Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Mountain City, Tennessee
Wilmer Hayes Gentry
Jun 19, 2011
Wilmer Hayes Gentry, age 91, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2011 at his residence. Hayes was born May 21, 1920 in Johnson County, Tennessee to the late Isaac T. and Nanny Forrester Gentry. He loved his family, especially his grandchildren. Hayes was a retired carpenter and was a member of Union # 626 until his...
William Isaacs
Jun 18, 2011
William Isaacs, age 30, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011 at Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on October 20, 1980 to Debra Thomas and Kenneth Isaacs. William was preceded in death by an infant son, Camden Isaacs. William enjoyed hunting, especially going hunting with his Dad. He also enjoyed going fishing and was...
Joe Rufo
Jun 16, 2011
Joseph "Joe" Rufo, Jr., age 78, of Reece Ave. Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, June 16, 2011 at his residence, following an extended illness. Joe was born on January 7, 1933 to the late Joseph and Lizzie Bates Rufo in Pittsfield, MA. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...
Donald Jones
Jun 10, 2011
Donnie Jones, age 39, of Creston, NC, and formerly of Mountain City, TN, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, June 10, 2011. He was born on February 26, 1972 in Carter County, Tennessee to Donald Lee Jones and Lena Helen (Gambill) Dugger. Donnie loved the outdoors and especially loved to golf and fish. He was a loving father and more than...
Ruth Virginia Nichols Jardin
Jun 6, 2011
Ruth Virginia Nichols Jardin, age 84, of Chuckey, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 6, 2011 at Durham-Hensley Health and Rehabilitation, Chuckey, Tennessee. Ruth was born on May 31, 1927 in Johnson County, TN to the late William Arthur Nichols and Bonnie Dickens Nichols. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by...
Jenny Bumbarger
Jun 5, 2011
Jenny Stout Bumbarger, age 62, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, June 5, 2011 at Wake Forest University Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem, NC. She was born on September 15, 1948 to the late Dana B. Stout Jr. and Ruth Eggers Stout. In addition to her parents, Jenny was preceded in death by two sisters: Claudia Crosswhite and Sharon Bissitt....
Polly Jean Day
Jun 4, 2011
Polly Jean Day, age 75, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at the Johnson City Medical Center. She was born on May 14, 1936 to the late Sam H. and Rettie Stout Proffitt. In addition to her parents, Jean was preceded in death by her two husbands: D.W. Stout and...
William Smith Jr.
May 26, 2011
William Billy' Smith Jr., age 47, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 26, 2011. He was born on December 17, 1963 to William Smith Sr. of Butler, Tennessee and the late Martha Isabelle Powell Smith. Billy was a member of Sink Valley Baptist Church. In addition to his father and step-mother, William Smith Sr. and Mary...
Della Marie Maxwell
May 22, 2011
Della Marie Maxwell, age 96, of Mountain City, went home to be with her Savior on May 22, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Della was born on August 2, 1914 to Winton Patrick and Amanda Bauguess Patrick of Creston, NC. She married Truman Maxwell in 1939 and moved to Mountain City where she lived for the rest of her...
Dora Elizabeth Hawks
May 21, 2011
Dora Elizabeth (Betty) Hawks, age 82, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at her residence. She was born July 24, 1928 in West Virginia to the late Famous Jack and Bessie Hendricks Sexton. Dora enjoyed visiting with friends, going to church and the outdoors. She liked sitting in her rocker on her porch, going to...
Opal Lou Coldiron Welch
May 20, 2011
Opal Lou Coldiron Welch, age 97 of Mountain City, Tennessee went home to be with her Lord on Friday, May 20, 2011. She was born February 2, 1914 in Ashe County, North Carolina, the third child of Eli and Clyde Davis Coldiron. She had two brothers and four sisters. In July of 1934 Opal married Claude Welch. They were married...
J.L. Shumate
May 20, 2011
J. L. Shumate, age 85, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, entered peacefully into Heaven on Friday, May 20, 2011 at Watauga Medical Center in Boone, North Carolina after a lengthy illness. He was surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Grayson County, Virginia and had lived in Shady Valley, Tennessee most of his life. He was the son of...
Farris Stout
May 19, 2011
Farris J. Stout, age 76, of the Beaver Dam Community of Vilas, North Carolina, went home to be with the Lord following an extended illness on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at the Watauga Medical Center, Boone, North Carolina. He was born on September 26, 1934 to the late Wayne Victor Stout and Nora Elizabeth May Stout. In addition to his...
Jack Dugger
May 17, 2011
Avis Ray Jack' Dugger, age 84, of Butler, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at his residence. A native of Johnson County, Tennessee, Jack was born on June 26, 1926 to the late Frank and Lina Isaacs Dugger. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Maude Skelton;...
Jerry Harold Roberts
May 16, 2011
Jerry Harold Roberts, age 62, of Butler, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 16, 2011 at his residence. A native of Johnson County, Tennessee, he was born on November 24, 1948 to Sue Lowe Roberts and the late Hugo Roberts. Jerry worked for years in the furniture industry and enjoyed woodworking in his spare time...
Gregory L. Lipham
May 12, 2011
Mr. Gregory L. Lipham, age 55, of Carriage Lane, Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2011. He was born on September 23, 1955 in Atlanta, GA. He was preceded in death by his father, Hugh Lipham. Mr. Lipham is survived by his mother, Marjorie Lipham of Mountain City, TN; two sons, Jason and...
Hetty Gross Murphy
May 7, 2011
Hetty Gross Murphy, borne of the rugged beauty of south eastern Kentuckys, Leslie and Harlan Counties. Lacking in formative educations, but imbued with the desire to succeed, from a day laborer in the vegetable fields of Arizona, to the cotton fields of Texas, a succession of trials and tribulations to numerous to mention. She rose to the position of City...
Beulah M. Miller
May 4, 2011
Mrs. Beulah M. Miller, age 94, of Miller Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. She was born on March 3, 1917 in Ashe County, NC to the late Presley and Myrtle Phipps Greer. IN addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Walter Miller; a son and...
Mary Frances Smith
May 3, 2011
Mary Frances Smith, age 94, of Mountain City, Tennessee and formerly of Butler, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. She was born on May 18, 1916 in Valley Crucis, North Carolina to the late Don and Addie Baird Mast. In addition to her parents, Frances was preceded in death by her first husband,...
Dorothy Herdman Isaacs
Apr 28, 2011
Dorothy Herdman Isaacs, age 54, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, April 28, 2011. She was born on June 18, 1956 to the Late Elizabeth Manuel Herdman. In addition to her mother, Dorothy was preceded in death by her cherished grandmother, Venie Manuel. Dorothy was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She loved...
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