Johnson County, TN Genealogy Obituaries

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July 29, 1998 issue

WALTERS, Mildred H., 85, Mountain City, TN, July 11, 1998. Native of Pennsylvania, daughter of the late Paul and Sophia Smith Hoefermann. Preceded in death by husband, Charles H. Walters and two brothers, Raymond and John Hoefermann. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Somerton, PA.
BLEVINS, Ethel R., 92, Shady Valley, TN, July 24, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Walter and Sara Eller McNeil. Survivors include sons, Clay Blevins, Ned Blevins, Leon Blevins and Forrest Blevins, all of Shady Valley; Bob Blevins, Butler, TN and Kenneth Blevins, Rex, Georgia and daughters, Margie Reeves, Elizabethton, TN; Conna Lee Blevins and Pegger Dugger, both of Shady Valley. Interment: Blevins Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
TYREE, Mary N., 84, Limestone, TN, July 25, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC daughter of John Monroe Cornett and Rosa Belle James Cornett, and her husband, James Q. Tyree. Survivors include, brother Bob Cornett, Creston, NC and sisters, Alice Poe, Wilmington, Delaware, Celia Caudell and Hazel Binkley, both of Oxford, PA, Sarah Gouge, Jonesboro, TN and Belle Yoggerst, Mountain City, TN. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co., TN.
RICHARDSON, Robert A., Jr., of Damascus, VA, July 21, 1998. He was a lifelong resident of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include brothers, Vance Richardson, Lebanon, VA and Kenneth Richardson, Zanoia, VA. Burial: Mock Cemetery.

July 22, 1998 issue

FENNER, Addie Greer, 92, of Damascus, VA, July 9, 1998. Native of North Carolina. Widow of Arthur Fenner. Survivors include sister, Ruth Garrett, Damascus, VA and brothers Hoy Greer of Damascus, VA and Harley Greer, Elizabethton, TN. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
TRENT, Charles Jack, 71, Meadowview, VA, July 10, 1998. Lifelong resident of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include his wife, Delpha Mae Trent, sisters, Kathleen Fuller, Damascus, VA; Annabelle Pierce, Bristol, VA and Louise Alexander, Tampa, FL. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Washington Co., VA.
WYATT, Willie Myrtle, 79, Deland, FL, July 17. Born in Laurel Bloomery. Survivors include husband, Samuel; sisters, Alice Crim, Sue Parker and Mildred Poole all of Deland, FL and Kathleen Irico, New Orleans, LA.
LIPFORD, Elmer Burt, 80, June 30, 1998, Fredrick, MD. Son of the late Inez Dunn Lipford. Survivors include his wife, Hazel Magdalene Williamson Lipford and sisters, Ruth Cable of Mountain City, TN; Nell Combs of Avondale, PA and Fay Key of West Jefferson, NC. Interment: Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, MD.

