Current Obituaries
Local obituaries for the Mountain City, Tennessee
Ila Mae Hampton
Sep 18, 2015
Ila Mae Hampton Ila Mae Hampton, age 85, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, September 18, 2015 at the Life Care Center of Gray. She was born on May 30, 1930 to the late Ray Elmer Dotson and Willie Mae Pitsenbarger Dotson. In addition to her parents, Ila Mae was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L....
Lois Roark Presnell
Sep 15, 2015
Lois Roark Presnell, age 73, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at the Mountain City Care Center. She was born on March 25, 1942 to the late Noel and Bessie Osborne Roark. In addition to her parents, Lois was preceded in death by her first husband Boyd Roark and her second husband Samuel Presnell; sister,...
Phyllis Jean Widener Gentry
Sep 10, 2015
Phyllis Jean Widener Gentry, age 69, of Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at her home following a lengthy illness. She was born on January 17, 1946 to the late James and Marie Kilby Widener. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Peggy Widener. Jean was a member of State...
Laura Scheidegger
Sep 8, 2015
Laura Scheidegger, age 78, of Boone, North Carolina and formerly of Mountain City and Butler, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 08, 2015 at the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital of Winston Salem. She was born on March 7, 1937 in Ohio. Private Interment will be held at the Payne Family Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family through our...
Harry Cunningham
Sep 8, 2015
Harry R. Cunningham, age 80, of Mountain City, Tennessee and formerly of Northern Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the Mountain City Care and Rehabilitation Center with his family at his side. Harry was born on August 8, 1935 to the late David and Myrtle Cunningham. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by...
Raymond James Wilson
Sep 5, 2015
Raymond James Wilson Raymond James Wilson, age 68, of Butler and Mountain City, Tennessee passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following an extended illness. He was born on August 15, 1947 in Johnson County, Trade, Tennessee to Crissie Potter Wilson Price of Mountain City and the late William Allen Wilson. In addition to his...
Jeff Dyson
Sep 4, 2015
Jeff Dyson, age 52, of Buffalo, South Carolina, passed away on Friday, September 4, 2015, at the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born on September 28, 1962 in Boone, North Carolina. Jeff was preceded in death by his mother Betty Jo Church Lawrence June 6, 2014, and by a sister, Angie Lawrence. He was a man who never met...
Doran Darrell 'Dokken' Swift
Sep 3, 2015
Doran Darrell Dokken' Swift, age 25, of Mountain City, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, September 3, 2015. He was born on December 12, 1989 to Doran Hadley Swift Jr. and Sherry Lynn Welch Slagle. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Darrell Welch. Dokken loved Honda cars and was a diehard Duke fan. He also loved motorcycles. Dokken was...
Bruce Snyder
Sep 1, 2015
Bruce Snyder, age 91, of Trade, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 01, 2015 at the Mountain City Care Center. He was born on September 26, 1923 to the late Carl and Docia Wallace Snyder. In addition to his parents, Bruce was preceded in death by his sisters: Elsie Wallace and Pauline Hayes and a brother, Jay Snyder. Like most...
Robert 'J.T.' Lewis
Aug 31, 2015
Robert J.T. Lewis of Newark, Delaware passed away on Monday, August 31st, 2015 due to natural causes. He was 82 years old. Born on April, 16, 1933 in Mountain City, Tennessee, he was the son of the late Spencer and Bell (Smith) Lewis. He married Bonnie Mae Vanover on December 28th, 1956. In the 1950s, they moved to Newark, Delaware...
Lynne Locklear Benson
Aug 31, 2015
Lynne Locklear Benson Lynne Locklear Benson, age 78, of Erwin, Tennessee and formerly of Blue Ridge Senior Living Center, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at the Center on Aging & Health of Erwin. She was born on November 21, 1936 to the late Walter Marriote Benson and Iras Langston Benson. Lynne was a graduate of...
Lewis Weldon McComas
Aug 22, 2015
Lewis Weldon McComas, age 78, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015, at his home. He was born on March 8, 1937, in Carroll County, MD to the late Lewis Weldon McComas Sr. and Iras Elizabeth Jackson McComas. In addition to his parents, Lewis was preceded in death by a brother, John Jack' Wesley McComas. Lewis...
Richard Smith
Aug 20, 2015
Richard Smith, age 74, of Butler, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2015, at his residence. He was born on March 30, 1941 to the late Norman and Goldie Smith. In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by a daughter, Deborah Smith Greenwell; sisters: Mary Roark and Isabell Norris. Richard owned and operated S & D...
James 'Jimmy' Laymon Cress
Aug 20, 2015
James Laymon Jimmy' Cress, age 70, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2015 at the James H. Quillen VA Medical Center. He was born on November 29, 1944 to the late Laymon and Ruth Parsons Cress. In addition to his parents, Jimmy was preceded in death by a son, Thomas James Cress and a sister, Jill...
Teddy Wallace
Aug 17, 2015
Teddy Ted' Wallace, age 72, of Shady Valley, Tennessee, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, August 17, 2015 at the Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport. He was born on January 14, 1943 in Shady Valley to the late Alex Wallace and Helen Eller Wallace. In addition to his parents, Ted was preceded in death by...
Darrell Gilbert
Aug 15, 2015
Darrell Milton Gilbert, age 69, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2015 at his home. He was born on July 11, 1946, in Johnson County, TN to the late Oris Gilbert and Rosa Lee Arnold Dunn who passed away November 29, 2014. In addition to his parents, Darrell was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby...
Betty 'Charlie' R. South Carr-Iverson
Aug 11, 2015
Betty "Charlie" R. South Carr-Iverson, age 78, of Lenoir, NC, passed away Tuesday, August 11, 2015, at Catawba Regional Hospice. She was born October 2, 1936, in Trade, Tennessee to the late Hobert and Lillie Brown South. Mrs. Iverson worked at Thomasville Furniture and attended Hartland Missionary Methodist Church. Survivors include husband Randall T. Iverson of the home; one son,...
Verta Greer
Aug 7, 2015
Verta Greer, age 99, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2015 at the Mountain City Care Center. She was born on April 4, 1916 to the late Charlie and Nancy Dowell. In addition to her parents, Verta was preceded in death by her husband Roby Greer; sisters Opal, Eula, Hazel and Virginia. Verta was a good...
Pauline Seatz
Aug 4, 2015
Pauline Seatz, age 70, of Zionville, NC, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2015. A native of Watauga County, NC, Pauline was born on April 9, 1945 to the late Spence and Mammie Wallace Watson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers: Lewis, Leonard, Finley, Harry, and Gurney Watson. Though Pauline lived in North...
William "Buck" Potter
Jul 31, 2015
William Arthur 'Buck' Potter, age 67, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and formerly of Butler, Tennessee, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, July 31, 2015 at his home. He was born on December 10, 1947 to Mary Kate Wagner Potter of Butler, Tennessee and the late Linell C. Potter. In addition to his father, Buck was preceded in...
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