFadden and Pauline Reedy, both of Mountain City. Interment: McFadden-Canter Cemetery.
BUMGARDNER, Lula Belle, 94, Trade, TN, August 19, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late G.W. and Elizabeth Dotson Bumgardner. Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews. Entombment: Sunset Mausoleum.

August 13, 1997 issue

YOUNCE, Nettie Farthing, 96, Johnson City, TN, August 7, 1997. Native of Watauga Co., NC, daughter of late Tom and Zilla Brown Farthing. Preceded in death by husband, William Carroll Younce in 1962, daughter Jean Younce in 19809; one brother and two sisters.Interment: Vista Burial Park.
SHOUN, Earl, 75, Johnson City, TN, August 9, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Wyotte and Lillie Stout Shoun. Preceded in death by a brother and a sister. Survivors include sister, Gladys Shoun, Apache, Arizona. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.

July 30, 1997 issue

BUTLER, Katherine, 73, Boone, NC, July 28, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Dr. James R. and Pearl McChesney Butler. Preceded in death by brother, John Butler. Survivors include brother, Jim Butler, Boone, NC.
MOORE, Willie Gray, 68, Mountain City, July 27, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Maude Neely Horne and Lincoln Horne. Preceded in death by husband, Mack Moore and brother, Park Horne. Survivors include father, Lincoln Horne. Burial Rock Springs Cemetery.
McCLELLAN, James T., 80, Mountain City, TN, July 26, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA, son of late Zachariah and Mary Kate Ellington McClellan. Preceded in death by his first wife, LaVaun Buchanan McClellan. Survivors include wife, Elizabeth W. McClellan and brother John P. McClellan, Bassett, VA. Interment: Glen Wood Cemetery, Bristol, TN.
REECE, Edward Earl, 69, Butler, TN, July 22, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of later Joseph Harve and Salva Dora Potter Reece. Preceded in death by five sisters and one brother. Survivors include sisters, Ruby Smith of Butler and Kate Reagan of Johnson City. Burial Happy Valley Memorial Park.
BLEVINS,Robert L, 76, Shady Valley, TN, July 24, 1997. Son of late Andy Blevins and Purnie Campbell Dixon. Preceded in death by daughter, Shirley Clark and sister Cathline Sproles. Survivors include wife, Irene Scott Blevins, daughter Janie Dean, Bristol, VA; brothers Carl Blevins, Bristol, VA and Paul Blevins, Mendota, VA and sister Elizabeth Moore, Bristol, TN. Interment: Woods Cemetery.
PUGH, Bertha Mae, 75, Bristol, VA, July 20, 1997. Native of Cool Ridge, W.VA. Survivors include husband, Paul V. Pugh, Burial Azen Cemetery.
HAMM, Tommy C., 68, Ritchie, MD, July 17, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA. Interment: Mock Cemetery.
SURBER, Rosie Miller, 74, Marion, VA, July 20, 1997. Lifelong resident of Konnarock, VA. Widow of J.D. Surber. Survivors include sisters, Vada Tiefel, Washington, D.C. and Gladys Donoghue, Rockville, MD and brothers Luther Miller, Abingdon, VA and Wayne Miller, Greensboro, NC. Burial Azen Cemetery.

July 23, 1997 Issue

ROBERTS, Dallas E., 87, Mountain City, TN, July 18, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Ed and Mary Jane Stout Roberts. Survivors include cousins, Sarah Stout, Mountain City, TN and Golda Rush, Abingdon, VA. Interment: Wilson Cemetery.
HAYES, Esta Rupard, 88, Konnarock, VA. Native of Johnson Co., TN. Widow of Cyrils T. Hayes. Survivors include: sisters, Bertha Larimer, Chilhowie, VA and Gladys Booth, Vienna, VA, brother, Eugene Rupard, King Georga, VA. Interment: Hayes Family Cemetery, Konnarock, VA.
CROWE, Lee Ray (Shine), 86, Mountain City, TN, July 21, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Jack and Myrtle Luttrell Crowe. Survivors include wife, Della Reece Crowe, brothers, Dan and Hall Crowe, of Florida and sisters Darius Slept and Helen Hawkins, of Mountain City and Gladys Jenkins, Bluff City, TN. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.

