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ROBERT JOHNS January 1, 2002 
Bell County KyArchives Obituaries

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Robert Johns, 81 1/3

    HARROGATE, Tenn. - Robert "Bob" Johns, 81, passed away Tuesday, 
Jan. 1, 2002, at St. Mary's Hospice, Knoxville, Tenn. He was born 
Feb. 5, 1920, in Manring, Tenn., a son of the late Robert B. and 
Bartie Marcum Johns. He was a member of First Baptist Church of 
Harrogate, where he served as a deacon for 40 years. A veteran of 
World War II, he had been the owner of Warren P. Rash Wholesale 
Company in Middlesboro for over 60 years. He was a member of the 
Kiwanis Club. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death 
by his loving wife of 57 years, Dorothy E. Johns. Survivors include 
his sons and daughters-in-law, Allan and Darlene Johns, Bill and 
Ina Johns, all of Harrogate; granddaughters and their husbands, 
Shannon and Terry England, Harrogate, Jodi and Brent Pursifull, 
Pineville, Lisa and Todd Haley, and Ashley Johns, all of Harrogate; 
grandsons Jerry and Shawn Johns, Harrogate; seven great-grand- children; brother and his wife, Edward Ray and Lillian Johns, Oak 
Ridge, Tenn.; and a host of other relatives and friends.

   Funeral services will be conducted at 8 p.m. today at Coffey 
Funeral Home, Harrogate Chapel, with the Rev. Arnold King presiding. 
Burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Meador Cemetery. Pallbearers 
will be Jerry Johns, Shawn Johns, Brent Pursifull, Terry England, 
Garry Hall, and Mike Hansard. Honorary pallbearers will be Howard 
Smith, Rev. Ken Clendaniel, Roscoe Davis and Jay Walker. Visitation 
is from 6-8 p.m. today at Coffey Funeral Home, Harrogate, Tenn., 
which is in charge of arrangements. 

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