Billy Johnson

Mr. Billy Wayne Johnson, age 75, of Rutherford, Tennessee, passed away from this life on July 7, 2014, at Milan General Hospital. Funeral services for Mr. Johnson will be conducted on Sunday, August 10, 2014, at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel of Karnes & Son Funeral Home of Dyer with Bro. Don Barnett officiating. Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery of Dyer. Mr. Johnson was born December 5, 1938, in Gibson County, Tennessee; the son of the late Vilous Wayne and Mildred Warren Johnson. Mr. Johnson retired from Goodyear Company. He served his country with the US Army. Military honors will be observed. Mr. Johnson is survived by his wife, Joy Johnson; son, Jeff Johnson and wife Kim; daughter, Natilee Thompson and husband Mike; grandchildren, Ashley Starkey and husband Chris, Matt Thompson and wife Sarah, Katie Yarbro and husband Justin; great-grandchildren, Ava Thompson, Jonathan Thompson, Aspen Starkey, Xander Starkey; and sister, Nancy Etheridge. He was preceded in death by his parents; and his sister, Peggy Paschall White. The family will receive friends from 1-3 p.m. on Sunday, August 10. Karnes & Son Funeral Home is especially honored to serve the family of United State Army Veteran Billy Wayne Johnson.