Lavern Johnson

Lavern Johnson, 77, passed on to be with the Lord Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, surrounded by loved ones. Lavern was born July 17, 1939, to the late Robert Lee Johnson and his surviving mother, Dorthy Johnson, age 98, of Dunlap. Throughout his lifetime through self-employment, he built his construction business of 50 years from the ground up. He also taught his sons and grandsons how to operate heavy equipment. Besides his father, he was preceded in death by three brothers, Reece, Jerry, and Stanley Johnson; sister-in-law, Clara Smith Johnson; granddaughter, Tamara Jones; great-grandson, Conner Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Janie Smith Johnson; four children, Vickie (James) Bradford, of Marietta, Ga., Bobby Lavern (Marie) Johnson, of Dunlap, Kevin Johnson, of Nashville, Joey (Wanda) Johnson, of Dunlap; brothers and sisters, W.L. (Doris) Johnson, Lois Ann Cagle, Ardell (Angie) Johnson, Gene Johnson, Mary Ann Newman, Martha (Bobby) Camp, William Johnson, Wilma Johnson, Roger (Geraldine) Johnson, Leonard (Misty) Johnson, all of Dunlap, Paul (Shirley) Johnson, of Cartersville, Ga.; grandchildren, Wesley Bradford, Joshua (Ashley) Bradford, Heath, Vanessa and Adam Johnson, Cynthia (James) Willis, Michael (Wendy) Johnson, Tao and Ty Johnson, Steven (Ashley) Jones, 10 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. CDT Wednesday, in Ewton Funeral Home chapel, with Brothers, Rocky, James and Wesley Bradford officiating. Burial in Hixson.