Linda Bockman Weems

Linda Bockman Weems, 69, of Johnson City, passed away Friday after a period of declining health.

A 1970 graduate of old Antioch High School in Nashville and a 1974 graduate of East Tennessee State University, Linda taught Kindergarten in Greene County Schools before dedicating her work years to serving her family as an Army wife.

Linda was preceded in death by her mother and father: Nina DeHart Bockman and Kenneth Bockman; her stepmother: Irene Bockman; and her husband of nearly 43 years: John King Weems.

Linda was a devoted mother and doting grandmother and is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law: Ken and Colleen (Carr) of Kingsport, and John and Sherry (Li) of San Diego, California; grandchildren: Tradd and Quinn Weems of Kingsport, and Ian and Ellie Weems of San Diego; sisters of the heart: Carol Peeke Starnes of Weaverville, North Carolina and Dottie Peeke of Asheville, North Carolina; a stepsister: Penny Ward of Morristown; and much-loved extended family members.

A graveside service will be Feb. 5 at 1 p.m. at Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greeneville, with the Rev. Wayne Baker officiating.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charitable children's or animal care organization of the donors choosing. The work of such organizations honor Linda's memory, as she loved her service as an early childhood educator and was deeply attached to her rescue granddog, Percy.

The family of Linda Weems expresses a thank you to the staff of Ballad Hospice and Hospice House for their compassionate care in recent weeks.

Condolences may be sent to the Weems family at www.doughty-stevens.com.