CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Oscar Olen Johnson, 27 Mar 2002
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Oscar O. Johnson

   Oscar Olen Johnson, 79, 5155 Old Shell Road, Mobile, Ala., died 
unexpectedly Wednesday, March 27, 2002, at Johnson City Medical Center.
   Mr. Johnson was a native of Elizabethton, where he grew up in the 
Lynn Valley community, and had been a resident of Mobile, Ala., since 
1950. He was a son of the late James Weyman and Elsie Caroline Hampton 
Johnson and was also preceded in death by two brothers, Frank Johnson 
and Grady Johnson.
   Mr. Johnson was the retired owner and operator of Johnson's Garage, 
Mobile. He was a graduate of Elizabethton (TN) High School and Northeast 
Junior College, Monroe, La. , and was a World War II Army veteran, where 
he served in the European Theater. He was a Methodist.
   Survivors include his wife, Blanche Miller Johnson, and a sister, Dorothy 
Vee Johnson Nave, Kingsport. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
   Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, (423) 
928-6111, is in charge of arrangements.
   
   JOHNSON -- Funeral services for Oscar Olen Johnson, 79, 5155 Old Shell 
Road, Mobile, Ala., who died Wednesday, March 27, 2002, will be conducted 
at 1:30 p.m. Friday, March 29, from the West Chapel of Appalachian Funeral 
Home with Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Committal services and interment 
will follow at Mountain Home National Cemetery with full military honors 
accorded by the Kingsport VFW Post #3382. Pallbearers will be Kenneth 
Melton, Jess Miller Jr., Kevin Melton, Richard Street, Montie Nelson and 
Wayne Strong. The family will receive friends from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Friday in 
the funeral home chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that 
memorials be made to the American Cancer Society, Wesley Plaza Suite 2, 
2513 Wesley Street, Johnson City, TN 37601. Condolences for the family 
may be e-mailed to appfh@aol.com. Appalachian Funeral Home, 800 E. Watauga 
Avenue, Johnson City, is in charge of arrangements.