Betty Joyce Shaffer
May 16, 2026
Betty Joyce Fair Shaffer, 93, passed peacefully from this earthly life into eternal glory on May 16, 2026, at Johnson City Medical Center.
Betty was a loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, and friend whose kindness and devotion to family touched the lives of many. She cared deeply for those around her and will be remembered for her warm heart, gentle spirit,...
Douglas Lee Caraway
May 15, 2026
Douglas Lee Caraway, 69, Roan Mountain, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026 in the Johnson City Medical Center. He was born February 11, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois to the later William Alfred & Nella Anna Montgomery Caraway. He had lived most of his life in Carter County. He served in the United States Navy. He worked in shrubbery most of...
Mary Lee Smith
May 15, 2026
Mary Lee Powell Smith, 73, Elizabethton, passed away Friday, May 15, 2026 at the Johnson City Medical Center. A Carter County native she was born August 16, 1952 to the late Homer and Beatrice Blackburn Powell. She was a graduate of Unaka High School. She was employed for several years at Wal Mart. Her favorite hobby was taking care of...
David Michael Boone
May 14, 2026
Michael “Mouse” Boone, born November 4, 1955, passed peacefully in his sleep on May 14, 2026. To know Mike was to know a kind, honest, and generous man. He never hesitated to lend a helping hand. He treated everyone with kindness, respect, and genuine care. He was one of the few truly honest mechanics---the kind people trusted without question. No...
Joshua Robert Huskins
May 14, 2026
Joshua Robert Huskins, 40, Hampton passed away Thursday, May 14, 2026 in Vanderbilt University, Nashville. He was born October 10, 1985 in Johnson City. Joshua was a graduate of Unicoi County High School. He was a Mechanic and loved to work on cars. He was preceded in death by his father Robert Huskins.
Survivors include his wife: Colleen Peters Huskins. Two...
Anna Beth Smith
May 11, 2026
Anna Beth Smith, 67, Elizabethton, passed away Monday, May 11, 2026 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was born June 24, 1958 in Mountain City to the late Tine and Elisie Guy Greenwell. In earlier years she had worked at C & A Lingerie,
Boss-Jeans Factory, and had delivered newspapers for the Elizabethton Star. She was a member of the Elk...
Walter Joe Widener
May 11, 2026
Walter Joe Widener, 85, Damascus, Virginia, passed away Monday, May 11, 2026 in the Watauga Medical Center., Boone, North Carolina. He was born August 5, 1940 in Damascus, Virginia to the late Clarence and Mary Ellen Eggers Widener. Joe was a truck driver for 40 years. He loved farming and playing the Guitar. He was of the Christian Church Faith...
William Daniel McClaskey
May 10, 2026
William Daniel McClaskey,79, Hampton, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2026 at his residence. He was born June 22, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio, he was a son of the late James Douglas McClaskey and Geraldine Flinchbaugh Huskins. He was a graduate of Centerville High School, Centerville, Ohio. He had lived in Carter County for the past 50 years. In earlier years...
Mickey Allen Carr
May 9, 2026
Mickey Allen Carr, 75, Bluff City, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2026 in the Holston Valley Medical Center. He was born July 1, 1950 in Elizabethton to the late Vestal Clarence and Georgia Lee Booher Carr. He was a 1969 graduate of Sullivan East High School and attended Bristol Commercial College. Mickey served in the United States Army from 1970...
Sarah Blevins
May 8, 2026
Sarah Oliver Blevins, 94, Elizabethton passed away on May 8, 2026 at her home with family by her side. A native of Elizabethton, Sarah was born on February 19, 1932 to the late Jacob and Eva Pierce Oliver. Sarah retired from the James H. Quillen Veteran’s Hospital in 1997 and again in 2021 from Signature Health Care of Elizabethton. Sarah...
Donna Kay Hopson Odom
May 8, 2026
Donna Kay Hopson Odom, 70, Elk Park, North Carolina went home to be with her Lord, Friday May 8, 2026 at Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was born January 5, 1956 in Banner Elk, North Carolina to the late Abe and Macie Cook Hopson. Donna was a graduate of Avery County High School and attended Mayland Community College, Spruce Pine, North...
Tammy Dawn Sams Arney
May 6, 2026
Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 17:8
Tammy Dawn Sams Arney, 54, of Elizabethton, TN, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 and now she is with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Born on November 20, 1971, in Carter County, TN, Tammy was the beloved daughter of Jim and...
Charles Wayne Nave
May 4, 2026
Charles Wayne Nave born February 9, 1948, went home to be with the Lord peacefully on Monday, May 4th at home surrounded by his family. Charles was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather with a strong faith. He was a friend to many and loved his family and friends dearly. He will be deeply missed.
Charles was born in Elizabethton,...
Joyce Lynn Bunton
May 1, 2026
John 3 -16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Joyce Lynn Bunton,70, Elizabethton passed away peacefully Friday May 1, 2026 at the Johnson City Medical Center with her daughter Angela by her side and now she is with her Lord and Savior Jesus...
Paul Kenneth Dickison
May 1, 2026
Paul Kenneth Dickison, 94, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord, Friday, May 1, 2026 at his residence. He was born June 18, 1931 in Baker City, Oregon to the late Marcus Bensen & Olive Lee McConnell Dickison. He had served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was retired after 40 years as a Maintenance...
Paul Kenneth Dickison
May 1, 2026
Paul Kenneth Dickison, 94, Elizabethton, went home to be with his Lord, Friday, May 1, 2026 at his residence. He was born June 18, 1931 in Baker City, Oregon to the late Marcus Bensen & Olive Lee McConnell Dickison. He had served in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. He was retired after 40 years as a Maintenance...
Kimberly Eileen Ingram
Apr 28, 2026
Kimberly Eileen Johnson Ingram passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at Vanderbilt Hospital where she has battled cancer for the past 10 years.
She was born on September 23, 1960, in Elizabethton, TN to the late Gordon and Violet Lyons Johnson. She was a Hampton High School graduate of 1978.
She loved to Crochet and she made blankets for all the grandkids...
Sandra Lou Street
Apr 28, 2026
Sandra Lou Colbaugh Street, 83, Elizabethton, passed away Tuesday, April 28, 2026 in the Sycamore Shoals Hospital. She was born June 18, 1942 in Carter County to the late Clyde & Virna Hyder Colbaugh Peters. Sandra was a 1960 graduate of Unaka High School and East Tennessee State College with a degree in Education. She was a teacher at Unaka...
J. Louie Greene
Apr 27, 2026
The end of this life came for J. Louie Greene, 78, on April 27, 2026 at his home in Elizabethton. It was Louie’s wish to be cremated with the disposition of his remains to be interred at Mountain Home National Cemetery with Military Honors at the private service. It was his wish that the service be private.
Louie left the following...
Robert Wangberg
Apr 22, 2026
Robert "Rob" Wangberg, age 62, of Hampton, Tennessee, passed away Wednesday April 22, 2026, at Sycamore Shoals Hospital in Elizabethton. He was born February 26, 1964, in Chico, California, the youngest son of the late Lowell. and Ida Wangberg. He graduated from Durham High School, in Durham, California in 1982 and went on to do two years at Butte Community...