July 16, 1997 issue

WHITE, Helen Lipford, 74, Butler, TN, July 13, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late ida Mae Glover Lipford and step-father, Valentine E. Lipford. Preceded in death by husband, Robert H. White, May 5, 1993, brother Harold J. Glover, Sept 3, 1990. Survivors inclued: sister, Wilma Eckland, Salt Lake City, UT, step-brothers, Joe Lipford, Butler and Lester Lipford, Portsmouth, VA; step-sisters, Elsie Stout, Mountain City and Alma Hayes, Nashville, TN. Interment: Matherly Cemetery.
TRIVETTE, Rose May, 98, Butler, TN, July 13, 1997. Native of Washington Co., TN, daughter of late Grant and Katherine Lloyd Crosswhite. Preceded in death by husband, Roy Trivette in 1987, four sisters and three brothers. Survivors include: sister Bess Deal, Butler. Interment: Butler Memorial Cemetery.
BOONE, Nancy W., 64, Damascus, VA, July 9, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include: husband, Thurman Boone, sisters, Mary Lou Huffman, Warren, MI and Nora Jean Edmondson, Damascus, VA and brothers, Bobby Lee Milhorne, Warren, MI; Roger Milhorne, Damascus, VA and Rolan Milhorne, Shady Valley, TN. Burial Azen Cemetery, Konnarock, VA.
McCRACKEN, Nellie I., 77, Damascus, VA, July 3, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA and widow of Roy C. McCracken. Susrivors include: step-mother, Della Trent, Damascus, VA; sisters, Carolyn Price, Hickory, NC; Helen Carroll, Ferguson, NC; Martha Owens, Meadowview, VA and Mary Milhorn, Johnson City, TN; brothers Billy Trent, Damascus, VA and Jack Trent, Glade Spring, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.

July 9 1997 issue

STOUT, Edward Vallie, 78, Avondale, PA formerly of Toughkenamon, PA, July 2, 1997. Born Butler, TN son of late Ervin and Hattie Shoun Stout. Survivors include: wife, Helen Retha Matherly Stout and sisters, Lorraine Cable and Dean Foster both of Butler.
WADDELL, Ray, 81, Troutdale, VA, June 20, 1997. Native of Grayson Co., VA. Survivors include wife, Ruby D. Waddell; sisters Jincy Testerman and Kate Blevins, Grassy Creek, NC; Grace Sheetz, Bel Air, MD; Pauline Walker, Peach Bottom, PA and Kathleen Hart, Paradise, PA; brother George Waddell, Lansing, NC. Interment: Azen Cemetery.

June 25, 1997 issue

RAMBO, Nell Nave, Knoxville, TN, June 23, 1997. Formerly of Butler, preceded in death by husband Ohlan Rambo. Interment: Rambo Cemetery
MANUEL, Effie D., 94, Shady Valley, June 21, 1997. Native of Johnson County, daughter of Gilbert & Victoria Johnson Blevins. Preceded in death by husband, Ira Manuel in 1984. Interment: Blevins Cemetery.
DILLON, John H., 92, Mountain City, June 18, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late John W. and Winnie Shoun Dillon. Preceded in death by brothers: Frank; Wiley; Charles; Arch and Ben Dillon. Survivors include wife, Lenore Frank Dillon, sisters, Anne D. Wilson, Boone, NC; Alice D. Rogers, Mountain City; foster brother, Worley Hicks, Porterville, CA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum.
PENNINGTON, Isabell Virginia, 79, Abingdon, VA, June 18, 1997. Native of Smyth Co., VA, daughter of late Roscoe and Lessie Denny Blevins. Preceded in death by husband Orley Delmer Pennington. Survivors include: sisters: Hazel Pennington, Konnarock, VA; Catherine Martin, Marion, VA; Rachel Morrisette, Newport News, VA and brother William Blevins Stanley, VA. Interment: Laurel Valley Cemetery, Troutdale, VA.
HAWKS, A. Ruth, 70, West Grove, PA, May 28, 1997. Born Trade, TN, daughter of late Willis C. & Chana Reece. Preceded in death by husband E. Weston Hawks in 1987 & brothers, Earl, Noah and J.E. Miller and sister Dessie Hoffman.