July 15, 1998 issue

HINES, Mary Allene, of Mountain City, July 5, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of the late William and Sarah Edna Robinson Hines. Survivors include sisters, Jean Hines and Charlotte Lefler, both of Mountain City. Interment: Reece Memorial Cemetery.
GARLAND, Rud Franklin, 74, of Mountain City, July 2, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of the late Clarence and Ola Mae Garland. Preceded in death by sister, Elene Hawkins. Survivors include his wife, Virginia I., Garland, brothers, Clarence Garland, Jr., Roan Mountain, TN; Eugene Garland, Bristol, VA., Kenneth Garland, Washington; sister Lucille Long, Mountain City, TN. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
HOWARD, Mary Frances, 70, of Mountain City, TN, July 9, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA. Daughter of the late Kenny and Minnie Doss Hamm. Survivors include husband, Wade Howard; sisters, Irene Stought, Norfolk, VA; Lillian Buckland, Loudonville, OH; Olivine Sheffy, Bristol, VA. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.
BURKETT, Mollie Warren, 96 of Zionville, NC, July 6, 1998. Born in Mabel, Watauga Co., NC, daughter of the late Fredrick Abraham and Hannah Eggers Warren. Widow of James M. "Jim" Burkett. Preceded in death by brothers Roe Warren, Fate Warren, Archie Warren and Raymond Warren and sisters, Ella Castle, Sallie Warren and Ollie Grogan. Burial: Burkett-Lewis Cemetery, Watauga Co., NC.
HEAD, Ronda, 81 of Mountain City, July 9, 1998. Native of Johnson Co. Preceded in death by brother, Ray Head. Survivors include his wife, Luna Lewis Head and brother J.D. Head of Mountain City, TN. Burial: Dunn Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
MAIN, Ethel Potter, 82, Todd, North Carolina, July 11, 1998. Born Aril 15, 1915 in Watauga County, daughter of the late Jake and Bertie Main Potter. Survivors include husband, Boyd Main, three half-brothers, Lloyd Potter, Claude Potter and Bruce Potter, all of Mountain City. Burial: Main Cemetery.
FABER, Bertie Jo, 65 f Elizabethton, TN, July 11, 1998 at Graham Hospital, Canton, IL. Native of Carter Co., TN daughter of the late Clinton and Bertha Hamby Waters. Survivors include her husband, Richard Faber. Survivors include sisters, Pearl Johnson and HElen Dyson, both of Mountain City, TN and two brothers, Vernon Waters, Damascus, VA and Clarence Waters, Hickory, NC.
BUNTON, James Lionel, 67, Elizabethton, TN, July 10, 1998. Native of Glo, Kentucky, son of the late Clinton and Louise McCloud Bunton. Survivors include wife, Marie Hamby Bunton. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
ROBERTS, Opal, 93 lifelong resident of Alvarado, VA, July 8, 1998. Survivors include brother Lacy Roberts, Alvarado, VA. Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Alverado, VA.

July 8, 1998 issue

BROWN, Marvin R., 81, of Mountain City, July 2, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of the late Lafayette and Maggie Icenhour Brown. Survivors include his wife, Ida Simcox Brown and two sons, Buster and Billy Brown, both of Mountain City. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
McNEIL, Nell, 82, of Mountain city, July 6, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, daughter of the late Arthur Lee and Lola Day Osborne. Preceded in death by husband, Paul J. McNeil April 30, 1975. Survivors include sister, Blanche Sluder Stansberry. Interment: Shouns Methodist Church Cemetery.
REECE, Sarah Johnson, 92, Zionville, NC. She was born September 26, 1905 in Creston, Ashe Co., NC, daughter of late Mack and Martha Greer Johnson and died June 28, 1998. Widow of Edward Harvey Reece. Preceded in death by sister, Ada Lawrence and brothers, Noah Johnson and Clyde Johnson. Survivors include sisters, Stella Miller, Todd, North Carolina and Minnie Miller. Creston, NC. Four brothers, Fred Johnson, Todd, NC; John Johnson, Connelly Springs, NC; Paul Johnson, PA and Walter Johnson, Mountain City, TN. Burial: Zionville Church Cemetery, Zionville, NC.
JOHNSON, Winfred, 76, RoseDale, VA, July 6, 1998. Native of Jonesborough, TN, son of late Monroe and Lena Barnett Johnson. Preceded in death by four sisters and seven brothers. Survivors include brother Stuart Johnson of Mountain City. Graveside services and burial: Veterans Administration, National Cemetery, Mountain Home, Tennessee.

June 24, 1998 issue

BUCHANAN, Lillian R., 95, Logan, West Virginia, formerly of Elizabethton and Mountain City, TN, June 20, 1998. Daughter of the late J.M. and Alice Mullins Lowe and preceded in death by husbands, George W. Robinson and Ray V. Buchanan, also by four brothers and three sisters. Graveside services were conducted from the Brookshire Cemetery.

