CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Charles R. "Buss" Johnson, 29 Jun 2004
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Charles R. "Buss" Johnson, 92, formerly of Five Sisters Lane, Roan 
Mountain, died Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at Roan Highlands Nursing Center 
following an extended illness.

Mr. Johnson was a native of Carter County and the son of the late Alfred 
and Matilda Fields Johnson.

Mr. Johnson was a member of Taylor's Chapel Church of Christ. He was a 
retired farmer and a substitute mail carrier. He was a U.S. Army veteran, 
having served in World War II.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Oda 
Oaks Johnson, August 28, 1992, a daughter, Roberta Johnson Woods, January 
14, 2003, four sisters, Cora Caraway, Alma Holden, Maude Winters and Dorothy 
Laws, and five brothers, Clyde Johnson, Walt Johnson, Willard Johnson, 
Steve Johnson and Ed Johnson.

Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Tom and Sandra Johnson, 
Roan Mountain, and one brother, Leonard Johnson, Johnson City. Six 
grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
The funeral service will be conducted at 8 p.m. Friday, July 2, at Tetrick 
Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, with Mr. Steve Payne, 
minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Jim Palmer 
and singers of Centerview Church of Christ. The family will receive 
friends in the funeral home chapel from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, prior to the 
funeral service. Friends may also call at the residence of a grandson, 
Scott Woods, 110 Five Sisters Lane, Roan Mountain, at any time. The 
graveside service and interment will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, 
July 3, at Taylor's Chapel Cemetery, Elk Park, N.C., with Military Honors 
to be accorded by the Tennessee Army National Guard. Active pallbearers 
will be J.S. Ashley, Alfred Caraway, David Davis, Roger Woods, Scott 
Woods and Arnold Woods. Those who plan to attend the graveside service 
are asked to meet at the funeral home chapel at Roan Mountain at 10 a.m. 
Saturday to go in procession to the cemetery. The family would like to 
send a special thank you to Tony and Nona Cook and the doctors and nursing 
staff of Roan Highlands Nursing Center for all the love and care shown to 
the Johnson family. Online condolences may be sent to the family through 
our Web site at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com. Tetrick Funeral Home, 
Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, (423) 772-3928, is in charge of 
arrangements.

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