Obit of Bohannon, J. Lynn - Pittsburg County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Dennis Muncrief 11 Feb 2007 Return to Pittsburg County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pittsburg/pittsburg.html ===================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ===================================================================== ::Resthaven Memorial Cemetery--Shawnee OK Surnames: Bohannon Originally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.murray/1906/mb.ashx J. Lynn Bohannon, former McAlester resident, age 63, died at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Ardmore on Saturday, December 16, 2006, of complications from a courageous battle with lung cancer. Born April 30, 1943 in Shawnee to the late John and Wilma Bohannon, Lynn graduated from Earlsboro High School in 1961. After graduation, he trained as a funeral director and worked in Shawnee and Stillwater. On June 2, 1962, he married his high school sweetheart, Georgia Maxson, in Shawnee. The couple gave birth to their first child, Kendall Clay, on September 2, 1963, and shortly thereafter, Lynn began a long and distinguished career as a truck driver. Their second child, Janna Lynnette, was born on August 2, 1965, in Shawnee. Later that year, the family moved to Kiowa, living there until moving to McAlester in 1970. They returned to Shawnee in 1977 where they lived for the next 14 years. His career in trucking enabled Lynn and Georgia to relocate easily, so in 1991 they moved to Loveland, Colorado. They built their dream home at Lake of the Arbuckles near Sulphur in 1998, where they lived at the time of Lynn's death. In 2004, after over 40 years driving trucks, Lynn retired. Lynn was a member of the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ in Sulphur, and actively involved in many church activities. He was an avid outdoorsman and spent much of his free time at the lake; he has taught at least three generations of family and friends how to water- ski. Lynn is survived by his wife Georgia of the home; his son, Kendall, Denver, CO, his daughter and her husband, Janna and David Taylor, Arlington, TX, two grandchildren, Zachary and Nathan Taylor, Arlington, TX, one sister, Jane Wade, Houston, MO; and one brother, Don Bohannon, Earlsboro. He is further survived by nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister, Ann McMahan. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, December 20, at the Church of Christ in Sulphur, 12th St. and Vinita Ave. Brother. Bill Hearn will officiate. Entombment will be in Resthaven Memorial Cemetery in Shawnee; there will be a graveside service at 3:00 p.m. Krien Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Pittsburg County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/pittsburg/pittsburg.htm