June 17, 1998 issue

LOWE, John Carter, 63, of Mountain City, June 13, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of the late Walter Gresham Lowe and Reba Lowe Green. Survivors include his wife, Carol Toth Lowe, sister Mary Ann Worley and brother Wiley Greshan Lowe, both of Mountain City. Burial: Shoun McEwen Cemetery, Johnson County.
MORETZ, Clayton Jeff, 92, Lenoir, NC, June 12, 1998, son of the late James Wiley and Sarah Jane Perdue Moretz. Preceded in death by his wife, Martha Ellen Walsh Moretz, and sister Addie Walsh. Survivors include brother, Johnny Moretz of Elizabethton, TN and sisters, Hazel Adams and Lola Adams, both of Mountain City.

June 10, 1998 issue

HUNTER, Helen Mae, 81, of Mountain City, June 4, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late John and Laura Johnson Wilson. Twin sister to Robert Gary Wilson who died December 12, 1996. Preceded in death by husband William Hunter. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN
PARSONS, Hazel Phillips, 73 of North Wilkesboro, NC, June 2, 1998. Born in Wilkes County, August 13, 1924 to Claude and Nora Beshears Phillips. Survivors include her husband Charlie Cavins Parsons, sister, Pauline Godfrey of Statesville, NC and brother Edward Phillips or Purlear, NC. Burial: Welcome Home Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, NC.
MICHAEL, Georgie, 83, of Mountain City, June 2, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of the late Lowrey and Laura Blevins Roberts. Preceded in death by husband, Robert Fred Michael, also by six brothers, Arvil, Walt, Earl, Dan, Frank and Odell Roberts. Survivors include two sisters, Ethel Loveder of Townsend, Delaward and Goldie Ledford of Elizabethton, TN. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park.
PRICE, Anna Lee, 69, Mountain City, June 4, 1998. Native of Johnson County, daughter of late James and Lizzie May Lipford. Preceded in death by a brother John L. May. Aurvivors include sisters, Ruth Allen of Mountain City and Mildred Miller of Kennett Square, PA, one step-brother, Marvin Lipford.
STOUT, Iva Lee, 87, former of Mountain City, TN, June 7, 1998. Daughter of the late Jacob H. and Rosa Head Potter and was preceded in death by husband, Fred W. Stout, two sisters, Frances Mullins and Glenna Farmer and brothers, Dallas and Clarence G. Potter. Survivors include brother Blaine Potter of Kingsport, TN and sister, Mae Hayworth of Mullins, West Virginia. Burial: Morley Cemetery.

June 3, 1998 issue

ARNEY, Thomas Adam, 79, of Mountain City, May 30, 1998 . Native of Johnson Co., son of late Alfred Gordon and Mary Etta Farthing Arney. Preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters. Survivors include his wife, Ruth Hodge Arney. Interment: Brown Cemetery.
HUSKINS, Jimmy Paul "Jim", 74 of Mountain City, May 31, 1998. Native of Johnson County, son of late Emory and Mammie Gentry Huskins. Preceded in death by wife, Doris Fritts Huskins and brother Bob Huskins. Survivors include four brothers, Fred, Dallas, Raymond and Don Huskins and four sisters, Ruth Lipford, Betty Morefield, Elizabeth "Sue" Nixon and Barbara Ann McCrary. Interment: Phillippi Cemetery.
HOWARD, Pearl Gertrude Stout, 86, Laurel Bloomery, TN, May 29, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late Thomas and Polly Stout. Preceded in death by husband, Fred A. Howard, October 30, 1993, also by two brothers and one sister. Survivors include sisters, Atric Potter, Bernie Mains and Mime Stout, all of Mountain City and Eva Winters of Oxford, PA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.
TSCHANZ, Ulrich William, 81, Mountain City, May 27, 1998. Native of Cleveland, Ohio but made his home in Johnson Co. for the past several years. Son of the late Godfrey and Lena Marie Marti Tschanz. Survivors include his wife, Ruth L. Tschanz and sister Marcell T. Jordan of Mountain City.
SNYDER, Lon D., 95 of Mountain City, May 31, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC son of the late William and Clara Martin Snyder. Preceded in death by four sisters and two brothers. Survivors include his wife, Ann D. Snyder, two sisters, Carrie Lee Gourley and Ida Reece, both of Johnson City, TN. Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain City, TN.

