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Tyler, TX
November 1, 2008
Vernon
Wayne Johnson
Services for Vernon Wayne Johnson, age 56, of Bullard, will
be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, 2008, in the
chapel of Stewart Family Funeral Home with Neil McClendon
and James Palmer officiating.
Burial will follow at Bullard Cemetery in Bullard under the
direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home.
Mr. Johnson passed away on Wednesday, October 29, 2008, at
his home in Bullard. He was born on December 10, 1951, in
Lufkin to Vernon and Georgia Johnson. He attended Bethany College in Bethany, Oklahoma, and
graduated in 1972 from Nazarene Church Seminary in Colorado
Springs, Colorado. Mr. Johnson was a certified Insurance
Agent and worked for Sterling/AON Insurance Company as a
salesman and then manager for five years. For four years, he
was named Top Market Manager of Sterling Insurance and was a
Round Table member for three consecutive years.
Mr. Johnson was a member of First Baptist Church in Neches
and served as director of music.
Mr. Johnson was preceded in death by a brother, Dennis Ray
Johnson. He is survived by a loving family including his
wife, Toni Johnson of Bullard; his parents, Vernon and
Georgia Johnson of Stuart, Virginia; a son, Jeffrey Wayne
Johnson and wife Wendy of Pine Bluff, Arkansas; two
daughters, Nicole Clark and husband Chant, Natalie Jones and
husband Brad, both of Center; a stepdaughter, Tina Hardaway
of Houston; two sisters, Branita (Pug) Beeson and husband
Leon of Temple and Donna Kay Zabodyn and husband Jeff of
Elon, North Carolina; a brother, Rodney Glen Johnson and
wife Sherry of Burlington, North Carolina; sister-in-law,
Robbie Johnson of Houston; grandchildren, Cayden Johnson,
Cole Clark, Christian Clark, Brook Sadler, Britney Sadler,
Whitney Harrod, Kennedie Smith, and Breanna Jones; and
nephews, Lloyd Baldridge of Austin and Jeffery Zabodyn of
Elon, North Carolina.
Pallbearers will be Jimmy Oliver, Jimmy Batchelor, Jerry
Smitherton, Todd Thoene, John Lageman, J.D. Hart, and Dan
Bridges. Honorary pallbearers will be the male employees of
Sterling Insurance.
Visitation is scheduled from 5:30-8 p.m. on Friday, October 31,
2008, at Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville
Highway, in Tyler.
Memorials in honor of Wayne Johnson may be made to Charlie Pack
Tadpole Foundation
Sources: good faith fair use of sources stated above
Compiled, transcribed and submitted by Marti Graham, Oklahoma County, OKGenWeb Coordinator,
September 2009. Information
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