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Submitted: 10/16/22 • Approved: 10/16/22 • Last Updated: 10/19/22 • R1453534-G1453534-S3
Earl
July 25, 1927 - arch 8, 2007
Earl L. Johnston, age 79, of Dover, died Thursday, March 8, 2007 at the Arkansas Heart Hospital in Little Rock. A son of the late Burnnie Bennell and Sarah Emily Hodges Johnston, he was born July 25, 1927 at Havana, Arkansas. He was a retired Chief Petty Officer with the United States Navy, and had served during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. He was also a retiree of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in Russellville after working for 17 ½ years. He was a member of the Dover Masonic Lodge # 17, was a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Rogers-Rye Post # 2283 and was a member of Bakers Creek Baptist Church. He loved hunting and fishing and traveling. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers: Alfred and Vernon Johnston; a sister, Retha Mae Johnston; and two step-sons: Jimmy and Eddie Cramer. Survivors include his wife of twenty-eight years, Ima Jean Johnston; a son and daughter-in-law, Earl W. and Elizabeth Johnston of Havana; two step-daughters: Linda Martin and Mary Cramer; two grandchildren: Morgan Johnston of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Jonathan Johnston of Dardanelle; two special cousins: Harold and Jaye Johnston of Chino, California; and many other nephews, nieces and cousins.
The funeral will be at 10 A.M. on Saturday, March 10, 2007 at Bakers Creek Baptist Church, officiated by Rev. Clyde Vire. Burial with military honors provided by the Rogers-Rye Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 2283 will be in McFadden Cemetery at Dover, by Shinn Funeral Service.
Active pallbearers will be Â"SlimÂ" and Charlie Manns, Gary Treat, James Harris, Monty Estes and Loyd Rackley. Honorary pallbearers will be Leonard Elliott, Larry English and Lonnie Harris.
Ima
March 27, 1931 - September 28, 2015
Daughter of Roy and Martha Mahala Rackley
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