May 27, 1998 issue

McCREARY, Edward Scott, 78, Mountain City, TN, May 20, 1998 in Melbourne, FL. Native of Florida, son of the late James D. and Lizzie Gallacher McCreary. Preceded in death by wife, Hattie Mae Caudill McCreary, April 4, 1993. Survivors include sister, Elizabeth Davis and brother Harry McCreary. Burial: Blevins Cemetery.
CHURCH, 75, Mountain City, May 19, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Henry G. and Trula Garland Shoun. Survivors include husband, David Church. Interment: Wilson Cemetery.
BROWN, Martha Addie, 83, Mountain City, May 23, 1998. Native of Sullivan Co., TN daughter of late Dennis and Nellie Broce Moore. Preceded in death by husband, Dewey Brown. Survivors include, sister Josephine Alexander of Graham, NC. Burial: Lonnie Brown Cemetery.

May 20, 1998 issue

OSBORNE, Volna M., 99, Trade, TN, Jay 13, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., son of late Jesse and Wallie Wilson Osborne. Survivors include wife, Dortha E. Osborne and son Stanley Osborne, Ormond Beach, FL. Interment: Reece Memorial Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
KIRBY, Vance H., 76, Hampton, TN, May 13, 1998. Native of Watauga Co., NC, son of Oscar and Bitha Roberts Kirby. Preceded in death by brothers, Victor Earl Kirby and Edward France Kirby and sister, Velma Kirby Atwood. Survivors include wife, Betty Hunter Kirby, sister Ina K. Richardson of Elizabethton, TN and brother, Estil Kirby of Elizabethton, TN. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park.
BOETKER, Wanda J., 64, Elizabethton, TN, May 12, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Dewey E. and Virginia Isaacs Widner. Survivors include husband, Chris Boetker, brother Carl Widener of Kernersville, NC, Bob Widener, Augusta, GA; Jim Widener of Mountain City and sister Mary Tester of Lexington, NC. Interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain City, TN.
MAINS, Edward W., 74, Penn Township, PA. Born in Tennessee, son of late William F. and Stella B. Wagner Mains. Survivors include: wife, Alma J. Tester, brother Ralph Mains, Mountain City, TN; sisters, Lucille Wynn, Parksburg, PA; Louise Eldreth and Edna Davis, both of Kennett Squire, PA. Interment: Union Hill Cemetery, Kennett Township, PA.
TRIVETTE, Ruth Oliver, 70, West Jefferson, NC, May 11, 1998. Survivors include husband, Glenn Trivette, brother Robert Oliver of Creston, NC and sisters Mattie Lewis, West Jefferson, NC; Torrence Rash, Todd, NC. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park.

May 13, 1998 issue

CRUMLEY, Donna Guinn, 77, Spring Hill, FL, April 22, 1998. Native of Sullivan Co., TN, daughter of late Nathan and Venie Guy Guinn. Preceded in death by two sisters and three brothers. Survivors include sisters, Blanche Berry of Butler, TN and Dorothy Sizemore of Houston, TX; four brothers, Dannie Guinn and Odell Guinn, both of Mountain City and Carl Guinn of Elizabethton and Oscar Guinn of Bluff City, TN. Burial: Thonotossa, FL
BLEVINS, Otis U., 83, Taylors Valley, VA, May 3, 1998. Lifelong resident of Taylors Valley, VA. Preceded in death by wife, Mildred Lewis Blevins. Burial: Jackson-Lewis Cemetery, Taylors Valley, VA.

