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- [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 12 Jun 1998.
Lonzo Barnes obituary
- [S75] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume II, 1955-1973, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 19 May 1964.
Lee Nelson Johnson, Jr. obituary
- [S74] Atchley Funeral Home Records, Volume IV, 1987-1999, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 21 Jun 1998.
Ralph Ownby obituary
- [S112] Census, 1940.
Name: Jimmie B Johnson
Titles and Terms:
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1940
Event Place: Civil District 11, Sevier, Tennessee, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Son
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Birthplace: Tennessee
Birth Year (Estimated): 1935
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
District: 78-16
Family Number: 41
Sheet Number and Letter: 2B
Line Number: 71
Affiliate Publication Number: T627
Affiliate Film Number: 3933
Digital Folder Number: 005461375
Image Number: 00462
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head Lee N Johnson M 35 Tennessee
Wife Hettie Johnson F 31 Tennessee
Son Lee N Johnson M 8 Tennessee
Son Jimmie B Johnson M 5 Tennessee
Son Max D Johnson M 2 Tennessee
Lodger Lura Ownby F 27 Tennessee
- [S23] Atchley Funeral Home, (http://www.atchleyfuneralhome.com/), 9 Feb 2014.
February 15, 1935 - February 9, 2014
Resided in Gatlinburg, TN
Jim Johnson, age 78, born and raised in Gatlinburg passed away Sunday February 9, 2014.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg where he had been a Deacon since 1984, He was an usher on the front door for many years. Mr. Johnson was owner and operator of Johnson's Drive In, in Gatlinburg and Sevierville. He was owner and operator of Dudley Creek Campground for more than 25 years and was owner of Johnson's Inn Motel. He was a member of the Mason's, Scottish Rite, Shriners and Jesters for 50 years. He started volunteering at Sevier County Food Ministry in 2000, serving as Chairman of Sevier County Food Ministry since 2005. He received the Zeno Wall Tourism Award in 2004. He was an ambassador of The Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce for many years. He was on the Gatlinburg Municipal Board of Zoning Appeals for 20 years.
He was preceded in death by his, Father: Lee Nelson Johnson, Mother: Hettie Ownby Kirby, Sister: Maxine Johnson, Brothers: Lee Nelson Johnson, Jr. and Max D. Johnson
Aunt: Lura Porter
Survivors:
Wife of 34 years: Dorothy Johnson
Children:
Daughter: Lisa Johnson
Son: Mike and Kathy (wife) Johnson
Son: Chris and Phyllis (wife) Johnson
Son: Melvin Wayne and Christy B. (wife) Large
Daughter: Maureen and Monie (husband) Parton
Grandchildren:
Megan and Dustin (husband) Burris
Blake A. Cole
Levi and Shannon (wife) Johnson
Shaun Hickerson
Great grandchildren:
Eli, Ezekiel, Ezra and Emerson Johnson
Preston and Sebastian Hickerson
Several nieces and nephews and many special friends
In lieu of flowers please make donations to Sevier County Food Ministries, P. O. Box 6042 Sevierville, TN 37864.
Funeral service 7PM Thursday at First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg with Rev. Larry Burcham and Rev. Bryon Fortner officiating. Interment 11AM Friday in P.A. Proffitt Cemetery. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be deacons from First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg. The family will receive friends from 5-7PM Thursday at First Baptist Church, Gatlinburg. Arrangements by Atchley Funeral Home. (www.atchleyfuneralhome.com)
- [S106] The Mountain Press, 11 Feb 2014.
Community members recall businessman Jim Johnson
Jim Johnson, who passed away on Sunday of brain cancer, just weeks after being diagnosed, had a great impact in the community. He touched the many lives through his years of charitable work, and church and his business endeavors. He and would have turned 79 on Saturday.
Johnson was chairman of the steering committee for the Sevier County Food Ministry and a regular at First Baptist Church of Gatlinburg, as well as a long-time businessman and hotelier in Gatlinburg. He owned Johnson's Drive In and Johnson's Inn Motel, and he owned and operated Dudley Creek Campground for more than 25 years.
"Jim was a very kind man who was very conscientious of people around him, and he had a lot of great friends. He was loyal to a lot of people," Jim Davis, director of Sevier County Food Ministry said. "He had health problems off and on, but he dealt with them and they never slowed him down."
Johnson was first involved with the food ministry in 2000, and by 2005 he was the chairman of the steering committee. Monday marked exactly two weeks since the day Johnson was diagnosed with brain cancer.
"For a while he had to have an oxygen tank with him everywhere he went," Davis said. "That takes a lot of dedication, because he did not stop. He was out here like nothing was wrong. Every day he would want to know what's going on at the food ministries. It was one of his passions."
Another of Johnson's passions was his faith. He was a fixture at First Baptist. "He was a deacon in this congregation for a long, long time," Pastor Larry Burcham said. "He was an usher, or a greeter. People came in the front door and, for years and years, Jim Johnson was one of the first faces you saw. That's one of the tough things around here, coming in that front door and Jim not standing there."
Burcham said that Johnson was a great example of what it means to be a Christian.
"He encouraged people," Burcham said. "He was the kind of guy that people turned to for advice, especially young people. Around here, he'll be remembered as a faithful member of this church. He did a lot in our church and did a lot of work outside the church. He showed people that Christian life is more than just coming to church on Sundays; he put his faith into practice."
Businessman David Ogle worked for Johnson in the early 1970s. Ogle said he owes everything he has accomplished to Johnson.
"It's a tragic loss for our community and for Sevier County," Ogle said. "He gave me my first job, and I probably learned more in those two years about business than I have since then. And I have done a lot of business. He was just such a good person, mentor and businessman. I was in my teens and he trained me and taught me everything from marketing and salesmanship, how to manage business, to how to unstop sewers. He taught it all."
Ogle said that, given everything he did for the community, Johnson can't be replaced.
"Jim was a great, great man, and a good role model," Ogle said. "He was a really good person that I'm going to miss a lot, as well as a lot of other people. Jim liked to have fun and play jokes, and he had a good personality. Everybody liked Jim and warmed up to him. Any time you lose someone that helped so many people, it leaves a vacuum. He served the lord in the very best way that you can: help those that need it the most and really have the least."
Davis said he believes Johnson was at peace when he passed. "He was ready to go," Davis said. "He had done his mission on Earth."
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
32152 JIMMY BRUCE JOHNSON BONNIE MILES
- [S131] Divorce Record.
Husband's Name Wife's First Name Wife's Maiden Name County Court Date of Divorce File #
JOHNSON JIMMY B BONNIE M [NOT GIVEN] SEVIER [NOT GIVEN] 02-04-1980 05175
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
Groom's Name Bride's First Name Bride's Maiden Name County Date of Marriage File #
JOHNSON JIMMY B DOROTHY O [NOT GIVEN] SEVIER 05-19-1980 19615
- [S58] Marriage Certificate.
53131 JIMMY BRUCE JOHNSON DOROTHY LOUISE LARGE
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