Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Mountain City, Tennessee
Sylvia 'Deen' Swift
Jul 2, 2013
Sylvia Deen Brooks Swift, age 83, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, July 2, 2013 at Mountain City Care Center. She was born on August 22, 1929 to the late Walter Clay Brooks and Etta Sarrah Fenner Brooks. In addition to her parents, Sylvia was preceded in death by her husband of 63 years, Earl Ray Swift, who...
Coy Spencer Bishop
Jun 30, 2013
Mountain City Funeral Home 224 South Church Street Mountain City, TN 37683 Phone: (423) 727-9700 Fax: (423) 727-4410 Coy Spencer Bishop Coy Spencer Bishop, 80, of Lenoir passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013 at Caldwell Memorial Hospital. Mr. Bishop was born in Laurel Bloomery, TN to the late Jess Bishop and Lola Gentry Bishop. In addition to his parents, he...
Hazel Howard Congdon
Jun 30, 2013
Hazel Howard Congdon, age 98. On the sunny afternoon of June 28 1937, Hazel Howard of Mountain City Tennessee and Edmond Congdon of Erwin Tennessee left the campus of East Tennessee State Teachers College. They were married by a justice of the peace in Gates City, Virginia before returning to campus. This small school in Johnson City, Tennessee prepared both...
Betty Jo Jenkins
Jun 29, 2013
Betty Jo Potter Jenkins, age 81, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord Saturday, June 29, 2013 at the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, NC. She was born on May 19, 1932 to the late David Potter and Hattie Potter McElyea. In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husbands, Donald Fletcher...
Mary Pennington
Jun 24, 2013
Mary Elizabeth Pennington, age 91, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, June 24, 2013 at Wellmont Hospice House, Bristol, TN. On the 11th of June, 2013, Mrs. Pennington received second and third degree burns while trying to extinguish the fire which caught her clothing on fire. Even being on a walker, and falling, she managed to get to...
Offie A. Hayworth, Jr.
Jun 19, 2013
Offie A. Hayworth Jr., age 74, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went to his heavenly home on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was born on January 10, 1939 to the late Offie and Zonna Greene Hayworth Sr. and Oscar and Callie Hayworth. In addition to his parents, Offie was preceded in death by...
Lon D. Greenwell
Jun 18, 2013
Paw Lon D. Greenwell, age 68, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. He was born on February 20, 1945 to the late Dewey and Roxie Jane Cowan Greenwell. In addition to his parents, Lon was preceded in death by his sisters, Jean Swafford and Margaret Cardena; brothers, Bruce, Carl, Bob, Haggie and...
Wilma Goble
Jun 17, 2013
Wilma Louise Williams Goble, age 56, of Lenoir, North Carolina and previously of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Carolina's Medical Center of Charlotte, NC. She was born in Wilmington, Delaware on April 18, 1957 to the late Ralph Williams and Wilma Fenner Charsha. 2In addition to her parents, Wilma was preceded in death...
Ricky Len Price
Jun 17, 2013
Ricky Len Price, age 45, of Mountain City, passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 at his residence. He was born on February 2, 1968 in Banner Elk, North Carolina to IvaLea Wallace Stout and the late Ernest Lee Price. In addition to his father, Ricky was preceded in death by a little brother, William Ray Price; his step-father, Farris...
Izetta Garland
Jun 13, 2013
Izetta D. Garland Izetta D. Garland, age 96, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at the home of her son, with her family by her side. She was born on September 17, 1916 to the late Clyde B. and Ada Sarah Blevins Hutchinson. In addition to her parents, Izetta was preceded in death by her...
Jane B. Titshaw
Jun 10, 2013
Jane B. Titshaw, age 85, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed into Heaven with shouts of joy on Monday, June 10, 2013 at her residence. She was born July 8, 1927, in Hatley, Georgia to the late Willie Abbie Biggers and Renna Merritt Biggers. In addition to her parents Jane was preceded in death by her husband Harry Jerome Titshaw, Sr.,...
Julia Mahala
Jun 10, 2013
Julia Branson Mahala, 70, of Mountain City, passed away June 10, 2013 at Life Care of Elizabethton. She was born April 12, 1943 in Bristol, TN to the late John Henry Branson and Mollie K. Branson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by several sisters and brothers. Julia loved her family and will be truly missed....
Lane Reece
Jun 8, 2013
Thomas Lane Reece Thomas Lane Reece, age 53, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Saturday, June 08, 2013 at his residence from a difficult battle with cancer. He was born June 15, 1959 in Banner Elk, North Carolina to Lucy Sanders Reece and the late Walter B. Reece. Lane was a simple man who lived a simple life. He took...
Bruce O'Dell Smith
Jun 1, 2013
Bruce O'Dell Smith, age 78, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. He was born on December 12, 1934 to the late William and Pearl Tester Smith. Bruce worked for many years in furniture manufacturing. He loved to be outside working in his garden and raising chickens and pigeons. He was...
Suma C. Reece
May 27, 2013
Suma C. Reece Suma Camilla Reece, age 85, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went home to be with her Lord on Monday, May 27, 2013. A native of Johnson County, Tennessee, she was born on September 11, 1927. Suma was preceded in death by her parents: Jacob and Belle Lowe and James and Gladys Lowe; her husband, Charles F. Reece; brothers...
Mary L. Woods
May 26, 2013
Mary Lee Woods Mary Lee Woods, age 82, of Mountain City, went to be with Lord Sunday, May 26, 2013 at her residence. Mary was born March 18, 1931 in Johnson County to the late Andy Dyson, Sr. and Cora Lee Forrester Dyson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William Ralph Woods; son,...
Barbara Jean Rufo
May 22, 2013
Barbara Jean Fuller Rufo Barbara Jean Fuller Rufo, age 78, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Barbara was born February 5, 1935 to the late Clarence and Vera Fuller in Edmeston, NY. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Joseph...
Ruby H. Slemp
May 19, 2013
Ruby H. Slemp, age 92, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at her residence with her family and friends by her side. She was born January 30, 1921 in Johnson County, Tennessee, to the late Roscoe and Alice Potter Perkins. In addition to her parents, Ruby was preceded in death by her husband, McDonald Slemp;...
Kathy J. Reece
May 17, 2013
Kathy Jo Reece Kathy Jo Reece, age 59, of Mountain City, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013 at her residence after a lengthy illness. She was born May 5, 1954 in Johnson County to Jean Phipps Stout and the late Edward (Peanut) Stout. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her brother, Jerry Stout. Kathy enjoyed...
Everett E. (Eddie) Rice
May 17, 2013
Everett E. (Eddie) Rice Everett E. (Eddie) Rice, age 69, of Mountain City, Tennessee, went home to be with the Lord at his residence, surrounded by his family, on Friday, May 17, 2013. Eddie was born on October 10, 1943 in Asheville, North Carolina, to the late Fulty Rice and Lucy M. Wilson Rice. He retired with 21 years of...
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