May 6, 1998 issue

MULLINS, John K., 85, Prineville, TN, April 26, 1998. Born in Mountain City, TN, January 18, 1913, son of John Hamilton and Venia Phillippi Mullins. Preceded in death by wife Georgia Houston in 1986, six brothers and two sisters. Survivors include brother, Winfred H. Mullins of Hartsville, SC and sister, Anna Bess Clear of Bristol TN. Burial: Nyssa Cemetery.
SHUPE, Ruby Wallace, 84, Mountain City, May 2, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of late Daniel Stacy and Mary Alice Stout Wallace. Preceded in death by husband, Robert Wade Shupe in 1960 and by three brothers and three sisters. Survivors include sister, Pearl Cleveland of Gulfport, FL and brothers, Ray Wallace and D.S. Wallace, both of Elizabethton, TN. Burial: Phillippi, Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
COLSON, Craig, 77, Mountain City, TN, May 3, 1998. Native of Norwod, NC, son of Sunnie Colson of Denton, NC and late Fletcher Colson. Preceded in death by sister Winnie S. Thomas. Survivors include wife, Cleo Perkins Colson, his mother, brother Kenneth Colson of Denton, NC. Burial: Hodge Cemetery.
DUNN, Dayton E., 64, Mountain City, TN, April 29, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Hugh B. and Winnie M. Phillips Dunn. Preceded in death by brother John L. Dunn and sister, Goldie M. Forrester. Survivors include wife, Mary M. Dunn, brothers Barton Dunn and Ernest Dunn, borh of Mounctain City; sisters Jane Mains of Mountain City and Ella Rose Hamm of Oxford, PA. Burial: Reece Memorial Cemetery.
WILSON, Anne Dillon, 88, Boone, NC, April 29, 1998. Born July 6, 1909 in Doe Valley, TN daughter of late John Wesley and Winnie Shoun Dillon. Preceded in death by son, Benjamin Wilson and brothers, Frank Dillon, John Dillon, Wiley Dillon, Archie Dillon, Ben Dillon and Charles Dillon. Survivors include sister Alice Robers, Doe Valley, TN and foster brother, Worley Hickc of Porterville, CA. Burian: Cove Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Sugar Grove, NC.
LEWIS, Edel H., 86, Bluff City, TN, May 2, 1998. Native of Sullivan Co., TN, daughter of late Robert Lee and Rebecca Lyon Hicks. Preceded in death by husband, Rev. Emery Lewis, one son, four brothers and two sisters. Interment: Chinquapin Grove Cemetery.
SHEFFIELD, Mary C. "Kate", 98, Bristol, VA, April 28, 1998. Native of Washington Co., VA, daughter of late Frank W. Sheffield and Martha Ellen Thomas Sheffield. Preceded in death by four brothers and three sisters. Survivors include sister, Margaret Rutherford of Blountville, TN. Interment: Rock Springs Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
WIDENER, Iris Marie, 90, Damascus, VA, May 1, 1998. Lifelong resident of Washington Co., VA. Widow of Paul G. Widener, Sr. and preceded in death by daughter, Thelma June Cook. Survivors include, sister, Myrtle Findley of Baltimore, MD. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park, Washington Co., VA.

April 29, 1998 issue

WYATT, Ellen M., 73,Damascus, VA, April 22, 1998. Lifelong resident of Damascus, VA, daughter of late John and Ola Spriggs Morgan. Survivors include husband, Floyd Cicero Wyatt, Sr., sisters, Annie V. Rogers, Gladys Winters and Martha Watkins, all of Damascus, VA. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Washington Co., VA.
GLENN, Edith Rominger, 73, Vilas, NC, April 22, 1998. Born July 26, 1924, in the Rominger community of Watauga Co., NC, daughter of Manuel Claybourne and Annie Martha Shoemaker Rominger. Preceded in death by seven brothers. Survivors include husband, Dottie Mast Glenn and sister Mae Wrenn of Mebane, brothers Dexter Rominger of Boone, NC and Howard Rominger of Banner Elk, NC.
GRIGAS, William J., 90, Mountain City, TN, April 21, 1998. Born in Hanover, PA, son of later Dominick and Theophilia Grigas. Preceded in death by wife, Anna R. Smalick Grigas in 1993; brothers Bernard and Anthony and sisters, Sister M. Vivian and Alberta Toborowski. Burial: Our Lady of Dawn Cemetery, Shennahdoah.
FINNEY, Ruth C., 92, April 27, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, daughter of later William Carter and Epsie Danner Arney. Preceded in death by first husband, King H. Cress in 1965 and second husband, Robert E. Finney in 1970; four brothers and seven sisters. Survivors include son, William K. Cress and daughter Earlene Cress Blevins. Interment: Happy Valley Memorial Park, Carter Co., TN.

