Jackie Austin Johnston

Jackie Austin Johnston obituary, Troy, AL

Jackie Austin Johnston

Jackie Johnston Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Dillard Funeral Home - Troy on Sep. 29, 2025.
Jackie Austin Johnston, age 74, died Saturday, September 27, 2025. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm from the chapel of Dillard Funeral Home in Troy with the Rev. Donald Ash and Dr. Malone Chandler officiating. Internment will follow in Sandfield Cemetery with Dillard Funeral Home of Troy directing.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2025 from 2:00 – 3:00pm at Dillard Funeral Home in Troy.

Ms. Johnston was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. Jackie was a woman who loved her family and cherished every opportunity she got to spend with them. If you knew Jackie you knew her servants heart. She loved helping others and spent many hours doing so. She was loved by so many and she will be missed by all.

Ms. Johnston was survived by her children: Dan Barr (Rene'), Tony Barr and Austin Barr; grandsons: Kaleb Barr, Josh Barr, Matt Barr, Austin Michel Barr, Jacob Barr, Parker Barr and Hunter Partridge; granddaughter Christine Dickerson; great grandson Dawson Dickerson; sisters: Myra Brooks, Cherry Ledford (Raymond); and brother Wyatt Austin (Diane).

She was preceded in death by her husband Kemper Johnston; parents: Clifford and Catherine Austin; brothers: James Austin and Lyndon Austin.

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Dillard Funeral Home - Troy

206 US Highway 231 P.O. Box 428, Troy, AL 36081

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