June 18, 1997 issue

HOLLIDAY, Harry E., 71, Damascus, VA, June 9, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA, Preceded in death by wife, Catherine McCann Holiday. Survivors include: sister Margaret Puckett, Meadowview, VA, brother, Fred Holliday, Saltville, VA. Burial Aion Cemetery.
SAXTON, Rhondel K., 64, June 14, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., son of late William Preston and Nora Lee Leffman Saxton. Interment: Memorial Park Cemetery.
GUY, Thelma Diana, 63, Mountain City, June 12, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of Luke Morefield. Preceded in death by husband, Billy Howard Guy and brother James Morefield. Survivors include: Mother, Ann Winters Morefield, Mountain City, TN, brothers: Earl; Everett, Edd, Junion, Harold, Stacy and Bud Morefield; sisters: Bessie Hammons, Mary Townsend, Nancy Cannon, Peggy Woodard, Jean Arnette and Bracy Osborne. Interment: Morefield Cemetery.
OWENS, Rosalie B., 70, Butler, TN, June 13, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Wiley and Bertie Forrester Bradley. Interment: Bradley Cemetery.
MILLER, Arlie L., 79, Mountain City, June 12, 1997. Native of Watauga Co., NC , son of late Floyd and Lottie Norris Miller. Survivors include wife, Nell N. Miller, sisters: Blanche Morefield; Martha Ann Woods, both of Mountain City and Loretta Poole, Bristol, VA. Interment: Reece Cemetery.
JOHNSON, Vilena M., Mountain City, June 13, 1997. Daughter of Lockie Landreth Graybeal, of Jefferson, NC and late Hugh A. Graybeal. Survivors include husband, Rev. Frank Johnson, sister, Imogene Johnson of Jefferson. Interment: Mausoleum of Love, Sunset Memorial Park.
PEOPLES, Juanita Wills, Johnson City, TN, born January 2, 1914, died June 15, 1997 Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of Nat T. and Lucy B. Wills. Preceded in death by husband, J.R. (Bob) Peoples, one brother and one sister. Survivors include: Sister Eula W. Holland, Kingsport, TN. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.

June 11, 1997 issue

FRITTS, Frances E., 77, Mountain City, June 9, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Luther and Tina Taylor. Preceded in death by husband, Charles W. Fritts. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN
SHULL, Virginia McQueen, 78, Mountain City, June 6, 1997. Native of Johnson County, Survivors include sisters, Elizabeth Shull Mahan, Jountain City and twin Florence Shull Kloss of Bristol, TN. Interment: Brown Cemetery, Neva, TN.
EVANS, Dorothy Ritchie, 80, Damascus, VA, June 5, 1997. Native of Washington Co., VA, widow of Charles R. Evans. Survived by sisters, Elizabeth Edmondson, Damascus, VA; Ellen Dunn, Abingdon, VA and June Nelson, Piney Flats, TN. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
LUCK, Harvey, 83, Damascus, VA, June 3, 1997. Native of Prince William Co., VA. Interment: National Memorial Park, Falls Church, VA.
DUNN, Myrtle, 91, Laurel Bloomery, TN, June 3, 1997. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late David and Rebecca Jane Shores South. Preceded in death by husband, Alvin Dunn. Survivors include, daughter, Emma Greer, Laurel Bloomery, TN, sisters, Betty Bradley, Limestone, TN; Carrie Rash, Damascus, VA and brother Luther South, Elizabethton, TN. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Damascus, VA.

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