Johnny "Poe John" Wimbs

Johnny "Poe John" Wimbs obituary, Pontiac, MI

Johnny "Poe John" Wimbs

Johnny Wimbs Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home - Pontiac on Nov. 8, 2023.

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WIMBS, Mr. Johnny "Poe John" - age 81, passed away Monday, October 30, 2023 at Trinity Health Oakland. Family hour 10:30AM Tuesday, November 14, 2023 from the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 268 North Perry Street, with funeral service commencing immediately at 11:00AM. Reverend Anthony Simpson, Officiating. Interment Perry Mount Park Cemetery, 878 North Perry Street. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the funeral home 10:30AM Tuesday. Mr. Wimbs will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, and may be viewed from 12:00-6:00PM Monday.
Mr. Wimbs leaves to cherish his memory: wife of thirty-eight years, Olandis "Lannie" Wimbs; mother, Ann Lillian (Wimbs) Bell of Monaca, PA; children, JaVonna (Keith) Haskins of Pensacola, FL, DeAnna Farr, Joel Faulkner, Dometa Crumity Henry of Katy, TX, Johnny Wimbs (Ares) of Atlanta, GA, Donnie Bumpous, Johnny Veidell Wimbs, Kimberly Knight, Mike Page and Dometra Henry; sister-in-law, Thelma Marshall of Buffalo, NY; brother-in-laws, Sylvester Croft and Larry Croft; a host of grandchildren and great grandchildren; siblings, Kimberly Bell Knight, Deirdra (Abdul) Mubdi, Vaughn and Elcora Wallace and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends including E. W. (lucy) Thompson and Mark Gilbert.
Mr. Wimbs was preceded in death by his father, Johnny Calvin Wimbs; maternal and fraternal grandparents; siblings, Patricia Ingram and Jimmy Wimbs; step-father, James (Jimmy) Bell.

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