April 22, 1998 issue

POTTER, Charlie, 80, Trade, TN, April 17, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Jim and Tishie Greer Potter. Survivors include wife, Dora K. Potter, Trade, TN, twin sister, Holly Rushton, Larksville, PA. Burial: Phillippi Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
PROFFITT, Victor L., 78, College Grove, TN, April 16, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., TN, son of late Wiley Thomas and Ida Rebecca Proffit. Preceded in death by sisters, Beula Hampton, Stella Tilley and Lola Duval. Survivors include brothers, Travers Proffit of OH and Jack Proffit, Mountain City and sister, Alma Proffit, Mountain City. Burial: Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Johnson Co., TN.
WIDNER, Clifford Paul, 70, Glade Spring, VA, April 16, 1998. Life long resident of Washington Co., VA. Survivors include wife, Minnie Faye Widner; sisters, Helen Compton of Maryland; Maggie Thomas and Margie Stanley, both of Glade Spring, VA; brothers, John Widener, Willard Widener, Alford Widener, Junion Widener all of Glade Spring, VA; Jim Widener, of North Carolina and Marvin Widener, High Point, NC. Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
BURKETT, Lewis, 72, Zionville, NC, died April 14, 1998. Born December 15, 1925 in Watauga Co., NC to Mollie Warren Burkett and late James JcKinley Burkett. Survivors include wife, Peggy Main Burkett, mother Mollie Burkett, Zionville; tsisters, Kate Burkett, Margaret Oliver and Charlotte Wells all of Zionville, NC. Burial: Burkett-Lewis Cemetery, Zionville, NC

April 15, 1998 issue

HAMMONS, Lela E., 84, Mountain City, died March 30, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late Jesse and Emma Payne Arnold. Preceded in death by husband, Andy W. Hammons September 2, 1971; brothers, Denvil Arnold and Mervin Arnold; four sisters, Pearl Shelby, Vica Lewis, Lucille Walsh and Lorrene Surrento. Survivors include sisters Opal Gambill, Nina Tedder and Oshea Norris; brothers, Herman Arnold and Ray Arnold, both of Mountain City. Burial: Hammons Cemetery.
GREENE, Fred Edward, Sr., 84, Sugar Grove, NC, died April 7, 1998. Born July 1, 1913, son of late Dilliard L. and Pearl Tester Greene. Preceded in death by wife, Colletta Ward Greene; sister, Mamie Vines and brothers, Clyde Greene, Roby Greene, Floyd Greene and Frank Greene. Survivors include brother, Howard Greene and sisters, Texie Glenn Lexington; Loy Edminsten; Ruth Swife; Lora Hollar; Belva McCuiston. Burial: Willow Valley Cemetery.
COOPER, Robert E., 63, Shady Valley, TN died April 7, 1998. Native of Caples, West Virginig. Son of late Charles and Georgia Neaves Cooper. Survivors include wife, Ruby Hand Cooper. Burial: Sunset Memorial Park., Johnson Co., TN.

