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Obituary for Bart T. Morefield Bart T. Morefield, age 80, of 919 Medical Park Drive, Mountain City went home to be with the Lord Saturday, September 11, 2004 at the Johnson County Health Center following a lengthy illness. He was a native of Johnson County and was born August 24, 1924 to the late Jake and Mary Poe Morefield. In...

Robert "Mickey" Nemeth, age 56, of 139 Maple Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital following a lengthy illness. A native of Mountain City, Robert was born on March 4, 1949 to Agnes M. Nemeth of Mountain City, Tn and the late Andrew C. Nemeth. In addition...

CPT. Thomas W. Gentry US Army retired, age 80, of 508 Hospital Road, Mountain City passed away Monday, September 5, 2005 in the Veterans Medical Center, Mountain Home, TN following a lengthy illness. He was native of Johnson County and was born September 9, 1924 to the late Lonnie Minton and Jessie Leffman Gentry. He was also preceded in death...

Matthew "Matt" Douglas Upright, age 15, of Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away unexpectedly, Saturday, September 10, 2005. He was born on November 9, 1989 in Hickory, North Carolina to Jerry and Judi Upright, of Mountain City, Tennessee. Matthew was an avid outdoorsman, who enjoyed fishing, hunting and sports, as well as construction work. He was a Greenbay Packers fan, also....

Junior Arnold, age 79, of 2656 Crackers Neck Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Wednesday, September 29, 2004 at the Watauga Medical Center in Boone, North Carolina, following an extended illness. He was born in Pennington Gap, Virginia on December 6, 1924 to the late William Otis Arnold and Dottie Grace Walker Arnold. In addition to his parents, Junior...

Millard James Mabe, age 72, of 490 Hospital Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Monday, September 27, 2004 at the Johnson City Medical Center. A loving family and lots of wonderful friends surrounded Millard during his battle with cancer. He was born on October 27, 1931, in Johnson County, Tennessee, to the late Rufus and...

    Obituary for Devon (Von) Eller   Mr Devon (Von) Eller, age 81 of 1350 Berry Branch Road, Mountain City, TN went home to be with The Lord Sunday November 2, 2008 at the Sycamore Shoals Hospital Elizabethton, TN. He was a native of Ashe County, NC . Mr. Eller was preceded in death by his mother Nannie Mae Eller, a daughter...

Wiley E. Taylor, age 85, of 261 Taylor Lane, Shady Valley, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at the Mountain City Care Center following an extended illness. He was born on August 27, 1921 in Johnson County, Tennessee, to the late John Garfield and Nora Mae (Morefield) Taylor. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death...

Taft Eggers, age 94, of 504 Taft Eggers Lane, Trade, TN passed away Friday, September 12, 2003 at the Watauga Medical Center, Boone, North Carolina following a brief illness. Mr. Eggers was born October 28, 1908 to the late Millard Monroe and Nelia Main Eggers and was a native of Trade, Tennessee. He was preceded in death by his parents,...

Clara Hurley, age 93, of 2442 Cold Springs Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 16, 2004 at the Johnson City Medical Center following an extended illness. She was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on July 5, 1911 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Alexander Wilheam. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Hurley...

D.C. Pierce, age 53, of 2580 Lumpkin Branch Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away Sunday, September 12, 2004 at the Vanderbilt Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, following an extended illness. A native of Mountain City, Tennessee, D.C. was born on August 1, 1951 to Georgia Nell Grindstaff Pierce and the late Delmer C. Pierce. He was a 1969 Graduate of Johnson...

Alice Faye Campbell, age 60, of 320 E. Fifth Street, Wilmington, Delaware, passed away on Friday, September 24, 2004 at her residence following a lengthy illness. A native of Roda, Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Thomas B. and Anna Belle Hall Campbell and was also preceded in death by a sister, Phyllis South and four brothers: Roger...

Cline L. Sluder, age 63, of 1583 Highway 133, Shady Valley, TN passed away Thursday, September 29, 2005 at his residence following a lengthy illness. Mr. Sluder was a native of Johnson County and was born October 9, 1941 to the late Ottis Sluder and Letha Wright Sluder of Shady Valley, TN. He was a Army Veteran where he served...

Shanda E. Cousins, age 35, of 34 Alex Street, Willow Springs, North Carolina, passed away on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital of Smithfield, North Carolina. A native of Lincolnton, North Carolina, she was born on April 12, 1971 to Gene T. Cousins of Mountain City, Tennessee and Margaret Burnett Cousins of Willow Springs, North Carolina. Shanda...

James E. Thomas, age 61, of Greendale Home of Abingdon, VA, passed away Wednesday, September 7, 2005 at the Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va. He was born on June, 4 1944 in Banner Elk, North Carolina and was raised in Trade, Tennessee, where he had made his home for many years. James was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia...

William W. “Bill” Moore age 91 of Mountain City passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2008 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. Mr. Moore was a native of Washington County, Virginia and was a son of the late George W. and Gertrude Wills Moore. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by his wife Helen Greer Moore who passed away in 1984,...

Richard Bailey, age 79, of 1806 Hwy 421 North, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at his residence. A native of Dayton, Ohio, he was born on June 20, 1926 to the late John and Mary Griffin Bailey. In addition to his parents, Richard was preceded in death by one brother, Jerry Burns and three sisters:...

Rob Eldreth, age 47, of 180 Dowell Loop Road, Mountain City, Tennessee, passed away on Sunday, September 26, 2004 following a brief illness. A native of Mountain City, he was born on April 14, 1957 to Betty Wallace Eldreth and the late Ovell "Pogi" Eldreth, who passed away in 2002. In addition to his father, he was preceded in death...

Jo Ann Phillips, age 68, of Mountain City, Tennessee passed away Sunday, January 25, 2009 in Glen Bridge Health Care in Boone, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late Ezra Treadway. Her hobbies included crafts and crocheting.  Jo Ann will be known for her years of caring for others through her nursing career. She worked many years as an LPN, eventually...

Erleen Hammons Taylor, age 91, of 3111 Forge Creek Road, Mountain City, Tennessee passed away September 25, 2003 at her residence following an extended illness. A native of Johnson County, Erleen was born May 20, 1912 to the late W.E. Hammons and Ida Payne Hammons. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Dewey Taylor, who passed away February...