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Gary Johnson Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Dec. 10, 2009.

Gary Lynn Johnson KINGSPORT, Tenn. Gary Lynn Johnson, 62, passed away on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, at Wellmont Holston Valley Medical Center following an extended illness. He was a graduate of Lynn View High School in 1965. Gary served in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Navy on the USS Kearsarge Aircraft Carrier. He graduated from East Tennessee State University majoring in journalism and political science following the Vietnam War. Mr. Johnson retired from the Sprint Corporation as the manager of internal communications. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth A. Davis; his father, R. Sherryll Johnson; a brother, Ernest Frank Johnson; a niece, Kim Johnson. Gary L. Johnson is survived by his son, Matthew E. Johnson, Raleigh, N.C.; his mother, Juanita Johnson, Kingsport; his brothers, David A. Johnson, Kingsport, Casey Johnson, Blountville, Tenn., Jessee Johnson and wife Denise, Kingsport; his sisters, Janice Bledsoe and husband Lyle, Gray, Tenn., Roberta Johnson, Columbia, Md.; along with several nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held on Friday. Dec. 11, 2009,. from 6 to 7 p.m. at Scott County Funeral Home. A celebration of his life will be held on Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, at 7 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Carl Strickler officiating. The family requests memorial contributions to be made to the Susan G. Komen Cancer Research Foundation, P.O. Box 5835, Kingsport, TN 37663. You can send an online condolence to the family by visiting www.scottcountyfuneralhome.com Carter-Trent/Scott County Funeral Home is serving the Johnson family.

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Bill D. Jones

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Gary and I were ETSU classmates in the early 1970s. Both of us were veterans of military service during the Vietnam War ( he was Navy and I was Air Force). After graduation we shared an apartment in Kingsport for a time. Gary got a job with United Telephone in Bristol and I later joined him there. He was my supervisor until I moved to Charlottesville, Va., to work for another telephone company. We lost touch over the years. He died in December 2009 when he was only 62 years of age. His wife, Elizabeth, had passed away earlier. He was survived by his son, Matthew, and several siblings.