James Edwin Earl Johnson
November 23, 1941 ~ October 12, 2014
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Asheville Butterfly Trail
James Edwin Earl Johnson, 72, of Candler, died Sunday, October 12, 2014.
A native of Lynn, MA, he was a son of the late Carl E. Johnson and Adele Blackadar Johnson Dunn. He graduated from Enka High School and served with the Army medics in Vietnam and was a life member of VFW Post 9939, Candler. He retired from American Enka/Colbond and he was a member of New Morgan Hill Baptist Church. He was an avid baseball fan and served as an umpire for high school ball games, earning a Distinguished Service Award from the WNCOA Baseball Umpires Assn.
Surviving are his son, Chris Johnson; aunt and uncle, Ruth and Seymour Blackadar of Winnipeg, Canada; several cousins in Canada, and special friends, Phyllis Vance and Earl Riddle.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. Thursday in the Patton Avenue chapel of Groce Funeral Home with Pastor Esta Jarrett officiating. Burial with military honors will be at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to the service.
Memorials may be made to CarePartners Hospice, PO Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28803.
RIP my friend. Will always remember the ball card shows we visited throughout the South, especially the one in Tenn Feb 1993. We both decided winter was over, then the blizzard hit in March. Prayers and thoughts to your family.
RIP my friend. Will always remember the ball card shows we visited throughout the South, especially the one in Tenn Feb 1993. We both decided winter was over, then the blizzard hit in March. Prayers and thoughts to your family.
We grew up together . It is with a great deal of sorrow that I read of my friend’s and cousin’s passing. RIP .
We grew up together . It is with a great deal of sorrow that I read of my friend’s and cousin’s passing. RIP .
Adele took care of Jimmy, Jimmy took care of Adele, and you, Phyllis, took care of them both. Jimmy was a member of the Enka Class of 1961. I saw him in various settings after high school: umpiring softball games at Sand Hill Elementary, Hominy Valley Rec. Park, and Enka High School; putting out American Flags on 19-23 during holidays; selling Poppies for Veterans at BI-LO and Ingles; mowing the yard and grounds at the VFW building on Pisgah Highway; and, at our high school reunions. He brought a large picture frame filled with pictures of his son as a small child for me to see once. He loved that boy!! The EHS Class of 1961 will remember him always.
Adele took care of Jimmy, Jimmy took care of Adele, and you, Phyllis, took care of them both. Jimmy was a member of the Enka Class of 1961. I saw him in various settings after high school: umpiring softball games at Sand Hill Elementary, Hominy Valley Rec. Park, and Enka High School; putting out American Flags on 19-23 during holidays; selling Poppies for Veterans at BI-LO and Ingles; mowing the yard and grounds at the VFW building on Pisgah Highway; and, at our high school reunions. He brought a large picture frame filled with pictures of his son as a small child for me to see once. He loved that boy!! The EHS Class of 1961 will remember him always.