April 8, 1998 issue

SNYDER, 84, Mountain City, died April 4, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., son of late Stanley Jessings and Cora Dickens Snyder. Preceded in death by brother, Ralph Roy Snyder and sisters, Mabel Snyder and Julia Grace Snyder. Survivors include wife, Katherine W. Snyder; sisters, Nell S. Sexton, Toughkennamon, PA and Beula S. Quinn, Newark, Delaware. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Johnson Co., TN.
JOHNSON, Sam, 73, Mountain City, TN, died April 1, 1998. Native of Johnson Co., son of Jim and Lillie Reece Johnson. Preceded in death by three brothers, Jack, Bruce and Booker Johnson and three sisters, Ruth Mains, Irene Dunn and Roanne Trivette. Survivors include his wife, Pauline Tedder Johnson; sisters, Dorthy Miller, Mountain City, TN and Hettie Shaffer, Pilgram Knob, VA; three brothers, Oscar Johnson, Jefferson City, TN; Conley Johnson, Creston, NC and Earl Johnson, Mountain City, TN. Interment: Johnson Cemetery.
JOHNSON, Mary Lilian Price, 88, Mountain City, TN, died April 5, 1998, Boone, NC. Native of Ashe Co. daughter of Late Milton and Cordialla Roark Price. Preceded in death by husband, Joseph Claude Johnson in 1981 and daughters, Virgie, Bonnie and Maurine Johnson; two sons, Herman and Carroll Johnson; three brothers, Fred, Ervil and Cissro Johnson and two sisters, Dorthy Williams and Faye Mains. Survivors include sister, Mae Smith of Hickory, NC. Interment Johnson Cemetery.
STAMPER, Selma M., 79, Butler, TN. Died April 1998. Native of Johnson Co., daughter of late John and Lillie Wagner Matherly. Preceded in death by husband, James R. Stamper, six sisters, six brothers, three half-sisters and three half-brothers. Survivors include sister, Ruby Leggett, Bradington, FL. Entombment at the Mausoleum of Peace, Happy Valley, Memorial Park.

April 1, 1998 issue

GREER, Elmer T., 74, Butler, TN. Native of Washington Co., VA, son of late McKinley Lee and Roxie Belle Plummer Greer. Survivors include wife, Kathy Greer, sisters Peggy Price of Abingdon, VA and Frances Snavely of Roanoke, VA.
DUNN, Martha, 93, Mountain City, March 25, 1998. Native of Wilkes Co., NC. Preceded in death by husband, Joseph A. Dunn in 1979 and four brothers and sisters. Interment: Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
BARLOW, 67, Zionville, NC, March 23, 1998. Native of Ashe Co., NC, son of late Ira and Birdie David Barlow. Survivors include brothers, Fred Barlow of Galatain Gate Way, Montana; Quentin Barlow of Vienna, VA and Don Barlow of Fairless Hills, PA.
PARSONS, Charles E., 69, Shady Valley, TN, March 23, 1998. He lived in Shady Valley most of his life and was a son of the late J.F. and Maude Gentry Parsons. Proceded in death by sister, Betty June Parsons. Survivors include wife, Bonnie Parsons, sisters Etta Robbins of Shady Valley, TN; Georgia Burnette of Beckley, W.VA; Carol Harper of St. Albans, W.VA; Gloria Jinright of Dunnellon, FL; Dorothy Hedges of Lawton, OK and Linda Smith of Bluff City, TN. Interment: Gentry Cemetery, Shady Valley, TN.
HAMMONS, Lacy, 83, Conowingo, MD, March 30, 1998. Born March 13, 1915 in Shouns, TN, son of the late Roy B. and Emma Willen Hammons. Preceded in death by sister, Blanche Hammons and brother, Edgar Hammon. Survivors include wife, Fay Osborne Hammons of Conowingo, MD; brothers Robert Hammons of Fernwood, ID; R.B. Hammons of Rising Sun, MD; Kenneth Hammons, Elkton, MD; Wade Hammons of Creston, NC and sisters, Ida Edwards of Elizabethton, TN; Velma Farmer of Port Deposit, MD and Jewel Booher of Raphine, VA. Interment: St. Mark's Cemetery, Perryville, MD.

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